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Detail from <n>The Accolade</n> (1901) by <n>Edmund Blair Leighton</n>.

A detail from the painting <n>Adam and Eve</n> (1507) by artist <n>Albrecht Dürer</n>.

<n>The Siren</n>, an oil on canvas painting by <n>John William Waterhouse</n> from circa 1900.

<n>The Wound of Christ as the Fountain of Life</n>, from a German prayer book, c. 1500.

<n>Erin O'Connor</n> in <n>Alexander McQueen</n> and <n>Jeremy Scott</n> for <n>The Face</n>, 1998. Photo by <n>Sean Ellis</n>.

<n>The Wound of Christ</n> from the <n>Prayer Book of Bonne of Luxembourg</n>, c. 1345-49. Attributed to <n>Jean Le Noir</n>.

<n>The Lady of Shalott</n> (1888), a <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> oil painting by <n>John William Waterhouse</n>.

Illustration from <n>Marvels of Things Created and Miraculous Aspects of Things Existing</n> by <n>Zakariya al-Qazwini</n>, ca. 1280.

A detail of <n>Flora</n> from <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s painting <n>The Birth of Venus</n>, c. 1486.

<n>The Accolade</n> (1901) by artist <n>Edmund Blair Leighton</n>.

<n>La Belle Dame sans Merci</n> (1901), an oil painting by <n>Frank Bernard Dicksee</n>.

Woodcut by <n>Maître à la Cassotte</n> from <n>Guillaume de La Perriere</n>'s "Le theatre des bons engins" (1544).

A 14th-century illustration, <n>Witch and Dragons</n>, from a Book of Hours.

The <n>Fifth Age of the World</n> from the manuscript <n>De Aetatibus Mundi Imagines</n> by <n>Francisco de Holanda</n>, c. 1573.

<n>Night</n> (c. 1912), a painting by <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> artist <n>Edward Robert Hughes</n>.

A <n>Percy sister</n> wears a <n>Bill Gibb</n> dress for <n>Vogue</n>, October 1970. Photo by <n>Norman Parkinson</n>.

A detail from <n>Sandro Botticelli</n>'s painting <n>The Three Graces from Primavera</n> (c. 1485-1487).

A detail from <n>The Virgin of the Rocks</n> by <n>Leonardo da Vinci</n>, c. 1508.

<n>Madonna of Sorrows</n>, a 1916 mural by <n>John Singer Sargent</n> at the <n>Boston Public Library</n>.

<n>Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale</n>'s <n>The Little Foot Page</n>, 1905.

<n>A Key to the Mysteries</n> by <n>J. Augustus Knapp</n> from <n>Manly Palmer Hall</n>'s <n>The Secret Teachings of All Ages</n> (1928).

<n>Hylas and the Nymphs</n>, a <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> painting by <n>John William Waterhouse</n>, 1896.

<n>Romantic Encounter</n> (1864) by Hungarian artist <n>Mihály von Zichy</n>.

A 14th-century illustration of a <n>Blemmye</n> from the <n>Luttrell Psalter</n>.

Medieval Maps and Monsters - History for Atheists

Detail from <n>Young Man Holding a Book</n> by <n>Master of the View of Saint Gudula</n>, ca. 1480.

<n>Falling Star</n> by <n>Witold Pruszkowski</n>, 1884.

Falling Star - Witold Pruszkowski 1884 Print Poster

<n>Ophelia</n> (1852), a <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> painting by <n>John Everett Millais</n>.

A detail of the Virgin Mary from <n>The Ghent Altarpiece</n> by artists <n>Hubert van Eyck</n> and <n>Jan van Eyck</n>.

Detail of the <n>La Promenade</n> tapestry from <n>The Noble Life</n> series, c. 1500. Housed at the <n>Musée de Cluny</n>.

<n>The Blue Bird</n> (1918) by <n>Pre-Raphaelite</n> painter <n>Frank Cadogan Cowper</n>.

A detail from <n>The Abduction of Europa</n> (1727) by artist <n>Noël-Nicolas Coypel</n>.

Detail from <n>Last Judgment</n> (c. 1432-35) by the artist <n>Fra Angelico</n>.