Artisanal Aesthetics

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Narikala is an ancient fortress overlooking Tbilisi. The fortress was established in the 4th century as Shuris-tsikhe  and was originally a Persian citadel.

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King Arthur and the Weeping Queens, 1857, Dante Gabriel Rossetti

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Polonia, 1863, Jan Matejko

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Princess Eudoxia, 1893, Viktor Vasnetsov

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Two Old Ones Eating Soup / The Witchy Brew, 1823, Francisco Goya

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/francisco-goya/old-eating-soup-1823

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Moon Path, 1886, Ivan Aivazovski

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Artist Kostas Spyriounis. St. Minas in Santorini

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Lent strengthens the spirit of man. In Lent, man goes out to meet the angels and the demons. - Fr. Alexander Elchaninov

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Orthodox Christian funeral of Petar Pera Ćetkovic, commander of 3rd strike division of Yugoslavian communist partisans. Аfter death he was promoted to general-major rank and announced as national hero

via reddit

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The Doors of the Royal Annunciation -  Mikhail Nesterov

Picture of the painting of the Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky in Abastumani, Georgia

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Kharānaq, Yazd, Iran // August 2018

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Tajik couple. Photographed by Aya Okawa.

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‘Sartak’ by Pavel Ryzhenko.

Sartak (left) was a son of Batu Khan and a great-grandson of Genghis Khan, he succeeded Batu as khan of the Golden Horde. According to the notes of many contemporaries (Pope Innocent IV, for example), Sartak professed Christianity (probably, Nestorianism).

Alexander Nevsky (right) was Prince of Novgorod, Grand Prince of Kiev and Grand Prince of Vladimir in 13 century. Commonly regarded as a key figure of medieval Rus’, Alexander rose to legendary status on account of his military victories over German and Swedish invaders while agreeing to pay tribute to the powerful Golden Horde. He was canonized as a saint of the Russian Orthodox Church in 1547.

In 1252, Alexander Nevsky met with Sartak at Sarai. Alexander received Yarlyk (permission) to become Grand Duke of Vladimir in vassalage to the Golden Horde, he became Sartak’s anda (sworn brother, probably akin to blood brother) and an adopted son of Batu Khan.

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Apotheosis of Henry IV and the Proclamation of the Regency of Marie de Medici, Peter Paul Rubens

Medium: oil,canvas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/peter-paul-rubens/apotheosis-of-henry-iv-and-the-proclamation-of-the-regency-of-marie-de-medici-1624