AUGUST 15th, 1954 COVER OF ITALIAN NEWSPAPER "LA DOMENICA DEL CORRIERE"   

UNKNOWN ARTIST

1954

UNKOWN MATERIALS

DEPICTS ACHILLE COMPAGNONI AND LINO LACEDELLI ON THE 1954 ITALIAN EXPEDITION OF K2.

 

GREEK DRESS

ALBERT KRETSCHMER

1882

COLORED LITHOGRAPH

DEPICTS FASHION CONVENTIONS OF ANCIENT GREECE; PART OF A SERIES OF LITHOGRAPHS PUBLISHED IN 1882 ENTITLED "THE COSTUMES OF ALL NATIONS".

 

PORTRAIT OF OTANI YOSHITSUGU

UTAGAWA YOSHIIKU

1833-1904

UKIYO-E PRINT

DEPICTS SAMURAI OTANI YOSHITSUGU IN TOSEI GUSOKU ARMOR. YOSHITSUGU BECAME FAMOUS FOR HIS ZEALOUS DEVOTION TO FRATERNITY AND HIS ABILITY TO FIGHT WHILE AILED WITH LEPROSY. 

THE ECSTASY OF SAINT PAUL

NICOLAS POUSSIN

1649-1650

OIL ON CANVAS

DEPICTS THE VISION OF PAUL (ALSO REFERRED TO AS "SAUL"), A LEADER AND SAINT OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH,  IN WHICH PAUL ENVISIONS HIMSELF BEING TAKEN TO HEAVEN.