Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
“Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is a painting in oil on canvas (73.5 by 112 centimetres (28.9 in × 44 in)) long thought to be by Pieter Bruegel, although following technical examinations in 1996,...
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Beibei the Standing Cat sings a hit single by The Animals Nina Simone.
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Bankei Yōtaku (1622-1693), Sakyamuni and Maitreya, ink on paper, 11 1/4×221/4”, private collection.
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I found this several years ago, and it is still the most beautiful representation of an archangel I’ve seen, though it is definitely a departure from Orthodox iconography.
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Plates from Heinrich Khunrath’s classic alchemical compendium, condemned by the Sorbonne in 1625. (Click images for full size)
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