The thing about working such a hard material as marble is that if you make a mistake, it will be difficult to correct.
Category Archives: art history
Greek Statues – an Introduction
When you’re looking at some ancient marble statue, do some quick googling: odds are that you’re not looking at an original.
My quest for Elisabeth, empress of Austria – or how I found Sissi before I had amazing Strudel.
In 2017, I went to Vienna.
Why Vienna? I, just as many other people who grew up in the 90s, had a blissful and easy access to cartoons. We had it all, from the older Tom & Jerry sketches to classical Disney, Don Bluth and even 20th Century Fox. There were larger companies and smaller companies, of course, which made more or less successful cartoons, usually either shown on TV channels for kids or in direct-to-VHS releases. One of those cartoons was Sissi.
Odin replies: History of Fashion
Odin: – So I noticed there were quite a few questions about fabric. What do you have to say about that?
Me: – Well, sir, as Professor Lupin told Harry in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, I will not pretend to be an expert fighting Dementors, but I’ll try to help.
Odin replies: Do you believe in the possibility of an ancient underwater building or city since the Romans had developed concrete that wouldn’t deteriorate in water?
The planet is hardly static, and cities built around the coastline are sometimes prone to disappearing.
Antónia, Princess of Portugal, Princess of Hohenzollern.
The Portuguese Royal family is often set aside in the larger spectre of the 19th century. Amidst successful reigns such as that of Queen Victoria, the turbulent and often impoverished Portuguese realm may seem relatively unremarkable from afar. But it is not quite so. Portuguese monarchs and their children were well-related through the many royalContinue reading “Antónia, Princess of Portugal, Princess of Hohenzollern.”
The Historian Chronicles 