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Chinese Atlantis underwater Lion City Shi Cheng

underwater Lion City Shi Cheng

Chinese Atlantis underwater Lion City Shi Cheng

Chinese Atlantis underwater Lion City Shi Cheng.

More than half a century ago, Chinese Lion City, also known as Shi Cheng was flooded. archaeologists, who have recently investigated Shi Cheng, called the rediscovered China’s Atlantis – Lion City. The mysterious ancient city Shi Cheng or “Lion City” was built in AD 208. And, in 1959, during the construction of hydroelectric power plant of Xin’an River Dam project, was flooded. The city at the foot of Wu Shi Mountain (“Five Lion” Mountain) went under the water, and around there appeared the most beautiful man-made lakes with 1078 islands. At present the submerged city Shi Cheng remains undisturbed at a depth of 26-40m.
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Russian Goldwork embroidery

Russian Goldwork embroidery

Collected for centuries experience of old masters Russian Goldwork embroidery

Russian Goldwork embroidery
The art of embroidery with the use of metal, gold, silver, or copper threads is called Goldwork. Goldwork embroidery masters usually used imitation of gold threads, gold-coated silver, and even if they used gold, it contained a very low percent of real gold. Originated in Asia 2000 years ago, it reached a high level of skill in the Medieval England, all over Europe, and Russia. Beautiful Goldwork was used in church vestments, hangings, later in clothing and furnishings of the royalty and nobility, then – military and official regalia. In Russia, more than in any other country, Goldwork is most commonly used for the highest-quality church vestments and art embroidery, for occasional and special use, due to both the expense of the materials and the time to create the embroidery, and because the threads will not hold up to frequent laundering of any kind.
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Most beautiful skiers and biathletes

Miriam Gessner Most beautiful skiers and biathletes

Miriam Gessner (born June 21, 1990) – German biathlon and cross-country skier

Most beautiful skiers and biathletes
This highly subjective ranking of mine includes the most interesting skiers (ski racing participants and alpine skiers) and biathletes (shooting skiers). In the top are included both – active athletes and those who have already completed their career. Let’s start with Miriam Gessner (born June 21, 1990) – German biathlon and cross-country skier, two-time world champion (2011, 2012) biathlon relay race, a silver medalist in the relay for skiing Olympic Games in Vancouver in 2010. She will not participate at the Olympic Games in Sochi, because of health reasons (persistent back pain).
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Nikola slothful Festival of land art

Nikola slothful Festival of land art

Nikola slothful Festival of land art. Art object of ‘Nikola slothful’ park in Kaluga region

Nikola slothful Festival of land art “Archstoyanie”
The biggest in Europe and Russia Festival of land art and architectural art takes place in the Park “Nikola slothful” (Russian – Nikola Lenivets). The festival was founded in 2006 by Nikolai Polissky, the oldest member of the festival, which is held twice a year. Nikola Lenivets village is located about 200 km from Moscow – in Kaluga region, on the banks of the river Ugra. Part of its territory belongs to the national park. It is open to creative experimentation and is constantly updated with new art objects. Specially invited architects create art objects made ​​of natural materials such as wood, snow, hay, vines, etc. Some objects are functional: rafts, swing, even the toilets. Most of the objects interact with the audience – they can go, ride, climb them.
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Leonardo da Vinci the Italian Faust

Leonardo da Vinci the Italian Faust

Leonardo da Vinci the Italian Faust

Leonardo da Vinci the Italian Faust.

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Italian painter, sculptor, architect, mechanic, engineer, biologist and natural philosopher was the inventor of the plane, the tank, the submarine, more than five hundred years ago. He was the “universal man”, about whom Giorgio Vasari, the artist, said in 1550: “The heavens often rain down the richest gifts on human beings, but sometimes with lavish abundance they bestow upon a single individual beauty, grace and ability, so that, whatever he does, every action is so divine that he surpasses all other men, and clearly displays how his genius is the gift of God and not an acquirement of human art”. His contemporaries looked at him as a magician, an investigator of mysterious phenomena. The next generations called Leonardo the Italian Faust.
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Miniature painting artist Svetlana Belovodova

The Queen of Autumn. Miniature painting artist Svetlana Belovodova

The Queen of Autumn. Miniature painting artist Svetlana Belovodova

Russian craftswoman, Miniature painting artist Svetlana Belovodova lives and works in the city of Dmitrov, Moscow region. Miniature painting has became her profession since she graduated with honors from glorious Fedoskino art school in 1996. Svetlana is a Member of the Union of Artists arts and crafts of Russia (2004). Belovodova loves her profession – to create beautiful fairy tales embodied in copyright exclusive handmade jewellery, miniature lacquer caskets and small panels. She also paints portraits in her fabulous technique.
Belovodova loves working with stones, beads, combining lacquer technique with embroidery and painting. She has been a permanent participant of art exhibitions on different levels – from local to national since 2011. Her artworks were exposed in All-Russian Museum of Decorative, Applied and Folk Art (Moscow), Central House of Artists, State Duma of the Russian Federation, Polytechnic Museum.
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British actress Olivia Hussey

British actress Olivia Hussey

Beautiful British actress Olivia Hussey

British actress Olivia Hussey
Born April 17, 1951 in Buenos Aires, Olivia Hussey is one of the most beautiful British actresses. Her father Andres Osuna was an opera singer, performing under the pseudonym Osvaldo Ribo. In her earlier interview Olivia spoke of him as dead, because the family split when she was just two years old, and her father did not take any part in her later life. Olivia’s mother was an Englishwoman Joy Alma (nee Hussey). Olivia’s brother Andrew was born a year later. In 1959, her mother returned to England, and Olivia took her surname. Mother worked as a secretary in a legal office. The beautiful girl dreamed of becoming an actress.
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Pre-Raphaelites English phenomenon

Ophelia. Pre-Raphaelites English phenomenon. John Everett Millais (1829-1896)

Ophelia. 1852. John Everett Millais (1829-1896). Pre-Raphaelites English phenomenon

Pre-Raphaelites English phenomenon
But it is only now that we choose to call attention to the fact. For it is only in the last sixty years that Pre-Raphaelite pictures have been pulled out of cellars and greeted with cries of admiration. Until quite recently it was felt that English painting, having contributed some very remarkable achievements to the Romantic Movement, and having pointed the way towards Impressionism, drifted with the Pre-Raphaelites – whose name derives from their attention to rediscover the simplicity of Italian Pre-Raphael paintings – into a mournful backwater from which it at least emerged under French influence.
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Beautiful snowboarder Silje Norendal

Beautiful snowboarder Silje Norendal

Born 1 September 1993 in Kongsberg, beautiful snowboarder Silje Norendal. Noteworthy, the Norwegian female athlete became recognized the most beautiful sportswoman at Winter Olympics in Sochi

Beautiful snowboarder Silje Norendal
Undoubtedly, the most beautiful female athlete at Winter Olympics in Sochi will be blue-eyed blonde Silje Norendal. Born 1 September 1993, a Norwegian snowboarder Silje Norendal competes in halfpipe, slope-style and boardecross. Her local club is Kongsberg IF. Silje Norendal won gold in women’s slopestyle in Winter X Games Europe in Tignes in 2013. In January 2014, she won women’s slopestyle in Winter X Games in Aspen, Colorado. She was chosen to compete in slopestyle during the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
The young Norwegian athlete and just a beauty represents a new generation of Norwegian snowboarders of different style – cool and confident approach. Despite the fact that Norendal claims she does not like rails, she superbly acted on them in Tignes, France and brought the gold medal for her country.
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