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Who was the Persian poet Omar Khayyam and what is his rubai really about

17-03-2024

Who was the Persian poet Omar Khayyam and what is his rubai ...

Nowadays Omar Khayyam is without exaggeration the most famous Oriental poet and philosopher in the West. On the web, you can find ...

What is Afrofuturism and what ideas is it based on?

17-03-2024

What is Afrofuturism and what ideas is it based on?

We usually associate Africa with half-naked savages, exotic predators, impenetrable jungles and crazy dictators. Therefore, the ...

How did the famous Chinese “Meat Stone” appear?

17-03-2024

How did the famous Chinese “Meat Stone” appear?

Anyone who sees this exhibit for the first time at the National Palace Museum of Taiwan asks a logical question: what is a piece of ...

9 professional secrets of ballerinas that they prefer not to talk about

17-03-2024

9 professional secrets of ballerinas that they prefer not to ...

Glass in pointe shoes, strict diets and endless training-such associations arise when we think of ballerinas. But is there any ...

Modest Grant Wood: the secret of the author of “American Gothic”

16-03-2024

Modest Grant Wood: the secret of the author of “American ...

Everyone knows the painting “American Gothic” by American artist Grant Wood. Art critics dedicate dissertations to her, and ...

Stunning drawings kouki beaches of Ikegami that look like stills from an anime

16-03-2024

Stunning drawings kouki beaches of Ikegami that look like ...

Illustration kouki beaches Ikegami (Ikegami Kouki) look like concept art for a great anime movie. The artist's attention to detail ...

I Took 12 Photos Showcasing Life On The Streets Of Old Delhi

16-03-2024

I Took 12 Photos Showcasing Life On The Streets Of Old Delhi

Exploring old Delhi is a new experience every time, capturing a different feeling each time.

The anomalous Lake Fundudzi is the pearl of South Africa, the water from which cannot be taken away

16-03-2024

The anomalous Lake Fundudzi is the pearl of South Africa, the ...

Lake Fundudzi is one of the few lakes in South Africa and, according to tourists, the most beautiful. It is located in the Republic ...

Laconic erotica from Czech photographer Radim Korinek

15-03-2024

Laconic erotica from Czech photographer Radim Korinek

Radim Korinek is a professional photographer and artist from the Czech Republic. He is a very versatile artist, working in the ...

People Online Trashed These Well-Known Food Hacks That Are Useless In Real Life

15-03-2024

People Online Trashed These Well-Known Food Hacks That Are ...

Cooking is so much fun, and it will nourish your body and your soul, too. The interesting part is that people always share all ...

Ugliness for the sake of happiness: how mothers in Africa and India mutilate their daughters to arrange their lives

15-03-2024

Ugliness for the sake of happiness: how mothers in Africa and ...

The concepts of female beauty in different countries differ significantly. The canons of attractiveness have been formed for ...

The Ironic masterpieces of Elliott Erwitt

15-03-2024

The Ironic masterpieces of Elliott Erwitt

Photographers like to say that they carry cameras everywhere with them so as not to miss some good shot. It seems that the famous ...

Istanbul beauties in erotic photographs by Kaan Altindal

15-03-2024

Istanbul beauties in erotic photographs by Kaan Altindal

Despite the fact that Turkey is officially considered a secular state, the influence of Islam among its population is very strong. ...

How did the "goat" gesture appear and what does it mean

14-03-2024

How did the "goat" gesture appear and what does it mean

Everyone knows that visitors to rock concerts throw up their hands in a gesture popularly called "goat". It is believed that the ...

“Looky Looky”: 12 Photos I Took Of Things On The Beach That Fascinated Me

14-03-2024

“Looky Looky”: 12 Photos I Took Of Things On The Beach ...

From the tourists who come to escape their daily routines to the locals who have made the beach their second home, to the salesmen ...

The Heart of France: 30 stunning photos of Paris in the 1930s and 1940s

13-03-2024

The Heart of France: 30 stunning photos of Paris in the 1930s ...

The city of love, fashion and freedom could not leave photographers indifferent. Among them stands out Roger Schall-a French master ...

10 Great Movies That Have a Double Meaning

13-03-2024

10 Great Movies That Have a Double Meaning

Although modern cinema presents hundreds of new films every year, there are not so many truly good films that can make a lasting ...

Russian artist changed the gender of the heroes of "Star wars" and drew them in the style of pin-up

12-03-2024

Russian artist changed the gender of the heroes of "Star ...

The artist Andrew Tarusova (who was born in Rybinsk, but now lives in Los Angeles) — their own vision of pop culture. He ...

Young Turkish photographer Kerem Jigerji and his surreal photo manipulations

12-03-2024

Young Turkish photographer Kerem Jigerji and his surreal ...

Kerem Cigerci is a 19-year-old digital artist from Istanbul. Despite his young age, he is not a novice in his field. Kerem has been ...

Drugs, Hellish hairstyles and Communism: The Nightlife of 80's Belgrade

10-03-2024

Drugs, Hellish hairstyles and Communism: The Nightlife of ...

It is not surprising that the 1980s are remembered with special nostalgia by Serbs, because less than a decade later, Yugoslavia ...

Auroville is a city where there is no politics, religion and national differences

09-03-2024

Auroville is a city where there is no politics, religion and ...

Auroville, or "city of dawn", is an international city in southern India, developing under the auspices of UNESCO. ...

10 most shocking of ways in which artists create their works

09-03-2024

10 most shocking of ways in which artists create their works

The perception of art is largely subjective. Even those who are not strong in the details, can still form an opinion about a work ...

Against common sense

09-03-2024

Against common sense

Italian artist of Swiss origin Giuseppe Colarusso has an inexplicable craving to create absolutely useless things. In his series of ...

The twentieth century in the lens of the famous writer Jack London

09-03-2024

The twentieth century in the lens of the famous writer Jack ...

Most people when you mention the name Jack London remembers that he was a popular American writer, author of about 50 books, ...

Celebrities in the lens of Albert Watson: portraits that inspire

09-03-2024

Celebrities in the lens of Albert Watson: portraits that inspire

Scottish Albert Watson is not just a fashion photographer. He is one of the twenty greatest photographers of our time. His pictures ...

Short skirts, blush on the knees, lips with a bow: What were the flappers, young rebels of the "roaring 20s"

08-03-2024

Short skirts, blush on the knees, lips with a bow: What were ...

Flappers are emancipated girls who personified the generation of the "roaring twenties". Page haircut, heavily lined eyes, bright ...