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<n>The sultan's favourite</n>, an oil on canvas painting by artist <n>Harold H. Piffard</n>.

A floral centerpiece by <n>Salon de Onsil</n> featuring custom-dyed black flowers.

A close-up of halved <n>Pomegranates</n>.

<n>Blue Morpho Butterfly</n> (c. 1864) by artist <n>Martin Johnson Heade</n>.

Works from the <n>Signs of the Zodiac</n> series by artist <n>David Shrigley</n>.

A detail from <n>Still-Life of Glass, Pottery, and Sweets</n> (1622) by <n>Juan van der Hamen y León</n>.

The <n>Kerid Crater</n> in Iceland, where the sky's reflection creates an optical illusion.

The <n>Seated Woman</n> sculpture, used as cover art for the song <n>Freestyle Lágrimas II</n> by <n>Too Yugan</n>.

Jewelry by <n>Vertigo</n>. Photo by <n>Catherine A LoMedico</n> for <n>10 Magazine</n>.

A floral arrangement by <n>Bess Paddington</n>.

<n>Kate Moss</n> photographed by <n>Ellen von Unwerth</n> for <n>Vogue Italia</n>, April 1995.

Detail of <n>The Suicide of Lucretia</n> (c. 1525-1535) by the <n>Master with the Parrot</n>, held at the <n>Rijksmuseum</n>.

<n>Dancing odalisque</n> by <n>Eugen Ansen Hoffmann</n>.

Artwork from the <n>Single Image Processing</n> series by artist <n>Kensuke Koike</n>.

Glass paperweights by artist <n>James Alloway</n>.

A detail from <n>Ixion Chained in Tartarus</n> (1824) by <n>Alexandre-Denis Abel de Pujol</n>.

'Fear is the mind killer,' a quote from the <n>Litany Against Fear</n> in <n>Frank Herbert</n>'s <n>Dune</n>.