c. 1909Image: Anders Beer Wilse / Arts Council Norway via Europeana"Skijoring": the word derives from the Norwegian skikjøring, which translates as "ski driving" in English. In a skijoring race, skiiers being pulled by a riderless hors...
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From Aleppo to Jerusalem: saving synagogue art and architecture
By Art and Architecture, mainly on Feb 27, 2015 in: architecture, history, Israel, paintings
The main synagogue in Aleppo Syria was built in the Byzantine period. Damaged in the Mongol sack of Aleppo in 1400, it was later expanded and modernised. With the arrival of the Sephardi Jews in Aleppo in the C16th, a wing on the eastern side of the...
Let's take a little stroll down memory lane, back to the halcyon summer days of 2010, when Kings of Leon cancelled a show in St. Louis after just five songs because a bird shit in the bassist's mouth. Yes, Jared Followill (seen above, in much happier...
Ukrainian-Russian Relations in Historical Perspective and Putin as Improviser
By Sean's Russia Blog on Feb 27, 2015 in: History
Guests: Faith Hillis, Assistant Professor of Russian History at the University of Chicago and author of Children of Rus’: Right-Bank Ukraine and the Invention of a Russian Nation. Her most recent article is “Intimacy and Antipathy: Ukrainian...
Filed under: Videos, Chevrolet, Automotive History, Auto Repair, Maintenance, Coupe, ClassicsIt took years of research in the archives and then more time in restoration, but the very first Chevrolet Camaro has been rediscovered and put back on the ro...
Aug 2013: The Palermo Cathedral
By Piquant Photos on Feb 26, 2015 in: Church, History, Italy
We turn the corner and the Palermo Cathedral opens up. Quite an imposing building, eh? the cupola is a bit like that of St. Peter’s. The building dates back to 1185, although there’s not much of the original building left. &n...
Aug 2013: The Crossroads of the Mandamenti
By Piquant Photos on Feb 24, 2015 in: History, Italy, Sculpture
We move away from the lovely Piazza and then pass this utter monstrosity of a building. Art Deco meets Communist brutality. Bad. Sad. Bah. that’s the cathedral where we will go soon. curious how the electricity cables were hung up...
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