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Mimar Sinar always felt destined for something greater than building bridges.

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In Li Cheng's landscape art escapes the natural world.

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In Islamic architecture, landscapes reflect a mastery over the natural world.

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"Cracked Ice" combines everything Okyo knew from both Eastern and Western traditions.

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The riches intended to buy off the Spanish only intensified their lust for gold.

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Maria Sibylla's illustrations brought to light the true life cycle of insects.

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One of the oldest objects of an imaginary being ever discovered.

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A spectacular place where the symbolism of the sacred mountain is embodied in art.

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Goya bares witness to the irrational forces unleashed by Napoleon's invasion of Spain.

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Out of Hindu metaphysics comes the nearest visualisation you can get to of a trance.

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Ukiyo-e demonstrated that every day transitory objects could be considered art.

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For Renaissance art theorists, drawing always came before color.