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Stanley Kubrick

Meyer Riegger, Berlin/Karlsruhe ; Pilar Corrias Gallery, London and Produzentengalerie Hamburg

Lindsay Elizabeth Warner

St Wendreda is a 14th-century church famous for its “angel roof”, featuring 120 carved figures of martyrs, apostles, saints, and angels. The ornaments were created either at the end of the 15th century or in the first quarter of the 16th century.

Francis Giacobetti - Pirelli Calendar (1971)

Where is everybody? José Manuel Ballester

like yeah thats how it feels. thats what it feels like to exist sometimes. he gets it

Koen van den Broek (Belgian, 1973), Spring, 2008. Oil on canvas, 166 x 110 cm.

Oil on canvas.

The breastplate hails from a period when armor was evolving not just as a tool of war but as a symbol of prestige and personal expression. During the Renaissance, Italian armorers like Filippo Negroli brought new artistic vision into the field. This period saw the development of highly decorative armor intended for parades, tournaments, and ceremonial purposes rather than the battlefield. Armor became a status symbol, worn by the elite and often featuring mythological or naturalistic designs.

BnF, Latin 920, fol. 180r