Marlon Brando, in costume for “Désirée”, poses next to a reproduction of a bust of Napoleon by Jean Houdon (1954)

Roman sea life mosaic from the House of the Faun in Pompeii, dating back to the 2nd century BC. Displayed in the Archeological Museum of Naples, Italy.

Polish Armor composed of 1,074 plates. 16th century.

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Artemis, Goddess of the Hunt (Greek 5th-4th Century BC)

veiled statues

Skulls boiling in a cauldron. William Hogarth. The reward of cruelty. 1751. Engraving, detail. 

john galliano autumn/winter 2009

Mars and Venus by Antonio Canova (1815-19)

City Lights

It is the famous Palladium Dress designed by Gianfranco Ferré for a 1992 Dior collection.

Painting by Odd Nerdrum

La Naissance de Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1879)