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Eliel Saarinen - Library, Cranbrook Academy.

by ELIEL SAARINEN

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German would have a compound noun for the phenomenon.

Biedermeier Globe Desks

Globustisch writing tables

Austria 1800-1825 

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piccolo negozio

Naples, Italy

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severinstraße // köln südstadt

beautiful shop with a beautiful typography, which is still in the same use as it has been for many years.

ein charmanter laden mit einer schönen typografie, der schon seit vielen jahren in der gleichen nutzung ist.

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Excerpts from a six page comic titled "How to Look" published in Arts & Architecture, January 1947

By Ad Reinhardt

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Andrea del Verrocchio - The Baptism of Christ. 1475

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another odd dove

Andrea del Verrocchio - The Baptism of Christ. Detail. 1475

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Pablo Picasso by Arnold Newman, 1962

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Creatures from the Luttrell Psalter (c. 1320-1340) PNGs, part 2.

(British Library: Add MS 42130.)

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Spring in Town, 1941. Grant Wood. Oil on wood.

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roberto.cuts

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I think it's safe to say this is the least-visited Bernini statue in Rome - and it's in Trastevere. Not out of the way at all. San Francesco a Ripa.

The Ecstasy of Beata Ludovica Albertoni, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1671-74

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Saint Catherine of Siena Exchanging Her Heart with Christ, circa 1475 by Giovanni di Paolo

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The modern replica of a 4th Century BC Athenian Trireme. This beauty has been named the "Olympias" and is actually a commissioned Greek naval vessel.

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Roman gold and chalcedony ring from the 1st century BC. Engraving with the wolf nursing Romulus and Remus.

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Lucernario do Panteón de Roma