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An 1888 oil on canvas painting, Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing, by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90), the Dutch post-impressionist artist. Painted in March near Arles in southern France, one of several studies of this bridge. The artist...

An 1881 oil on canvas painting, Peasant Hanging the Washing, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. Depicting a scene from the banlieues of Paris where new housing was recently built for poorer families so that they...

A Chinese woman of the early 20th century CE with feet made smaller by the ancient practice of foot-binding. (From 'Women Of All Nations' published by Underwood & Underwood, 1911)

Pilate Washing His Hands by Mattia Preti (Il Cavalier Calabrese)(Italian, Taverna 1613–1699 CE Valletta), 1663 CE. According to the Gospel of Matthew, the Roman governor Pontius Pilate tried to save Christ from death and symbolically washed...

Foot-binding was a practice first carried out on young girls in Tang Dynasty China to restrict their normal growth and make their feet as small as possible. Considered an attractive quality, the effects of foot-binding were painful and permanent...

The fullers of ancient Rome were launderers who washed the clothes of the city and also finished processing fabric later made into clothing, blankets, or other necessary items. They were looked down upon for their use of human and animal...

A stupa is a reliquary containing the remains (relics) of an individual associated with great spiritual power and insight, most often (since the 3rd century BCE) with the Buddha (l. c. 563 - c. 483 BCE). The form, a hemisphere topped by a...

Diogenes of Sinope (c. 404-323 BCE) was a Greek Cynic philosopher best known for holding a lantern to the faces of the citizens of Athens claiming he was searching for an honest man. He was most likely a student of the philosopher Antisthenes...

Ancient Egyptian architecture is often associated closely with the pyramids of Giza but was actually quite diverse, taking a number of forms in the construction of administrative buildings, temples, tombs, palaces, and the private homes of...

Semiramis is the semi-divine Warrior-Queen of Assyria, whose reign is most clearly documented by the Greek historian Diodorus Siculus (l. 90-30 BCE) in his great work Bibliotheca Historica ("Historical Library") written over thirty years...