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15. Painting Velvet

by Sophia Feist Cover Image & Fig. 1 – Jan van Eyck, The Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele, oil on wood, 141 x 176.5 cm, Groeningemuseum, Bruges (Photo: Wikimedia Commons) One of my favorite paintings is Jan van Eyck’s The Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele (1434-1436). One of my…
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16. The Museum of Broken Relationships

by Beatrice Leeming Tourists to Zagreb might be tempted by its medieval Old Town or its Gothic Cathedral. They might come for its award-winning Christmas market, or, in the summer, for re-enactments of medieval conflicts put on by the Order of The Silver Dragon. Round the corner from the players, an increasing number have headed…
