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Petra Garden-Pool Complex
The garden and pool complex in Petra (Jordan) is an ornamental Nabataean garden situated on an artificial terrace west of the Great Temple and overlooking the main colonnaded street. It includes a large swimming pool, an island pavilion...
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Persian Miniature Tile-Painting of a Garden Scene
Persian miniature painting on a tile, earthenware under coloured glazes, probably from Isfahan, 17th century CE. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. The so-called 'garden scenes' are among the most typical settings in the Persian literary...
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Kitchen Garden with Trees in Flower by Pissarro
An 1877 oil on canvas, Kitchen Garden with Trees in Flower, Spring, Pontoise (aka Spring Plum Trees in Flower), by Camille Pissarro (1830-1903), the Danish-French impressionist painter. This is a view of the artist's garden. This work was...
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Stadium Garden, Hadrian's Villa
The Stadium Garden at Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli (Italy) was an elaborate garden of artistic and aesthetic retreat - effectively, a statue gallery.
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Nehushtan
According to the Bible, Nehushtan was a metal serpent mounted on a staff that Moses had made, by God's command, to cure the Israelites of snake bites while wandering in the desert. The symbol of snakes on a staff or pole is a motif that is...
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Nineveh
Nineveh (modern-day Mosul, Iraq) was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. It was originally known as Ninua, a trade center, and would become one of the largest and most affluent cities in antiquity. It was regarded highly by...
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The Seven Wonders
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World were seven impressive structures famously listed by ancient writers including Philo of Byzantium, Antipater of Sidon, Diodorus Siculus, Herodotus, Strabo, and Callimachus of Cyrene, among others. The...
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Eugène Manet & His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival by Morisot
An 1881 oil on canvas painting, Eugène Manet & His Daughter in the Garden at Bougival, by Berthe Morisot (1841-95), the French impressionist painter. In a scene she painted several times in various poses, the artist presents her husband Eugène...
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Garden at Sainte-Adresse by Monet
An 1867 oil on canvas painting, Garden at Sainte-Adresse, by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. This was a fashionable resort on the northern coast of France near Le Havre. The three bands of terrace, sea, and sky...
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The Garden of the Hesperides
The Garden of the Hesperides, oil on canvas by Lord Frederick Leighton. 1892. The Hesperides were guardians of the tree that produced golden apples, a gift to earth from Hera.
Lady Lever Art Gallery, Wirral
