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  2. The Persistence of Memory - Wikipedia

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    The orange watch at the bottom left of the painting is covered in ants; Dalí often used ants in his paintings as a symbol of decay. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] A fly sits on the watch next to the orange watch. The fly appears to be casting a human shadow as the sun hits it.

  3. Mandala - Wikipedia

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    Despite its cosmic meanings a yantra is a reality lived. Because of the relationship that exists in the Tantras between the outer world (the macrocosm) and man's inner world (the microcosm), every symbol in a yantra is ambivalently resonant in inner–outer synthesis, and is associated with the subtle body and aspects of human consciousness.

  4. Golconda (Magritte) - Wikipedia

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    Golconda (French: Golconde) is an oil painting on canvas by Belgian surrealist René Magritte, painted in 1953. It is housed at the Menil Collection in Houston , Texas. Description and analysis

  5. The Son of Man - Wikipedia

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    The Son of Man (French: Le fils de l'homme) is a 1964 painting by the Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte. It is perhaps his best-known artwork. [1] Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. [2] The painting consists of a man in an overcoat and a bowler hat standing in front of a low wall, beyond which are the sea and a cloudy sky. The man ...

  6. Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Wikipedia

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    Wanderer above the Sea of Fog [a] is a painting by German Romanticist artist Caspar David Friedrich made in 1818. [2] It depicts a man standing upon a rocky precipice with his back to the viewer; he is gazing out on a landscape covered in a thick sea of fog through which other ridges, trees, and mountains pierce, which stretches out into the distance indefinitely.

  7. Vanitas - Wikipedia

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    Vanitas art is an allegorical art representing a higher ideal or containing hidden meanings. [5] Vanitas are very formulaic and they use literary and traditional symbols to convey mortality. Vanitas often have a message that is rooted in religion or the Christian Bible. [6] In the 17th century, the vanitas genre was popular among Dutch painters.

  8. The Starry Night - Wikipedia

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    The Starry Night is an oil-on-canvas painting by the Dutch Post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh, painted in June 1889.It depicts the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of an imaginary village.

  9. Vertumnus (Arcimboldo) - Wikipedia

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    Vertumnus is an oil painting produced by the Italian painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo in 1591 that consists of multiple fruits, vegetables and flowers that come together to create a portrait of Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II.

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