The Last Judgement
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The Last Judgement

In the 1420s and 1430s, when oil and panel painting were still in their infancy, vertical formats were often used for depictions of the Last Judgement, because the narrow framing particularly suited a hierarchical presentation of heaven, earth and hell.

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The Sin and The Confession
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The Sin and The Confession

Two years ago I stumbled on this totally scandalous 1880 painting from Heinrich Lossow. It’s called The Sin. I wasted no time in deciding to turn it into one of our postcards and I thoughtlessly, naively landed on Good Night and Good Fuck as the perfect copy to overlay on this instead of, wait for it—

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Maria Celeste
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Maria Celeste

I have become enchanted by this woman because of her unique position, straddling the worlds of both science and religion, in 17th century Italy.

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