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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

Cultures and slavery in the American south: a Face Jug from Edgefield county

Cultures and slavery in the American south: a Face Jug from Edgefield county

Juan Gris, <em>The Table</em>

Juan Gris, The Table

Why Is This Woman in the Jungle? Henri Rousseau’s <em>The Dream</em>

Why Is This Woman in the Jungle? Henri Rousseau’s The Dream