1. A Parisian apartment frozen in time with floor to ceiling cinema posters
Inside the 400m2 home of a French doctor who was crazy about cinema. His walls that tell a lifetime of passion for cinema, every room is an archive, every wall a memory, Discovered and shared by vintage film poster restorer, Arthur Fouasse.
2. A Shop & Upstairs for Sale on Paris’ iconic Place Dauphine
For sale (89sqm) 1,45 million euros (one can dream). Found on Patrice Besse.
3. This wonderful jewellery
4. She painted every inch of her house
The artist Emily Powell has used every inch of her five-bedroom Brixham terrace as a canvas: its walls, ceilings, light switches, tiles and even the fridge are adorned with deeply personal hand-painted motifs in different shades of Lick paint. Now on the market for £2 million, included in the sale of the 1,712 sq ft house, which has two ground floor reception rooms and a kitchen/diner, are 20 pieces of Powell’s painted furniture and 65 of her artworks. She also pledges to return every five years to refresh and repaint it for the rest of her life. Found here.
5. This Gorgeous Art Nouveau Calender
In 1894, Eugène Grasset (25 May 1845 – 23 October 1917) received a commission from the French department store La Belle Jardinière (once located on the Seine next to La Samaritaine).
See more of them on Flickr.
6. A 16th century rock crystal pigeon with gilded silver and rubies
Guess how many cows this bird would have been worth in the 16th century?
Around 1550, one cow was worth about 175 grams of silver. Rock crystal, however, was valued by its weight in gold—making this bird worth roughly 275 cows.
In the 1500s, raw materials could determine the value of a work of art as much as craftsmanship. Rock crystal’s exceptional hardness allowed artists to carve it without shattering, transforming dense quartz into a bird that appears almost weightless—complete with ruby eyes and gilded silver legs and collar.
Circa. 1580, with later renovation. German, Nuremberg. Rock crystal, with gilded silver and rubies.
Found on the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
7. Henri Rivière’s “Thirty-Six Views of the Eiffel Tower” (sometimes barely visible) from 1888–1902
See all the Japanese woodblock prints, found on The Public Domain Review.
8. A streaming site for movies in the public domain
Welcome to WikiFlix.
9. The Morgue at The New York Times
10. The Library of Time, one of those web pages that made the internet what is used to be
Geek out here.
11. A digital atlas that let’s you explore ancient and Roman roads
Start exploring here.
12. Thousands of Dinosaur Footprints Discovered in Remote Italian Alps by a Wildlife Photographer
“This is now really one of the most important places for Triassic dinosaur footprints.” Full article on The Art Net.
13. Rediscovered writings of Anthony Bourdain
Available now from bookstores and online.
