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The Aztec basalt statue of Coatlicue: the earth goddess with clawed feet, a skull at her waist and twin serpent heads forming her face, on a blue groundLeonardo da Vinci drapery study: brush and grey tempera on linen of heavy cloth over a kneeling figure, the folds modeled in white heighteningEarly Netherlandish panel of Eve holding the apple beside the tree, the serpent coiled up the trunk wearing a woman's golden-haired face, the paint finely crackledDuchamp's To Be Looked at (from the Other Side of the Glass) with One Eye, Close to, for Almost an Hour: a striped pyramid and lens on shattered glass

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