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    Flash in the Pan
    Arthur Bruso
    • Apr 4
    • 13 min

    Flash in the Pan

    At 25 years old, young Jakob Bohme, had a spiritual vision that would change his life.
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    Unnatural Order
    Arthur Bruso
    • Feb 21
    • 12 min

    Unnatural Order

    A female figure of the Cihuateteo type, depicts a woman who died during childbirth. The closed eyes and open mouth illustrate the trope of t
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    Mark Dion’s The Phantom Museum
    Arthur Bruso
    • Feb 13
    • 1 min

    Mark Dion’s The Phantom Museum

    The cabinet of curiosities emerged during the 16th century. While some still exist today, the majority of them are no longer extant, but...
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    Pray Me to Heaven
    Arthur Bruso
    • Jul 12, 2021
    • 19 min

    Pray Me to Heaven

    Souls in waiting: depictions of Purgatory And of that second kingdom will I sing Wherein the human spirit doth purge itself, And to...
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    Domestic Abyss
    Arthur Bruso
    • May 28, 2021
    • 15 min

    Domestic Abyss

    Zapotec Tomb 104 at the American Museum of Natural History.
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    Memory Box by Mark Dion
    Arthur Bruso
    • May 28, 2021
    • 1 min

    Memory Box by Mark Dion

    With this piece, Mark Dion explores our curiosity. The work is conceived as interactive, in that the viewer is welcome to take out the...
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    Secrets of the Tome
    Arthur Bruso
    • Dec 10, 2020
    • 31 min

    Secrets of the Tome

    For what is a grimoire, but a collection of magic spells recorded and used to call upon the supernatural to intercede in the lives of humans
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    Warriors Against the Invisible
    Arthur Bruso
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 6 min

    Warriors Against the Invisible

    The Western Mexican civilizations centered in the modern states of Nayarit, Jalisco and Colima had learned to bury their dead deep under
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    Cabinet of Marine Debris by Mark Dion
    Arthur Bruso
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    Cabinet of Marine Debris by Mark Dion

    Mark Dion made his reputation as an artist by reviving the wunderkammer for a post-modernist audience. Here with “Cabinet of Marine Debris,”
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    It's All Over Your Face
    Arthur Bruso
    • Apr 25, 2020
    • 13 min

    It's All Over Your Face

    Our face can be our fortune, as well as tell our fortune.
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    Brontosaurus by Mark Dion
    Arthur Bruso
    • Mar 28, 2020
    • 1 min

    Brontosaurus by Mark Dion

    Like most children, I was fascinated with dinosaurs.
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    Birthing the Future
    Arthur Bruso
    • Mar 26, 2020
    • 12 min

    Birthing the Future

    At the onset of their civilization, the Olmec faced a grave challenge, which they did not understand.
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    Disempowering the Devil
    Arthur Bruso
    • Jan 10, 2020
    • 24 min

    Disempowering the Devil

    The devil has worn many guises throughout history from the God’s Questioner in the Book of Job to the suave deceiver Mephistopheles of Faust
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    Jaws of Death - The Kuntz Axe
    Arthur Bruso
    • Oct 10, 2019
    • 7 min

    Jaws of Death - The Kuntz Axe

    The visual center of the Kuntz Axe is focused on the snarling, horrifying mouth which is the most detailed and attentively carved area of th
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    The Birth of Venus - Victorian Bowl
    Arthur Bruso
    • Oct 10, 2019
    • 1 min

    The Birth of Venus - Victorian Bowl

    Bowl depicting The Birth of Venus, with Triton and Eros attending.
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    Whispering Across the Void - Giovanni d’Ambrogio’s Annunciation
    Arthur Bruso
    • Jun 26, 2019
    • 6 min

    Whispering Across the Void - Giovanni d’Ambrogio’s Annunciation

    Áve María, grátia pléna, (Hail Mary, full of grace). With this announcement, the Gospel according to Luke initiates us into the miraculous
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    Lamentation at the Cloisters
    Arthur Bruso
    • Jun 14, 2019
    • 1 min

    Lamentation at the Cloisters

    Lamentation,1480
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    Colima Culture Mask
    Arthur Bruso
    • Jun 13, 2019
    • 5 min

    Colima Culture Mask

    Many Mesoamerican cultures believed that the tomb was a transformative space akin to the womb. The tomb is a place where the spirit transiti
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    Lion Font at the Cloisters
    Arthur Bruso
    • Apr 8, 2019
    • 1 min

    Lion Font at the Cloisters

    I have been contemplating this fountain, which is in the Cloisters. Lions have been used for millennia as fountain heads because of the...
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    Vincent and The Starry Night
    Arthur Bruso
    • Apr 5, 2019
    • 6 min

    Vincent and The Starry Night

    After a period of mental instability which may have been brought on by his friend Paul Gauguin’s decision to leave Arles, Vincent Van...
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