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I love how this painting is so detailed that you an see the golden designs on her clothing look like cheap ironed on patches as they fray out into the air on the edges. On closer inspection, it almost looks as if the white layer is a separate garment entirely to the designs on top.

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Cannonball: Baron Munchausen voluntarily sits on the cannonball, accepting external truths or principles as self-evidently valid. He lets these truths propel him on a path, requiring no further justification.

Ducks: The ducks are a regressive chain, each duck pulling the next, and in turn the baron along ad infinitum, suggesting no ultimate grounding only an endless line of ducks.

Hair Pulling: Baron Munchausen attempts to lift himself by his own hair, representing circular reasoning.

These three images represent the Münchhausen trilemma.

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Disclaimer: I could not find the original title for this piece.

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Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to [email protected]

Photos of ruins should go to [email protected]

Photos of the past should go to [email protected]

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