The Iranian Treasury of National Jewels is one of the world’s largest collections of precious gemstones available for public viewing. It is a collection of crown jewels of Iranian rulers, gathered over the past five centuries, reminiscent in its scope of treasures described in legends and fairy tales like Arabian Nights. It is now housed … Read more
I longed to capture all the beauty that appeared before me, and finally that longing was fulfilled. – Julia Margaret Cameron English photographer Julia Margaret Cameron is one of the most significant photographers of the 19th century. Although an exceptional portraitist, she was unjustly neglected and forgotten for a long time, but today her works … Read more
Šenoa represents a crucial pillar in the development of Croatian literature… He canonized the novel as a genre and cultivated an audience for whom the novel became a favorite read. He is an anticipator of our prose realism, the creator of Croatian historical novels, and as a speaker of the Kajkavian dialect, the creator of … Read more
“When something from our imagination becomes reality, it seems ‘normal’ and ‘natural’ to us afterwards that it happened exactly as it did. However, countless examples throughout history prove that conservative and spiritually narrow-minded environments rejected creative projects – in any field – if they were extremely new and unconventional. The construction of St. James Cathedral … Read more
