This is not a painting

For your weekly artistic inspiration.

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“Cleopatra”, 1st century BC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City

“Cleopatra”, The Lumineers, 2016

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“The Kiss” by Francesco Hayez, 1859, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano

“Il Canto degli Italiani”, Goffredo Mameli and Michele Novaro, 1847

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“The Great Wave off Kanagawa” by Katsushika Hokusai, 1829 - 1833 ca., Tokyo National Museum

“Tokyo”, Gruppo Sportivo, 1978

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“L’ange du foyer” by Max Ernst, 1937, Private Collection

“Don't let it bring you down”, Annie Lennox, 1995

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‪“Untitled” by Mark Rothko, 1944, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania‬

‪“Varúð”, Sigur Rós, 2012‬

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“Liberty Leading the People” by Eugène Delacroix, 1830, Louvre Museum, Paris

“Hunger”, Florence and the Machine, 2018

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“The Death of Julius Caesar” by Vincenzo Camuccini, 1806, Museum of Capodimonte, Napoli

“Streets of Love”, The Rolling Stones, 2005

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‪“Ophelia” by John Everett Millais, 1851-1852, Tate Britain, London‬

‪“Ophelia”, The Lumineers, 2016‬

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“Self-portrait with monkeys” by Frida Kahlo, 1943, Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection

“Dance Monkey”, Tones and I, 2019

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“Deliverance of Saint Peter” by Raffaello, 1514, Vatican Museums, Vatican City

“I Want to Break Free”, Queen, 1984

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“Portrait of Burty Frank Haviland” by Amedeo Modigliani, 1914, Gianni Mattioli Collection, Milano

“Un bel dì, vedremo - Madama Butterfly”, Giacomo Puccini, 1904

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“Addolorata” by Sassoferrato, 1640 - 1685 ca., Pinacoteca Comunale, Cesena

“Maria”, Blondie, 1999