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[[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' by [[Tommaso Laureti]] ([[1530]]-[[1602]]), ceiling painting in the [[Sala di Constantino]], [[Vatican City|Vatican Palace]]. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient [[Paganism|pagan]] culture and the victory of Christianity.]] [[Image:Tommaso.Laureti.Triumph.of.Christianity.jpg|right|thumb|200px|''[[Triumph of Christianity]]'' by [[Tommaso Laureti]] ([[1530]]-[[1602]]), ceiling painting in the [[Sala di Constantino]], [[Vatican City|Vatican Palace]]. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient [[Paganism|pagan]] culture and the victory of Christianity.]]
[[Image:Triumph of Death.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Triumph of Death]]'' ([[1562]]) by [[Brueghel]]]] [[Image:Triumph of Death.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Triumph of Death]]'' ([[1562]]) by [[Brueghel]]]]
-[[Image:Toulouse Lautrec in drag.jpg |thumb|right|200px|"[[Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec]]" in the clothes of [[Moulin Rouge]] showgirl [[Jane Avril]], photo by [[Nadar]], [[1894]].]]+[[Image:Toulouse Lautrec in drag.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[Toulouse-Lautrec wearing Jane Avril's Feathered Hat and Boa]]'' (ca. 1892), photo Maurice Guibert]]
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Triumph of Christianity by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602), ceiling painting in the Sala di Constantino, Vatican Palace. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient pagan culture and the victory of Christianity.
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Triumph of Christianity by Tommaso Laureti (1530-1602), ceiling painting in the Sala di Constantino, Vatican Palace. Images like this one celebrate the destruction of ancient pagan culture and the victory of Christianity.

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  1. A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
    Put a cross for a wrong answer and a tick for a right one.
  2. A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
    Criminals were commonly executed on a wooden cross.
  3. (usually with the) The cross on which Christ was crucified.
  4. A hand gesture made by Catholics in imitation of the shape of the Cross.
    She made the cross after swearing.

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