Friday is Funday. So, as a treat, here's a scholarship exam that might actually be within reach. Imagine you are applying to Trinity College Cambridge in 1868, and dive in!

Apollo seated with a lyre, 2nd century AD, Farnese collection, National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

Isozaki, Morning - Yoshida Toshi, 1961

Thinking about Isabella Rossellini as Athena

Shield of Charles IX of France.

I feel their seductive power without giving in to it.  #ÉricRohmer L'amour l'après-midi (Éric Rohmer, 1972).

Jean-Luc Godard's list of top 10 American Sound Films: 1. Scarface (1932, Howard Hawks) 2. The Great Dictator (1940, Charles Chaplin) 3. Vertigo (1958, Alfred Hitchcock) 4. The Searchers (1956, John Ford) 5. Singin' in the Rain (1952, Kelly-Donen) 6. The Lady from Shanghai

A magical film. Foxes playing in the snow at Magdalen College, Oxford.

On this day, 81 years ago, David Lean's "Brief Encounter" (1945) premiered in London, UK.

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On this day, 66 years ago, Yasujirô Ozu's 'Floating Weeds' (1959) was released in Japan. https://t.co/VwArl3bWEy

We need a comeback of ‘80s Cocaine Decor

It's been posted hundreds of times now, but the Main Cathedral of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is arguably the best piece of archeofuturist architecture to be found anywhere. They say steel from melted down T34s or Panzers (I forget which) was to build it

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Look how bright and colourful the 1956 Alexander the Great film was

André Franquin

Ever notice all the shots of feet in THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY? #Hitchcock

On this day, 65 years ago, Yasujirô Ozu's 'Late Autumn' (1960) was released in Japan.

The Cup of Achilles in Skyros, enamel on glass, 3rd century AD, (found) in Cologne, Romisch-Germanisches Museum, Cologne German Thieves.

Portrait of Emperor Alexander II - Nikolai Sverchkov, 1871