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The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Creator: Lorenzo Monaco

The Intercession of Christ and the Virgin, before 1402. Christ and the Virgin pray to God on behalf of a prominent Florentine family

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Still Life with Checked Tablecloth

Gris, a master of disguised images, presents a table brimming with coffee cups, stemmed wineglasses, a large white-footed fruit compote (seen from the side and from above) containing thickly painted grapes, a bottle of red wine, a bottle of Bass extra stout ale with its distinctive red diamond logo, a newspaper, and a guitar. Yet this painting has another equally compelling identity: a bull's head. The coffee cup at lower center doubles as the animal's snout, a black-and-white concentric circle at left is a ?bull's eye,? the bottle of ale is an ear, and the sinuous edge of the guitar is a horn. The letters ?EAU? on the wine label, which ostensibly stand for ?bEAUjolais? can just as easily represent ?taurEAU? (bull). (Source: The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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Acala with Consort Vishvavajri, 1525-50. Creator: Unknown

Acala with Consort Vishvavajri, 1525-50. With its dazzling colours, dynamic figures, and imposing scale, this painting, a visualisation of the Chandamaharoshana tantra, the meditational text devoted to Acala, ranks among the most powerful examples of sixteenth-century Nepalese art

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