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| Takis Christodoulou Untitled 1985 gelatin silver print National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne |
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| William Merritt Chase Study of Flesh-Color and Gold 1888 pastel on paper National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ancient Greek Culture (South Italy) Torso - Aphrodite 2nd century BC marble Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Ancient Greek Culture Torso - Kouros 560-550 BC marble Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Hiromitsu Morimoto Untitled 1993 platinum print Yale University Art Gallery |
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| Anonymous Florentine Artist Half-Length Figure Study 16th century drawing Fondation Custodia, Paris |
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| Wilhelm von Lehmbruch Female Torso ca. 1911-14 cast stone Yale University Art Gallery |
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| Elisabeth de Vaal Torso 1982 acrylic paint on paper Museum Gouda |
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| Ancient Roman Culture Torso - Aphrodite 1st -century BC - 1st century AD marble National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Ancient Roman Culture Torso - Eros 1st century BC - 1st century AD marble Gemäldegalerie, Dresden |
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| Ancient Roman Culture Torso - Youth 1st -century BC - 1st century AD marble Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
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| Giovanni Bellini Imago Pietatis ca. 1457 tempera on panel Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milan |
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| Agostino Carracci Half-Length Figure Study for Ignudo ca. 1595 drawing Yale University Art Gallery |
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| Philipp Jakob Becker Classical Torso ca. 1780-85 drawing (made in Rome) Staatliche Kunsthalle, Karlsruhe |
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| Guido Reni Torso of Christ on the Cross ca. 1616 drawing National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Aristide Maillol Torso of Ile de France ca. 1920 bronze Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
Meru
Civilisation is hooped together, brought
Under a rule, under the semblance of peace
By manifold illusion; but man's life is thought,
By manifold illusion; but man's life is thought,
And he, despite his terror, cannot cease
Ravening through century after century,
Ravening, raging, and uprooting that he may come
Into the desolation of reality:
Egypt and Greece good-bye, and good-bye, Rome!
Hermits upon Mount Meru or Everest,
Ravening, raging, and uprooting that he may come
Into the desolation of reality:
Egypt and Greece good-bye, and good-bye, Rome!
Hermits upon Mount Meru or Everest,
Caverned in night under the drifted snow,
Or where that snow and winter's dreadful blast
Beat down upon their naked bodies, know
That day brings round the night, that before dawn
His glory and his monuments are gone.
Or where that snow and winter's dreadful blast
Beat down upon their naked bodies, know
That day brings round the night, that before dawn
His glory and his monuments are gone.
– W.B. Yeats (1935)