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Ceremonial belt (Kwakwaka’wakw)

Ceremonial belt (Kwakwaka’wakw)

Follower of Bernard Palissy, rustic platter

Follower of Bernard Palissy, rustic platter

Jean le Noir, Bourgot (?), and workshop, Miniature of Christ’s Side Wound and Instruments of the Passion from the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg

Jean le Noir, Bourgot (?), and workshop, Miniature of Christ’s Side Wound and Instruments of the Passion from the Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg

A miraculous appearance for a queen: Juan de Flandes, <em>Christ Appearing to His Mother</em>

A miraculous appearance for a queen: Juan de Flandes, Christ Appearing to His Mother

A wedding and a miracle for the queen of Spain

A wedding and a miracle for the queen of Spain

Finding meaning in abstraction

Finding meaning in abstraction

A Buddha from Mathura

A Buddha from Mathura

<em>The Old Guitarist</em>, and the question of beauty

The Old Guitarist, and the question of beauty

Gino Severini, <em>Dynamic Hieroglyph of the Bal Tabarin</em>

Gino Severini, Dynamic Hieroglyph of the Bal Tabarin

Henri Matisse, <em>Open Window, Collioure</em>

Henri Matisse, Open Window, Collioure

Umberto Boccioni and the Futurist City

Umberto Boccioni and the Futurist City

Kandinsky, Apocalypse, Abstraction

Kandinsky, Apocalypse, Abstraction