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| Francesco Marcolini (printer) Pietro Aretino and the Siren ca. 1540-50 chiaroscuro woodcut (key-block only) Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna |
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| Paolo de' Matteis Perseus and Andromeda ca. 1690-1700 oil on canvas Fairfield University Art Museum, Connecticut |
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| Joseph Nickolls The Thames at the Tower of London ca. 1750-55 oil on canvas Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
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| Romolo Achille Liverani Design for Wall Decoration, Casa Taviotti, Faenza 1831 ink and watercolor on paper Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| Max Liebermann Swimmers ca. 1875-77 oil on canvas Dallas Museum of Art |
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| Claude Monet Valley of the Creuse at Sunset 1889 oil on canvas Musée Unterlinden, Colmar |
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| Henry Moret Paysage de Doëlan à la voile blanche 1898 oil on canvas Musée des Beaux-Arts de Brest |
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| James Wilson Morrice Palazzo Ferro Fini, Grand Canal, Venice ca. 1900-1905 oil on canvas National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa |
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| Franz Marc Bathers 1910 oil on canvas Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, California |
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| Henri Martin Bridge at Labastide du Vert ca. 1910 oil on canvas Musée Henri Martin, Cahors |
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| Elizabeth Olds Fire 1940 screenprint Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Helen Levitt Bronx NY ca. 1940 gelatin silver print Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Bill Owens Los Angeles Documentary Project: Pool 1980 C-print Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
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| Claes Oldenburg Props, Costumes and Designs from Il Corso del Coltello 1986 offset lithograph (poster) after Oldenburg watercolor Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |
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| John Pfahl Ozone Falls, Cumberland Plateau, TN 1991 C-print Whitney Museum of American Art, New York |
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| Irving Marcus Tsunami 2003 oil on canvas San Jose Museum of Art, California |
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| Maya Lin Caspian Sea 2006 plywood Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia |
from A Cold Spring
Beneath the light, against your white front door,
the smallest moths, like Chinese fans,
the smallest moths, like Chinese fans,
flatten themselves, silver and silver gilt
over pale yellow, orange, or gray.
over pale yellow, orange, or gray.
Now, from the thick grass, the fireflies
begin to rise:
up, then down, then up again:
lit on the ascending flight,
drifting, simultaneously to the same height,
– exactly like the bubbles in champagne.
– Later on they rise much higher.
And your shadowy pastures will be able to offer
these particular glowing tributes
every evening now throughout the summer.
these particular glowing tributes
every evening now throughout the summer.
– Elizabeth Bishop (1955)