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The Strolling Saint/Pedro Meyer (1991)
A photograph depicting a surreal street scene with an overcast sky. A saintly figure in white floats above the pavement and casts a shadow on the wall running down the street. A woman and child are walking up some steps whilst, on ...
The Strolling Saint/Pedro Meyer (1991)
A photograph depicting a surreal street scene with an overcast sky. A saintly figure in
white floats above the pavement and casts a shadow on the wall running down the
street. A woman and child are walking up some steps whilst, on the right of the image, a
man is standing under some plastic sheeting.
Late Visitors to Pompeii/Carel Wilink (1931)
This is a blend of metaphysical, magic realism and surrealism that situates suited male
figures in a ruined classical city under a smoking volcano.
Our Lady of the Iguanas/Graciela Iturbide (1979)
This photograph of a woman selling iguanas that focuses on the matriarchal nature of
the Zapotec Indian community and documents the role of women as healers, political
leaders, sexual sirens and merchants.
Aerial Rotating House/Albert Robida (1883)
This shows a house that's been raised up on a rotating table that makes a statement on
overcrowding and access to light and air for urban residents.
The Romantic Dollarscape/Pedro Alvarez (2003)
This shows images of American historical figures like Lincoln, Hamilton, Jackson and
Jefferson plus the representatives of various ethnic groups who landed in Cuba at
various times—Africans, Chinese, Arabs, indigenous people and Spaniards.
Weirdos of Another Universe/Avery Gibbs (2003)
A series of paintings that explores the "what ifs" of an imaginary situation where a small
population of humans suddenly exist within an alien world. It is about the feeling of
being an outsider after having entered a new world, and gradually figuring out how to
find your place within it.
A Reversible Anthropomorphic Portrait of a Man Composed of Fruit/Giuseppe
Arcimboldo
,It is known for anthropomorphic representations of fruits, vegetables, plants, animals
and objects.
Kawsbob/Kaws (2010)
This painting is inspired by the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Soup Cans/Andy Warhol (1962)
A painting that reflects the artist's life for twenty years where he used to drink it and
have the same lunch every day over and over again.
Charlie Brown Firestarter/Banksy (2010)
It features a character emptying a red can of gasoline onto the pavement with a
cigarette protruding from his recognizable smiling face.
Life, Miracle Whip and Premium/Brenda O'Connell (2013)
This painting zooms in on the everyday even further, focusing on one brand at a time
that includes consumer interest.
Liberation of Aunt Jemima:Cocktail /Betye Saar (1973)
This painting combines the iconography of the Black Power Movement, political
violence, and aspirational middle-class American culture. It uses them to critique the
racist stereotypes of black femininity and speak to the revolutionary aims of Black
Liberation movements.
Julian calendar
It is the 365-day calendar that Julius Caesar made official in 46 B.C. It replaced a
calendar based on lunar cycles. It provided for a leap year with an extra day every four
years. And included an average of 365.25 days each year.
Gregorian calendar
It is the system used since 1582 in Western countries of arranging the months in the
year and the days in the months and of counting the years from the birth of Christ.
Japanese calendar
It is based on the reign period of the emperor. Each time a different emperor begins to
rule, a new counting of the years begins and the period acquires a new name. 2019 -
Present ~ Reiwa Era. 1989 - 2019 ~ Heisei Era. 1926 - 1989 ~ Showa Era.
Korean calendar
It is a lunisolar calendar, meaning that it has both Lunar and Solar features.
, Islamic calendar
It is based on twelve lunar months and consists of 344 or 345 days; the years are
reckoned from the Hijra (the time when Muhammad left Mecca for Medina and founded
the first Muslim community) in 622.
Nepali calendar
It follows the Bikram Sambat (B.S) system which uses lunar months and solar sidereal
year and is also called Nepali Patro. The New year in Nepalese Calendar begins with
the month of Baisakh which falls on mid of April in Gregorian Calendar (English
Calendar).
Lunar calendar
It is any of various systems for measuring the days, weeks, and months of the year that
are based on the phases of the moon (= the regular changes in the shape of the moon
as it appears to us on earth)
Rumi calendar
It presents the official Ottoman/Turkish calendar system, where it follows a Julian year
structure, where March is the start of the year.
Mayan calendar
It serves as the basis for all other calendars used by ancient Mexican and Central
American civilizations. It was based on a ritual cycle of 260 named days and a year of
365 days.
Hindu calendar
It is based on a year of 12 lunar months; i.e., 12 full cycles of phases of the Moon. The
discrepancy between the lunar year of about 354 days and the solar year of about 365
days is partially resolved by intercalation of an extra month every 30 months.
Solar calendar
It is any of various systems for measuring the days, weeks, and months of the year that
are based on a year of approximately 365 and a quarter day, the time it takes for the
earth to go around the sun once
After the Ball/Charles Harris (1892)
The song is a classic waltz in 3/4 time. In the song, an uncle tells his niece why he has
never married. He saw his sweetheart kissing another man at a ball, and he refused to
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