Arts

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: (ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ), local pronunciation: ˈkɾiɕtŭ̻ xe̞dẽ̞ˈtoɦ), is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro,…

The Alhambra (/ælˈhæmbrə/, Spanish: (aˈlambɾa); Arabic: الْحَمْرَاء‎, romanized: Al-Ḥamrāʾ, pronounced (alħamˈraːʔ), lit. “The Red One”), is a palace and fortress complex of the Moorish monarchs of…

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most famous ancient archaeological sites in the world. It is an ancient citadel located on a rocky…

A dialogue. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the Library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. Cyril (coming in through the open window from the terrace).…

It has constantly been made a subject of reproach against artists and men of letters that they are lacking in wholeness and completeness of nature.…

“Petra” (Arabic: ٱلْبَتْرَاء‎, romanized: Al-Batrāʾ; Ancient Greek: Πέτρα, “Stone”), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu, ancient city, centre of an Arab kingdom in Hellenistic…

My Kinsman, Major Molineux by Nathaniel Hawthorne After the kings of Great Britain had assumed the right of appointing the colonial governors, the measures of…

Hodja and the Baklava (A Turkish Tale) One day long ago, a foreign scholar traveled through Anatolia, and in each village and town he visited,…

Persepolis (/pɝˈsepəlɪs/, Old Persian: Pārsa) modern Takht-e Jamshīd or Takht-i Jamshīd (Persian: “Throne of Jamshīd,” Jamshīd being a character in Persian mythology), was the capital…

Let me call myself, for the present, William Wilson. The fair page now lying before me need not be sullied with my real appellation. This…

The Man Who Made Trees Bloom (A Japanese Tale) Long ago an old man and his wife lived simply but happily. They loved each other,…

The Pipes of Pan (A Greek Legend) Long ago, in the mountains of Arcadia, a god known as Pan haunted the slopes and watched over…