​In the grounds of Shugborough Hall in Staffordshire, England, sits an 18th-century monument known as the Shepherd’s Monument. The monument contains a relief, depicting a copy of a Nicolas

Description Ink drawing in the style of an old woodcut. Antique paper texture added digitally.

Mark Dion & Robert William, "Et in Arcadio ego", 2005, lithograph

Nicholas Poussin's painting "Et in Arcadia ego" is coded with complex geometry that inspired the DaVinci Code.

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Ian Hamilton Finlay

et in Arcadia ego

1964 This poem explores the problem of the “domesticated” being of Mother Nature (“Happily married/ Housewife, helpmate to man), beneath whose surface rages the original wi…