Benjamin West, Benjamin Franklin drawing electricity from the sky, 1816
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky c. 1816 Benjamin West, English (born America), 1738 – 1820 This dramatic painting[…]
Read moreA rural estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, bathed in sunlight. Painting by Joseph Farquharson, Scottish painter.
A rural estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, bathed in sunlight.
Painting by Joseph Farquharson, Scottish painter.
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The permanent home for the library in the Hofburg palace, whose construction was authorised in 1722 [...]
The permanent home for the library in the Hofburg palace, whose construction was authorised in 1722 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, with the plans of Leopold I. The wing was begun by Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723), and started accommodating the library in the 18th century.
One of the most storied works of art to survive from antiquity, Greek sculpture, restored in Rome [...]
One of the most storied works of art to survive from antiquity.
Greek sculpture, restored in Rome in 1594.
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.
The Roman god of strength and heroes. Sculpture excavated in the remains of public baths originally [...]
The Roman god of strength and heroes.
Sculpture excavated in the remains of public baths originally constructed under the reign of emperor Nero in 62 A.D., which were located in the vicinity of the Pantheon.
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky,c. 1816,Benjamin West, English (born America), 17 [...]
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky
c. 1816
Benjamin West, English (born America), 1738 - 1820
This dramatic painting by Benjamin West commemorates the 1752 experiment in Philadelphia in which Benjamin Franklin demonstrated that lightning is a form of electricity. West was born in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in 1738, when the American colonies were still part of the British Empire, and became an renowned history painter and the second president of England’s Royal Academy of Arts. While in London, West befriended Franklin, a fellow Pennsylvanian, but did not render this likeness of the celebrated scientist and American statesman until after his death, creating it as a study for a larger, unrealized portrait that he planned to give to Pennsylvania Hospital, an institution Franklin founded in Philadelphia. West intended to display the larger picture with another of his compositions and a self-portrait, perhaps as an homage to Americans who had achieved international acclaim in science and the arts.
This panel of civil stained glass, produced in the 15th century, comes from the Hôtel de la Bessée [...]
This panel of civil stained glass, produced in the 15th century, comes from the Hôtel de la Bessée in Villefranche-sur-Saône.
It depicts a game of chess, which also connotes romantic sparring. The lady appears to be feigning surprise at her distracted suitor.
This highly detailed courtly scene has been carefully executed, with the techniques of grisaille and silver yellow employed on white glass.
Though very popular among the cultivated aristocratic elite, few examples of civil stained glass remain today.
The lion man is a mammoth ivory sculpture 29.6 cm high dating from the Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithi [...]
The lion man is a mammoth ivory sculpture 29.6 cm high dating from the Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic). This sculpture represents a human body surmounted by a lion's head, more exactly a cave lion. It is one of the oldest known to date.
Its pieces were discovered in 1939, in the cave of Hohlenstein-Stadel (Baden-Württemberg), under the direction of Robert Wetzel and Otto Völzing, but were not studied until thirty years after the Second World War. The sculpture was collected and restored in 1987-1988 by Ute Wolf and Elisabeth Schmid. His age was then estimated at 32,000 years
Propulseur 'au faon' (moulage) Le Mas d'Azil (Ariège), ,Magdalénien supérieur, Photo : Don Hitch [...]
Propulseur 'au faon' (moulage) Le Mas d'Azil (Ariège),
Magdalénien supérieur.
Photo : Don Hitchcock 2008
Source : Facsimile on display at Le Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
Spearthrower made of antler showing a fawn or doe with an emerging turd (or a baby deer being born) on which two birds are perched, found around 1940 in the cave of Le Mas d'Azil, Ariege.
Also identified as a young ibex or chamois by many writers. Neither Ibex nor chamois is likely, for as another student of the Palaeolithic, AnnDee, says,
The females of both those animals have horns, and it is one of the defining features of the animals. It would have taken very little for the artist to leave a bit more along the edge of the ears and carve the suggestion of horns. The animals do look young, but, if it is a birth scene, must be adult females.
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The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made i [...]
The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made in the 11th century. Nearly 70 meters long and 50 centimeters high, it recounts the conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy
The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made i [...]
The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made in the 11th century. Nearly 70 meters long and 50 centimeters high, it recounts the conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.
Napoleon I on the Imperial Throne is a portrait of Napoleon I in coronation costume painted by Jean- [...]
Napoleon I on the Imperial Throne is a portrait of Napoleon I in coronation costume painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in 1806, and kept at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris.
he painting represents the emperor Napoleon I in coronation costume, seated on his throne, the top of the circular backrest of which can be seen and the armrests adorned with ivory balls which represent the globe. With his right hand he holds the scepter of Charles V and with his left the hand of justice. He is wearing a wreath of golden laurels. Over his satin tunic embroidered with gold, his purple velvet cloak studded with gold bees is lined with ermine. On the epitoge also in ermine, he wears the large collar of the Legion of Honor. To his left, the coronation sword in its scabbard is held by a silk scarf. At the bottom left the painting is signed INGRES P xit and on the right it is dated ANNO 1806. Other symbols bear witness to Napoleon's desire to link his power to a previous legitimacy of the Bourbons: imperial purples, covered with bees, tunic white, laurel wreath and eagle necklace reminiscent of the Roman Empire and the Carolingian past. We also see a golden eagle on the bottom carpet.
A big electric machine, as pictured in The United States of America. A study of the American Commonw [...]
A big electric machine, as pictured in The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education and self-government.
Portrait of a woman. Unfinished painting posted online 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. ,
Portrait of a woman.
Unfinished painting posted online 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.
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 man contemplating his thoughts while holding a book, Painting by Jordi Diaz Alama, Spanish conte [...]
A man contemplating his thoughts while holding a book.
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.
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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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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The Morrígan is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-Ríoghain in Modern Irish, translat [...]
The Morrígan is a figure from Irish mythology. The name is Mór-Ríoghain in Modern Irish, translated as "great queen" or "phantom queen".
She is mainly associated with war and fate, especially with foretelling doom, death or victory in battle. In this role she often appears as a crow. The Morrígan encourages warriors to do brave deeds, strikes fear into their enemies, and is portrayed washing the bloodstained clothes of those fated to die. She is most frequently seen as a goddess of battle and war and has also been seen as a manifestation of the earth- and sovereignty-goddess, chiefly representing the goddess's role as guardian of the territory and its people.
Oil and gold leaf on wooden board, 45x55cm.
Yoann Lossel is born in Strasbourg, France, in 1985. After a three-year degree in applied arts and narrative drawing at the Ecole Pivaut of Nantes, he worked as a freelance illustrator. He has exhibited his work in numerous galleries around the world, mainly in the United States.
A landscape in Saint-Petersburg. Painting by Sergei Lyubimov, Russian contemporary painter trained [...]
A landscape in Saint-Petersburg.
Painting by Sergei Lyubimov, Russian contemporary painter trained at Yaroslavl Art College.
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Portrait of a woman on a bed of roses.Drawing by Emanuele Dascanio, Italian contemporary artist tra [...]
Portrait of a woman on a bed of roses.
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.
Portrait of a woman. Painting by Jordi Diaz Alama, Spanish contemporary artist and Director of the [...]
Portrait of a woman
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.
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.
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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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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Portrait of a woman. , Part of the Red Studio series of paintings by Jordi Diaz Alama, Spanish conte [...]
Portrait of a woman.
Part of the Red Studio series of paintings 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.
Self-portrait of the artist. Painting by Joshua LaRock, American contemporary artist, trained at th [...]
Self-portrait of the artist.
Painting by Joshua LaRock, American contemporary artist, trained at the Hudson River School for Landscape in New York.
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Clay sculpture by Jason Brady, American contemporary artist trained by Russian academic artist Vyac [...]
Clay sculpture by Jason Brady, American contemporary artist trained by Russian academic artist Vyacheslav Shevchenko and at the Ani Art Academy in Red Bank, USA.
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A commissioned portrait of the brother of Randolph Churchill, of the Churchill Society of Tennesse. Painting by Joseph Q. Daily, American contemporary painter trained at the School of Visual Arts in [...]
A commissioned portrait of the brother of Randolph Churchill, of the Churchill Society of Tennesse.
Painting by Joseph Q. Daily, American contemporary painter trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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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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Still life. Painting by Jeffrey Larson, American contemporary painter.
Still life.
Painting by Jeffrey Larson, American contemporary painter.
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Daniel Murtagh has been working as a portrait photographer since 1995. Upon graduating from Pratt In [...]
Daniel Murtagh has been working as a portrait photographer since 1995. Upon graduating from Pratt Institute he moved to New Mexico and later to San Francisco, where he spent the next six years defining a style of work.
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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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.
Urban landscape of the Seattle port at night. Painting by Lindsey Kustusch, American contemporary p [...]
Urban landscape of the Seattle port at night.
Painting by Lindsey Kustusch, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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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.
Annie Stegg Gerard is an american painter who began her career at 7 years old. Inspired by nature, f [...]
Annie Stegg Gerard is an american painter who began her career at 7 years old. Inspired by nature, folklore and mythology, her work evokes emotion and imagination in the viewer. 18h century Rococo painters had a large influence on her own method.
Painting by Emanuela De Musis. Born in Boston, She traveled to Italy in 2008 to study drawing in Flo [...]
Painting by Emanuela De Musis. Born in Boston, She traveled to Italy in 2008 to study drawing in Florence and subsequently enrolled at the Academy of Realist Art Boston.
In 2015, she was listed among Poets and Artists Magazine's 50 Memorable Painters. Her painting, Miss Rachel, was awarded the Gold Medal at the Guild of Boston Artists' Regional Juried Exhibition and in 2016 won First Place in the Portraiture Category of the Art Renewal Center's International Salon Competition.
Oil on linen
106,68 x 60,96 cm
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A woman wearing a crown of leaves, a metaphor for the soul and a symbol of nature. Mixed media draw [...]
A woman wearing a crown of leaves, a metaphor for the soul and a symbol of nature.
Mixed media drawing by Candice Bohannon, American contemporary artist, trained at the Laguna College of Art and Design in California, USA.
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A woman browsing albums in a record store. Painting by Casey Childs, American contemporary artist. [...]
A woman browsing albums in a record store.
Painting by Casey Childs, American contemporary artist.
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Jeanne Paquin (1869-1936) was the first major female fashion designer, and a pioneer of the modern f [...]
Jeanne Paquin (1869-1936) was the first major female fashion designer, and a pioneer of the modern fashion business. She notably designed a collection to meet the needs of the active woman of her time.
Photography published in Felix, Les Modes, June 1909.
A painter's studio bathed in sunshine. Drawing by Emanuele Dascanio, Italian contemporary artist tr [...]
A painter's studio bathed in sunshine.
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.
A fire burning in a plains. Painting by Alla Bartoshchuk, Ukrainian-American contemporary painter t [...]
A fire burning in a plains.
Painting by Alla Bartoshchuk, Ukrainian-American contemporary painter trained at the Laguna College of Art and Design in California, USA and at the Memphis College of Art in Tennessee, USA.
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Mixed media, Graphite, Gold leaf (24k), Silver leaf and hydrangeas petals on Arches paper. 50x70cm. [...]
Mixed media, Graphite, Gold leaf (24k), Silver leaf and hydrangeas petals on Arches paper. 50x70cm.
Yoann Lossel is born in Strasbourg, France, in 1985. After a three-year degree in applied arts and narrative drawing at the Ecole Pivaut of Nantes, he worked as a freelance illustrator. He has exhibited his work in numerous galleries around the world, mainly in the United States.
A male fighter in action. Painting by Michael Timothy Davis, American contemporary painter trained at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore.
A male fighter in action.
Painting by Michael Timothy Davis, American contemporary painter trained at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore.
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A church building bathed in light shning through stained glass. Painting by Daniel Gerhartz, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
A church building bathed in light shning through stained glass.
Painting by Daniel Gerhartz, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
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Daniel Bilmes is a contemporary painter, working in Los Angeles. His approach is characterized by de [...]
Daniel Bilmes is a contemporary painter, working in Los Angeles. His approach is characterized by deep personal exploration, combining realism with elements of symbolism and abstraction. Through tactile textures and delicate expressions, his paintings weave together the magical and mundane. His work is at once hopeful and brooding. Realistic and symbolic.
Cardoon flowers growing in the wilderness. Painting by Candice Bohannon, American contemporary arti [...]
Cardoon flowers growing in the wilderness.
Painting by Candice Bohannon, American contemporary artist, trained at the Laguna College of Art and Design in California, USA.
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A landscape in Saint-Petersburg. Painting by Sergei Lyubimov, Russian contemporary painter trained [...]
A landscape in Saint-Petersburg.
Painting by Sergei Lyubimov, Russian contemporary painter trained at Yaroslavl Art College.
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A take on war, its motivator and its cost. Painting by Michael Timothy Davis, American contemporary [...]
A take on war, its motivator and its cost.
Painting by Michael Timothy Davis, American contemporary painter trained at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore.
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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 Paris Opera House at nighttime. Painting by Daniel Gerhartz, American contemporary painter trai [...]
The Paris Opera House at nighttime.
Painting by Daniel Gerhartz, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
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Ships near a dock in Sorrento, Italy. Painting by John Michael Carter, American contemporary painte [...]
Ships near a dock in Sorrento, Italy.
Painting by John Michael Carter, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
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Still life composition. Painting by Michael Timothy Davis, American contemporary painter trained at [...]
Still life composition.
Painting by Michael Timothy Davis, American contemporary painter trained at the Schuler School of Fine Art in Baltimore.
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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.
Replicating Rachael for Blade Runner 2049 was the technical and creative challenge given to MPC in B [...]
Replicating Rachael for Blade Runner 2049 was the technical and creative challenge given to MPC in Blade Runner 2049.
John Nelson, MPC's Production VFX Supervisor, worked on Rachael’s two-minute appearance in 2049 for a year. “Digital humans are sort of like the holy grail — they’re really hard,” says Nelson. “I knew it would be one of the hardest things I’ve done in my career. We had many challenges in this movie but this one was definitely the hardest one we did.”
The Moving Picture Company (MPC) is a British visual effects and production company, headquartered in Soho, London. It is a subsidiary of Technicolor, based in Paris.
MPC's creative services include concept design, visualization, shoot supervision, 2D compositing, 3D/CG effects, animation, motion design, software development, mixed reality and virtual production.
An allegory inspired by the band The Lumineers.
An allegory inspired by the band The Lumineers.
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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.
Portrait of a woman. Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the Academy o [...]
Portrait of a woman.
Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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The church of Saint Vitus in Prague. Painting by Lindsey Kustusch, American contemporary painter tr [...]
The church of Saint Vitus in Prague.
Painting by Lindsey Kustusch, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Daniel Bilmes is a contemporary painter, working in Los Angeles. His approach is characterized by deep personal exploration, combining realism with elements of symbolism and abstraction. Through tacti [...]
Daniel Bilmes is a contemporary painter, working in Los Angeles. His approach is characterized by deep personal exploration, combining realism with elements of symbolism and abstraction. Through tactile textures and delicate expressions, his paintings weave together the magical and mundane. His work is at once hopeful and brooding. Realistic and symbolic.
A young woman lighting an altar candle inside a church. Painting by Daniel Gerhartz, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
A young woman lighting an altar candle inside a church.
Painting by Daniel Gerhartz, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
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Portrait of a man. Drawing by Emanuele Dascanio, Italian contemporary artist trained at the Lucio F [...]
Portrait of a man.
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.
Smaug is a dragon and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, his treasure [...]
Smaug is a dragon and the main antagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit, his treasure and the mountain he lives in being the goal of the quest. Powerful and fearsome, he invaded the Dwarf kingdom of Erebor 150 years prior to the events described in the novel. Critics have identified close parallels with what they presume are sources of Tolkien's inspiration, including the dragon in Beowulf, who is provoked by the stealing of a precious cup, and the speaking dragon Fafnir, who proposes a betrayal to Sigurd.
Graphite, gold leaf and hydrangea petals on Arches paper, 58x43cm.
Yoann Lossel is born in Strasbourg, France, in 1985. After a three-year degree in applied arts and narrative drawing at the Ecole Pivaut of Nantes, he worked as a freelance illustrator. He has exhibited his work in numerous galleries around the world, mainly in the United States.
Annie Stegg Gerard is an american painter who began her career at 7 years old. Inspired by nature, f [...]
Annie Stegg Gerard is an american painter who began her career at 7 years old. Inspired by nature, folklore and mythology, her work evokes emotion and imagination in the viewer. 18h century Rococo painters had a large influence on her own method.
Painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini.
Painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini.
A young girl poses with her horse during a photo workshop in the Netherlands, Photo by Joanna Grzy [...]
A young girl poses with her horse during a photo workshop in the Netherlands.
Photo by Joanna Grzyl, Polish photographer and contributor to the National Geographic online photo community.
Part of a series commissioned by a wealthy Antwerp merchant, as an extensive decorative scheme for t [...]
Part of a series commissioned by a wealthy Antwerp merchant, as an extensive decorative scheme for the dining room of his suburban home.
Painting by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569), Dutch painter and printmaker.
Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) was a French naturalist, soldier and biologist. In 1801 he propose [...]
Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) was a French naturalist, soldier and biologist. In 1801 he proposed a full-blown theory of evolution.
Painting by Charles Thevenin (1764-1838), neoclassical French painter.
The ornament of a sarcophagus, representing the classical European icon of the shepherd. Statuette [...]
The ornament of a sarcophagus, representing the classical European icon of the shepherd.
Statuette restored by Italian sculptor Giuseppe Angelini in 1764.
The lion man is a mammoth ivory sculpture 29.6 cm high dating from the Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithi [...]
The lion man is a mammoth ivory sculpture 29.6 cm high dating from the Aurignacian (Upper Paleolithic). This sculpture represents a human body surmounted by a lion's head, more exactly a cave lion. It is one of the oldest known to date.
Its pieces were discovered in 1939, in the cave of Hohlenstein-Stadel (Baden-Württemberg), under the direction of Robert Wetzel and Otto Völzing, but were not studied until thirty years after the Second World War. The sculpture was collected and restored in 1987-1988 by Ute Wolf and Elisabeth Schmid. His age was then estimated at 32,000 years
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Men of 72 Highlanders who served in the Crimea: William Noble, Alexander Davison and John Harper, 18 [...]
Men of 72 Highlanders who served in the Crimea: William Noble, Alexander Davison and John Harper, 1853-1856. Recolorized by Marina Amaral.
Portrait of a young woman, Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist, .
Portrait of a young woman.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
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.
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.
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 consider [...]
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.
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,
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.
The Mercury train sets were designed by Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Art De [...]
The Mercury train sets were designed by Henry Dreyfuss, and are considered a prime example of Art Deco design. The first Mercury, operating on a daily roundtrip between Cleveland and Detroit, was introduced on July 15, 1936.
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Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who [...]
Maria Skłodowska-Curie (1867–1934) was a Polish and naturalized-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity. She was the first person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize twice.
A decorated dagger. Its hilt is made of agate and silver, and its sheath is made of silver. . .
A decorated dagger. Its hilt is made of agate and silver, and its sheath is made of silver.
A depiction of men at work in a steel foundry. Painting by Jean-Andre Rixens (1846-1924), French pa [...]
A depiction of men at work in a steel foundry.
Painting by Jean-Andre Rixens (1846-1924), French painter trained at the Ecole Superieure des Beaux-Arts of Toulouse.
The Poinsettia Apartments, an apartment hotel built in 1929 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago [...]
The Poinsettia Apartments, an apartment hotel built in 1929 in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Apartment hotels were popular among wealthier workers in the city at the time, as they combined the amenities and prestige of hotels with the affordability of apartments.
Colorized photo by 21th century.
A scene inspired by English writer Lewis Caroll's fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. W [...]
A scene inspired by English writer Lewis Caroll's fantasy novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
Watercolor painting by Arantza Sestayo, contemporary Spanish painter & illustrator.
In 1865, admirers of the young Republic of the United States met and proposed the construction of a [...]
In 1865, admirers of the young Republic of the United States met and proposed the construction of a colossal statue to strengthen Franco-American friendship. Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), a young artist and architect, proposed to divert the project he had already made for the creation of such a statue at the entrance to the Suez Canal.
One of the early Medieval sculptured standing stones erected in the Scottish village of Aberlemno. T [...]
One of the early Medieval sculptured standing stones erected in the Scottish village of Aberlemno. The west face is inscribed with an elaborately ornamented Christian Celtic Cross. On the back of the stone appears to be a narrative account of a battle fought between two armies.
Mythical Roman figure Psyche accomplishing a task given to her by Venus: the opening of a golden box [...]
Mythical Roman figure Psyche accomplishing a task given to her by Venus: the opening of a golden box, which will lead her on a quest to the underworld.
Painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), English painter trained at the London Royal Academy of Arts.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line. The machine undertook the job of transporting die castings from an assembly line and welding these parts on auto [...]
Unimate was the first industrial robot, which worked on a General Motors assembly line. The machine undertook the job of transporting die castings from an assembly line and welding these parts on auto bodies, a dangerous task for workers.
Portrait of a young woman standing by the sea, Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist, .
Portrait of a young woman standing by the sea.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
A rural estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, bathed in sunlight. Painting by Joseph Farquharson, Scot [...]
A rural estate in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, bathed in sunlight.
Painting by Joseph Farquharson, Scottish painter.
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Lalar Blanton was a young American girl working in a textile Mill in the state of North Carolina, [...]
Lalar Blanton was a young American girl working in a textile Mill in the state of 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.
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.
Still life featuring sunflowers inside a copper pot and a slice of lemon. Painting by Elena Katsyur [...]
Still life featuring sunflowers inside a copper pot and a slice of lemon.
Painting by Elena Katsyura, Russian contemporary painter trained at Chelyabinsk Art College.
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Photo by Lewis Hine,
Photo by Lewis Hine.
The Parliament of Budapest, built in the Gothic Revival style, with a Renaissance Revival dome. Its [...]
The Parliament of Budapest, built in the Gothic Revival style, with a Renaissance Revival dome. Its construction began in 1885, and it was inaugurated in 1896, on the 1000th anniversary of the country.
Picture by Ludwig Favre, contemporary French photographer.
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, working on the installation of new ele [...]
French astronaut Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency, working on the installation of new electrical connections on the International Space Station, during a spacewalk in Earth orbit.
The San Francisco Bay Area landscape at dawn. Painting by Lindsey Kustusch, American contemporary p [...]
The San Francisco Bay Area landscape at dawn.
Painting by Lindsey Kustusch, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Inspired by a John Keats poem in which the heroine performs an elaborate ritual in order to dream of [...]
Inspired by a John Keats poem in which the heroine performs an elaborate ritual in order to dream of her future husband, before the feast of Saint Agnes, the patron saint of virgins.
Watercolour painting by John Everett Millais (1829-1896), English painter and illustrator, co-founder of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
Men enjoying ice cream outside, Photo taken in Nimes, France and edited into a postcard, .
Men enjoying ice cream outside.
Photo taken in Nimes, France and edited into a postcard.
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier(1743-1794) was a French chemist, philosopher and economist, widely conside [...]
Antoine Laurent Lavoisier(1743-1794) was a French chemist, philosopher and economist, widely considered the "father of modern chemistry" in popular literature. He introduced the scientific method to the field of chemistry.
Lavoisier is most noted for his discovery of the role oxygen plays in combustion. He recognized and named oxygen (1778) and hydrogen (1783), and opposed the phlogiston theory. He helped construct the metric system, wrote the first extensive list of elements, and helped to reform chemical nomenclature. He predicted the existence of silicon (1787) and was also the first to establish that sulfur was an element (1777) rather than a compound. He discovered that, although matter may change its form or shape, its mass always remains the same.
At the height of the French Revolution, he was charged with tax fraud and selling adulterated tobacco, and was guillotined.
Painting by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825), French painter.
British Antarctic Expedition, Group Portrait, Antarctica, 1907-1909. Group portrait of the British A [...]
British Antarctic Expedition, Group Portrait, Antarctica, 1907-1909. Group portrait of the British Antarctic Expedition party sitting and standing in the ice, Antarctica. Front, seated: Raymond Priestley, James Murray, William Roberts Back, standing: Ernest Joyce, Bernard Day, Frank Wild, Philip Brocklehurst, Ernest Shackleton, Eric Marshall, Edgeworth David, Bertram Armytage, George Marston.
Oil on canvas.101 x 87 cm,By Annie Swynnerton.
Oil on canvas.
101 x 87 cm
By Annie Swynnerton.
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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.
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 offere [...]
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.
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.
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.
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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Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French poet of great renown, mainly for his Fables and to a le [...]
Jean de La Fontaine (1621-1695) was a French poet of great renown, mainly for his Fables and to a lesser extent for his tales. He took inspiration from the fabulists of Greco-Latin Antiquity.
Painting by Jacint Rigau-Ros i Serra (1659–1743), known as Hyacinthe Rigaud, French baroque painter most famous for his portraits of the French nobility.
An automaton made by German watchmaker Pierre Kintzing and German cabinetmaker David Roentgen for Qu [...]
An automaton made by German watchmaker Pierre Kintzing and German cabinetmaker David Roentgen for Queen Marie-Antoinette, in 1772. A hundred craftsmen representing 26 trades participated in its manufacture, and it is able to play eight different songs.
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Leon Foucault (1819 – 1868) was a French physicist and astronomer best known for inventing a devic [...]
Leon Foucault (1819 – 1868) was a French physicist and astronomer best known for inventing a device demonstrating the effect of the Earth's rotation. He also made an early measurement of the speed of light.
Picture by Bertall (1820-1882), early French photographer.
A pilgrimage church in its own right, built in France, said to house the relics of Saint Mary Magdal [...]
A pilgrimage church in its own right, built in France, said to house the relics of Saint Mary Magdalene to whom it is dedicated. The basilica also stands at the beginning of one of the four major routes for pilgrims traveling to Santiago de Compostela.
Still life featuring a decorated cup of tea in front of a piece of fruit. Painting by Elena Katsyur [...]
Still life featuring a decorated cup of tea in front of a piece of fruit.
Painting by Elena Katsyura, Russian contemporary painter trained at Chelyabinsk Art College.
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Mythical Greek figure Pandora, the first human woman, opening her proverbial box, which will release [...]
Mythical Greek figure Pandora, the first human woman, opening her proverbial box, which will release all evils upon mankind.
Painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), English painter trained at the London Royal Academy of Arts.
Edouard Pailleron (1834–1899) was a French poet and dramatist. Marie-Louise Pailleron (1870-1951), [...]
Edouard Pailleron (1834–1899) was a French poet and dramatist. Marie-Louise Pailleron (1870-1951), his daughter, was a writer and a historian of the romantic period.
Painting by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), American artist, considered the "leading portrait painter of his generation" owing to his evocations of Edwardian era luxury.
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet. He had a major influence on how Scots see [...]
Walter Scott (1771-1832) was a Scottish novelist and poet. He had a major influence on how Scots see their own past and on how Scotland is perceived in other countries.
Painting by Henry Raeburn (1756-1823), portrait Painter to King George IV in Scotland.
Commissioned figuration of a crow perched in a tree branch, with an abstract background, Painting [...]
Commissioned figuration of a crow perched in a tree branch, with an abstract background.
Painting by Lindsey Kustusch, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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A Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, which was inaugurated in 1883. It w [...]
A Neo-Renaissance castle in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania, which was inaugurated in 1883. It was constructed for King Carol I.
Three architects designed the castle: Johannes Schultz, Carol Benesch and Karel Liman.
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.
Painting by Rogelio de Egusquiza y Barrena (1845-1915), a Spanish painter, who studied in Madrid and at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
A mother and her newborn child laying on a bed. Painting by John Michael Carter, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Art Center College of Design i [...]
A mother and her newborn child laying on a bed.
Painting by John Michael Carter, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
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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.
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.
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.
Portrait of a woman wearing a white dress, Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artis [...]
Portrait of a woman wearing a white dress.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
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.
A depiction of the dangerously seductive creature of Greek mythology. Painting by Edward John Poynt [...]
A depiction of the dangerously seductive creature of Greek mythology.
Painting by Edward John Poynter (1836-1919), English painter, designer, and President of the London Royal Academy of Arts.
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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A funerary statue of a woman, found in the Greek island of Delos, Marble statue, Roman copy of the [...]
A funerary statue of a woman, found in the Greek island of Delos.
Marble statue, Roman copy of the 2nd century after an original of c. 300 BC.
A landscape in Vladivostok. Painting by Sergei Lyubimov, Russian contemporary painter trained at Ya [...]
A landscape in Vladivostok.
Painting by Sergei Lyubimov, Russian contemporary painter trained at Yaroslavl Art College.
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A view of New-York City's Brooklyn Bridge from underneath, expanding across the East River. . Painti [...]
A view of New-York City's Brooklyn Bridge from underneath, expanding across the East River.
Painting by Stephen Bauman and Steven Forster, contemporary American artists.
A studio portrait of an unidentified First World War soldier of the Imperial British Army, in Austra [...]
A studio portrait of an unidentified First World War soldier of the Imperial British Army, in Australian service uniform, including greatcoat and slouch hat.
Colorized photo taken from the Australian War Memorial.
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Painting by Walter Crane (1905-1909), British artist and book illustrator, ,
Painting by Walter Crane (1905-1909), British artist and book illustrator.
Three characters inspired by the classical Italian theater archetypes: Coviello (the shrewd servant) [...]
Three characters inspired by the classical Italian theater archetypes: Coviello (the shrewd servant), and the Innamorati (The lovers).
Painting by Olga Suvorova, contemporary Russian artist.
A bronze medallion carrying the bust of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war, found in the excavation of the Dioikitiriou Square in Thessaloniki. A masterful example of late Helle [...]
A bronze medallion carrying the bust of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war, found in the excavation of the Dioikitiriou Square in Thessaloniki. A masterful example of late Hellenistic art. This unique object probably belonged to a prominent Macedonian partner or a member of the royal family.
Designed at first as a fortress in the aftermath of the Cathar Crusade, its construction begun in 1282 and lasted for 200 years. It is claimed to be the largest brick building in the world. .
Designed at first as a fortress in the aftermath of the Cathar Crusade, its construction begun in 1282 and lasted for 200 years. It is claimed to be the largest brick building in the world.
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.
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.
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.
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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A shopping street in a central district of Copenhagen. ,Painting by Paul Gustave Fischer (1860-1934) [...]
A shopping street in a central district of Copenhagen.
Painting by Paul Gustave Fischer (1860-1934), Danish painter trained at the Copenhagen Royal Danish Academy of Art.
Tullio Lombardo was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son [...]
Tullio Lombardo was an Italian Renaissance sculptor. He was the brother of Antonio Lombardo and son of Pietro Lombardo. The Lombardo family worked together to sculpt famous Catholic churches and tombs. Exhibition organized by the Musée du Louvre and the City of Milan through Castello Sforzesco, where it will be presented from March 5, to June 6, 2021.
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Detail of the Wrangel Fountain in Berlin Kreuzberg. A representation of the Elbe river as one of 4 f [...]
Detail of the Wrangel Fountain in Berlin Kreuzberg. A representation of the Elbe river as one of 4 figures on the fountain. The 4 figures symbolize the main rivers of the former state of Prussia.
Sculpture by Hugo Hagen (1818 - 1871), German sculptor.
The David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, produced by Michelangelo between 1501 and 1504. [...]
The David is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, produced by Michelangelo between 1501 and 1504. It measures 4.34 meters in height (5.14 meters with the base) and it is taken from a block of white Carrara marble, abandoned after the failure of other sculptors. Michelangelo was able to take advantage of the narrowness of the block of marble and get around one of its faults (a breach in which he dug the space between the right arm and the torso). Michelangelo represented David, a sling (leather strap used as a slingshot) in his hand, just before his fight against the giant Goliath.
Originally placed in front of the Palazzo Vecchio to symbolize the determination of a young republic against the tyrant, the original has been exhibited in the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence since 1873. The David that can be seen in front of the Palazzo Vecchio is a replica installed in 1910.
A Carolingian-era equestrian bronze statuette depicting either Emperor Charlemagne, or his grandson [...]
A Carolingian-era equestrian bronze statuette depicting either Emperor Charlemagne, or his grandson Charles the Bald, in a rare example of surviving Carolingian metallic sculpture.
A traditional Scotsman with a modern twist. Painting by Joseph Q. Daily, American contemporary pain [...]
A traditional Scotsman with a modern twist.
Painting by Joseph Q. Daily, American contemporary painter trained at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
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A view of a canal in Venice, Italy, Painting by John Michael Carter, American contemporary painter t [...]
A view of a canal in Venice, Italy
Painting by John Michael Carter, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
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The earliest known telescope appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands, when an eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey tried to obtain a patent on one. Galileo improved on this design the following year and a [...]
The earliest known telescope appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands, when an eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey tried to obtain a patent on one. Galileo improved on this design the following year and applied it to astronomy.
An indoors picture of a German family in the Early 20th Century,
An indoors picture of a German family in the Early 20th Century.
The mythical Greek winged divine horse, and the allegorical Greek figure of the subject's gratefulne [...]
The mythical Greek winged divine horse, and the allegorical Greek figure of the subject's gratefulness toward their king.
Sculpture by Eugene-Louis Lequesne (1815-1887), French sculptor, trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Portrait of Amy Robsart (1532-1560), first wife of the Earl of Essex and victim of a mysterious deat [...]
Portrait of Amy Robsart (1532-1560), first wife of the Earl of Essex and victim of a mysterious death.
Painting by Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819–1895), English painter.
A blonde Italian girl picking flowers in a field. Photo by Domenico Ricardo Peretti Griva (1882-192 [...]
A blonde Italian girl picking flowers in a field.
Photo by Domenico Ricardo Peretti Griva (1882-1926), Italian magistrate and photographer.
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.
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.
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.
Portrait of a young woman. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist,
Portrait of a young woman.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
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.
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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The streets of Paris, featuring a subway entrance and a bakery. Photo edited into a postcard,
The streets of Paris, featuring a subway entrance and a bakery.
Photo edited into a postcard.
A woman working in a British factory,
A woman working in a British factory.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, Painting by Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819 [...]
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
Painting by Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819–1895), English painter.
Sadie Pfeifer, an American girl tasked with working a cotton-spinning machine in the state of South [...]
Sadie Pfeifer, an American girl tasked with working a cotton-spinning machine in the state of South 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.
Children working in a glass and bottle factory in the United States, Photo by Lewis Hine (1874-1940), a sociologist and investigative photographer working for the National Child Labor Committee in a [...]
Children working in a glass and bottle factory in the United States.
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.
The Greek poet Homer is credited with composing the Iliad and the Odyssey, epic poems that tell part of the story of the Trojan war and its aftermath. Roman statue, modeled after an original dating from 200–100 BC,
The Greek poet Homer is credited with composing the Iliad and the Odyssey, epic poems that tell part of the story of the Trojan war and its aftermath.
Roman statue, modeled after an original dating from 200–100 BC.
Portrait of the artist's wife. Painting by Joshua LaRock, American contemporary artist, trained at [...]
Portrait of the artist's wife.
Painting by Joshua LaRock, American contemporary artist, trained at the Hudson River School for Landscape in New York.
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Florence's famous cathedral was built over a period of 140 years. The historic basilica is one of th [...]
Florence's famous cathedral was built over a period of 140 years. The historic basilica is one of the largest churches in all of Italy. It began construction over seven centuries ago.
Photo by Stefanos Politis, contributor to the National Geographic online photo community.
American girl Callie Campbell, 11 years old, in the state of Oklahoma, was reported to pick up to 12 [...]
American girl Callie Campbell, 11 years old, in the state of Oklahoma, was reported to pick up to 125 pounds of cotton a day and to carry 50 pounds of it at once.
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.
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in [...]
Dame Gladys Constance Cooper was an English actress whose career spanned seven decades on stage, in films and on television.
As a teenager in Edwardian musical comedy and pantomime, she starred in dramatic roles and silent films before the First World War. In the 1930s she starred steadily in productions both in London's West End and on Broadway. Moving to Hollywood in 1940, Cooper found success in a variety of character roles. She received three Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actress, for performances in The Song of Bernadette (1943), My Fair Lady (1964) and, most famously, Now, Voyager (1942).
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known [...]
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is generally considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul) is an Eastern Orthodox traditional icon [...]
The Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul) is an Eastern Orthodox traditional iconic representation of Christ in Majesty.
Also known as Isabel of Bourbon (1602-1644), she was the eldest daughter of King Henry IV of France [...]
Also known as Isabel of Bourbon (1602-1644), she was the eldest daughter of King Henry IV of France and his second spouse Marie de' Medici. She became Queen consort of Spain and Portugal as the first spouse of King Philip IV of Spain. She served as regent of Spain during the Catalan Revolt in 1640-42 and 1643-44.
Painting by Rodrigo de Villandrando (1588-1622), court painter during the reign of Philip III of Spain.
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. He had a wide influence on the [...]
Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. He had a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealism. He has sometimes been called the "Father of Science Fiction".
Photo by Etienne Carjat (1828–1906), French journalist, caricaturist and photographer.
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky,c. 1816,Benjamin West, English (born America), 1738 - 1820. This dramatic painting by Benjamin West commemorates the 1752 experiment in Philadelphia [...]
Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky
c. 1816
Benjamin West, English (born America), 1738 - 1820
This dramatic painting by Benjamin West commemorates the 1752 experiment in Philadelphia in which Benjamin Franklin demonstrated that lightning is a form of electricity. West was born in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, in 1738, when the American colonies were still part of the British Empire, and became an renowned history painter and the second president of England’s Royal Academy of Arts. While in London, West befriended Franklin, a fellow Pennsylvanian, but did not render this likeness of the celebrated scientist and American statesman until after his death, creating it as a study for a larger, unrealized portrait that he planned to give to Pennsylvania Hospital, an institution Franklin founded in Philadelphia. West intended to display the larger picture with another of his compositions and a self-portrait, perhaps as an homage to Americans who had achieved international acclaim in science and the arts.
The American Southwest. Red rock, mountains and the silent dry desert. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist,
The American Southwest. Red rock, mountains and the silent dry desert.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
American workers as young as 10 years old, in a textile mill, in the state of North Carolina. Photo [...]
American workers as young as 10 years old, in a textile mill, in the state of 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.
Napoleon Bonaparte, represented wearing an antique toga and riding a horse, inspired by the roman eq [...]
Napoleon Bonaparte, represented wearing an antique toga and riding a horse, inspired by the roman equestrian style of statues.
Sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye (1795–1875), a Romantic French sculptor trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts.
Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, arriving at the shore on the island of Cypru [...]
Venus, the Roman goddess of love, beauty and fertility, arriving at the shore on the island of Cyprus after her birth.
Painting by Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510), Italian painter of the Early Renaissance.
A winter forest scene. Painting by Anders Andersen-Lundby (1840-1923), Danish landscape painter,
A winter forest scene.
Painting by Anders Andersen-Lundby (1840-1923), Danish landscape painter.
A depiction, inspired by a British poem, of a woman adrift in her boat and staring at a crucifix. Sh [...]
A depiction, inspired by a British poem, of a woman adrift in her boat and staring at a crucifix. She has been stricken by a curse after having glimpsed upon the handsome knight Lancelot.
Painting by John William Waterhouse (1849-1917), English painter trained at the London Royal Academy of Arts.
An allegoric emblem of Humanism, the Renaissance and rationalism, representing ideal human body prop [...]
An allegoric emblem of Humanism, the Renaissance and rationalism, representing ideal human body proportions.
Drawing by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian artist and inventor.
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Also called Perseus of Cellini, it is considered one of the best works of Italian Mannerist sculptur [...]
Also called Perseus of Cellini, it is considered one of the best works of Italian Mannerist sculpture, and one of the most famous statues of Piazza della Signoria in Florence, Italy. Bronze sculpture by Benvenuto Cellini (1500-1571), Italian goldsmith, sculptor, draftsman, soldier, musician, poet and writer.
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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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.
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.
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.
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.
Cityscape at nighttime. Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the Academ [...]
Cityscape at nighttime.
Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Painting by James Tissot, . This imposing group portrait, commissioned from Tissot at the end of the Second Empire, allows us to enter the intimacy of the Cercle de la rue Royale, a men's club founde [...]
Painting by James Tissot.
This imposing group portrait, commissioned from Tissot at the end of the Second Empire, allows us to enter the intimacy of the Cercle de la rue Royale, a men's club founded in 1852.
One of the most storied works of art to survive from antiquity, Greek sculpture, restored in Rome in 1594, .
One of the most storied works of art to survive from antiquity.
Greek sculpture, restored in Rome in 1594.
Cityscape at nighttime. Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the Academ [...]
Cityscape at nighttime.
Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Portrait of a tailor. , Painting by Giovanni Battista Moroni (c. 1520-1579), Italian painter of the [...]
Portrait of a tailor.
Painting by Giovanni Battista Moroni (c. 1520-1579), Italian painter of the Late Renaissance.
Two full-size naked, bearded warriors, Greek bronze sculptures, found sunken in the sea off Calabr [...]
Two full-size naked, bearded warriors.
Greek bronze sculptures, found sunken in the sea off Calabria.
A depiction of the artist's daughter floating in a stream, recalling John Everett Millais' Ophelia. [...]
A depiction of the artist's daughter floating in a stream, recalling John Everett Millais' Ophelia.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
An edwardian autochrome by an unknown photographer. The Autochrome Lumière was an early color photo [...]
An edwardian autochrome by an unknown photographer. The Autochrome Lumière was an early color photography process patented in 1903 by the Lumière brothers in France and first marketed in 1907. Autochrome was an additive color "mosaic screen plate" process. It was the principal color photography process in use before the advent of subtractive color film in the mid-1930s.
Photo by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931), French photographer who experimented with the firs [...]
Photo by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931), French photographer who experimented with the first color photography technology, called autochrome.
Five teenage women employed as laborers, their faces showing visible distress, Photo by Lewis Hine [...]
Five teenage women employed as laborers, their faces showing visible distress.
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.
A Japanese maple tree. Painting by Erin Hanson, contemporary American landscape painter considered [...]
A Japanese maple tree.
Painting by Erin Hanson, contemporary American landscape painter considered to be the originator of the Open Impressionism style, something in-between Impressionism and churches stained-glass church windows.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
In Roman mythology, Mercury was the god of commerce, eloquence and trickery, and Psyche was the goddess of the soul, and the wife of Eros, god of love. Marble sculpture by Reinhold Begas (1831-1911), [...]
In Roman mythology, Mercury was the god of commerce, eloquence and trickery, and Psyche was the goddess of the soul, and the wife of Eros, god of love.
Marble sculpture by Reinhold Begas (1831-1911), German sculptor.
A big electric machine, as pictured in The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education and self-government,
A big electric machine, as pictured in The United States of America. A study of the American Commonwealth, its natural resources, people, industries, manufactures, commerce, and its work in literature, science, education and self-government.
Portrait of a woman in white. Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the [...]
Portrait of a woman in white.
Painting by Jeremy Mann, American contemporary artist trained at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.
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Painting by Albert Edelfelt. He was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist a [...]
Painting by Albert Edelfelt. He was a Finnish painter noted for his naturalistic style and Realist approach to art. He lived in the Grand Duchy of Finland and made Finnish culture visible abroad, before Finland gained full independence.
Dressed in half-armor with a plumed helmet, she recalls the classic iconography of Minerva, Roman go [...]
Dressed in half-armor with a plumed helmet, she recalls the classic iconography of Minerva, Roman goddess of poetry, wisdom and strategic warfare.
Sculpture by Giovanni Battista Lombardi (1822-1880), Italian sculptor.
A meditation on earthly pleasures and courtly culture, part of an allegory of the senses, Tapestry [...]
A meditation on earthly pleasures and courtly culture, part of an allegory of the senses.
Tapestry woven in Belgium from wool and silk, based on designs drawn in Paris.
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United St [...]
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United States. It is powered by Merlin engines, also developed by SpaceX, burning cryogenic liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene as propellants. Its name is derived from the fictional Star Wars spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon.
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Falcon 9 is a partially reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United St [...]
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United States. It is powered by Merlin engines, also developed by SpaceX, burning cryogenic liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene as propellants. Its name is derived from the fictional Star Wars spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon.
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Falcon 9 is a partially reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United St [...]
Falcon 9 is a partially reusable launch vehicle designed and manufactured by SpaceX in the United States. It is powered by Merlin engines, also developed by SpaceX, burning cryogenic liquid oxygen and rocket-grade kerosene as propellants. Its name is derived from the fictional Star Wars spacecraft, the Millennium Falcon.
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Photo by Jack Garofalo,
Photo by Jack Garofalo.
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This panel of civil stained glass, produced in the 15th century, comes from the Hôtel de la Bessée [...]
This panel of civil stained glass, produced in the 15th century, comes from the Hôtel de la Bessée in Villefranche-sur-Saône.
It depicts a game of chess, which also connotes romantic sparring. The lady appears to be feigning surprise at her distracted suitor.
This highly detailed courtly scene has been carefully executed, with the techniques of grisaille and silver yellow employed on white glass.
Though very popular among the cultivated aristocratic elite, few examples of civil stained glass remain today.
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The permanent home for the library in the Hofburg palace, whose construction was authorised in 1722 [...]
The permanent home for the library in the Hofburg palace, whose construction was authorised in 1722 by Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI, with the plans of Leopold I. The wing was begun by Austrian architect Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656-1723), and started accommodating the library in the 18th century.
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.
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.
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.
A young woman walking alone in the snow, Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American painter trained at the University of Utah, .
A young woman walking alone in the snow.
Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American painter trained at the University of Utah.
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.
The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made i [...]
The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made in the 11th century. Nearly 70 meters long and 50 centimeters high, it recounts the conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy
The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made i [...]
The Bayeux Tapestry, a unique document in the world, is a woolen embroidery on a linen canvas made in the 11th century. Nearly 70 meters long and 50 centimeters high, it recounts the conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy.
Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann, a Polish-Danish painter, .
Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann, a Polish-Danish painter.
Woman Connecting One of IBM's First Computers from IBM 700/7000 series, dedicated to scientist calcu [...]
Woman Connecting One of IBM's First Computers from IBM 700/7000 series, dedicated to scientist calculations.
Berenice Abbott's photograph that belongs to the series 'Documenting Science' (1938-58)
A depiction of the child Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Painting by Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), Italian [...]
A depiction of the child Jesus and the Virgin Mary.
Painting by Filippo Lippi (1406-1469), Italian painter.
The coastal area of Cinque Terre, in the northwest of Italy. Painting by George Bodine, American co [...]
The coastal area of Cinque Terre, in the northwest of Italy.
Painting by George Bodine, American contemporary painter, a member of the Oil Painters of America.
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Photo by Hans Mauli. Born near Aarau, Switzerland in 1937, Hans Mauli worked in Aarau, Copenhagen, L [...]
Photo by Hans Mauli. Born near Aarau, Switzerland in 1937, Hans Mauli worked in Aarau, Copenhagen, London, Paris and New York as a graphic designer and art director.
Naked, sitting on the ground, arched back and hands joined together. An allegory of desperation. Ma [...]
Naked, sitting on the ground, arched back and hands joined together. An allegory of desperation.
Marble sculpture by Jean-Joseph Perraud (1819-1876), French academic sculptor trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Lyons and Paris.
Photo by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931), French photographer who experimented with the firs [...]
Photo by Jules Gervais-Courtellemont (1863-1931), French photographer who experimented with the first color photography technology, called autochrome.
John Cimon Warburg was a british photographer, that took up photography in the late 1880s, becoming [...]
John Cimon Warburg was a british photographer, that took up photography in the late 1880s, becoming a member of the Royal Photographic Society (RPS), one of the world’s oldest national photographic societies, in 1897. Warburg used a wide range of processes, but excelled at Autochromes. He is best known for his atmospheric landscapes and charming studies of his children. Warburg lectured and wrote extensively on the process and showed Autochromes at the annual RPS exhibition for twenty years. His sister, Agnes, was also a pioneer of color photography.
A depiction of the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary, after the crucifixion, housed in St. [...]
A depiction of the body of Jesus on the lap of his mother Mary, after the crucifixion, housed in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome.
Marble sculpture by Michelangelo (1475-1564), Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance.
A castle located in the Center-Val de Loire region of France, built in the heart of the largest clos [...]
A castle located in the Center-Val de Loire region of France, built in the heart of the largest closed forest park in Europe. Chambord is the only royal domain to have remained intact since its creation.
Photo by Léonard de Serres, contemporary French photographer.
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.
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.
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 pe [...]
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.
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, .
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.
Still life featuring a pot of cream and two sugar cubes. Painting by Elena Katsyura, Russian contem [...]
Still life featuring a pot of cream and two sugar cubes.
Painting by Elena Katsyura, Russian contemporary painter trained at Chelyabinsk Art College.
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Portrait of a woman in white, surrounded by flowers. Painting by John Michael Carter, American cont [...]
Portrait of a woman in white, surrounded by flowers.
Painting by John Michael Carter, American contemporary painter trained at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.
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Children and their dog playing in a snow-covered cow pasture. Painting by Robert Duncan, contempora [...]
Children and their dog playing in a snow-covered cow pasture.
Painting by Robert Duncan, contemporary American painter trained at the University of Utah.
A woman and her pet cat sitting in a flower garden. Painting by Olga Suvorova, contemporary Russian [...]
A woman and her pet cat sitting in a flower garden.
Painting by Olga Suvorova, contemporary Russian artist.
Portrait of the artist's young daughter. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist. [...]
Portrait of the artist's young daughter.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
The wooden structure used to mold the Statue of Liberty. Based on cleats used in plaster molding of [...]
The wooden structure used to mold the Statue of Liberty. Based on cleats used in plaster molding of the hand of the statue that is holding the tablet. When each element was finished, the plaster was broken, the wooden frame was destroyed and the cleats were re-used to assemble the next part.
Roman marble statue of an athlete, modeled after a Greek original by the sculptor Myron,
Roman marble statue of an athlete, modeled after a Greek original by the sculptor Myron.
A scene inside a horse-drawn omnibus of the London General Omnibus Company. The omnibus was introduc [...]
A scene inside a horse-drawn omnibus of the London General Omnibus Company. The omnibus was introduced in London in 1829, and soon became a popular form of transportation catering mainly to the middle classes.
Painting by George William Joy (1844-1925), Irish painter trained in Paris.
Charles Geniaux (1870-1931) and Paul Geniaux (1873-1929) were French pioneers in photojournalism. Bo [...]
Charles Geniaux (1870-1931) and Paul Geniaux (1873-1929) were French pioneers in photojournalism. Born in Brittany, they traveled around their country and also documented Morocco and colonial Tunisia. Museum of Brittany, Graphical arts collection.
Portrait of a woman resting, her eyes closed, Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American ar [...]
Portrait of a woman resting, her eyes closed.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
Palace on a mountain lake. Signed. Dated 1876. Oil on canvas,
Palace on a mountain lake. Signed. Dated 1876. Oil on canvas
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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.
A long-haired ginger playing the lute in the forest. Painting by Donato Giancola, American contemporary artist.
A long-haired ginger playing the lute in the forest.
Painting by Donato Giancola, American contemporary artist.
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Propulseur 'au faon' (moulage) Le Mas d'Azil (Ariège), ,Magdalénien supérieur, Photo : Don Hitchcock 2008. Source : Facsimile on display at Le Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac . . ,Spearthrower made of antler showing a fawn or doe with an emerging turd (or a baby deer being born) on which two birds are perched, found around 1940 in the cave of Le Mas d'Azil, Ariege, Also i [...]
Propulseur 'au faon' (moulage) Le Mas d'Azil (Ariège),
Magdalénien supérieur.
Photo : Don Hitchcock 2008
Source : Facsimile on display at Le Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac
Spearthrower made of antler showing a fawn or doe with an emerging turd (or a baby deer being born) on which two birds are perched, found around 1940 in the cave of Le Mas d'Azil, Ariege.
Also identified as a young ibex or chamois by many writers. Neither Ibex nor chamois is likely, for as another student of the Palaeolithic, AnnDee, says,
The females of both those animals have horns, and it is one of the defining features of the animals. It would have taken very little for the artist to leave a bit more along the edge of the ears and carve the suggestion of horns. The animals do look young, but, if it is a birth scene, must be adult females.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446) was an Italian architect and designer, considered to be a foundin [...]
Filippo Brunelleschi (1377–1446) was an Italian architect and designer, considered to be a founding father of Renaissance architecture. He is most famous for designing and engineering the construction of the dome of the Florence Cathedral.
Marble sculpture by Luigi Pampaloni (1791-1847), Italian sculptor.
Portrait of a young girl sowing a dress. Painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), French [...]
Portrait of a young girl sowing a dress.
Painting by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), French academic painter.
The Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni in Venice, northern Italy, one of the city's histor [...]
The Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni in Venice, northern Italy, one of the city's historical confraternity houses, which was run by a brotherhood of immigrants from Croatia.
Painting by George Bodine, American contemporary painter, a member of the Oil Painters of America.
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A glass bottle factory of the mid-19th century. Life in such a shop meant working ten hours a day, s [...]
A glass bottle factory of the mid-19th century. Life in such a shop meant working ten hours a day, six days a week. It was not unusual for children to work in these early bottle factories.
The Roman god of strength and heroes. Sculpture excavated in the remains of public baths originally [...]
The Roman god of strength and heroes.
Sculpture excavated in the remains of public baths originally constructed under the reign of emperor Nero in 62 A.D., which were located in the vicinity of the Pantheon.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor. His plays are regularl [...]
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) was an English poet, playwright, and actor. His plays are regularly performed all over the world. Shakespeare is one of the rare playwrights to have performed both comedy and tragedy.
Painting by Louis Coblitz (1814-1863), German painter, specialized in portraits.
A woman decorated with feathers. Tavuk is a Turkish word meaning "hen" or "chicken", Image by Anna [...]
A woman decorated with feathers. Tavuk is a Turkish word meaning "hen" or "chicken".
Image by Anna Dittmann, contemporary American digital illustrator.
Stereolithography is an early and widely used 3D printing technology. In 1984, French engineers Alai [...]
Stereolithography is an early and widely used 3D printing technology. In 1984, French engineers Alain Le Mehaute, Olivier de Witte and Jean Claude Andre filed a patent for the process. The term “stereolithography” was coined the same year by American engineer Chuck Hull, who filed his own patent for the process.
He is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of [...]
He is an Olympian deity in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Hermes is considered the herald of the gods. He is also considered the protector of human heralds, travellers, thieves, merchants, and orators. He is able to move quickly and freely between the worlds of the mortal and the divine, aided by his winged sandals. Hermes plays the role of the psychopomp or "soul guide" — a conductor of souls into the afterlife.
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Pietro Annigoni was an Italian artist, portrait and fresco painter, best known for his portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, and medallist. His work was in the Renaissance tradition, contrasting with the m [...]
Pietro Annigoni was an Italian artist, portrait and fresco painter, best known for his portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, and medallist. His work was in the Renaissance tradition, contrasting with the modernist style that prevailed in his time.
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A depiction of the female protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet. Painting by Thomas F [...]
A depiction of the female protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet.
Painting by Thomas Francis Dicksee (1819–1895), English painter.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Painting by William Sergeant Kendall. He was an American painter, most famous for his evocative scen [...]
Painting by William Sergeant Kendall. He was an American painter, most famous for his evocative scenes of domestic life. His wife and three young daughters were frequent subjects in his early work.
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A woman draped in a blanket amidst the typical flora of North-Western America, Painting by Jeremy [...]
A woman draped in a blanket amidst the typical flora of North-Western America.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
The Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, fertility and prosperity. Roman marble statue, adapted f [...]
The Roman goddess of love, beauty, desire, fertility and prosperity.
Roman marble statue, adapted from a lost Greek original of the 4th century BC.
Two recently acquired goldfishes in front of an open book. Painting by Casey Childs, American conte [...]
Two recently acquired goldfishes in front of an open book.
Painting by Casey Childs, American contemporary artist.
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The Gallery of Machines, also known as the Gallery of Various Industries, was one of multiple struct [...]
The Gallery of Machines, also known as the Gallery of Various Industries, was one of multiple structures built on the occasion of the third Universal Exposition, a world fair held in Paris in 1878.
This photograph was taken during the fourth Universal Exposition, in 1889.
“The lambs were bottle-fed by a Cornish farmer and became playmates for his daughters. When they g [...]
“The lambs were bottle-fed by a Cornish farmer and became playmates for his daughters. When they grew into sheep, the girls enjoyed a few gentle rides, which eventually developed into full-tilt galloping.”
Photo taken by John Drysdale.
A fearsome, perhaps life-threatening episode at sea. Painting by Alfred Edward Emslie (1848-1918), [...]
A fearsome, perhaps life-threatening episode at sea.
Painting by Alfred Edward Emslie (1848-1918), English painter and photographer, trained at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, and in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Still life. Painting by Jeffrey Larson, American contemporary painter.
Still life.
Painting by Jeffrey Larson, American contemporary painter.
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A contemporary depiction of a woman, named after the Roman goddess of love, beauty and desire. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist,
A contemporary depiction of a woman, named after the Roman goddess of love, beauty and desire.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
A curb market in New-York City. Colorized photo by 21th century (Sanna Dullaway), Colorized versio [...]
A curb market in New-York City.
Colorized photo by 21th century (Sanna Dullaway).
Colorized version source: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=729366430468225&set=a.729366273801574
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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.
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.
A group of manual laborers. Picture taken in New Straitsville, Ohio, USA,
A group of manual laborers.
Picture taken in New Straitsville, Ohio, USA.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A winter forest scene. Painting by Anders Andersen-Lundby (1840-1923), Danish landscape painter,
A winter forest scene.
Painting by Anders Andersen-Lundby (1840-1923), Danish landscape painter.
A reminder that neither the beautiful woman in her luxurious clothes nor the ripe grapes in the back [...]
A reminder that neither the beautiful woman in her luxurious clothes nor the ripe grapes in the background can flourish forever.
Painting by Frank Cadogan Cowper (1877-1958), English painter and illustrator trained at the Royal Academy of Arts in London.
A creation for decorating the Paris city hall. Painting by Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844-1931), French [...]
A creation for decorating the Paris city hall.
Painting by Paul-Albert Baudouin (1844-1931), French painter trained at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
The mythical Greek muse and goddess of dance and chorus, playing her lyre, Roman marble sculpture, [...]
The mythical Greek muse and goddess of dance and chorus, playing her lyre.
Roman marble sculpture, found in the Villa di Cassio near Tivoli in 1744.
Coal sorters were tasked with filling their baskets with wasted coal they gathered on the treadmills [...]
Coal sorters were tasked with filling their baskets with wasted coal they gathered on the treadmills. These workers were called "black muzzles".
A neighborhood located on a peninsula in the southern part of Brooklyn, New York City. Between appro [...]
A neighborhood located on a peninsula in the southern part of Brooklyn, New York City. Between approximately 1880 and World War II, Coney Island was the largest amusement area in the United States. Colorized photo.
Michel-Ange by Daniele da Volterra. ,Michelangelo March 6, 1475 - Rome, February 18, 1564, whose real name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti is a Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, poet and u [...]
Michel-Ange by Daniele da Volterra
Michelangelo March 6, 1475 - Rome, February 18, 1564, whose real name Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti is a Florentine sculptor, painter, architect, poet and urbanist of the High Renaissance.
His best known works are universally regarded as masterpieces of the Renaissance
An erotic portrait of a woman of the late 18th century. Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), French painter,
An erotic portrait of a woman of the late 18th century.
Painting by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725-1805), French painter.
Portrait of a woman sitting on a pier. Painting by Vladimir Volegov, contemporary Russian visual ar [...]
Portrait of a woman sitting on a pier.
Painting by Vladimir Volegov, contemporary Russian visual artist, trained at the Institute of Printing Art in Lvov.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dean Village is a former village immediately northwest of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It [...]
Dean Village is a former village immediately northwest of the city centre of Edinburgh, Scotland. It was known as the "Water of Leith Village" and was the centre of a successful grain milling area for more than 800 years. At one time there were no fewer than eleven working mills there, driven by the strong currents of the Water of Leith.
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.
The dying hero Achilles with an arrow piercing his heel, his only vulnerable spot, Marble statue b [...]
The dying hero Achilles with an arrow piercing his heel, his only vulnerable spot.
Marble statue by Filippo Albacini (1777–1858), Italian sculptor and restorer of Ancient Roman sculptures.
Eleanor of Aquitaine, a powerful queen consort of France and England, one the the wealthiest and mos [...]
Eleanor of Aquitaine, a powerful queen consort of France and England, one the the wealthiest and most powerful women of her time.
Painting by Frederick Augustus Sandys (1829-1904), English painter and illustrator.
Stanka Kordic is a first generation American born of Croatian parents. She followed her talented br [...]
Stanka Kordic is a first generation American born of Croatian parents. She followed her talented brothers, Vladimir and Branko into the world of Art. Stanka graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1985, with a major in illustration and a minor in painting. From there, she traveled Europe, taking in as much art as humanly possible.
Portrait of a blonde woman wearing a black dress. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American [...]
Portrait of a blonde woman wearing a black dress.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
American child laborers in the state of Georgia. Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb [...]
American child laborers in the state of Georgia. Some boys and girls were so small they had to climb up on to the spinning frame to mend broken threads and to put back the empty bobbins.
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.
A depicition in sculpture of a Christian myth, the miracle of Pentecost, decorating the Basilica of [...]
A depicition in sculpture of a Christian myth, the miracle of Pentecost, decorating the Basilica of Saint Mary Magdalene in France. The scene features saints and common people. The two arches represent the signs of the zodiac and the traditional labor of the months.
The museum was founded in 1753 and opened to the public in 1759. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. It was the first public national museum in the world,
The museum was founded in 1753 and opened to the public in 1759. It documents the story of human culture from its beginnings to the present. It was the first public national museum in the world.
Portrait of a young woman before an aspen tree, Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist. . .
Portrait of a young woman before an aspen tree.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.
Napoleon I on the Imperial Throne is a portrait of Napoleon I in coronation costume painted by Jean- [...]
Napoleon I on the Imperial Throne is a portrait of Napoleon I in coronation costume painted by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres in 1806, and kept at the Musée de l'Armée in Paris.
he painting represents the emperor Napoleon I in coronation costume, seated on his throne, the top of the circular backrest of which can be seen and the armrests adorned with ivory balls which represent the globe. With his right hand he holds the scepter of Charles V and with his left the hand of justice. He is wearing a wreath of golden laurels. Over his satin tunic embroidered with gold, his purple velvet cloak studded with gold bees is lined with ermine. On the epitoge also in ermine, he wears the large collar of the Legion of Honor. To his left, the coronation sword in its scabbard is held by a silk scarf. At the bottom left the painting is signed INGRES P xit and on the right it is dated ANNO 1806. Other symbols bear witness to Napoleon's desire to link his power to a previous legitimacy of the Bourbons: imperial purples, covered with bees, tunic white, laurel wreath and eagle necklace reminiscent of the Roman Empire and the Carolingian past. We also see a golden eagle on the bottom carpet.
Religious figure Mary Magdalene, Painting by Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), Spanish painter and pri [...]
Religious figure Mary Magdalene.
Painting by Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), Spanish painter and printmaker.
Painting by Decamp Joseph,
Painting by Decamp Joseph.
A belt buckle recovered from the Sutton Hoo burial site in England. Thirteen creatures decorate the [...]
A belt buckle recovered from the Sutton Hoo burial site in England. Thirteen creatures decorate the buckle’s surfaces, such as writhing snakes and intertwining four-legged beasts.
A pastry and its plastic wrapper. Painting by Tjalf Sparnaay, Dutch hyper-realist painter and photo [...]
A pastry and its plastic wrapper.
Painting by Tjalf Sparnaay, Dutch hyper-realist painter and photographer.
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