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Stand in front of almost any altarpiece painted between about 1300 and 1600 and the eye travels straight to the Virgin. Part of that is composition. A surprising amount of it is chemistry. Her mantle
The Bayeux Tapestry Is Coming to Bloomsbury, and the Autumn Is Already Gone
Tickets for the Bayeux Tapestry at the British Museum went on sale on 1 July, and the first tranche, covering September to December, has already sold out. If you were planning to see it before Christm
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In December 1933 two small steamers slipped down the Elbe carrying the intellectual cargo of a vanishing Germany. Aboard the Hermia and the Jessica were 531 boxes holding some 60,000 books and 25,000
The Concrete Heart of London, a Walk Through Brutalism's Revival
London's brutalist landmarks were once decried as monstrous carbuncles, but today they draw architecture pilgrims from across the globe. The Barbican Estate, National Theatre, and Trellick Tower form