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Tony Stark, *Captain America: Civil War*, 2016, and the Dying Gaul, Capitoline Museums, 230s BC
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The tragic tale of the lovers Paolo and Francesca, slain by his brother and her husband Giovanni, who surprised them together, is known to us thanks to Dante, who placed the story of real historical figures, Francesca da Rimini, Gianciotto and Paolo…
The tragic tale of the lovers Paolo and Francesca, slain by his brother and her husband Giovanni, who surprised them together, is known to us thanks to Dante, who placed the story of real historical figures, Francesca da Rimini, Gianciotto and Paolo Malatesta, in Canto V of the "Inferno&
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The Mood for the Whole Day, If You Woke at 7 a.m.
The mood for the whole day, if you woke at 7 a.m. Sleep. Albert Moore
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75 Works by 49 Avant-Garde Artists Return to Russia from South Korea after the Exhibition "Kandinsky, Malevich and the Russian Avant-Garde: Art of the Revolution", Held in Seoul from 31 December 2021 to 17 April 2022
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Charon in Canto III of Dante's Inferno and Paolo Vetri's painting of 1874
And lo, towards us in a boat there comes An Old Man, covered in ancient hoariness, Crying: "Woe to you, accursed race! Forget the heavens, now that you have met me! In my boat prepare to cross To eternal darkness, and to cold, and to heat." Literal translation
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Édouard Manet, The Spanish Ballet, 1862
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Modern ring with amethyst in an ancient style priced at 185 dollars
No, this is not an eleventh-century Viking wedding ring, but the work of modern jewellers. It costs $185
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The Young Napoleon on the Bridge at Arcole Looks More Like the Musician Rod Stewart than Like Himself in the Later Portraits
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How Napoleon's Appearance Changes in Antoine-Jean Gros Portraits Before and During the Empire
Have you noticed that Napoleon, in his portraits from before the imperial period, looks like a completely different man? Take, for example, the portraits by Antoine-Jean Gros, Napoleon's official painter: "Napoleon on the Bridge at Arcole" of 1796 and "Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul"
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Works by the French photographer Sacha Goldberger
She will ask whether you love the Renaissance or Star Wars more... and will leave without ever hearing your answer about the works of the French photographer Sacha Goldberger
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Anthropomorphic mud glyph from an Alabama cave dated to between 700 and 900 AD
An anthropomorphic figure with a radiating semicircle in place of a backside, from unnamed cave No. 19 in Alabama, signals insistently to the people of the 21st century, who likewise worship an idol of ample stern embodied in the figure of Kim Kardashian. Looking at this mud glyph, one might