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Pictures that provoke thought, spark joy, or leave you amazed, and others that make you question why you even bothered. 🌍 https://universalcompendium.com/
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The Fleet's In!, by Paul Cadmus, 1934.

A scene of sailors on shore leave, showing their playful, risqué side and the rowdy, boisterous energy of life.
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#art #painting #satire #navy
A mandarin duck paddles along, its smorgasbord of colours turning the scene into a painting.

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#photography #birds #animals #wildlife
ICONSIAM building: interior, view towards the ceiling.

A mixed-use development situated along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, its architectural design combines contemporary elements with traditional Thai influences.

#architecture #building #art #thailand
On the water at sunset. He floated on the calm water beneath an empty horizon, while plans formed beneath the surface, none offering a graceful exit.

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#beach #shark #fantasy #horror
In a Buenos Aires shop, rows of ham legs dangle from the ceiling, slowly maturing in the open air.

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#food #meat #photography #argentina
Cameo of the Emperor Claudius, anonymous, 17th century

A finely carved sardonyx cameo of the Emperor, previously owned by Louis XIV.

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#art #portrait #rome #history
Postcard of a Swimmer with Chest Toupee. A nostalgic seaside postcard [note real-feel hair.]

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#postcard #beach #art #hairy
A rooster steps from the hedgerow, not unlike a village constable on his morning rounds.

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#photography #birds #farm #country
'Fine Dining'

A cat seizes its treat with the ferocity of a tiny lion who fears the feast may vanish at any moment.

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#cat #animals #pets #photography
Nature's Cool Palette. This chameleon's swivelling eye peers about like a periscope, scanning the world with patient, reptilian calculation.

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#animals #photography #wildlife #lizards
American composer and pianist Scott Joplin, whose ragtime works, including ‘The Entertainer’ and ‘Maple Leaf Rag’, brought the genre to prominence in the early 20th century and influenced generations of musicians.

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#music #piano #photography #jazz
Ludovisi Medusa, anonymous (photographer), 1895–1925.

This 2nd-century BC marble relief, also known as Sleeping Fury, depicts a wild-haired woman with closed eyes, leaving viewers wondering if she sleeps or is dead.

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#art #sculpture #mythology #photography
Anima Sola, Mexican, 18th century.

A solitary, chained figure in flames symbolising purification in Purgatory, embodying suffering, hope, and eventual salvation.

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#sculpture #mexico #religion #art
Then garlands they brought to her by two and by two And placed them all on the bride's head (wedding of Robin and Marian), by Lucy Fitch Perkins, 1906.

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#illustration #folk #art #literature
Postcard of a street corner in Benghazi (then Bengasi), Libya, during the period of Italian colonial rule, 1930s-1940s.

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#postcard #vintage #photography #history
Admiral AM radio, 1958.

A bright red body, the now-yellowed grille, and two chunky knobs giving this radio a friendly, well-aged charm.

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#radio #music #vintage #nostalgia
Caesar in battle, from a 14th century manuscript.

An episode from Caesar's military campaigns, showing him in the midst of strategic negotiation.

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#history #rome #illustration #art
Pug Dog in an Armchair by Alfred de Dreux, 1857.

Not resembling pugs of today, this one mocks the habits and airs of mid-19th century fashionable society.

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#art #dog #painting #satire
A Capri Girl, by Adriano Bonifazi, 1879.

An example of Bonifazi’s characteristic depictions of rural Italian life and youthful subjects, with this young girl from Capri in traditional dress.

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#painting #art #italy #country
A Camel in Turkmenistan.

Camels don’t really store water in their humps, but they do have three sets of eyelids and two rows of eyelashes to protect their eyes from the annoying sand.

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#animals #transport #desert #photography
Vase of Flowers, by Jan Davidsz. de Heem, c. 1670.

A lush and intricate bouquet of flowers, with fruits and small creatures scattered about.
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#art #painting #flowers #insects
The Bull, by Paulus Potter, 1647.

A bull with a scruffy farmer, accompanied by other animals, including a frog.
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#art #painting #bull #farm
The Rosebud Egg, by Fabergé, 1895.

In the Louis XVI style, the egg was restored in the 1980s after allegedly been thrown about during a marital dispute by its previous owners.

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#jewellery #eggs #art #russia
Colima 'Dancing' Dogs. Depicting the Xoloitzcuintle breed, this pose is thought to symbolise the passing of knowledge and wisdom from an old dog to a young one, rather than a literal dance.

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#dogs #mexico #dance #sculpture
Puffin Talk.
A classic puffin tableau: one puffin doing all the talking, the other quietly judging

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#birds #photography #wildlife #puffin