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Detail of the painted stuccowork of the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and two bigger ones: a winged figure with a bow , and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle…

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Detail of the painted stuccowork of the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and two bigger ones: a winged figure with a bow , and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle…

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Part of the painted stuccowork at the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle, in relief against a background painted in red, white, or violet…

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Part of the painted stuccowork at the tepidarium , Forum Baths, Pompeii c. 70 AD. The panel depicts smaller white figures and the abduction of the Trojan prince Ganymede by Zeus in the form of an eagle, in relief against a background painted in red, white, or violet…

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Mosaic medallion with abduction of Ganymede from his attendants by Zeus in eagle form. Previously interpreted as Mithras emerging from cave. Roman Egypt, 1st c AD. Stone, glass tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Mosaic medallion with abduction of Ganymede from his attendants by Zeus in eagle form. Previously interpreted as Mithras emerging from cave. Roman Egypt, 1st c AD. Stone, glass tesserae. Walters Art Museum collection

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Fresco of woman and centaur, third Pompeian Style, 20 BC-45 AD, Pompeii, Italy. Found in the triclinium of the Villa of Cicero , this is one of five figures of people and centaurs painted aligned in fine detail on a panel about 28" wide and less than 10" high.

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Fresco of woman and centaur, third Pompeian Style, 20 BC-45 AD, Pompeii, Italy. Found in the triclinium of the Villa of Cicero , this is one of five figures of people and centaurs painted aligned in fine detail on a panel about 28" wide and less than 10" high.

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A Japanese WWII poster depicting beheading of British Imperialism by Subhas Chandra Bose.The American flag in the form of bow-tie on the Lion's tail, which implies that the British Imperial had support from America.

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A Japanese WWII poster depicting beheading of British Imperialism by Subhas Chandra Bose.The American flag in the form of bow-tie on the Lion's tail, which implies that the British Imperial had support from America.

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Stuccoed and painted freize on the wall outside the destrictarium of the Stabian Baths. The destrictarium is where the Pompeiians scraped the oils and dirt from their skin using strigils. Below is a possible color reconstruction of the freize from the 1859. Pompeii, Italy.

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Stuccoed and painted freize on the wall outside the destrictarium of the Stabian Baths. The destrictarium is where the Pompeiians scraped the oils and dirt from their skin using strigils. Below is a possible color reconstruction of the freize from the 1859. Pompeii, Italy.

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Two paintings depicting Hotei waking from a nap, and Hotei and a child, made by the Japanese monk Sengai Gibon . Hotei is one of the most popular figures in Zen and recognized as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha

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Two paintings depicting Hotei waking from a nap, and Hotei and a child, made by the Japanese monk Sengai Gibon . Hotei is one of the most popular figures in Zen and recognized as an incarnation of Maitreya, the future Buddha

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Painting depicting two teenage boys wearing somptuous clothes, an early full-length depiction of a black figure in English art, the sitters are unknown, but a text was added later, falsely claiming that the white boy is Prince Rupert, cousin to King Charles I, probably 1626

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Painting depicting two teenage boys wearing somptuous clothes, an early full-length depiction of a black figure in English art, the sitters are unknown, but a text was added later, falsely claiming that the white boy is Prince Rupert, cousin to King Charles I, probably 1626

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Flora, fresco from Villa Arianna, Stabiae, 1st c. AD. Painted in the 3rd Pompeian style with vague Hellenistic reminiscences, it was found in a cubicle, along with three other female figures, each centered in panels in the middle of the walls. Stabiae was destroyed by the Vesuvius too

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Flora, fresco from Villa Arianna, Stabiae, 1st c. AD. Painted in the 3rd Pompeian style with vague Hellenistic reminiscences, it was found in a cubicle, along with three other female figures, each centered in panels in the middle of the walls. Stabiae was destroyed by the Vesuvius too

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A painted round table from one of the dining rooms at villa Moregine in Pompeii. The table has a marble top from the centre of which water flowed to enhance the dining experience. The beds were faced with marble, and a small channel ran around inside them and was fed by 14 water jets

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A painted round table from one of the dining rooms at villa Moregine in Pompeii. The table has a marble top from the centre of which water flowed to enhance the dining experience. The beds were faced with marble, and a small channel ran around inside them and was fed by 14 water jets

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Portrait of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife in formal dress, detail of the wife with stylus and open diptych from Italy, Campania, Pompeii, 55-79 AD

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Portrait of the baker Terentius Neo and his wife in formal dress, detail of the wife with stylus and open diptych from Italy, Campania, Pompeii, 55-79 AD

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Pompeian fresco depicting Theseus after killing the Minotaur. The fresco is not large. In the past, it was the central panel of a larger painting. It was like a painting hung in the middle of the wall and the attention of the person entering the room was supposed to focus on it.

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Pompeian fresco depicting Theseus after killing the Minotaur. The fresco is not large. In the past, it was the central panel of a larger painting. It was like a painting hung in the middle of the wall and the attention of the person entering the room was supposed to focus on it.

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Clay calyx-krater depicting the myth of Cadmus, a legendary Phoenician prince credited with founding Thebes and introducing the alphabet to Greece, slaying a dragon. Paestan red-figure, attributed to Python of Poseidonia , c. 350s BCE.

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Clay calyx-krater depicting the myth of Cadmus, a legendary Phoenician prince credited with founding Thebes and introducing the alphabet to Greece, slaying a dragon. Paestan red-figure, attributed to Python of Poseidonia , c. 350s BCE.

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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The "Sappho" fresco, or Portrait of a Young Woman with Stylus, Pompeii, 1st century AD. It depicts a finely dressed young woman with a writing tablet and stylus, used in Roman paintings to indicate literacy and education. She was identified as the Greek poet Sappho without proof...

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The so-called "Venus in a bikini", from the House of the Bikini, Pompeii depicts her Greek counterpart Aphrodite as she is about to untie her sandal, with a small Eros squatting beneath her left arm, Naples, National Archaeological Museum

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The so-called "Venus in a bikini", from the House of the Bikini, Pompeii depicts her Greek counterpart Aphrodite as she is about to untie her sandal, with a small Eros squatting beneath her left arm, Naples, National Archaeological Museum

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Winged figure riding a chariot by a building, painted in perspective, towards a portico adorned with shields, helmets and breastplates at the top. The fresco can still be seen on the original wall of the Macellum of Pompeii where it was painted...

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Winged figure riding a chariot by a building, painted in perspective, towards a portico adorned with shields, helmets and breastplates at the top. The fresco can still be seen on the original wall of the Macellum of Pompeii where it was painted...

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A Roman mosaic from Antioch, now housed at the Louvre Museum, 475-500 CE. The center of the mosaic panel, surrounded by a border decorated with winged mountain goats, depicts a phoenix on a bed of rosebuds

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A Roman mosaic from Antioch, now housed at the Louvre Museum, 475-500 CE. The center of the mosaic panel, surrounded by a border decorated with winged mountain goats, depicts a phoenix on a bed of rosebuds

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Dagger with double-edged watered steel blade and white nephrite jade pommel in the form of a horse's head. India, mid 17th c. Loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, from the Al-Sahah Collection, Kuwait

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Paleolithic painted horse from Ekain Cave, Basque Country, Spain. The head and the dark stripes on withers, forearm and gaskin depict a Przewalski's horse , a species that roamed Europe during the last glaciation. Also found in Lascaux cave and others...

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Paleolithic painted horse from Ekain Cave, Basque Country, Spain. The head and the dark stripes on withers, forearm and gaskin depict a Przewalski's horse , a species that roamed Europe during the last glaciation. Also found in Lascaux cave and others...

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