‘Courtesans painted in blue’, woodblock print by Utagawa Kunisada, Japan, 1831
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The fresco commonly known as “The Tarocchi Players” from the Casa Borromeo, in Milan, probably painted in the 1440s
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Angkor Wat, Cambodia (between 1918 and 1921) - Dancers posing against the backdrop of Apsaras
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Nineteenth century Sri Lankan / Sinhalese Tamil theatre troupe (about 1890)
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Climbing The Great Pyramid, 1870s-1880s
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LIKUKULENGUE. Mask and costume from the Chokwe of Zambia. Photo by Francois d’Elbee
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Linda Butler, Rural Japan, Noh and Kyogen Theatre Masks, Yamagata-ken
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The Whittlesea Straw Bear, Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire (traditional British folk figure). Photo by James Pearson-Howes
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Nick Cave's Soundsuits
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Tiki figure made from human bone, New Zealand, mid 19th century
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Alfred Jarry’s Pere Ubu. Stefan Themerson wearing a mask by Franciska Themerson, in a production from 1951
Honoré Daumier - Two Drinkers. N.d., between 1860 and 1864
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Elsie Palmer Payne (1884-1971), Bus Stop, ca. 1943
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Harold Gilman (British, 1876 – 1919), An Eating House, 1913 / 14
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Edward Hopper, New York Movie, 1939
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Frank Spenlove-Spenlove (1868–1933) - The White Silence, Belgium
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Oskar Herrfurth (1862-1934) - The Musicians of Bremen, German postcard, early 20th century
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William Blake - Plate 78 from ‘Jerusalem - The Emanation of The Giant Albion’, copy E (detail). 1804–1820
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Gustave Doré, The Fall of Lucifer, from John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’
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Gustave Dorè, Illustration from a edition of Lodovico Ariosto’s ‘Orlando Furioso’ published in 1881
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Taylor Marie McCormick, Alice in the House
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Honoré Daumier, The Headache, 1833
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Foot jewelry worn by a Hindu bride, Sri Lanka / Ceylon, 1880s
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Herbert Ponting, A Fakir in Benares / Varanasi, India, 1907
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Siberian shaman with a collection of shamanic objects, including images of helper spirits, early 1900s
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Rena Mandel in 'Vampyr', directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer, 1932
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The Brides in Tod Browning’s ‘Dracula’, 1931
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Josette Day and Jean Marais on the set of Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête
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Henri Cartier-Bresson, Le Cirque Fanni, 1953
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Maiko Momotaro, Japanese Postcard, ca. 1910
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Alfred Henry Maurer, the Peacock, 1903
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Marguerite Gérard and Jean-Honoré Fragonard - Le chat angora (1783)
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Jan Davidsz de Heem - Vase of Flowers – detail, 1660
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Adriaen Coorte
Four Apricots on a Stone Plinth, 1698
Three Peaches on a Stone Plinth, 1705
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Giovanna Garzoni (1600-1670), Quince with Lizard
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Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Still Life with Pomegranates, Sea Shells and a Beetle. Tempera on parchment
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Albrecht Dürer - Study for a roebuck’s head. 1503
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A Composite Ram. Created in Kota, Rajasthan, India, ca. 1750
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Grasshopper and Rider, Antique Toy
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