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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.

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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.

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

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

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Portrait of a 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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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A male fighter in action. Painting by Michael Timothy Davis, American contemporary painter trained [...]

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 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.

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A church building bathed in light shning through stained glass. Painting by Daniel Gerhartz, Americ [...]

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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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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Painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini.

Painting by Giovanni Paolo Panini.

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.

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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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

The story of Tristan and Iseult is a tragedy about the adulterous love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Iseult, retold in numerous sources with as many variations since the 12th century.
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.

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A mother and her newborn child laying on a bed. Painting by John Michael Carter, American contempor [...]

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 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.

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A bronze medallion carrying the bust of Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom, handicraft, and war, f [...]

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.

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Designed at first as a fortress in the aftermath of the Cathar Crusade, its construction begun in 12 [...]

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.

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Drawing by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros.

Drawing by Abraham-Louis-Rodolphe Ducros.

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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.

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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 [...]

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.

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An indoors picture of a German family in the Early 20th Century,

An indoors picture of a German family in the Early 20th Century.

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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.

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A woman working in a British factory,

A woman working in a British factory.

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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.

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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.

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Children working in a glass and bottle factory in the United States, Photo by Lewis Hine (1874-194 [...]

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.

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The Greek poet Homer is credited with composing the Iliad and the Odyssey, epic poems that tell part [...]

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.

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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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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.

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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.

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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.

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The American Southwest. Red rock, mountains and the silent dry desert. Painting by Jeremy Lipking, [...]

The American Southwest. Red rock, mountains and the silent dry desert.
Painting by Jeremy Lipking, contemporary American artist.

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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.

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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.

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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 th [...]

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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In Roman mythology, Mercury was the god of commerce, eloquence and trickery, and Psyche was the godd [...]

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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

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Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann, a Polish-Danish painter, .

Painting by Elisabeth Jerichau Baumann, a Polish-Danish painter.

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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)

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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.

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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A 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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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