Right eye from a Greek statue, ca. 500–100 BCE. Marble, obsidian, glass and copper.
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An Ottoman Drawing of a Peri, attributable to Veli Can, Turkey, 16th century
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Odilon Redon, The Red Tree (circa 1905)
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Tibetan ritual skull with elaborate silver work and garuda on the forehead
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Mount Vesuvius, 19th century magic lantern slides
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Illustration from Jules Verne’s ‘From the Earth to the Moon direct in ninety-seven hours and twenty minutes, and a trip round it.’ {1874}
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Green Lion Devouring the Sun , from an alchemical and Rosicrucian compendium, ca. 1760.
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Miniature of the Sun from Splendor Solis (an alchemical treatise), Germany, 1582
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Miniature of a Black Sun (Sol Niger) setting on the outskirts of a city, from 'Splendor Solis' (an alchemical treatise), Germany, 1582
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Félix Vallotton, The Ray, 1909
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Cunio Amiet, Sunset in a snowy landscape, 1950
Sir William Peck. The Sun, An Atlas of Astronomy. 1891
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