PAS107680: Sunlit Table, Hangzhou II, 1997 (w/c on paper), Paskett, David / Bridgeman Images

XMV2639860: Cube Composition #1, 1925-26 (oil & pencil on canvas), Bruce, Patrick Henry (1881-1936) / Bridgeman Images

LRI4576259: Storeroom with food and tableware (painting, 1624), Empoli, Jacopo Chimenti (1551-1640) / Bridgeman Images

SEL135443: Tea Boxes, 1992 (acrylic on paper), Seligman, Lincoln / Bridgeman Images

LRI4735821: Still life with tomatoes, elongates, cherry, bunch and green tomatoes - (Still life with tomatoes, San Marzano, cherry tomatoes, Roma and green tomatoes) / Bridgeman Images

SPY992485: Work Table, 2014 (acrylic/paper collage), Paul, Sylvia / Bridgeman Images

SEL700796: Bottle and Rod I, 2012 (acrylic on canvas), Seligman, Lincoln / Bridgeman Images

GIA4784484: Cello from the beginning of the 20th century, Anonymous / Bridgeman Images

XIR238619: The Well-Stocked Table, c.1921-22 (oil on canvas), Derain, Andre (1880-1954) / Bridgeman Images

PFA178511: The Eye of David, 1936 (oil on board), Leet, Gerald (1913-98) / Bridgeman Images

NUM118758: Arums and Tulips (w/c on paper), Nolde, Emil (1867-1956) / Bridgeman Images

NGS68352: Roses, 1895, Fantin-Latour, Ignace Henri Jean (1836-1904) / Bridgeman Images

BRN190566: Zinnias in a Striped Blue Vase (oil on canvas), Glackens, William James (1870-1938) / Bridgeman Images

HST3061008: Still Life with Mangoes and a Hibiscus Flower, 1887 (oil on canvas), Gauguin, Paul (1848-1903) / Bridgeman Images

HLN428431: The Peonies (oil on canvas), Iten, Hans (1874-1930) / Bridgeman Images

CH990909: Still Life with Azaleas in a Chinese Pot, 1878 (oil on canvas), Coleman, Charles Caryl (1840-1928) / Bridgeman Images

CH656852: The Basket of Fruit; Le Corbeille de Fruit, (oil on canvas), Lebasque, Henri (1865-1937) / Bridgeman Images

CH652935: Still Life with Flowers; Nature Morte aux Fleurs, (oil on canvas), Espagnat, Georges d' (1870-1950) / Bridgeman Images

XMV2639865: Transverse Beams, 1928-32 (oil & pencil on canvas), Bruce, Patrick Henry (1881-1936) / Bridgeman Images

SPY2607381: Jam Tart, 2015 (oil on board), Paul, Sylvia / Bridgeman Images

TRK5667280: Bunch of Flowers in a Glass Beaker, after 1608 (painting), Brueghel, Jan the Elder (1568-1625) / Bridgeman Images

FAF3564894: Apples, 1930 (oil on canvas), Casorati, Felice (1886-1963) / Bridgeman Images

MFA172051: Lilacs, 1912 (oil on cardboard), Goncharova, Natalia (1881-1962) / Bridgeman Images

GRC2630164: Platinum Print of Lily by Tina Modotti, 1925 (platinum print), Modotti, Tina (1896-1942) / Bridgeman Images

CH376352: Roses in a Blue Vase, 1892 (oil on canvas), Renoir, Pierre Auguste (1841-1919) / Bridgeman Images

FAF3573738: Portrait of Vittoria della Rovere, Dolci, Carlo (1616-86) / Bridgeman Images

CH826486: Crocuses on a Plate; Crocus dans un Plat, 1954 (oil on canvas), Buffet, Bernard (1928-99) / Bridgeman Images

CH651028: Dish of Apples and Quinces, (oil on canvas), Johnson, David (1827-1908) / Bridgeman Images

CH97811: Tulips and Roses (oil on canvas), Dongen, Kees van (1877-1968) / Bridgeman Images

XME400346: Pink Variegated Auricula, 1990 (w/c on paper), Escofet, Miriam (b.1967) / Bridgeman Images

REV326676: 16th century glassware, illustration from the 'Dictionnaire de l'ameublement et de la decoration' by Henry Havard, volume 4, plate 61, Paris, Maison Quantin, 1878 (colour litho), French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images

PIX4632751: Archean stromatolites - Illustration showing the shores of an ancient sea 3 billion years ago. In the foreground, stromatolites, aggregation of sediments and cyanobacteries. Stromatoliths have undoubtedly contributed to our dioxygen-rich atmosphere and the ozone layer that allowed the development of a more complex terrestrial and oceanic life. Dome - shaped stromatolites, averaging three feet high and four feet wide, populate the shallow shore of an ancient sea 3 billion years ago. The Moon looms near the horizon, much closer to the Earth than it is now and therefore appearing considerably larger, but otherwise looking much like the moon we know today. 3 billion years ago the first macro evidence of life on Earth may have appeared in the form of large aggregations of microorganisms and associated sediments known as stromatolites. Cyanobacteria (AKA blue - green algae) were likely one of the primary contributors to these aggregations. During the Archean Eon the Earth's atmosphere contained very little oxygen. Cyanobacteria would have thrived during this time as they employ photosynthesis to combine water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight to create their food, while the byproducts of this process are oxygen and calcium carbonate. Billions of years of photosynthetic processes by cyanobacteria other living organisms are likely the primary source of the oxygen we breathe. They also provided the oxygen that forms the protective ozone layer, filtering the shorter wavelengths of ultraviolet light from the Sun that are harmful to most forms of life. Varieties of stromatolites still flourish to this day with well - known formations in parts of Australia, Brazil, and the Bahamas / Bridgeman Images

SD6040555: Still Life with Vase, I, 1914 (oil on press board), Münter, Gabriele (1877-1962) / Bridgeman Images

BRN160527: Flowers in a Quimper Vase (oil on canvas), Glackens, William James (1870-1938) / Bridgeman Images

PAL34570: Flowers and Mixed Fruit, c.1927 (oil on canvas), Smith, Matthew (1879-1959) / Bridgeman Images

BAL76372: The Growth of Ideas, c.1952 (gouache), Magritte, Rene (1898-1967) / Bridgeman Images