An allegorical figure of Charity, nurturing three children. It was carved for the stone rood screen [...]

An allegorical figure of Charity, nurturing three children. It was carved for the stone rood screen that once stood in the church of Saint-Etienne (now Saint-Pantaleon).
Sculpture by Domenico del Barbieri (c. 1506 - c. 1570), Florentine artist of the Renaissance period.

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Tenaya Sims began working in the video games industry at Crystal Dynamics (Eidos), Oil on canvas.1 [...]

Tenaya Sims began working in the video games industry at Crystal Dynamics (Eidos).

Oil on canvas.
101 x 72 in

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Latona, goddess of darkness, seated beside the sleeping Apollo and Diana, the twin children she had [...]

Latona, goddess of darkness, seated beside the sleeping Apollo and Diana, the twin children she had with Jupiter.
Sculpture by William Henry Rinehart (1825-1874), who was considered "the last important American sculptor to work in the classical style."

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Portrait of a young woman standing by the sea, Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American a [...]

Portrait of a young woman standing by the sea.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.

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A Dutch girl watches over a newborn calf after a difficult delivery, Photo by Cerrina S. Polish P [...]

A Dutch girl watches over a newborn calf after a difficult delivery.
Photo by Cerrina S., Polish Photographer and contributor to National Geographic's online photo community.

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Mass participants exiting a church, and young girls in white ceremonial dresses. Painting by Carl F [...]

Mass participants exiting a church, and young girls in white ceremonial dresses.
Painting by Carl Frithjof Smith (1859-1917), Norwegian painter trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich.

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A representation of European royalty. Pastel drawing by Rubén Belloso Adorna, Spanish contemporary [...]

A representation of European royalty.
Pastel drawing by Rubén Belloso Adorna, Spanish contemporary artist trained in Fine Arts at the University of Seville.

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An allegory of contemporary trendsetters, Painting by Jordi Diaz Alama, Spanish contemporary artis [...]

An allegory of contemporary trendsetters.
Painting by Jordi Diaz Alama, Spanish contemporary artist and Director of the Barcelona Academy of Art. He was trained at the University of Barcelona's School of Fine Arts, at the Arauco Foundation in Madrid, at the Florence Academy Of Arts and in Norway.

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Portrait of a woman with a crown of flowers. Drawing by Emanuele Dascanio, Italian contemporary art [...]

Portrait of a woman with a crown of flowers.
Drawing by Emanuele Dascanio, Italian contemporary artist trained at the Lucio Fonana Art School of Arese in Italy. He is renowned for his hyper-realist drawing style.

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Two men standing in the square of the Milan cathedral.Painting by Aldo Balding, Britsh contemporary [...]

Two men standing in the square of the Milan cathedral.
Painting by Aldo Balding, Britsh contemporary painter trained at the faculty of Art and Design in Southampton.

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A contemporary depiction of a woman, named after the Roman goddess of love, beauty and desire. Pain [...]

A contemporary depiction of a woman, named after the Roman goddess of love, beauty and desire.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.

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The long, thick hair of Berenice II, ruling queen of the Greek colony of Cyrenaica, which she sacrif [...]

The long, thick hair of Berenice II, ruling queen of the Greek colony of Cyrenaica, which she sacrificed to the gods to protect her husband during war.
Marble sculpture by Ambrogio Borghi (1848-1887), Italian sculptor.

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Portrait of a young woman, Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist, .

Portrait of a young woman.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.

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Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), westernized name of Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, was a Russian writer regarded [...]

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), westernized name of Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, was a Russian writer regarded as one of the greatest authors of all time, and best known for the novels War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877), which are often cited as pinnacles of realist fiction.

Tolstoy's ideas on nonviolent resistance, based on the christian Sermon on the Mount, had a profound impact on such pivotal 20th-century figures as Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr.

Painting by Ilya Efimovich Repin done in 1887.

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The mythical Greek muse of love poetry. Painting by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), English painte [...]

The mythical Greek muse of love poetry.
Painting by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), English painter, designer, and President of the London Royal Academy of Arts.

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Still life, Painting by Jeffrey Larson, American contemporary painter,

Still life.
Painting by Jeffrey Larson, American contemporary painter.

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The Transportation Building from the fifth Paris Exposition of 1900. These expositions were mostly u [...]

The Transportation Building from the fifth Paris Exposition of 1900. These expositions were mostly used to present new creations and discoveries to the public. The Paris Exposition of 1900 is considered a symbol of the Belle Epoque due to the amount of novel creations it exhibited for the first time.

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Painting by Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915), influential Russian painter trained at the Imperial A [...]

Painting by Konstantin Makovsky (1839–1915), influential Russian painter trained at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, often considered a representative of Academic art.

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Modern characters in a classic American pioneer-style home. Painting by Joseph Q. Daily, American c [...]

Modern characters in a classic American pioneer-style home.
Painting by Joseph Q. Daily, American contemporary painter trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

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Realistic drawing by Diego Fazio, self-taught contemporary Italian artist. His portraits are created [...]

Realistic drawing by Diego Fazio, self-taught contemporary Italian artist. His portraits are created with pencil on paper, and can take up to 200 hours of his work to finish.

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Miners posing with their lunch pails in hand outside of the Tamarack mineshaft. In the background st [...]

Miners posing with their lunch pails in hand outside of the Tamarack mineshaft. In the background stands the Tamarack #5 Shaft-Rockhouse. This mine was one of the most productive mines in Copper Country.
Photo by Adolph F. Isler, Swiss-American photographer.

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Nannie Coleson, a looper who stated that she was 11 years old, working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill [...]

Nannie Coleson, a looper who stated that she was 11 years old, working in the Crescent Hosiery Mill in North Carolina.
Photo by Lewis Hine (1874-1940), a sociologist and investigative photographer working for the National Child Labor Committee in an effort to end child labor.

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The Battle of Salamis was a decisive victory for outnumbered Greeks against Persian invaders in 480 [...]

The Battle of Salamis was a decisive victory for outnumbered Greeks against Persian invaders in 480 BC.
Painting by Wilhelm von Kaulbach (1805-1874), German painter trained in the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts.

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A blonde girl walking a calf, accompanied by a cow and two sheep, Painting by Robert Duncan, conte [...]

A blonde girl walking a calf, accompanied by a cow and two sheep.
Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American painter trained at the University of Utah.

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A young woman, a cow and her calf in a pasture. Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American pa [...]

A young woman, a cow and her calf in a pasture.
Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American painter trained at the University of Utah.

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An aerial, wide-angle view of the Bolton Abbey in North Yorkshire, England. The abbey was founded by [...]

An aerial, wide-angle view of the Bolton Abbey in North Yorkshire, England. The abbey was founded by a community of black-robed Augustinian canons, after Lady Alice de Rumilly of Skipton Castle offered them the manor of Bolton, with its extensive farmland, woods and moors.

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A woman standing before aspen trees. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist,

A woman standing before aspen trees.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.

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The story of Tristan and Iseult is a tragedy about the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tr [...]

The story of Tristan and Iseult is a tragedy about the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult, retold in numerous sources with as many variations since the 12th century.
John Duncan (1866-1845), Scottish painter trained at the Belgian Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Academy of Arts of Dusseldorf.

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Painting by Albert Lynch (1860–1950), French painter of German and Peruvian ancestry. He studied [...]

Painting by Albert Lynch (1860–1950), French painter of German and Peruvian ancestry. He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Art in Paris.

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Painting by Alphonse Mucha, a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, who lived in Paris duri [...]

Painting by Alphonse Mucha, a Czech painter, illustrator and graphic artist, who lived in Paris during the Art Nouveau period, and is best known for his distinctly stylized and decorative theatrical posters. This painting served as a study for a different piece representing a scene from a Slavonic spring festival.

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A commissioned portrait of a surgeon at the Lankenau Medical Center in Pennsylvania. Painting by Jo [...]

A commissioned portrait of a surgeon at the Lankenau Medical Center in Pennsylvania.
Painting by Joseph Q. Daily, American contemporary painter trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

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Drawing by Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros,

Drawing by Abraham Louis Rodolphe Ducros.

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A kylix discovered in 1566 in the gardens of Sallust in Rome. The decoration represents a Bacchic pr [...]

A kylix discovered in 1566 in the gardens of Sallust in Rome. The decoration represents a Bacchic procession. Satyrs and maenads dance to music, accompanying Dionysus and Ariadne.

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Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, playwright, writer, novelist and designern, but also a po [...]

Victor Hugo (1802-1885) was a French poet, playwright, writer, novelist and designern, but also a politician and a committed intellectual, who had a major ideological role.
Photo by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), known as Nadar, who otherwise notably became the first person to take aerial photographs.

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A scene inspired by the Greek and Roman legend of the tragic youth Hylas, in which the enraptured Hy [...]

A scene inspired by the Greek and Roman legend of the tragic youth Hylas, in which the enraptured Hylas is abducted by Naiads, mythical female water nymphs, while seeking drinking water.
Painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), English painter trained at the London Royal Academy of Arts.

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Drawing by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros.

Drawing by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros.

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Painting by Caspar David Friedrich. It has been considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism an [...]

Painting by Caspar David Friedrich. It has been considered one of the masterpieces of Romanticism and one of its most representative works.

The painting is composed of various elements from the Elbe Sandstone Mountains in Saxony and Bohemia, sketched in the field but in accordance with his usual practice, rearranged by Friedrich himself in the studio for the painting.

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A ceramic amphora (storage jar) attributed to The Siren Painter, an ancient Greek artist. This jar s [...]

A ceramic amphora (storage jar) attributed to The Siren Painter, an ancient Greek artist. This jar shows Odysseus (Ulysses) encountering the sirens — mythical creatures who lure sailors onto the rocks with their beautiful song.

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A scepter recovered from the Sutton Hoo burial site in England. One of the most extraordinary object [...]

A scepter recovered from the Sutton Hoo burial site in England. One of the most extraordinary objects to survive from the Anglo-Saxon period. Skillfully carved from a hard, fine-grained stone.

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The American Space Transportation System, better known as the Space Shuttle, operated from 1981 to [...]

The American Space Transportation System, better known as the Space Shuttle, operated from 1981 to 2011.

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Paris hosting the World's Fair for the fourth time in 1889, the main attraction was the newly finish [...]

Paris hosting the World's Fair for the fourth time in 1889, the main attraction was the newly finished Eiffel Tower. Its arch served as the entranceway to the expo.

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Depiction of a distressed but hopeful man, Charcoal drawing by Marta Crawford, contemporary Spanis [...]

Depiction of a distressed but hopeful man.
Charcoal drawing by Marta Crawford, contemporary Spanish artist.

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Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and an astronaut for NASA. She was a flight engineer wit [...]

Tracy Caldwell Dyson is an American chemist and an astronaut for NASA. She was a flight engineer with the Expedition 24 crew on the International Space Station, where she captured this self-portrait in natural light.

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A scene inspired by poem by Alfred Tennyson, The Two Voices, Painting by Gerald Edward Moira (1867 [...]

A scene inspired by poem by Alfred Tennyson, The Two Voices.
Painting by Gerald Edward Moira (1867-1959), English painter, president of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters, vice-president of the Royal Watercolour Society and founding member of the National Portrait Society.

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Portrait of a young woman. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist,

Portrait of a young woman.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.

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Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French author and member of the Academie Francaise. He laid the f [...]

Charles Perrault (1628-1703) was a French author and member of the Academie Francaise. He laid the foundations for the fairy tale genre, with his works derived from earlier folk tales.
Painting by Philippe Lallemand (1636–1716), French portrait painter.

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A masterpiece of Neoclassical sculpture, characteristic of the emerging artistic movement of Romanti [...]

A masterpiece of Neoclassical sculpture, characteristic of the emerging artistic movement of Romanticism.
Sculpture by Antonio Canova (1757-1822), Italian sculptor. Photo by Artem Arutyunov.

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Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and engineer. He carr [...]

Henri Poincaré (1854-1912) was a French mathematician, physicist, philosopher and engineer. He carried out major work in optics and infinitesimal computing. He is considered one of the last great universal scientists, mastering all the branches of mathematics of his time and certain branches of physics.

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A great windmill in a riverside town alongside the Rhine. ,Painting by Jacob van Ruisdael (1629-1682 [...]

A great windmill in a riverside town alongside the Rhine.
Painting by Jacob van Ruisdael (1629-1682), preeminent Dutch landscape painter of the Dutch Golden Age.

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Workers in Knoxville, Tennessee. Original title on photo is "Young girl working Brookside Cotton Mil [...]

Workers in Knoxville, Tennessee. Original title on photo is "Young girl working Brookside Cotton Mills. Not the smallest."
Photo by Lewis Hine (1874-1940), a sociologist and investigative photographer working for the National Child Labor Committee in an effort to end child labor.

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A female figure of Norse mythology.

A female figure of Norse mythology.

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A 5 year old American boy tasked with picking cotton, in the state of Oklahoma. His mother was quote [...]

A 5 year old American boy tasked with picking cotton, in the state of Oklahoma. His mother was quoted as saying: "Mart, he isn't old enough to go to school much, but he can pick his 20 pounds a day. Mostly 10 or 15 pounds."
Photo by Lewis Hine (1874-1940), a sociologist and investigative photographer working for the National Child Labor Committee in an effort to end child labor.

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Greek youth Antinous (c. 111- c. 130), lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian. Antinous was deified and cele [...]

Greek youth Antinous (c. 111- c. 130), lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian. Antinous was deified and celebrated after his death.
The head is an ancient Roman gilt bronze, it is set in an onyx and alabaster bust dated to before the mid-18th century.

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A woman resting amidst nature. Drawing by Rubén Belloso Adorna, Spanish contemporary artist traine [...]

A woman resting amidst nature.
Drawing by Rubén Belloso Adorna, Spanish contemporary artist trained in Fine Arts at the University of Seville.

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Portrait of a young woman. Painting by Joshua LaRock, American contemporary artist, trained at the [...]

Portrait of a young woman.
Painting by Joshua LaRock, American contemporary artist, trained at the Hudson River School for Landscape in New York.

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In Greek mythology, Nessus was a famous centaur who was killed by Heracles, a hero and a god, but wh [...]

In Greek mythology, Nessus was a famous centaur who was killed by Heracles, a hero and a god, but whose tainted blood in turn caused Heracles to die.
Marble sculpture by Flemish sculptor Giambologna, born Jean Boulogne (1529-1608). The sculpture was carved, impressively, from a single block of marble.

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The 1900 Universal Exposition was the fifth universal exhibition organized in Paris. After 212 days [...]

The 1900 Universal Exposition was the fifth universal exhibition organized in Paris. After 212 days of opening it welcomed more than 48 million visitors. It spanned several buildings in Paris. This picture was taken from the top of the Eiffel Tower.

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Greek mythical hero Perseus freeing his future wife Andromeda, after she was chained to a rock as a [...]

Greek mythical hero Perseus freeing his future wife Andromeda, after she was chained to a rock as a sacrifice to sate the sea monster Cetus.
Paiting by Joachim Wtewael (1566-1638), Dutch Mannerist painter.

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Portrait of a young woman accomplishing housework, Painting by Albert Anker (1831-1910), Swiss pai [...]

Portrait of a young woman accomplishing housework.
Painting by Albert Anker (1831-1910), Swiss painter and illustrator.

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Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat, humanist, soldier and prominent author, a quin [...]

Portrait of Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat, humanist, soldier and prominent author, a quintessential example of the High Renaissance gentleman.
Painting attributed to the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael (1483-1520)

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The aftermath of the March 10, 1906 Courrières mine disaster. It was Europe's worst mining accident [...]

The aftermath of the March 10, 1906 Courrières mine disaster. It was Europe's worst mining accident, a disaster that killed 1,099 minors, 22% of whom were under 18 years old. 110 kilometers of galleries were devastated. The word "rescapé" in French was invented in the course of the drama.

List of victims

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A woman lying in bed and checking her smartphone. Painting by Casey Childs, American contemporary a [...]

A woman lying in bed and checking her smartphone.
Painting by Casey Childs, American contemporary artist.

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Bazaars were introduced in London in the early 19th century, in Soho Square. Painting by James Coll [...]

Bazaars were introduced in London in the early 19th century, in Soho Square.
Painting by James Collinson (1825–1881) Victorian-era painter and member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

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Featured in the prestigious International Exhibition of 1862 in London as an outstanding example of [...]

Featured in the prestigious International Exhibition of 1862 in London as an outstanding example of contemporary British art, and later recognized as a masterpiece of Scottish Pre-Raphaelitism.
Painting by James Archer (1823-1904), Scottish artist and painter trained at the Trustees Drawing Academy of Edinburgh.

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Painting by Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (1871-1950), French painter trained at the Ecole des B [...]

Painting by Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola (1871-1950), French painter trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

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The remains of an abbey with old, broken windows devoid of any remaining glass. Nature's permanent p [...]

The remains of an abbey with old, broken windows devoid of any remaining glass. Nature's permanent presence contrasted with the temporary aspect of man's creations.
Painting by Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840), German Romantic painter trained at the University of Greifswald.

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The majestic beauty of the Trossachs forest and Loch Katrine, inspired by Walter Scott's poem, 'The [...]

The majestic beauty of the Trossachs forest and Loch Katrine, inspired by Walter Scott's poem, 'The Lady of the Lake'.
Painting by John Knox (1778-1845), Scottish landscape artist noted for the original places from which he painted.

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The work portrays Edouard Manet sitting at his easel, with Zacharie Astruc sitting at his side, Otto [...]

The work portrays Edouard Manet sitting at his easel, with Zacharie Astruc sitting at his side, Otto Scholderer, Auguste Renoir, wearing a hat, Émile Zola, with glasses in hand, Edmond Maître, Frederic Bazille, with tartan trousers, and Claude Monet.
Painting by Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), French painter and lithographer.

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A young woman walking alone in the snow, Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American painter [...]

A young woman walking alone in the snow.
Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American painter trained at the University of Utah.

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In March 1953, Frank’s exploration of coal-stained Caerau in South Wales began. .

In March 1953, Frank’s exploration of coal-stained Caerau in South Wales began.

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Thematic still life, Watercolor painting by Matthew Bird, American contemporary painter trained at t [...]

Thematic still life
Watercolor painting by Matthew Bird, American contemporary painter trained at the Pratt Institute of Art in Brooklyn, New York.

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The Brothers Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786–1859), were German auth [...]

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Carl (1786–1859), were German authors who together collected and published folklore during the 19th century.
Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau-Baumann (1819-1881), Polish-Danish painter.

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Portrait of a woman holding a book. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist,

Portrait of a woman holding a book.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.

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Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276- c. 194 BC) was a Greek a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, a [...]

Eratosthenes of Cyrene (276- c. 194 BC) was a Greek a mathematician, geographer, poet, astronomer, and music theorist. He invented the discipline of geography, and is best known for being the first person to have calculated the Earth's circumference.

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A naval battle during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774). Painting by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900), R [...]

A naval battle during the Russo-Turkish War (1768-1774).
Painting by Ivan Aivazovsky (1817-1900), Russian Romantic painter considered one of the greatest masters of marine art, trained at the imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg.

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Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749-1827) was a French mathematician, astronomer, physicist and politician [...]

Pierre-Simon de Laplace (1749-1827) was a French mathematician, astronomer, physicist and politician. He decisively contributed to the emergence of mathematical astronomy in his Treatise on Celestial Mechanics (1799-1825).
Painting by Jean-Baptiste Paulin Guérin (1783-1855), French painter.

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Helen of Troy, also known as Helen of Sparta, was an important figure of Greek mythology. Painting [...]

Helen of Troy, also known as Helen of Sparta, was an important figure of Greek mythology.
Painting by Edward Poynter (1836–1919), English painter and designer.

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A long-haired ginger playing the lute in the forest. Painting by Donato Giancola, American contempo [...]

A long-haired ginger playing the lute in the forest.
Painting by Donato Giancola, American contemporary artist.

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The classic duality of Eros and Thanatos. Painting by Roberto Ferri, Italian contemporary painter, [...]

The classic duality of Eros and Thanatos.
Painting by Roberto Ferri, Italian contemporary painter, born in 1978.

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The majestic statue depicts a female divinity that is difficult to identify either with Flora or wit [...]

The majestic statue depicts a female divinity that is difficult to identify either with Flora or with Pomona, the divinity protector of vegetation and fruit. Inspired by a Greek prototype from the second half of the 5th century. B.C. After its discovery, it was restored (left hand, right arm, neck) by C. Albacini as Flora.

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Mariana praying for the return of her lost love Angelo. A scene inspired by a poem from Alfred Tenny [...]

Mariana praying for the return of her lost love Angelo. A scene inspired by a poem from Alfred Tennyson, in turn inspired by a play by William Shakespeare.
Painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), English painter trained at the London Royal Academy of Arts.

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Elsie Cotton (1886-1962) , known professionally as Lily Elsie, was an English actress and singer dur [...]

Elsie Cotton (1886-1962) , known professionally as Lily Elsie, was an English actress and singer during the Edwardian era. Admired for her beauty and charm on stage, Elsie became one of the most photographed women of Edwardian times.

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Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), known as Moliere, was a French playwright, actor and poet. His p [...]

Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (1622-1673), known as Moliere, was a French playwright, actor and poet. His plays have been translated into every major living language. His influence is such that the French language itself is often referred to as the "language of Moliere".
Painting by Nicolas Mignard (1606-1668), French engraver and baroque painter.

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One of the seven major attractions of the fifth Paris Exposition, this large hall designed with glas [...]

One of the seven major attractions of the fifth Paris Exposition, this large hall designed with glass and metal held the French Exhibition of Agriculture and Food, the highlight of which was a full size replica of the ship Le Triomphant.

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A depiction of the Christian myth of the Annunciation, Painting by Olga Suvorova, contemporary Rus [...]

A depiction of the Christian myth of the Annunciation.
Painting by Olga Suvorova, contemporary Russian artist.

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An allegory of three Christian values. Painting by Mary Lizzie Macomber (1861-1916), American artis [...]

An allegory of three Christian values.
Painting by Mary Lizzie Macomber (1861-1916), American artist, trained at the school of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

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A soap and perfume factory in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, in the early 20th century,

A soap and perfume factory in the Paris suburb of Saint-Denis, in the early 20th century.

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Wallace fountains are public water plants present in Paris. Charles-Auguste Lebourg sculpted them ba [...]

Wallace fountains are public water plants present in Paris. Charles-Auguste Lebourg sculpted them based on English art collector Richard Wallace's drawings.
Photo edited by L.J & cie, Angouleme into a postcard.

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A Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France, considered to be one of the best examples of the Flamboyan [...]

A Roman Catholic church in Rouen, France, considered to be one of the best examples of the Flamboyant style of Gothic architecture. Its spire reaches a height of 83 meters. The church was built from 1435 to 1521.

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A process used to produce large glass panes. The cylinder is later reheated, flatened and slowly coo [...]

A process used to produce large glass panes. The cylinder is later reheated, flatened and slowly cooled to toughen it.
Picture taken in Belgium, edited into a postcard.

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A group of manual laborers. Picture taken in New Straitsville, Ohio, USA,

A group of manual laborers.
Picture taken in New Straitsville, Ohio, USA.

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The Roman goddess of love, crouching at her bath. A copy of a Greek original dating from the Antonin [...]

The Roman goddess of love, crouching at her bath. A copy of a Greek original dating from the Antonine period.
Marble statue by Roman sculptor Doidalses of Bithynia.

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This painting was commissioned in around 1624 by Queen Marie de Medicis, who gave it t.o the church [...]

This painting was commissioned in around 1624 by Queen Marie de Medicis, who gave it t.o the church of the Carmelite convent in 1629.
Painting by Guido Reni (1575-1642), an Italian painter of the Baroque period, whose works nonetheless showed a classical inclination.

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Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) was a French engineer and physicist, the first person to discove [...]

Antoine Henri Becquerel (1852-1908) was a French engineer and physicist, the first person to discover evidence of radioactivity, which earned him the 1903 Nobel Prize in physics.
Photo by Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (1820-1910), known as Nadar, who otherwise notably became the first person to take aerial photographs.

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A couple sharing a kiss near the Paris city hall seen in the background. Picture by Robert Doisneau [...]

A couple sharing a kiss near the Paris city hall seen in the background.
Picture by Robert Doisneau (1912-1994), French pioneer of photojournalism.

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Charles Babbage (1791-1871) desgined mechanical calculating engines, which are among the most celebr [...]

Charles Babbage (1791-1871) desgined mechanical calculating engines, which are among the most celebrated icons in the prehistory of computing. His Difference Engine No. 1 was the first successful automatic calculator, and remains one of the finest examples of precision engineering of the time.

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A woman and her son. Painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926), French painter, a founder of French Impr [...]

A woman and her son.
Painting by Claude Monet (1840-1926), French painter, a founder of French Impressionist painting.

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Portrait of a young woman, inspired by the European fairy tales of Giambattista Basile, Charles Perr [...]

Portrait of a young woman, inspired by the European fairy tales of Giambattista Basile, Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.
Painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896), British painter and illustrator.

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A woman of "quiet strength and forthright gaze". It is one of Russia's best-known art works. Painti [...]

A woman of "quiet strength and forthright gaze". It is one of Russia's best-known art works.
Painting by Ivan Kramskoi (1839-1887), Russian painter and art critic trained at the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts.

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One of two porcelain chocolate cups and saucers belonging to Lady Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and S [...]

One of two porcelain chocolate cups and saucers belonging to Lady Eleanor Butler (1739–1829) and Sarah Ponsonby (1755–1831), known as the Ladies of Llangollen.

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