Optical Illusion: Whimsical Illusionary Photo Collages You Need to Look At Twice

"Flat" house on Taganka: architectural miracle and optical illusion of the beginning of the last century

"Flat" houses always attract attention, because this is surprising: a tall narrow multi-storey "wall" stands and does not fall. In fact, of course, they are not flat at all, but this is exactly the effect these buildings produce on passers-by, if you look at them from a certain angle. And, what is most interesting, these unusual buildings for some reason are not widely known among the townspeople. An example of this is the flat house on Taganka. Few people know him, even from Muscovites. Of course, also due to the fact that for many years he would

Why you need to run from nuns and you shouldn't click scissors: Bad omens of different nations

Friday the thirteenth, thanks to Hollywood, is considered a terribly bad day. Before acquaintance with European culture, the inhabitants of Russia were indifferent both to the thirteenth and to Friday - except that on Friday women were supposed to rest from handicrafts, and the Orthodox in general - to fast. Bad omens of the peoples of the world do not have to coincide at all and sometimes can seriously surprise a representative of another culture

10 iconic plays you need to know to look like a cultured person and a seasoned theatergoer

Dramatic art is a special genre of interpretation of previously written texts, but not everyone loves theater and is ready to visit it even to get acquainted with beautiful works. Moreover, the performances, as a rule, convey the director's vision, and therefore it is better to go to the theater, having first become acquainted with the literary source. Especially when it comes to plays that influenced the development of both theater and literature

Mikhail Kononov: "You need to play so that you are not ashamed in front of anyone"

The name of Mikhail Kononov occupies an honorable place in the history of Russian cinema. The role of the young teacher Nestor Petrovich in the film "Big Change" became the "calling card" of the actor. According to Kononov, all his life he played in such a way that he was not ashamed either in front of the audience or in front of his conscience

A memo that will teach you how to distinguish between Homer's characters and help you look at them from a different perspective

Every Soviet teenager was probably familiar with the plots of the Iliad and the Odyssey - two poems by Homer and the adventures of the ancient Greeks. It just happens that only Odysseus is accurately identified, and in the rest of the characters they are a little confused. A memo from "Culturology" will refresh the memories of who is who. And at the same time it will make you look at them in a new way