The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Dali)
1946 · Musees Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
Elephants on impossibly long insect legs carry obelisks and naked women across the plain while the saint holds up a makeshift cross.
★ 6.3
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The Temptation of Saint Anthony (Bosch)
1505 · Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon
Flying fish, reading toads and a burning village, and in the middle of it Anthony kneels and blesses a small Christ, entirely undistracted.
★ 7.2