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PASSIONAL, FUNNY IRONIC AND GRATE TO GOD – Helen Yarmak: A Real Life Fairy Tale of Opulent Russian Style.

Creating a brand new perception of materials and their virtue. Stocking only the finest quality fur, in a variety of colours. Here, https://hg2.com/city/moscow/type/shops/, you will find fur hats, stoles, vests and full-length coats (as well as gorgeous handbags and jewellery). Visiting Moskow, you too can discover that boutique nestled within the Ritz-Carlton. It is one of three of HELEN YARMAK …

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WHEN BEAUTY STOOD BENEATH A WINDOW – Valery Bryusov: Never have agreed that true religion demands outward manifestations.

If in the world there exists a beauty for enchantment, then how might one describe it? In 1900, he came to be revered by Symbolists as an authority in matters of art, becaming editor of the influential literary magazine Vesy. Between 1885 and 1893, he received an excellent education, studying in Moscow gymnasiums. VALERY BRYUSOV, Russian poet and prose writer …

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LIKE A CRY OF THE SOUL – Oksana Grigorieva: Rare and unique Russian talent.

Taughting music, until high profile relationships with celebrities. In 2013, Gerard Depardieu chose this site to be his city of residence, full of hidden gems to offer its visitors. Saransk is a small city, but it is home five different theaters. Go to a theater and imagine that you yourself are a character in one of Tchaikovsky’s librettos. Its Smolny …

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WHEN TENSIONS AND CONTRADICTIONS BEING OF ARTISTIC LANGUAGE – Pavel Fedotov: An ancestor of the comic genre in Russian painting.

From narrative satire of sepia drawings, to the tragic minimalism of last paintings. He was born in Moscow on a June day 1815, into a family of a former soldier of Catherine’s epoch. In 1834, his first works were dedicate to military subjects, most of them with a satirical focus. After he presented to the emperor, in the renovated Winter …

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WHERE CREATIVE ATTITUDE IS A LONG HABIT – Greek author travel.

From Crete Island to Preveza, discovering that creativity is not only carved in stone. As Pericles had says, “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others“. That is why, starting from the island of Crete http://www.visitgreece.gr/, we propose you to arrive in Athens. By completing your author’s …

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A LEGENDARY GREEK PHOTOGRAPHER – Nelly’s: Freedom and movement.

Against the Ruins. An 1899 native of Aydin (Asia Minor), she was first influenced by German trends in photography. Her photographs appeared in official tourist publications that were circulate abroad, contribuiting to create the earliest visual symbols of Greece’s philosophy regarding tourism. ELLI SOUGIOULTZOGLOU-SERAIDARI owed her pictorial technique to the influence of her German teachers. Entering Benaki Museum https://www.benaki.org/index.php?lang=en, you …

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WHEN YOU TREATS LEATHER LIKE FABRIC – Sophia Kokosalaki: To design functional apparel that also allows you to look interesting.

Combining her own aesthetic with others identity. Her trademark style features classic Grecian draping combined with handcrafted elements. She received the Elle Designer award and Art Foundation Award for Fashion in 2002. Born in a November day, 1972, SOPHIA KOKOSALAKI https://www.sophiakokosalaki.com/ brought up in Athens (Greece),  where studied literature, then graduating in a College of Art and Design in London, …

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LIKE A BUNCH OF ROSES – Kostas Karyotakis: A desperate mentality, as a symbolistic annulment of the dream’s deceptive rapture.

The uncompromising stride. Each of us possesses it to some extent, sometimes we do not realize it, but creativity is not a characteristic of a select few. Sometimes it must be stimulated, perhaps savoring an island atmosphere, delicious food and beaches full of history. Welcome to Preveza http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/main_cities/preveza, between the Ionian Sea and the Gulf of Arta. Between Preveza and …

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WHEN A SONG BECOME YOUR SIGNATURE TUNES – Nana Mouskouri: With the true inner need to sing.

If you have not learned about sadness, you cannot appreciate happiness. On 2013, a Canadian University awarded her an honorary degree. Her family lived in Chania (Crete), but when she was three her family moved to Athens, where family sent her to the Athens Conservatoire. She studied classical music with an emphasis on singing opera, also encouraged by her friends …

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FREE TO FIND JOY INTO TRANSFORMATION – Nikos Ghikas: Like all great artists, he was an inspirer.

Elegant, clearly structural and informative. Also in a bar in Syntagma Square, you can drink the ouzo aperitif, accompanied by fish-based snacks. Here you will find the tomb of the Unknown Soldier and a special museum. Its permanent exhibition includes many paintings of the Renaissance, works of 17th-20th century European painters. Just opposite Athens Hilton Hotel, The National Art Gallery …

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