Parthenope (minor planet designation: 11 Parthenope) is a large, bright main-belt asteroid discovered by Annibale de Gasparis on 11 May 1850, the second of his nine asteroid discoveries. It was named after Parthenopē, one of the Sirens in Greek mythology, said to have founded the city of Naples. Parthenope means…
From the desk of Her Serene Highness, The Princess Vilma
Princess Vilma’s Magic Carpet
From: PAINTINGS & OBJECTS OF ART, THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE PRINCESS VILMA LWOFF PARLAGHY, 1924 IMPORTANT PERSIAN KASHAN SILK THRONE RUG This rug is a true masterpiece of Persian artistry. It features three borders, with the main one showcasing extremely well-designed undulated vines and flowers on a deep indigo-blue…
Friday by Robert A. Heinlein
Friday is a 1982 science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein. It is the story of a female “artificial person”, the eponymous Friday, genetically engineered to be stronger, faster, smarter, and generally better than normal humans In “Friday,” the titular character is a highly advanced artificial person, or “artificial human,”…
President of the United States Abraham Lincoln is shot while attending an evening performance of the farce Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
He is shot by actor and Confederate sympathizer . This appears to be the first death-based psyop executed by the group “” which is a large group of European artists who act out death-based psyops on Europe and North America. They are responsible for the faking of all assassination attemps…
Portrait Battle: Von Lenbach vs. Vilma Parlaghy
“Vilma Parlaghy was born at Hajdu Dorog, Hungary, in the seventles. When but a little girl she exhibited such a genius for art that her parents gave her all the advantages avallable at Buda-pest. When she was 14 she was taken to Munich, that she might study under the famous…