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Orpheus Death, 1893 by Jean Delville (Belgian, 1867–1953)

Night (1875) by Auguste Alexandre Hirsch (French, 1833 – 1912), signed and dated ‘Alexandre-Auguste Hirsch 1875.’ (bottom left), oil on canvas, 105 cm (41.3 in) x 168 cm (66.1 in), Private Collection

Internet Archive

Internet Archive

David Rumsey Map Collection

Arrival, Valentin Pavageau

[ID: Carry me into the infinite night Beyond all earthly limit; Let it make me one With the not known. END ID]

-- Ted Chiang, from "Why A.I. Isn't Going to Make Art"

Generative A.I. appeals to people who think they can express themselves in a medium without actually working in that medium.

Storm on the Azov Sea (Detail), 1887. Oil on canvas — Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian-Armenian, 1817-1900)

The Dream of Faust, August von Kreling

Feeding the Sacred Ibis in the Halls of Karnac by Sir Edward John Poynter (English, 1836–1919)

Noelle Kocot, from 4; "Sappho to Erinna," originally published in May 2021

The Battle of Flowers

Odilon Redon, The Buddha, 1904

–Stephane Mallarmé

-Ajahn Chah

For you I'd steal the stars<3