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The Tower of Babel (Rotterdam) (circa 1563-1565)

Pieter Bruegel The Elder (Flemish, 1525–1569)

A half-built tower spirals into stormy clouds, dwarfing the ant-like workers scrambling across its scaffolding. Below, a king’s entourage arrives—too late. The structure already tilts, its ambition crumbling under divine wrath. Bricks lie scattered like fallen pride.
Santa Maria Della Salute, Venice

Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov (Russian, 1876–1945)

Gondolas glide past Santa Maria della Salute’s white domes, their reflections trembling in the canal. Sunlight catches the church’s baroque curves, turning stone to gold against Venice’s watery blues. The city breathes here—salt air, lapping waves, centuries of footsteps echoing across marble steps.
Borgo San Lorenzo (circa 1910)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

A vibrant Italian village scene where sunlight dances on aged stone walls, alive with the rhythm of everyday life.
Le Portail (1923)

Henri Le Sidaner (French, 1862–1939)

A stone gateway bathed in soft light, where shadows and silence weave a dreamlike atmosphere.
The Houses of Parliament,Sunset (1903)

Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926)

A mesmerizing sunset transforms London’s Parliament into a blur of fiery colors, where light and fog dissolve reality.
Alhambra, Granada (1912)

John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925)

A luminous portrayal of the Alhambra’s arches and gardens, where light dances on ancient stone.

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