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Few people can see what is wrong with these photos of women

26-05-2024

Few people can see what is wrong with these photos of women

In these portraits, beautiful women pose thoughtfully against the background of trees or among snow-covered hills. At first glance, ...

The Horrors of Manga Master Junji Ito

26-05-2024

The Horrors of Manga Master Junji Ito

If you are a fan of manga, you probably know the works of Junji Ito. This comic book creator has been considered unsurpassed in the ...

13 important rules of etiquette that you might not know

26-05-2024

13 important rules of etiquette that you might not know

All of us from childhood instilled good manners. Someone just taught to hold a fork and a spoon in the right hand, and some even ...

"Down the pipe": a London photographer with years, quietly filming the passengers of the subway

26-05-2024

"Down the pipe": a London photographer with years, quietly ...

London underground is a place where you can meet anyone. Tourists from different parts of the world, hurrying to work, local ...

How erotic compositions led a classic of Soviet photography to prison

26-05-2024

How erotic compositions led a classic of Soviet photography ...

Alexander Grinberg, the founder of Soviet pictorialism, was widely recognized abroad and in his native country. However, his ...

Illustrations of the legendary magazine La Vie Parisienne with a touch of eroticism in the Art Nouveau style

25-05-2024

Illustrations of the legendary magazine La Vie Parisienne ...

The magazine La Vie Parisienne ("Parisian life") appeared in 1863 and became very popular in the first twenty years of the ...

5 signs that noble blood flows in your veins

25-05-2024

5 signs that noble blood flows in your veins

Nobles have always been considered "special" people who have privileges in the form of land plots, a decent salary and power over ...

Animal horror: the artist redraws horror characters in the form of cute little animals

25-05-2024

Animal horror: the artist redraws horror characters in the ...

Illustrator Nikita Orlov loves to watch horror movies and illustrate children's books. He decided to combine both of his hobbies, ...

Optical illusion on his own body from the genius of makeup Mimi Choi

24-05-2024

Optical illusion on his own body from the genius of makeup ...

Talented artist the canvas is not needed, he will create a masterpiece for anything, even their own leg! Although such creations is ...

50 works of art that support the ideology of body positivity

24-05-2024

50 works of art that support the ideology of body positivity

It turns out that in Western art, body positivity is a very popular idea! And it doesn't just come down to "Rubens beauties." We ...

Seductive Parisian women in the paintings of the French artist Jean-Gabriel Domergue

24-05-2024

Seductive Parisian women in the paintings of the French ...

Jean-Gabriel Domergue was born in Bordeaux, France, in 1889. Already at the age of 17, he exhibited his work at the Salon Des ...

How the expression "Who does not take risks, does not drink champagne" appeared

24-05-2024

How the expression "Who does not take risks, does not drink ...

Today, the expression "Who does not take risks, does not drink champagne" is an obvious metaphor. But it wasn't always like that. ...

The artist uses her hands as a canvas to show hidden worlds

23-05-2024

The artist uses her hands as a canvas to show hidden worlds

A real artist can create anywhere – from creating drawings in the cracks of street walls to drawing on his own face. Golsa ...

Guillotine, silhouette and other things named after real people

22-05-2024

Guillotine, silhouette and other things named after real people

Have you ever wondered why things got such names as they have now? Why is "chair" exactly "chair", and not something else? ...

Delicate erotic works by Bulgarian photographer Kalynsky

22-05-2024

Delicate erotic works by Bulgarian photographer Kalynsky

It has already been noted that not every photographer is able to shoot in the nude genre. This requires a special talent and, ...

Sex symbols of the 50s, or what the standard of female beauty of that time looked like

21-05-2024

Sex symbols of the 50s, or what the standard of female beauty ...

This period in the history of fashion and beauty is considered the most feminine. Excessive thinness was not in trend then. Full ...

"City Life": Excellent modern oil paintings by Vincent Jarrano

21-05-2024

"City Life": Excellent modern oil paintings by Vincent Jarrano

Vincent Giarrano is an American comic book artist and illustrator. His paintings are more like a photograph, so carefully the ...

I am writing a self-portrait on which I am writing a self-portrait: Seamus Ray and his recursion

21-05-2024

I am writing a self-portrait on which I am writing a ...

Artist Seamus Ray has created a series of recursive self-portraits. Are you familiar with the concept of recursion? This is a kind ...

What people used before the invention of toilet paper

21-05-2024

What people used before the invention of toilet paper

Our ancestors didn't know the word "comfort", however, they sought. Throughout history, humankind has improved my life and ...

How Mansudae, the world's largest leader factory, works

20-05-2024

How Mansudae, the world's largest leader factory, works

It is very difficult to name products that North Korea would export. And the point is not even that technology is poorly developed ...

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

19-05-2024

Vietnam 1915 in color photos

Today, many people have already discovered Vietnam as a new tourist destination, although for most this country remains almost ...

Ed van der Elsken: Love, Sex, Art and Jazz

19-05-2024

Ed van der Elsken: Love, Sex, Art and Jazz

The work of the Dutch photographer and director Ed van der Elsken (1925-1990) was built around his many years of travel and the ...

Wild morals and debauchery: what "The Thousand and One Nights" really tells about»

19-05-2024

Wild morals and debauchery: what "The Thousand and One ...

What do you know about the Arabian Nights? This is not a rhetorical question, because most people are content with a well-known ...

Muscovites: do they exist and where to find them?

18-05-2024

Muscovites: do they exist and where to find them?

Historians have studied archive documents for several centuries, I believe that in modern Moscow there are not more than 10% of ...

Non—childish fairy tales by Nicoletta Ceccoli - masters of disturbing illustrations

18-05-2024

Non—childish fairy tales by Nicoletta Ceccoli - masters of ...

The artist from San Marino Nicoletta Ceccoli has chosen the profession of illustrator of children's books. Her works adorn the ...

How they fought with dishonest merchants in the old days

18-05-2024

How they fought with dishonest merchants in the old days

In the modern world, where there are consumer protection societies and many other regulatory authorities, the buyer is somehow ...