Conflicts in the Balkans, Rwanda, Chechnya, Iraq, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, and Darfur, as well as in Israel, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip, are among the best-known and deadliest examples from the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
The finest examples, from the late 4th and 3rd centuries, compare favourably with the life-size work of the great masters of Classical Greece, which they not infrequently imitated.
Modern-day automata enthusiasts collect examples from the late 19th century diminutive magicians, musicians, jugglers and clowns made in greater numbers out of small workshops in the Marais district of Paris.
'Last pristine': an example from the latest sample where the character was still deemed to be indistinguishable from that immediately after death.
Among the highlights is an untitled marble carving -- part fertility symbol, part benevolent protector -- by Costantino Nivola, an iconic example from the late artist's long series of figures inspired by the indigenous art of his native Sardinia.
Richard Barnett's new book, The Sick Rose, collects some of the best examples of medical illustration from the late 18th to early 20th centuries.
This is the only example known from the Late Preclassic Maya world where such masks were placed inside a building, a practice that would become common in the Late Classic period.
I chose three from those sources and added the Cars 2 and Dr. Seuss books, which were released last week, as examples of the latest products from well-financed developers.
The exhibit's earliest examples, Manchu gowns from the late 19th century, are the most striking.
For example, in the latest poll from the Washington Post and the Pew Research Center, Americans were asked what is more important right now, for the government to investigate terrorist threats or for the government to not intrude on personal privacy.
