Landscapes from life

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

With temperatures soaring, a woman walks with an umbrella to shield herself from the scorching heat, in the backdrop of a wall-painting of rain at Versova, Andheri West, in Mumbai. HT/Vidya Subramanian

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

A Greek fan poses for a picture in a copy of a painting of a cardinal in Gdansk during Euro 2012 football championships. AFP/Patrik S

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The City Of Paris (1910-12) by Robert Delaunay is shown in this undated handout photo. In this mural-size painting, Delaunay, inventing Modernist abstraction, looked to the past, fusing his contemporary view of Paris with his vision of Arcadia.

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British artist Marc Quinn poses in front of his art work Burning Desire during the exhibition 'The Littoral Zone' at the Oceanographic museum of Monaco in Monaco. AFP/Valery Hache

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This photo provided by the Detroit Institute of Art shows The Holy Family by El Greco. The DIA is opening a new exhibition featuring not only Melancholy Woman by Pablo Picasso, but also four other works by some of Spain's most important artists. AP/Detroit Institute of Arts

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

Airlie Dodds (C) wearing a First World War nurses uniform walks through a display of 110 canvas army tents in central Sydney. The installation is to promote the exhibition 'Nurses: From Zululand to Afghanistan' at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra. The exhibition tells the personal stories of service nurses, from those in the Zulu War of 1879 to the men and women serving in recent conflicts and peacekeeping operations. AFP/Greg Wood

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

A worker checks the lights of the installation P.V.R. Neon (2006) of German artist Sven Druehl in the exhibition 'Landscapes as a World View' in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. AP/Jens Meyer

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

A visitor walks on a replica of French painter Claude Monet’s Japanese footbridge arching over a water lily pool encircled by willow trees and flowering shrubs at his house in Giverny during 'Monet's Garden' exhibition, at the New York Botanical Garden. AFP/Emmanuel Dunand

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

Women stand in front of the painting Encapsulated Country (1986) by British artist Liam Hanley in the exhibition 'Landscapes as a World View' in the Kunstsammlungen gallery in Chemnitz, Germany. AP/Jens Meyer

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

Women stand in front of multicolor screen prints Ten Landscapes (1967) by US artist Roy Lichtenstein in the exhibition 'Landscapes as a World View' (Landschaften als Weltsicht) in the Kunstsammlungen gallery in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. AP/Jens Meyer

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British artist Marc Quinn poses in front of his art work Burning Desire during the exhibition 'The Littoral Zone' at the Oceanographic museum of Monaco. AFP/Valery Hache

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Updated on Jun 22, 2012 09:46 pm IST

A visitor walks on a replica of French painter Claude Monet's Japanese footbridge arching over a water lily pool encircled by willow trees and flowering shrubs at his house in Giverny during 'Monet's Garden' exhibition, at the New York Botanical Garden. The exhibition evokes Monet's lush garden at Giverny, the impressionist's home from 1883 until his death in 1926, featuring a seasonally changing display of flora such as poppies, roses, foxgloves, irises, delphiniums and water lilies. AFP/Emmanuel Dunand

Landscapes from life

With temperatures soaring, a woman walks with an umbrella to shield herself from the scorching heat, in the backdrop of a wall-painting of rain at Versova, Andheri West, in Mumbai. HT/Vidya Subramanian

A Greek fan poses for a picture in a copy of a painting of a cardinal in Gdansk during Euro 2012 football championships. AFP/Patrik S

The City Of Paris (1910-12) by Robert Delaunay is shown in this undated handout photo. In this mural-size painting, Delaunay, inventing Modernist abstraction, looked to the past, fusing his contemporary view of Paris with his vision of Arcadia.

British artist Marc Quinn poses in front of his art work Burning Desire during the exhibition 'The Littoral Zone' at the Oceanographic museum of Monaco in Monaco. AFP/Valery Hache

This photo provided by the Detroit Institute of Art shows The Holy Family by El Greco. The DIA is opening a new exhibition featuring not only Melancholy Woman by Pablo Picasso, but also four other works by some of Spain's most important artists. AP/Detroit Institute of Arts

A worker checks the lights of the installation P.V.R. Neon (2006) of German artist Sven Druehl in the exhibition 'Landscapes as a World View' in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. AP/Jens Meyer

A visitor walks on a replica of French painter Claude Monet’s Japanese footbridge arching over a water lily pool encircled by willow trees and flowering shrubs at his house in Giverny during 'Monet's Garden' exhibition, at the New York Botanical Garden. AFP/Emmanuel Dunand

Women stand in front of the painting Encapsulated Country (1986) by British artist Liam Hanley in the exhibition 'Landscapes as a World View' in the Kunstsammlungen gallery in Chemnitz, Germany. AP/Jens Meyer

Women stand in front of multicolor screen prints Ten Landscapes (1967) by US artist Roy Lichtenstein in the exhibition 'Landscapes as a World View' (Landschaften als Weltsicht) in the Kunstsammlungen gallery in Chemnitz, eastern Germany. AP/Jens Meyer

British artist Marc Quinn poses in front of his art work Burning Desire during the exhibition 'The Littoral Zone' at the Oceanographic museum of Monaco. AFP/Valery Hache

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