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Krutikov’s circus, or the Hippo-Palace: Kyiv’s first Art Nouveau building
Krutikov’s circus in Kyiv, the Hippo-Palace, 1903–1941: Bradtman’s Art Nouveau building, horses without a whip, the 1918 hetman congress and the loss.
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5 hours ago8 min read
Seguso Vetri d’Arte - a glassmaking family since 1397
What is Seguso glass? Seguso Vetri d’Arte, Murano 1933–1973: Flavio Poli, sommerso, the Compasso d’Oro of 1954, labels and how to recognise a piece.
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1 day ago5 min read
Kyiv Art Nouveau: irises, masks and chimaeras
Kyiv Art Nouveau: why the city built so much of it in 1895–1914, what to look for on a facade, the House with Chimaeras, and what is being lost.
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Oct 126 min read
The roof of Casa Milà - and the flats beneath it
Barcelona · Passeig de Gràcia, 92 · 1906–1912
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Oct 124 min read
How to tell blown glass from pressed glass
Blown since the first century BC · pressed by machine since the 1820s
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Oct 94 min read
Kyiv street art - a thousand years of writing on walls
Kyiv · from the eleventh century to the present
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Oct 94 min read
Holmegaard - two hundred years of Danish glass
Fensmark, Denmark · since 1825
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Oct 87 min read
Blenko Glass Company: a century of American hand-blown glass
A century of American hand-blown glass
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Oct 66 min read
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