Creativity brought to life: 3D drawings by Alessandro Diddi

How geniuses were brought up in the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum: Discipline, daily routine and everyday life of the Pushkin edition

The goal of raising and educating a new Pushkin is not in front of anyone - that would be too presumptuous, and simply impossible. But creating conditions that will help a child develop his genius in whatever may be is the dream, probably, of all parents and conscientious teachers. The first graduation of the Lyceum gave the country not at all first-class officials, as it was intended, but there were plenty of geniuses among the boys who came out of its walls. How was this accomplished?

How creativity brought the prisoner of the GULAG back to life: Kind watercolors by Maria Myslina

In the watercolors of Maria Myslina, there is a cozy Soviet everyday life. Here people rush to work, hiding under umbrellas from the pouring rain, here friends, like antique statues, froze at the water's edge, but a multicolored crowd of children poured out for a walk from the door of the kindergarten … And many of us still remember the wonderful postcards created artist. But few people know that these beautiful works were preceded by years of loss and pain. The years of the GULAG

9 movie couples who brought their love from screens to real life

Sometimes movie fans dream that vivid novels from their favorite films come true. But sometimes it happens. If anything, the acting couples gathered in this review are proof that on-screen love can grow into an almost perfect real-life romance. It turns out that there are many movie couples who began to be played by couples in love, and as a result, they started real romances

Love on the front line: How a simple telegraph operator brought Marshal of artillery Vasily Kazakov back to life

He went through three wars, and celebrated Victory Day with the rank of Colonel-General of Artillery. On the account of General Kazakov were the development of original methods of artillery combat, which later began to be studied in military academies. He was a successful military leader, but Vasily Ivanovich's personal life was dramatic. The wife was mortally wounded right in the arms of her husband, and the wound on the general's heart did not heal for a very long time after that. But there, on the front line, there was a girl who revived

Pictures painted by smog of city streets. Creativity Alessandro Ricci

If one day on the streets of Florence you happen to see a grown man who cleans dirt from the facades of buildings, sculptures and lanterns, then you are in front of you, the famous Italian artist Alessandro Ricci. He is a very interesting personality both among artists and among the "green", because the dirt that Alessandro collects on the streets of the city is the "paint" for his paintings. Painting pictures with smog from city streets, the artist thus advocates for the protection