Also no fucking wonder they had a revolution immediately after all these things were made, it seems like the Romanovs were spending the entire country’s gdp on these god damn decorations. The whole exhibit felt like
Food for peasants $200
Working conditions $150
Military $800
Fancy Egg™ $1.2 billion
Utilities $150
someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my family dying (they’re being killed by revolutionaries)
This picture encapsulates what I felt when touring Vatican City and the museum. All of this wealth and opulence stripped and stolen from around the world, or custom made at the whims of the Pope. St. Peters Basilica is absurdly ornate, and outside the walls there's people with deformities begging for euros with a picture of the Pope next to their hat. The halls of power are black hearted and wicked.
Best tour guide in Cusco put the Vatican and the Spanish on blast for stealing all the wealth and killing everyone
Holy shit, based tour guide! Would love a tour like that IN Vatican City... But alas, they have their own laws and courts.
Yeah somebody should really recreate this painting but at the Basilica (if you take my meaning)
I for one love the version of this painting that shops in