Declaration I have just discovered one of the most beautiful queries that landed someone on Los Cuadernos: “one man’s graffitti is another man’s picasso phrases” While you pond...
I rediscovered this photo on my return to Moscow. It was taken at the State Historical Museum in 1999, where I and other students from our department of Medieval and Early Modern History went f...
Alexander Ivanov, The Bay of Naples near Castellmare (1846) Alexander Ivanov, On the Shore of the Bay of Naples (1850s) The Bay of Naples has traditionally been a favourite with painters. Peter...
«Спас на Крови» на Яндекс.Фотках This photo is currently The Photo of the Day on Yandex’s analog to Google’s Picasa/Panoramio. I really hope to visit St Petersburg during the White Nights ...
Recently a Russian query has led to my blog: “и повторится все как встарь аптека улица”. So here is my English translation of a well-known poem by Alexander Blok, Night, a Streetlight, a S...
Alexander Ivanov, the contemporary of Nikolai Gogol and Karl Brullov, spent a large part of his life in Italy where he also did many sketches for his masterpiece, The Appearance of Christ to the Peopl...
Article first published as The Russian Manchester: How Ivanovo Is Finding Its Way in Post-Soviet Russia on Blogcritics. People of Manchester, rejoice! No longer is Venice the only enviable comparison ...
Yes, I spent two days in Ivanovo, formerly known as Ivanovo-Voznesensk, the so-called Russian Manchester. The town, too, used to be famous for its calico production; nowadays, sadly, some of the facto...
Every time a new life is given to what seems an old, if classic, work we exclaim: “how was it ever possible?” The answer evidently has to do with the ability to see the opportunity to add ...