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"He stands opposed to the other kingdoms of nature taken together; that in one particular respect--that of spiritual possibilities and not of animal nature--the difference between a monkey and a man is "infinitely greater than that between a fly and a monkey."
- Frithjof Schuon

Advertisement for "Murad - the Turkish Cigarette", 1910's

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Venus Futurism

Art by Joseph Anton Koch (1768 – 1839), Austrian Neoclassical & German Romantic painter. He was born in Elbigenalp, Tyrol, Austria.

"Minerva and Saturn Protecting Art and Science from Envy and Lies", Joachim von Sandrart (1606 – 1688), German

"Time Unveiling the Truth", Pompeo Batoni (1708 – 1787), Italian

Rumi's "The Song of the Reed" was much loved by the mystics and Saints, Lord Krishna devotees of East Bengal, says professor Annamarie Schimmel in her book "The Triumphal Sun". Mevlevi Sufis use the allegory of the ney/flute, in the same way the Krishna mystics did.

Beautiful icons by Theophanes the Greek (1340 – 1410).

He was a Byzantine Greek artist and one of the greatest icon painters of Muscovite Russia.

This specific allegory is reminiscent of Aphrodite and Ares (Venus and Mars) theme - the warrior Ares is without his shield and weapon, doves make a nest in his hemlet or rest on him. Love has tempered his fierce character.

Art: Louis Jean François Lagrenée & Jacques Louis David