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Eugène Druet Auguste Rodin's "Jeunesse triomphante" (1896), circa 1898

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Art. Marco Botzaris, Musee du Louvre, Paris

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Details

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Portami il girasole impazzito di luce

Eugenio Montale

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Auguste Rodin et Camille Claudel

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Isabelle Adjani by Richard Avedon, 1994.

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SCULPTURE: “LADY GODIVA” by John Thomas (1813 - 1862), UK.

According to the legend dating back to at least the 13th century, Lady Godiva (b. around 1040 — d. between 1066 and 1086), a countess whose name (Godgifu or Godgyfu) translates from Latin as 'gift of God,' rode through the streets of Coventry, Warwickshire, England, in 11th century AD, with nothing but her long hair covering her.

This act was a condition set by her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, to lower taxes for the people.

She rode through the town while the inhabitants stayed indoors with windows and doors shut.

According to that legend, her husband, moved by her bravery, kept his promise and reduced the taxes.

This myth portrays Lady Godiva as possibly the first woman to use her body to defend a social cause.

Maidstone Museum, Kent

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Sc Ishibashi Yui

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~ Falcon.

Date: ca. A.D. 1200–1220

Culture: South Italian

Medium: Bronze, traces of gilding

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Lucrèce by Artemisia Gentileschi (detail)

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Appreciation and gratitude, by Japanese shodo artist Sisyu.

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Nacho López

Mexican, 1923–1986

Rocío Sagaó, 1950

Mexico City

Rehearsing for the ballet "El vuelo del alma (The Flight of the Soul)"

Nacho López (Ignacio López Bocanegra 1923–1986) was an important figure in the photojournalism of Mexico

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Odalisque by Luis Ricardo Falero (1877)