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Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly
Spider Rock, Canyon de Chelly, Arizona, USA. The canyon boasts 5,000 years of habitation, including the Ancestral Pueblan Culture from c. 700 CE.
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was a Russian composer best known for his works for the stage, such as the ballets The Firebird, Petrushka, and the groundbreaking The Rite of Spring. The modernist composer lived in Switzerland, France, and then...
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A Teton Ghost Story
A Teton Ghost Story is a tale from the Native American Teton (Tetonwan) of the Oceti Sakowin (People of the Seven Council Fires), better known as the Sioux, on one of the possibilities of the state of the soul after death and how the living...
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Nazca Line Spider
A geoglyph showing the Nazca Line Spider. The designs and lines created on the desert floor of southern Peru are known collectively as the 'Nazca Lines' and were made over several centuries between 200 BCE and 500 CE. Their exact purpose...
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Kiss of Judas by Giotto
The Kiss of Judas panel by the Italian artist Giotto (b. 1267 or 1277 - d. 1337 CE). The scene is part of a cycle of frescoes showing the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Scrovegni Chapel (aka Arena Chapel) in Padua, northern Italy...
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The Kiss of the Enchantress
The Kiss of the Enchantress by Isobel Lilian Gloag (c. 1890), inspired by Keats's Lamia, depicts Lamia as half-serpent, half-woman.
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The Kiss of the Muse by Cézanne
A c. 1859 painting in oils, The Kiss of the Muse or Dream of the Poet, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. Cézanne's early works show a strong influence from Renaissance art. This example and others have the...
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White Buffalo Calf Woman
White Buffalo Calf Woman (Ptesan-Wi) is a supernatural entity of the Sioux religion, who serves as an intermediary between Wakan Tanka (Great Mystery or Great Spirit) and the people. According to Sioux lore, she appeared to the people in...
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Sky Woman
Sky Woman, by Ernest Smith, 1936. Produced as part of the "Indian Arts Project" Federal Art Project.
Collection of the Rochester Museum and Science Center.
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Fair-haired Woman on a Sofa by Gauguin
An 1875 oil on canvas, Fair-haired Woman on a Sofa (aka Mette Asleep on a Sofa), by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), the French post-impressionist painter. Gauguin married Mette-Sophie Gad (1850-1920) in November 1873. They lived apart for most...