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Ukiyo-e print depicting Asano Naganori's assault on Kira Yoshinaka in the Matsu no Ōrōka of Edo Castle

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Protecting Michelangelo’s David during World War II, Florence, Unidentified Photographer, 1943

“In January 1943, during the height of World War II, Florence took extraordinary measures to safeguard its invaluable artistic heritage from aerial bombings. Michelangelo’s David, a symbol of the city, was enclosed in a protective brick structure to shield it from potential war damage. Here, workers begin to lay the first bricks.”

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The subtle body in Indian mysticism, from a yoga manuscript in Braj Bhasa language, 1899. A row of chakras is depicted from the base of the spine up to the crown of the head.

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Chimera, Arturo Martini

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Josse Lieferinxe, St Sebastian Destroying Idols, c. 1497

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Une œuvre à son image - L'oignon A work in his image - The onion

huile sur lin 46 x 61 cm

2024

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Clark Filio - Nightmare 

oil on canvas, 2017

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“Head of Medusa” (detail, 1600) by Unknown Flemish Master ◆ When protection becomes prison

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Fra Angelico, the Last Judgement: [detail] the Dance of the Beatified, ca. 1425-1428, saint Marc Museum, Florence

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Scenario designed by Bernardo Buontalenti for the third intermedio (of six) to commemorate the wedding of Ferdinand I de Medici and Christina of Lorraine (1589).

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John Ball encouraging Wat Tyler's rebels of 1381, from a ca. 1470 manuscript of Jean Froissart's Chronicles

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A depiction of the imprisonment of Charles, Duke of Orléans, in the Tower of London from a 15th-century manuscript of poems by Charles, Duke of Orléans (1391–1465)

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Legend of St Francis, Sermon to the Birds // GIOTTO (1302-1350)

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GIOTTO (c.1267-1337)

'The Lamentation over the Dead Christ', 1304-06 (fresco)

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GIOTTO (c.1267-1337)

'The Flight into Egypt', 1304-06 (fresco)