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Building the Suleymaniye Mosque
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Mimar Sinar always felt destined for something greater than building bridges.
Landscape as Ideology
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In Li Cheng's landscape art escapes the natural world.
Heavenly Paradises on Earth
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In Islamic architecture, landscapes reflect a mastery over the natural world.
Paving the Way for Maruyama Okyo's Masterpiece
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"Cracked Ice" combines everything Okyo knew from both Eastern and Western traditions.
Montezuma and Cortes
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The riches intended to buy off the Spanish only intensified their lust for gold.
Maria Sibylla's Encounter with the Natural World
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Maria Sibylla's illustrations brought to light the true life cycle of insects.
The Lion Man
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One of the oldest objects of an imaginary being ever discovered.
The Sacred Mountain
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A spectacular place where the symbolism of the sacred mountain is embodied in art.
Goya's Harmony and Chaos
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Goya bares witness to the irrational forces unleashed by Napoleon's invasion of Spain.
Three Aspects of the Absolute
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Out of Hindu metaphysics comes the nearest visualisation you can get to of a trance.
Japan's 18th Century Commercial Art Revitalizes Color
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Ukiyo-e demonstrated that every day transitory objects could be considered art.
Venetians Embrace Color Over the Drawn Line
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For Renaissance art theorists, drawing always came before color.
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