Art / Symbols

The painting was sold at auction for US$450.3 million on 15 November 2017 by Christie's in New York to Prince Badr bin Abdullah, setting a new record for the most expensive painting ever sold at public auction --wikipedia

An NFT sold for $69 million by Christie's auction house March 11, 2021

depicts the Last Judgment during the second coming of Jesus Christ --wikipedia

As little is known of Bosch's life or intentions, interpretations of his intent range from an admonition of worldly fleshy indulgence, to a dire warning on the perils of life's temptations, to an evocation of ultimate sexual joy --wikipedia

The creative works of Michelangelo are at 590 in TvF. (The following calibration of David was performed without this knowledge).

by Ary Scheffer

Rendered by an eight year old, how well does it depict the actual Jesus?

His amalgamations of man, animal, and machine are evocative of an artistically-inclined Dr. Frankenstein with an unfettered imagination. The interplay between horror and humor figures prominently in Burton’s art and films —timburton.com

It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply --wikipedia

stylized emblem or device much used in ornamentation and, particularly, in heraldry, long associated with the French crown --britannica.com

In Shaktism, 9 constituent triangles vary in size and shape and intersect to form 43 smaller triangles, organized in 5 concentric levels. Together they represent the totality of the cosmos and express Advaita or non-duality --wikipedia

a bronze sculpture by Auguste Rodin

Dove with olive branch vs. the nuclear disarmament peace symbol