Stories
Each one starts from a single detail in one work and tells the whole story behind it. Many of these began as posts on @thenohastudio (opens Instagram).
Journal
From the collection
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Story · Myths & Titans · N° 001
Goya never gave this painting a title.
Goya lived with this on his wall. He painted it in his own house outside Madrid and never gave it a title.
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Story · Visions & Paradise · N° 007
What Dante saw at the top of heaven.
Dante walked through Hell and climbed Purgatory to reach this. At the top of his heaven, the blessed come together in one great shape.
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Story · The Underworld · N° 006
Rachmaninoff first knew it in black and white.
Rachmaninoff wrote a symphonic poem after seeing this picture in black and white. Then he saw the colors.
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Story · The Underworld · N° 004
Why does the angel need a key?
In this 12th-century prayer book, an angel turns a key in the door of Hell, with the damned still inside. Why does he need a key?
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Story · Sacred Art · N° 002
Kali, printed years after Ravi Varma died.
This Kali came from the press that carried Raja Ravi Varma’s name. It was printed years after he died.
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