metaphysical

Description: Decorative hippocampus

Description: Illustration by Boris Artzybasheff, 1922.

Description: Illustration by Boris Artzybasheff.

Description: Illustration by Boris Artzybasheff.

Description: Illustration by Boris Artzybasheff

Description: "The Undertaker's Garland Centaur" by Boris Artzybasheff, 1922.

Description: Detail from "Harlequin and Colombine" by Franz Graf von Pocci, 1843-1920.

Description: Detail from "Harlequin and Colombine" by Franz Graf von Pocci, 1843-1920.

Description: Apollo and Daphne by Jean-Etienne Liotard, 1736.

Description: Goddess Callisto and Jupiter (Zeus) disguised as Artemis, 1688-1698.

Description: Medallion with Folly and Pride by Theodor de Bry, c. 1577-1578.

Description: Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch.

Description: Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch.

Description: Detail from The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymous Bosch.

Description: "Clown with a sad face laying down" by anonymous artist, 1700-1750.

Description: "Clown with a sad face laying down" by anonymous artist, 1700-1750.

Description: From "The Fall of the Rebel Angels" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Description: From "The Fall of the Rebel Angels" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Description: From "The Fall of the Rebel Angels" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Description: From "The Fall of the Rebel Angels" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Description: From "The Fall of the Rebel Angels" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

Description: "Life and death" oil painting by an unknown artist. From the Wellcome Collection.

Description: "Memento mori" illustration by Julie de Graag, 1916.

Description: "Memento mori" illustration by Julie de Graag, 1916.

Description: Love as Folly by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, c. 1773-1776.

Description: "The cursed go to hell" (De vervloekten gaan de hel binnen) by Hendrick Goltzius, 1596-1652.

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Description: Hannibal: "Occasionally, I drop a teacup to shatter on the floor on purpose. I’m not satisfied when it doesn’t gather itself up again. Someday, perhaps, that cup will come together.”

Description: Hannibal: "Occasionally, I drop a teacup to shatter on the floor on purpose. I’m not satisfied when it doesn’t gather itself up again. Someday, perhaps, that cup will come together.”

Description: "Medallion with the Emperor Augustus’s Vision of the Virgin and Child" by Limbourg brothers, c. 1420.

Description: "Medallion with the Emperor Augustus’s Vision of the Virgin and Child" by Limbourg brothers, c. 1420.

Description: Detail from "Saint Michael" by Lieven van Lathem for Prayer Book of Charles the Bold, c. 1469-1490.

Description: "Anatomical Man" by Limbourg brothers, c. 1411-1416.