Mark Fox and Angie Wang’s Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing is a guide to the evolution of symbolism using 400 examples from art history.
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The Mystery of the Three Hares Motif
An enigmatic trio of rabbits running in a circle appears on centuries of art, from medieval churches in England to Buddhist caves in China.
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Vandals Douse Anish Kapoor’s Versailles ‘Vagina’ with Paint
Between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning vandals sprayed yellow paint on Anish Kapoor’s sculpture “Dirty Corner” (2011–15), the centerpiece of his current exhibition at Versailles and a work the artist recently likened to “the vagina of the queen.”
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Looking for Leonardo in van Gogh’s “Cafe Terrace at Night”
Did Vincent van Gogh hide an homage to Leonardo da Vinci’s “The Last Supper” in one of his most famous paintings?