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Alexander in the Bathysphere
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Alexander in the Bathysphere

*Ostentatio Genitalium* in Renaissance Art
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Love & Lust, Religion, Myth & Legend

Ostentatio Genitalium in Renaissance Art

Philipp Hainhofer’s *Große Stammbuch* (1596–1633)
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Philipp Hainhofer’s Große Stammbuch (1596–1633)

Bruegel the Elder’s *Big Fish Eat Little Fish* (1556)
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Bruegel the Elder’s Big Fish Eat Little Fish (1556)

Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)
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Snowball Fights in Art (1400–1946)

700 Years of Dante’s *Divine Comedy* in Art
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Religion, Myth & Legend

700 Years of Dante’s Divine Comedy in Art

Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings
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Geometry & Diagrams, Design & Typography

Solid Objects: 16th-Century Geometric and Perspective Drawings

The Zodiac Man
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Science & Medicine

The Zodiac Man

On *Sprezzatura*: Baldassare Castiglione’s *The Book of the Courtier* (1903 edition)
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On Sprezzatura: Baldassare Castiglione’s The Book of the Courtier (1903 edition)

Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)
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Technology, Architecture

Agostino Ramelli’s Theatre of Machines (1588)

Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)
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Theatrum Chemicum Britannicum (1652)

The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)
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Natural World, Religion, Myth & Legend

The Four Elements and Temperaments from an Album of Prints after Maerten de Vos (ca. 1583)

The Comet Book (1587)
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Strange Phenomena, Astronomy & Space

The Comet Book (1587)

The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)
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The Human Pyramids of Juste De Juste (ca. 1540)

The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)
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The Geometric Landscapes of Lorenz Stoer (1567)

The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)
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The Unicorn Tapestries (1495–1505)

The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)
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The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Art (1460–1921)

Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works
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Music & Arts

Highlights from The Cleveland Museum of Art’s release of more than 30k images of public domain works

The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I (1515)
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Politics, Architecture

The Triumphal Arch of Emperor Maximilian I (1515)

Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death (1523–5)
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Death

Hans Holbein’s Dance of Death (1523–5)

The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature
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Customs & Culture

The Egg Dance: From Peasant Village to Political Caricature

First English Edition of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays (1603)
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Wisdom

First English Edition of Michel de Montaigne’s Essays (1603)

The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)
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The Model Book of Calligraphy (1561–1596)

The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath
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The Maps of Matrakçı Nasuh, Ottoman Polymath

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