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Untitled (Blue flower) by Robert Lostutter (1972)

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An ambiguously gendered figure restrained by an elaborate leathery garment. its head is replaced or obscured by a blue blooming form.

Untitled (Blue flower) by Robert Lostutter (1972)

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Adjusting the Moon (The right to non-imperative certainties) Waning by Firelei Báez (2022)

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a standing figure inside an arched architectural niche. from just above the knees they are entirely covered by a multicolored splatter of paint that seems to radiate from the chest area.

Adjusting the Moon (The right to non-imperative certainties) Waning by Firelei Báez (2022)

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Towards the Unknown by Gunther Gerszo (1950)

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Abstract scene roughly resembling a cloud-filled sky, with an opening rising through the middle of the cloud, above a rocky landscape with 'caves'/lacunae. just above the "horizon" is a square with bright light shining from it. this is done in Gerzo's distinctive block shapes in slightly varying shades of stone/rust

Towards the Unknown by Gunther Gerszo (1950)

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Hecuba Discovering the Body of her Son Polydorus by Charles Meynier (c

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coastal scene with overgrown cliffs and waves breaking in the background. at center is a mostly-nude Polydorus lying dead on a stone with some women mourning around him with outstretched arms. to right is a hysterical hecuba gesturing to her son and being held back by 3 women.

Hecuba Discovering the Body of her Son Polydorus by Charles Meynier (c.1792)

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Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples by Vincent van Gogh (1887)

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a few clusters of red grapes surrounded by a few scattered lemons, pears, leaves and apples. the surface they're on has a dynamic effect with short white strokes radiating from and around the fruit.

Grapes, Lemons, Pears, and Apples by Vincent van Gogh (1887)

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Duppy Deh by Denzil Forrester (2018)

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loud, crowded disco scene with DJs in foreground and dance floor and dancers in background. the subjects are Black and dressed up in suits, hats, dresses, etc. Almost the entire scene is rendered in various shades of bright purple or blue.

Duppy Deh by Denzil Forrester (2018)

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The Fisherman's Family by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1887)

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painting in neoclassical style of a family on a seashore. at bottom right is an old man "the grandfather" sleeping in a wrecked boat on shore wrapped in a blanket. to his right is a young woman pulling on the rags of her baby who is sitting on the ground. at center behind the woman is the young fisherman hanging up his nets.

The Fisherman's Family by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes (1887)

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An irreducible singularity (speaking to the space you fill and you keep) by Firelei Báez (2017)

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two separate portraits of two women in identical carved wood frames with floral motifs. the frames are irregularly shaped as though they once held mirrors. both women's facial features except the eyes are erased and obscured, and their skin is the artist's distinctive splashes of rainbow colors. woman on the left is wearing a red women's turban and the one on the right is wearing a headscarf with identical red color.

An irreducible singularity (speaking to the space you fill and you keep) by Firelei Báez (2017)

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Retablo (españa en las Américas) by Firelei Báez (2014)

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painting of a severed human arm lying on a wood surface like a still life. the shoulder end has flesh and bone protruding as though it has been ripped off rather than cut. almost the entire arm is covered with thin-line tattoos depicting plants, flowers, and a woman in a dress sitting in a chair being carried by two men.

Retablo (españa en las Américas) by Firelei Báez (2014)

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Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Carlos Carrà (1908)

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impressionist style painting with long brush strokes depicting, left to right, a white horse with human rider, a red/black horse with skeleton rider with sicle, and a white horse with nude female rider.

Horsemen of the Apocalypse by Carlos Carrà (1908)

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[Microblog] St

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"at bottom right, an elderly Jerome clad in rags reading a book at the entrance of a cave. at his feet is a stone floor that descends in a square hole into a pool or baptistery. above the pool the rocky terrain opens into a perspective view of cities and seas in the distance. above the pool are two rabbits facing."

St. Jerome Reading by Giovanni Bellini (1505)

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Nude on a Divan by Amedeo Modigliani (1918)

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nude woman reclining on red divan, looking at viewer.

Nude on a Divan by Amedeo Modigliani (1918)

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The Rebuke of Adam and Eve by Domenichino (1626)

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from left: eve gesturing towards a snake while adam gestures toward her with both hands (both clad in leaves). he is looking at God, an old bearded man floating with cherubim around him. the background is a wilderness with hills, and there is a lamb and a lion in bottom right.

The Rebuke of Adam and Eve by Domenichino (1626)

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This, My Brother by Charles White (1942)

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waist-up portrait of a Black man in art deco/brutalist style. he is looking up and holding out his hands, with some walls in ruins behind him.

This, My Brother by Charles White (1942)

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Love of Winter by George Wesley Bellows (1914)

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Impressionist painting of a crowd of people in colorful garb ice skating on a frozen lake or standing on the shore. wooded hills rise in the background.

Love of Winter by George Wesley Bellows (1914)

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Desert Forms by Hughie Lee-Smith (1957)

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desolate desert scene with two wooden posts projecting from the ground in the foreground. behind is a back view of a woman in a cape who is walking towards a man touching a tall four-legged wooden structure.

Desert Forms by Hughie Lee-Smith (1957)

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The Rock by Peter Blume (1944-48)

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surrealist, cartoonish painting. At center on an earthen platform is a large object like the bottom of a pink broken egg, the inside being solid with cracks that look like an earthquake. around this object is a flurry of activity with human cartoon-like characters furiously building, on left, a large stone building with scaffolding, and on right are remnants of a stone house.

The Rock by Peter Blume (1944-48)

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Wilderness by Lisa Yuskavage (2009)

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A pile of stones and rubble near the edge of a cliff (right) and in front of fields visible in the distance to the left. Leaning on the left side of the pile is a blonde woman in a yellow dress with her legs spread and her knees bent. Climbing out of the top of the pile is a distorted image of a topless woman with rainbow stockings. To the right are some women's legs poking out from behind the pile. The entire scene is very colorful but hazy and surreal.

Wilderness by Lisa Yuskavage (2009)

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Livingroom, Sunlight Study by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1911)

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Dimly-lit wall with white French doors on the right and a mahogany piano case to the left. High above the piano case is a landscape painting, and splayed on the wall and doors are squares of sunlight coming in from a window out of view.

Livingroom, Sunlight Study by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1911)

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Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow by Paulus Potter (1647)

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Two brown bovines standing, one with her back to viewer and the other (the bull) face-to-face with her. In front of both is another, white and orange, cow laying on the ground. to the right is a dead tree and part of a wooden fence. The sky is blue with white clouds.

Two Cows and a Young Bull beside a Fence in a Meadow by Paulus Potter (1647)

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In the Café by Fernand Lungren (1882-84)

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Foreground left: woman in late 19th Century red dress, corset, and sunhat sitting in a booth of burgundy upholstery with her elbows on a plain, almost modern-looking table with a tray and some glasses and a caraffe. She is looking out into a cafe with more small, white tables, booths, and chandeliers, and a man reading the paper.

In the Café by Fernand Lungren (1882-84)

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Black Cross, New Mexico by Georgia O'Keeffe (1929)

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Closeup of the intersection of two boards of a black wooden cross. In the background just below the horizontal board is a sandy landscape with hundreds of small hills as far as the eye can see. The sky is at sunset with bright orange on the horizon fading into blue.

Black Cross, New Mexico by Georgia O'Keeffe (1929)

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