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ArtistElla du Cane, Aubrey Beardsley, Erte: There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle . Gold foil
A highly detailed, symmetrical Art Nouveau illustration depicting the duality of night and day, rendered in a luxurious, graphic style with gold leaf accents. The composition is vertically bisected. On the left, a figure personifying Night stands in profile, facing right, draped in a voluminous, floor-length black gown with intricate, flowing gold line work outlining the fabric's folds and ornate gold chain and beaded embellishments at the waist and neckline. Her dark, elaborately styled hair is adorned with gold filigree, and she holds a small, delicate sprig of leaves in her outstretched left hand. Behind her, a dark, moonless night sky is filled with stylized, swirling grey clouds over a calm, dark sea with distant, silhouetted hills. On the right, a figure personifying Day stands in profile, facing left, wearing a flowing, diaphanous white gown with similar elegant gold line work. Her golden hair is styled simply with a golden headband, and she gazes upwards towards a large, radiant, textured gold sun that emits sharp, golden rays. A white dove with outstretched wings flies gracefully before the sun. Behind her, the sky is filled with soft,
