Joseph Cornell

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Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries

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7 Tongue-Twisting Painting Techniques

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Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan

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Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Francois Janinet, 1777. Color etching and engraving with gold leaf printed on two sheets, 30x13.5 in.

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US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.

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Born	December 24, 1903 • Nyack • New York
Died	December 29, 1972 (aged 69) • New York City • New York

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"The Large Plane Trees" (Road Menders at Saint-Remy) oil on fabric by Vincent van Gogh, 1889; in the collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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