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Nan Madol
It has been called the Venice of the Pacific, and even Atlantis. Nan Madol, the floating city, was built up from the coral shallows of Temwen, a volcanic islet connected by a promontory to Pohnpei, today home to the capital of the Federated States of Micronesia. read more
Nan Madol, Classical Oceania
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
This is an undeniably modern interpretation. The chimera, like most beasts of antiquity, was the bad guy. Child of the giant serpent Typhon and the half woman half snake Echidna (you know her from the Starbucks logo) the Chimera was an abominable thing, unnatural combination of lion and goat, with the head of a snake for a tail. Her brothers and sisters live in legend. read more
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Names are assigned to us before we are aware of their meaning, and we grow into them as much as they come to reflect us. In Japan artists often changed names after milestones in their lives, but in the west, once you've been given a name, you're usually stuck with it—a rigidity that makes claiming a new name even more powerful magic. read more
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
To Sascha Schneider the male body was perfection, and the world its antagonist. Schneider worked in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the development of Freikörperkultur, free body culture, also called the Health and Hygiene movement. Freikörperkultur aimed to counteract the restraint and stress of industrialization with a restorative mix of open air nudity, exercise, and healthy diet. read more
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on December 12
Zinaida Serebriakova, The ArtistsPortrait of Zinaida Serebriakova

Zinaida Serebriakova

Widowed mother of four leaves Russia for Paris

1884 – 1967
Helen Frankenthaler, The ArtistsPortrait of Helen Frankenthaler

Helen Frankenthaler

The joy of pure color

1928 – 2011
Baya Mahieddine, The ArtistsPortrait of Baya Mahieddine

Baya Mahieddine

Queen Baya

1931 – 1998

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