| Anonymous Spanish Makers Reliquary Bust of St Ferdinand ca. 1500 (head) and ca. 1850-1900 (bust) partly-gilt silver and gems Musée du Louvre |
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| Yasuhiro Ishimoto Untitled ca. 1949-50 gelatin silver print San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| Domenico Ghirlandaio Risen Chris appearing to the Virgin ca. 1490 tempera and gold on panel Musée du Louvre |
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| Jasper Johns Pyre 2003 encaustic on canvas, with wood Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Anonymous English Makers Etui Nécessaire ca. 1760-70 case with agate panels set in gold and containing gold implements Musée du Louvre |
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| Yasuhiro Ishimoto Child with Mask, Chicago 1960 gelatin silver print Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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| Domenico Ghirlandaio St Christopher ca. 1472-75 detached fresco Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
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| Jasper Johns Pyre 2 2003 oil on canvas, with wood Museum of Modern Art, New York |
| Anonymous German Makers Lidded Mug with Snail and Seashells 17th century ivory Musée du Louvre |
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| Yasuhiro Ishimoto Untitled ca. 1949-50 gelatin silver print San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
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| Domenico Ghirlandaio St James the Greater flanked by St Stephen and St Peter 1493 tempera and oil on panel Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice |
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| Jasper Johns Land's End 1963 oi -on canvas San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
| Anonymous French Maker Biberon (infant feeding bottle) 16th century blown glass Musée du Louvre |
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| Yasuhiro Ishimoto Untitled ca. 1949-50 gelatin silver print San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
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| Domenico Ghirlandaio Three Heroes of Antiquity - Julius Caesar, Mucius Scaevola and Marcus Furius Camillus ca. 1482-84 fresco Sala dei Gigli, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence |
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| Jasper Johns Zero through Nine 1970 lead relief Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC |
| Anonymous Japanese Maker Vase in form of a Carp before 1880 porcelain Musée du Louvre |
from In Time of War
Always far from the centre of our names,
The little workshop of love: yes, but how wrong
We were about the old manors and the long
Abandoned Folly and the children's games.
Only the acquisitive expects a quaint
Unsaleable product, something to please
An artistic girl; it's the selfish who sees
In every impractical beggar a saint.
We can't believe that we ourselves designed it,
A minor item of our daring plan
That caused no trouble; we took no notice of it.
Disaster comes, and we're amazed to find it
The single product that since work began
Through all the cycle showed a steady profit.
– W.H. Auden (1938)












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