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Rewritten Oriental kitsch song to reflect life in Warsaw Ghetto and the similarities between physical strain of life on japanese and jewish "coolies" - who were forced to drag rickshaws around town when the trams stopped working in Ghettos and camps.…

In this masterful drawing by Filippino Lippi, Christ's body is supported on the edge of his tomb by a man (either Joseph of Arimathea or Nicodemus) while angels bearing the three nails and crown of thorns reverently support Christ's arms. The drawing…

This painting by Domenico Beccafumi is probably a fragment of a full-length figure of the Roman heroine Lucretia, it has been cut down on all sides.

The ancient historian Livy originally told the story of Lucretia, wife of a Roman nobleman, who…

Audrey Flack depicts a celebrated statue of the Virgin Mary made by the Spanish Baroque sculptor Luisa Roldán (1652–1706), venerated to this day in Seville. Borne by penitents and accompanied by hymns of sorrow, the statue Macarena Esperanza (Our…

The picture's title is explained by the pomegranate in Mary's hand: this should be understood as symbolizing Christ's Passion, the wealth of seeds conveying the fullness of Christ's suffering. A comparison of this painting with Botticelli's earlier…

Monica Mamdouh Naguib, a student at the American University of Cairo, interviewed Malak Zaalouk as part of school projects on well-being through oral history.