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How this site is made, and where the background artworks come from.

Antonello da Messina, Saint Jerome in His Study, c. 1474

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Background artworks

All from Wikimedia Commons, in the public domain or CC0. The images receive a colour treatment on the site.

  1. Dark interior with a spiral staircase; an old man meditates by a lit window.

    Philosopher in Meditation

    Rembrandt van Rijn, 1632. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

  2. Fresco of Greek philosophers gathered under monumental arches, Plato and Aristotle at the centre.

    The School of Athens

    Rafael Sanzio, 1509–1511. Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Essays

  3. Etching of a man asleep on a desk, surrounded by owls and bats.

    The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (Caprichos, no. 43)

    Francisco de Goya, 1799. Etching, series Los Caprichos.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Zhakev Archive

  4. A man seen from behind on a rock, looking at a valley covered in fog.

    Wanderer above the Sea of Fog

    Caspar David Friedrich, c. 1817. Hamburger Kunsthalle.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Fiction

  5. Oil study of white and grey clouds against a blue sky.

    Cloud Study

    John Constable, 1821. via Google Arts & Culture.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Art and music

  6. A group lit by a lamp at the centre of a mechanical orrery, in a dark room.

    A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery

    Joseph Wright of Derby, c. 1766. Derby Museum and Art Gallery.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Engineering

  7. Engraving of a pensive winged figure among geometry instruments, an hourglass and a magic square.

    Melencolia I

    Albrecht Dürer, 1514. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

    CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Cryptography and cryptanalysis

  8. Wooden study with bookshelves inside a Gothic hall; a scholar reads at the centre.

    Saint Jerome in His Study

    Antonello da Messina, c. 1474. National Gallery, London.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Curation

  9. A woman raising the tricolour flag in front of an armed crowd on barricades.

    Liberty Leading the People

    Eugène Delacroix, 1830. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗

    Background of: Manifestos

  10. Engraving of a scholar writing in a study lit by the window, with a sleeping lion in the foreground.

    Saint Jerome in His Study

    Albrecht Dürer, 1514. National Gallery of Art, Washington.

    CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

  11. A man by the window touching a celestial globe on the table.

    The Astronomer

    Johannes Vermeer, c. 1668. Musée du Louvre, Paris.

    Public domain · Wikimedia Commons ↗