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...where ship canvas was everywhere - and turning away from fresco or egg tempera to the relatively new and more pliant medium of oil paint. Drag a loaded brush over the textured surface of a canvas, and a whole range of sensual effects are possible. The feathery plush of a fur collar, the glint of light on armor, the nap of rough cloth - they could all be suggested by oil in ways that tempera couldn't quite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Renaissance Venice's Big Men on Canvas | 4/10/2009 | See Source »

...hotel's 146 rooms is decorated in soft shades of coral, beige and blue. Well-heeled visitors may want to splash out on the historic first-floor suites, formerly offices where socialist planners met to draft the country's economic policies. Today those rooms boast marble bathrooms, fur throws, 16-ft. (5 m) high ceilings and sweeping views of the Bebelplatz and Humboldt University. There's more behind the luxurious surface: bullets and grenade fragments from World War II remain embedded in the suites' original wood paneling. For more information, visit www.hotelderome.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hotel de Rome: A Stylish Take on Berlin History | 4/2/2009 | See Source »

...Nishis gather as we prepare our vessels at the water's edge. "Is it elephant skin?" asks a boy, poking our raft. A Nishi unsheathes his sword from a monkey-fur scabbard, and waves it over his head, dancing. In broken Hindi, he calls out: "Hey! Next time, you bring me a foreign woman!" The Nishi has been impressed by the posters of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera in a tea shop up on the road, and believes they may be worth a few wild cattle in trade. As we head into the current, a few younger Nishi gather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: White-Water Rafting Among Headhunters | 4/1/2009 | See Source »

...Natalya Batalova, a corporate attorney who shops at GUM every few months, says she hasn't felt the crisis so far. "I don't know what it is," she says with a laugh as she walks down one of the mall's softly glowing arcades in a black fur coat and chic diamond earrings, with a big, white Kenzo shopping bag over her shoulder. (See pictures of the best Oscar dresses...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion Disaster: Luxury Takes a Hit in Moscow | 3/31/2009 | See Source »

...have $8,000." But for people who do still have a choice, you're seeing a willingness to scrimp and save for themselves before they demote their animals. Over the last generation a lot of people have promoted their pets to the status of honorary child -they call them "Fur babies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Do We Love Our Dogs More than People? | 3/30/2009 | See Source »

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