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Not a great picture, but I just love the idea in the upper painting. This is the Accademia in Venice, probably the world's greatest collection of Renaissance art. The curved piece up above was taken from a church (and there are matching pieces in the other three corners of the room), and I love the conceit that you're looking up into a gallery where someone stands ...

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Photo © 2003, Giles Orr

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Last modified: 2003-04-02 by giles