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How the human got his paintbrush
Monkey business: Henri Rousseau’s dense jungles don’t fit EO Wilson’s narrow artistic schema
ROUSSEAU, HENRI J.F. (LE DOUANIER) (1844-1910) / SUZUKI COLLECTION, TOKYO, JAPAN / PETER WILLI / BRIDGEMAN IMAGES
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The imperial backstory still stops Britain from grasping how it looks in the eyes of the world
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