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| Oskar Schlemmer Boy in Red 1928 oil on canvas Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich |
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| Salvator Rosa Democritus in Meditation 1662 etching Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
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| Roman Empire Colossal Head of Goddess 1st century AD marble Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin |
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| Hans Memling Portrait of a Man with an Arrow ca. 1470 oil on panel National Gallery of Art, Washington DC |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist Portrait of a Lady ca. 1590 painted terracotta Bode Museum, Berlin |
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| Anonymous Italian Artist River God 17th century drawing National Gallery, Athens |
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| Hippolyte Flandrin Euripides composing his Tragedies 1836 oil on canvas Musée Ingres Bourdelle, Montauban |
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| Michel Martin Drölling Standing Youth ca. 1820 drawing Princeton University Art Museum |
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| James Edward Davis Study of Model 1938 drawing Princeton University Art Museum |
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| Joseph Chinard Portrait of Juliette Récamier ca. 1805-1806 marble Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon |
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| Pierre Bonnard The Dessert 1921 oil on canvas Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio |
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| Ancient Greek Culture Demeter 190-180 BC marble (head of colossal cult statue) National Archaeological Museum, Athens |
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| Denis Foyatier Portrait of a Woman ca. 1818 plaster Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon |
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| Nicolai Abildgaard Académie ca. 1778 drawing Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen |
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| attributed to Gianlorenzo Bernini Seated Model ca. 1625 drawing Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Harold Cazneaux Portrait of painter Doris Zinkeisen 1929 gelatin silver print Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney |
Idol
She with six gold arms,
he with his six: warm,
well-fed, lubricious charm.
His hands hold thunderbolts and prayer bells.
In calm gold faces lax tongues loll.
Her legs encircle him behind
mechanically, like a wind-
up toy wound down, gone blind.
The fat gold god achieves a perfect lotus
but the goddess of celestial coitus doesn't notice.
Her legs encircle him behind
mechanically, like a wind-
up toy wound down, gone blind.
The fat gold god achieves a perfect lotus
but the goddess of celestial coitus doesn't notice.
– Caitríona O'Reilly, The Nowhere Birds (2001)