The Golden Caravan

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George Barbier "Egypt" illustration for ‘The Romance of Perfume’  1928

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Conant Theater Magazine - 1922

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Bhaskar Roy Chowdhury - 1950’s in Surya Nrityam (Dance of the Sun God)

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Eugène Druet: Vaslav Nijinsky, Les Orientales, danse Siamoise, 1910 / Courtesy Bibliothèque Nationale de France

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Japanese Ukiyo-e: Swampcat the slayer. Kawanabe Kyōsai

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From Wikipedia:

Itō Jakuchū (伊藤 若冲?, 1716–1800) was a Japanese painter of the mid-Edo period when Japan had closed its doors to the outside world. Many of his paintings concern traditionally Japanese subjects, particularly chickens and other birds. Many of his otherwise traditional works display a great degree of experimentation with perspective, and with other very modern stylistic elements.

Compared to Soga Shōhaku and other exemplars of the mid-Edo period eccentric painters, Jakuchū is said to have been very calm, restrained, and professional. He held strong ties to Zen Buddhist ideals, and was considered a lay brother (koji); but he was also keenly aware of his role within a Kyoto society that was becoming increasingly commercial.

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The Gentleman in Pink 1560 Palazzo Moroni, Bergamo

~ Giovanni Battista Moroni

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Léon Bakst (1866-1924)

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http://bibliodyssey.blogspot.com/2013/05/bird-album.html

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Rob Dunlavey via https://www.facebook.com/robdunlavey

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Léon Bakst (1866-1924) via https://www.facebook.com/SlavicFolkloreDreams 

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The Programme Officiel des Ballets Russes, Mai-Juin 1912 featuring the costume design for Vaslav Nijinsky’s Faun in L’Après Midi d’un Faune, by Léon Bakst.

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The Dying Valentine Gode-Darel, Leon Bakst