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<n>Gerhard Richter</n>'s painting <n>Skull with Candle</n> (1983), used as album cover art for the band <n>Sonic Youth</n>.

Handwritten letter to his sister by writer <n>Vladimir Mayakovsky</n>, 1905.

A page from the manuscript of <n>De revolutionibus orbium coelestium</n> by <n>Nicolaus Copernicus</n>.

<n>The Death of Marat</n> (1793), a <n>Neoclassical</n> painting by <n>Jacques-Louis David</n> depicting the murdered revolutionary <n>Jean-Paul Marat</n>.

A still from the 2009 film <n>A Serious Man</n>, directed by <n>Joel and Ethan Coen</n>.

A red chalk study by <n>Michelangelo Buonarroti</n>, <n>Group of Three Male Nudes (recto)</n>, c. 1504.

<n>Ophelia</n> (1900), a painting by <n>Friedrich Wilhelm Theodor Heyser</n>.

Artist <n>Audrey Kawasaki</n> at work in her studio.

<n>Philosophy</n>, a 2019 painting by <n>Dmitry Kochanovich</n>.

<n>Young Woman Holding a Sunflower</n> (c. 1647) by Dutch artist <n>Bartholomeus van der Helst</n>.

Detail from <n>Caravaggio</n>'s <n>Baroque</n> painting <n>Judith Beheading Holofernes</n>, c. 1598-99.

An 1890 issue of the <n>Le Petit Parisien, Supplément Littéraire Illustré</n>. Photo by <n>Berrak Öztekin</n>.

From <n>The Thinking Root</n> by <n>Parmenides</n>, translated by <n>Dan Beachy-Quick</n>.

"<n>Track Of Time</n>," a quadruple exposure by <n>Marcus C. S.</n> of model <n>Marina</n>, shot on a <n>Polaroid I-2</n>.

Detail from <n>Apollo pursuing Daphne</n> (1677) by artist <n>René-Antoine Houasse</n>.

A detail of the <n>Mona Lisa</n> (1503-1506) by artist <n>Leonardo da Vinci</n>.

<n>The muscles of the arm, shoulder, and foot</n>, an anatomical drawing (c. 1510) by <n>Leonardo da Vinci</n>.

A catalogue for designer <n>LUCAS TYRA MORTEN</n>, featuring the <n>Basalt Chair</n> and <n>Raka Chair</n>.

Detail of the goddess <n>Venus</n> from <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s painting <n>The Birth of Venus</n>, c. 1485.

<n>Mars, the Bringer of War</n> (2003) by artist <n>Toshiyuki Enoki</n>.

Roman marble relief from <n>Hadrian's Villa</n> depicting a youth, possibly <n>Castor</n>, c. 120-140 AD.

<n>L'Occhio Occidentale</n> (2013), an oil on copper painting by artist <n>Nicola Samorì</n>.

Woodcut illustration from the 1550 alchemical treatise <n>Rosarium philosophorum</n>.