1401
“Soaring Clouds" Birge Harrison, ca. 1908.
1402
Stone carving from temple at Palenque, Mexico, circa 1895.
1403
A Lighthouse on Fire at Night by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734–1797) . Collection: The Fitzwilliam Museum.
1404
Hieronymus Bosch - The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail).
1405
Male Head, c. 1st millenium BC, Neolithic period Place of origin: Thailand, Ban Chiang culture. Medium: bronze. Overall: 8.70 x 7.00 x 8.10 cm Source: Cleveland Museum of Art.
1406
Thomas Struth: "Pergamon Museum" - 1996.
1407
Night; and Day by Edward Robert Hughes (English, 1851-1914).
1408
Yazilikaya, Hittite sanctuary near Hattusa, Turkey, Chamber B Procession of the 12 Underworld Gods. Photographer: Klaus-Peter Simon via Wikimedia Commons.
1409
Stater of Kyzikos with Triton and tunny fish. Culture: Greek. Period: Archaic. Period Date: 550–500 B.C. Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos.
1410
This fresco, seen on a wall in the ruined Roman city of Herculaneum (Italy), is an early example of advertising. In this instance it's promoting the wares of a particular wine merchant. c. 79 AD. Image via Alamy.
1411
Detail, The Lydian plain at Sardis, Asia Minor (modern-day Turkey) by Harald Jerichau, 1851-1878, Danish. Collection: Copenhague Statens Museum for Kunst.
1412
Woman snail by Henry Schmid. Medium: Inkwell. #modernart
1413
The headless goatriders. Detail from the Antichrist, Germany ca. 1460. München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cgm 426, fol. 64v.
1414
Byzantine Mosaic, Stanza di re Ruggiero II, XII d.C. Palazzo dei Normanni (in English, Palace of the Normans), Palermo.
1415
Shield of Achilles by Philip Rundell (1746-1827). Silver gilt. Dimensions: 90.5 x 90.5 x 18.0 cm (whole object). Collection: The Royal Collection Trust.
1416
Fresco of a bird eating figs from Villa Poppaea, Roman, 1st century BC.
1417
Court suit, c. 1800–1815. French (?) Private Collection.
1418
Scaraboid gem with a snake. Date: Greek Classical Period, 450–425 BC. Now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
1419
Angel from Aurora Consurgens, c.1420. The Aurora consurgens is an alchemical treatise of the 15th century famous for the rich illuminations that accompany it in some manuscripts.
1420
Detail, Allegory of Fortune. Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Niccolò de Lutero) (Italian (Ferrarese), about 1490 - 1542).
1421
Stone & Man - Qaqortoq, Greenland. All throughout the greenlandic town of Qaqortoq, carved into boulders and lichen-covered rock faces, are carvings of whales, faces, and other traditional designs. Together these stoneworks are a citywide work of art known as Stone & Man.
1422
The Pantheon, Rome, ca 1880. Photographer: A. Olivieri .
1423
Doctor monkey examining an owl. Detail from the Book of Hours, Arras ca. 1296-1311 Cambrai, BM, ms. 87, fol. 138r.
1424
Cesare Saccaggi (1868-1934), "Semiramis".
1425
Pyramid of Cheops, Egypt - December 1849. Photographer: Maxime Du Camp (1822-1894).
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