| 1 | Paul Gauguin, By the Sea, 1882, Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art | 22 |
| 2 | Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles dʼAvignon, 1907, New York, Museum of Modern Art (Philippe Dagen and Béatrice Petit: Picasso, Paris: Hazan, 2008, p. 101) | 24 |
| 3 | Simone Leigh, Sphinx, 2022, Venedig, 59th Venice Biennale (© Simone Leigh, photograph by author) | 37 |
| 4 | Ranofer (chief priest of Memphis), 15th Dynasty, 2563–2423 B.C., Cairo, Egyptian Museum (Mohamed Saleh, Sourouzian Hourig and Jürgen Liepe (eds.): Die Hauptwerke im Ägyptischen Museum Kairo. Offizieller Katalog hrsg. vom Antikendienst Arabische Republik Ägypten, Mainz: von Zabern, 1986, p. 81) | 39 |
| 5 | Ramses II, ca. 1290–1224 B.C., Cairo, Egyptian Museum (Giovanni Magi: Die Meisterwerke des Ägyptischen Museums von Kairo, Florence: Bonechi, 1990, p. 5) | 39 |
| 6 | Sethos II, ca. 1200 B.C., Turin, Egyptian Museum (Photograph by Roberto Venturini / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0) | 40 |
| 7 | Dipylon Master, Standing Youth from Attica, ca. 620 B.C., New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art | 41 |
| 8 | Kouros of Tenea, ca. 560 B.C., Munich, Glyptotheque (Photograph by Zde / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0) | 42 |
| 9 | Head of the Kouros of Tenea | 43 |
| 10 | Tomb statue of Kroisos, ca. 520 B.C., Athens, National Museum | 44 |
| 11 | Apollo, marble copy after a bronze original, probably by Onatas of Aigina, ca. 460 B.C., London, British Museum | 45 |
| 12 | Apollo, marble replica of a bronze work by Phidias, ca. 450 B.C., Kassel, Museum Wilhelmshöhe (Christoph Löhr: „Apollo blickt wieder auf Kassel. Die Wiedereröffnung der Kasseler Antikensammlung.“ Antike Welt, vol. 31, No. 3 (2000), p. 289) | 46 |
| 13 | Diadumenos, marble copy after a bronze original by Polyklet, around 420 B.C., Athens, National Museum | 47 |
| 14 | The abduction of Europa, red-figure vase painting, ca. 480 B.C., Tarquinia, Museo Nazionale Etrusco | 49 |
| 15 | Standing Buddha, 2nd–3rd century A.d., Gandhara | 51 |
| 16 | Sitting Buddha, 2nd–3rd century A.D., Gandhara | 52 |
| 17 | Buddha Amida Nyorai, ca. 1490–1550, Japan (Photograph by Sailko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0) | 53 |
| 18 | Hōryū-ji, 587–607, Nara (Japan) (Photograph by 663highland / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.5) | 54 |
| 19 | Qiongzhu temple in Kunming (China, Yunnan Province), built before 1300 (Photograph by Jan Drewes / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0) | 55 |
| Hōryū-ji, floor plan, Nara | 56 | |
| 21 | Temple of Heaven, 1420, floor plan, Beijing (Photograph by Helmut Voss) | 56 |
| 22 | Hōryū-ji, Kondo and Pagoda | 56 |
| 23 | Tea bowl from Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture (Japan), Berlin, Humboldt Forum (© Humboldt-Forum Berlin, Photograph by author) | 57 |
| 24 | Mario Bellini, Cab 412, Milan, Cassina (Photograph by author) | 58 |
| 25 | Timo Sarpaneva, Suomi, Rosenthal (Photograph by author) | 58 |
| 26 | Albrecht Dürer, Adam and Eve, 1504 | 61 |
| 27 | Apollo Belvedere, 350–325 B.C., Rome, Vatican Museums | 62 |
| 28 | Venus Medici, 1st century B.C., Florence, Uffizi (Photograph by Sailko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0) | 63 |
| 29 | Colosseo quadrato or Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, begun in 1942, Rome (Photograph by dalbera / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0) | 69 |
| 30 | Giuseppe Terragni, Casa del Fascio, 1932–36, Como (Photograph by Danny Alexander Lettkemann / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0) | 70 |
| 31 | Adolf Hitler, Design Sketch for the Great Hall, 1925 | 71 |
| 32 | The Great Hall, plaster model from 1939, size comparison with the Brandenburg Gate (Dagmar Thorau and Gernot Schaulinski (eds.): Mythos Germania. Vision und Verbrechen, Berlin: Ch. Links Verlag, 2016, p. 130) | 72 |
| 33 | Parthenon, ca. 447–438 B.C., Athens (Photograph by Steve Swayne / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0) | 73 |
| 34 | Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye, 1928–31, Poissy (France) (William J. R. Curtis: Le Corbusier. Ideas and Forms [1996], London: Phaidon Press, 2015, p. 171) | 74 |
| 35 | Mies van der Rohe, Neue Nationalgalerie, 1962–68, Berlin (Photograph by Gerda Arendt / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0) | 75 |
| 36 | Albrecht Dürer, Haller Madonna, ca. 1496–99, Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art | 79 |
| 37 | Albrecht Dürer, Feast of the Rosary, 1506, Prague, National Gallery | 80 |
| 38 | Giovanni Bellini, Madonna Enthroned with Child Jesus and Saints, 1488, Venice, Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Photograph by Sailko / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0) | 80 |
| 39 | Albrecht Dürer, The Four Apostles, 1526, Munich, Old Pinakothek | 81 |
| 40 | Hafez-Goethe monument, 2000, Weimar. The two seats were cut from the same granite block, so they are “twins”; and they are placed in the west-east axis. | 85 |
| 41 | Édouard Manet, Le déjeuner sur l’herbe, 1863, Paris, Musée d’Orsay | 88 |
| 42 | Titian (or Giorgione), The Pastoral Concert, ca. 1510, Paris, Louvre | 89 |
| 43 | Marcantonio Raimondi, The Judgment of Paris (after Raphael), ca. 1515 | 90 |
| 44 | Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889, New York, Museum of Modern Art | 92 |
| 45 | Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1830–32 | 93 |
| Vincent van Gogh, The Langlois Bridge at Arles with Women Washing, 1888, Otterlo, Kröller-Müller Museum | 94 | |
| 47 | Vincent van Gogh, Cornfield with Crows, 1890, Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum | 95 |
| 48 | Belkis Ayón, Sikán, 1991, Havana, collection of the Belkis Ayón Estate (Adelaida de Juan: “Presencia Afrocaribeña En La Pintura Cubana Moderna.” América Sin Nombre No. 19 (2014), p. 166. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276082919_Presencia_afrocaribena_en_la_pintura_cubana_moderna [25.09.2023]) | 106 |
| 49 | Belkis Ayón, La consagración, 1991, middle panel, Havana, collection of the Belkis Ayón Estate (Eva Birkenstock and Anette Lagler (eds.): booklet for the exhibition „Belkis Ayón. Ya Estamos Aquí“ (22.10.22 - 12.03.2023) at Ludwig Forum Aachen, Aachen: Ludwig Forum, 2022, fig. 33. https://ludwigforum.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/belkis-ayon-booklet_small-file.pdf [25.09.2023]) | 108 |
| 50 | Hagia Sophia from the west, Istanbul | 111 |
| 51 | Interior view of Hagia Sophia (Photograph by Iman Fakhri / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0) | 112 |
| 52 | Mezquita of Córdoba, 8th–10th century | 114 |
| 53 | Prayer niche of the Mezquita of Córdoba (Photograph by Ingo Mehling / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0) | 115 |
| 54 | Mezquita of Córdoba, installation of a Christian basilica | 117 |
| 55 | Nave of the Basilica of Saint-Denis, 1231–1281, Saint-Denis near Paris | 120 |
| 56 | Saint-Denis, rosette of the west façade (Photograph by Chabe01 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0) | 121 |
| 57 | Daisetsu T. Suzuki and John Cage, 1962 (Ulrich Bischoff (ed.): Kunst als Grenzbeschreitung. John Cage und die Moderne, Munich: New Pinakothek, 1991, p. 34) | 124 |
| 58 | Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, Karlskirche, 1716–1737, Vienna (Photograph by KenB59240 / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0) | 128 |
| 59 | James Stirling, New build of the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 1977–83 (Photograph by Romero / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0) | 130 |
| 60 | Jean Nouvel, Institut du Monde Arabe, 1987, south façade, Paris (Jean Nouvel and Marco Casamonti: Jean Nouvel, Milano: Motta architettura, 2008, p. 38) | 130 |
| 61 | Institut du Monde Arabe, square of the façade (Jean Nouvel, Georges Fessy and Hubert Tonka: Institut du Monde Arabe. Une architecture de Jean Nouvel, Paris: Les Éditions du Demi-Circle, 1988, p. 47) | 131 |
| 62 | Institut du Monde Arabe, square of the façade (Jean Nouvel, Georges Fessy and Hubert Tonka: Institut du Monde Arabe. Une architecture de Jean Nouvel, Paris: Les Éditions du Demi-Circle, 1988, p. 47) | 131 |
| Institut du Monde Arabe, interior view (Jean Nouvel, Georges Fessy and Hubert Tonka: Institut du Monde Arabe. Une architecture de Jean Nouvel, Paris: Les Éditions du Demi-Circle, 1988, p. 52) | 131 | |
| 64 | Alessandro Mendini, “Kandissi” sofa, 1980 (Peter Weiss (ed.): Catalogue for the exhibition „Alessandro Mendini“ at Neues Museum Nürnberg, Nuremberg: Verl. für Moderne Kunst, 2011, p. 54) | 133 |
| 65 | Whole Love Kyoto, Hanao Shoes (© Whole Love Kyoto) | 133 |
| 66 | King Houndekpinkou, Cavilux – Pink Sculptural Vase, 2016 (© King Houndekpinkou) | 135 |
| 67 | King Houndekpinkou, La Veuve des Mers, 2018 (© King Houndekpinkou) | 135 |
| 68 | Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Wild Cursive, 2005 (© Cloud Gate Dance Theatre) | 136 |
| 69 | Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Moon Water, 1998 (© Cloud Gate Dance Theatre) | 137 |
| 70 | Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Water Stain on the Wall, 2010 (© Cloud Gate Dance Theatre) | 138 |
| 71 | Tanja Boukal, Ode to Joy, 2014 (© Tanja Boukal) | 141 |
| 72 | Tanja Boukal, Ode to Joy (close-up), 2014 (© Tanja Boukal) | 141 |
| 73 | Golf against immigrant backdrop, Melilla (Corey Johnson and Reece Jones: “The Biopolitics and Geopolitics of Border Enforcement in Melilla,” Territory, Politics, Governance No. 6, 2016, p.9) | 142 |
| 74 | Jani Leinonen, School of Disobedience, 2015 (© Jani Leinonen) | 143 |
| 75 | Benin bronze, Berlin, Humboldt Forum (© Humboldt-Forum Berlin, photograph by author) | 145 |
| 76 | Benin bronze, Berlin, Humboldt Forum (© Humboldt-Forum Berlin, photograph by author) | 146 |
| 77 | Bronze manilla | 147 |
| 78 | Khayelitsha (Cape Town) (Photograph by Olga Ernst / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0) | 150 |
| 79 | U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, 2005, Carmen and Jongikhaya (Film still from the movie U-Carmen by Mark Dornford-May, Pauline Malefane and Andiswa Kedama, based upon Carmen by Georges Bizet, 2004) | 150 |
| 80 | John Cage, Europeras 1 & 2, performance at the Ruhrtriennale 2012–2014, 2012 (Photograph by Klaus Grünberg) | 154 |
| 81 | René Binet, Entrance gate to the Paris World’s Fair 1900 | 156 |
| 82 | Ernst Haeckel, Phormocyrtida, 1887 | 157 |
| 83 | Mark Rothko, Orange and Yellow, 1956, New York, Modern Museum of Art (Mark, Kate and Christopher Rothko: Mark Rothko, New York: Rizzoli Electa, 2022. p. 253) | 158 |
| 84 | Victor Hartmann, The Great Gate of Kiev, 1869 | 159 |
| Jan Davidsz de Heem, Large Still Life with Moor and Parrots, 1641, Brussels, Broodhuis | 163 | |
| 86 | Jan Davidsz de Heem, Richly set table with parrot and macaw, ca. 1655, The State Art Museum of Florida, Sarasota, collection of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art | 164 |
| 87 | Spices in a market in Düsseldorf | 170 |
| 88 | Jean Siméon Chardin, Le singe peintre, 1740, Paris, Louvre | 172 |
| 89 | Johann Joachim Kändler, Monkey Chapel, 1753, Meissen (Christoph Fritzsche: „Eine Affenkapelle Der Porzellanmanufaktur Pößneck. Ihr Meissener Vorbild und Affenkapellen weiterer Manufakturen.“ Keramos, No. 225, 2014, p. 113) | 174 |
| 90 | Conductor of the Monkey Chapel | 174 |
| 91 | Trumpeter from the Monkey Chapel | 174 |
| 92 | The instrumentalists of Dharma (© Dharma) | 178 |
| 93 | Miao Ben at a Dharma concert (© Dharma) | 178 |
| 94 | Zocho-ten, Guardian of the South, Kamakura period, Japan | 179 |
| 95 | Ginkakuji Temple, late 15th century, Kyoto (Photograph by author) | 182 |
| 96 | Shakespeare, The Tempest, 1990, Paris, Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord (© Gilles Abegg) | 196 |
| 97 | Film still from Saint Young Men (S1 E1), 2013, by Noriko Takao and Rika Nezu, based on the manga by Hikaru Nakamura, 2013 | 207 |
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