The Gargoyles of Notre-Dame de Paris, Set of postcards from the early 20th century
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Edward S. Curtis - Untitled (Raven-ma) – Qagyuhl, Canada, 1914
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Statuettes of Two Worshippers and female Sumerian statue from the Square Temple at Eshnunna in Sumer (now Tel Asmar, Iraq), ca. 2700 BCE.
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Isabel Muñoz - The Pantheon, Rome, 1995
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Ruins of Nagasaki, 1945
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Aztec Calendar, Mexico City, mounted in the side wall of the Cathedral of Mexico City Unidentified Photographer, ca. 1839 daguerreotype
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Pyramid of Quetzalcoatl at Teotihuacan, Mexico, 1925 - photographer unknown
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Alfred Buckham, The Pyramids In A Storm, Giza, Egypt, 1930s
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Evening at the Pyramids by Ernest R. Ashton, Camera Notes Vol. 2 No. 2, 1898 16.4 x 12 cm. Photogravure
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Hypnos, the Greek personification of Sleep
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Stone mask from the neolithic period dates to 7000 BC and is probably the oldest mask in the world (Musée de la Bible et de la Terre Sainte)
A collection of vintage Japanese bromide cards showing various pachimon kaiju. Published in the 1970s.
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collection of vintage Japanese bromide cards showing various pachimon kaiju. Published in the 1970s.
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collection of vintage Japanese bromide cards showing various pachimon kaiju. Published in the 1970s.
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Kali, Woodblock print, India, ca. 1850
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Gorgon in a medallion. Roman fresco from the House Of The Vettii, Pompeii.
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The Minotaur in the Labyrinth, Roman mosaic at Conímbriga, Portugal
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Ancient Cretan tetradrachma coin depicting the Labyrinth (ΚΝΩΣΙΩΝ), home of the Minotaur. c. 300 BCE
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Theatre mask of a satyr, fresco, Pompeii
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Andrea Mantegna, Self-portrait hidden within frescos in the Ducal Palace, Mantua (the Camera degli Sposi), 1465-74
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Detail of a fresco from the House of the Tragic Poet, Pompeii
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Francisco de Zurbarán, The Veil of Saint Veronica (ca. 1635), oil on canvas, 70 x 51 cm.
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Odilon Redon, Head of Christ wearing the Crown of Thorns (1895)
Charcoal, black pastel and black crayon heightened with white on buff paper, 52.2 x 37.9 cm.
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James Ensor, Man of Sorrows (L’homme des douleurs, 1891), oil on panel, 20 cm x 15.5 cm
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Earliest known surviving figurative sculpture from sub-Saharan Africa
Nok People of Eastern Nigeria, ca. 500 BCE
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'Smiling Figure' from the Remojadas region of Veracruz, Mexico, 7th-8th century CE
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Plaster Mummy Mask, Egypt, 60–70 CE, Roman Period
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Odilon Redon - Homage to Goya, c.1895 (oil on card mounted on canvas)
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Detail of a fresco from the Villa of the Mysteries, Pompeii, 2nd century B.C.E.
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Luca Signorelli, The Antichrist with the Devil, detail from 'Sermon and Deeds of the Antichrist', Orvieto, ca. 1501
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