The Old Bridge in Mostar. Photo by Emil Otto Hoppé (1878 - 1972).

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Saturn’s Day

Portrait of Sarah, 1st Duchess of Marlborough, Maria Verelst (1680 – 1744), Dutch-British

"Allegory of Taste", Abraham Janssens (1575 – 1632), Flemish

Не рыда́й менѐ, мт҃и

She who has big army She who has an army which wins Wood-block print, on paper, the goddess Durga seated on a throne supported by lions. She holds a sword, lotus, conch and mace. Design for a copper plaque of the type sold to pilgrims visiting Badrinath at the source of the

Madonna di Loreto, Caravaggio (29 September 1571 – 18 July 1610), Italian

"Apollo", Jan Harmensz. Muller (1571 – 1628), Dutch

"Truth Unveiled by Time", Gian Lorenzo Bernini (7 December 1598 – 28 November 1680), Italian

Friday

"For scientists, dawn and twilight are one and the same phenomena, and the Greeks thought likewise, since they had a single word with a different qualifying adjective according to whether they were referring to morning or evening. This confusion is a clear expression of the

"Judith and Holofernes", Workshop of Tintoretto (Venice; 1518 - 1594)

"I listen to Umm Kulthum every night, since the time when Thursday was the highlight of the week, a rare jewel, and the other days a necklace of incomparable beauty. She is an addiction for the solitary, and her voice arouses faraway places from their lethargy like the call of a