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Ancient Art History

Unknown, The Death Mask of Tutankhamun, c. 1320 BC
Gold & inlaid glass and gemstones, 54×39.3×49cm, Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Unknown, The Death Mask of Tutankhamun, c. 1320 BC
Gold & inlaid glass and gemstones, 54×39.3×49cm, Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Unknown, The Terracotta Army, 210-209 BC
Life-size terracotta, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, China

Unknown, The Terracotta Army, 210-209 BC
Life-size terracotta, Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor, China

Ancient Art History

Myron
Discus-thrower (discobolus)
Roman copy of 5th C original
Marble copy of bronze original
155cm tall
Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome

Unknown, Colossus of Constantine, c. 312–315
White marble, brick, wood, and gilded bronze, Musei Capitolini, Rome

Medieval Art History

Unknown, Christ Pantocrator, c. 1180-1194
Mosaic, cathedral of Monreale, Sicily, Italy

Unknown, Christ Pantocrator, c. 1180-1194
Mosaic, cathedral of Monreale, Sicily, Italy

Unknown, The Wilton Diptych, c. 1395–99
Tempera on oak, two panels of 53 x 37cm, National Gallery, London

Unknown, The Wilton Diptych, c. 1395–99
Tempera on oak, two panels of 53 x 37cm, National Gallery, London

Northern Renaissance Art History

Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
Oil on oak panel, 82.2 × 60cm, National Gallery, London

Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, 1434
Oil on oak panel, 82.2 × 60cm, National Gallery, London

Albrecht Dürer, Self-portrait, 1500
Oil on wood panel, 66.3 × 49cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Albrecht Dürer, Self-portrait, 1500
Oil on wood panel, 66.3 × 49cm, Alte Pinakothek, Munich

Italian Renaissance Art History

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503–1506
Oil on poplar, 77 × 53cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris

Leonardo da Vinci, Mona Lisa, c. 1503–1506
Oil on poplar, 77 × 53cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris

Michelangelo, The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508-1512
Fresco, Chapel of Pope Sixtus, Vatican City, Rome

Michelangelo, The Sistine Chapel Ceiling, 1508-1512
Fresco, Chapel of Pope Sixtus, Vatican City, Rome

Baroque Art History

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes, c. 1614-20
Oil on canvas, 158.8 × 125.5cm, Nat. Museum of Capodimonte, Naples

Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith Beheading Holofernes, c. 1614-20
Oil on canvas, 158.8 × 125.5cm, Nat. Museum of Capodimonte, Naples

Caravaggio, The Conversion on the Way to Damascus, 1601
Oil on canvas, 230 × 175cm, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

Caravaggio, The Conversion on the Way to Damascus, 1601
Oil on canvas, 230 × 175cm, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome

Baroque Art History

Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656
Oil on canvas, 318 × 276cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid

Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas, 1656
Oil on canvas, 318 × 276cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid

Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting, 1665-1668
Oil on canvas, 130 × 110cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Johannes Vermeer, The Art of Painting, 1665-1668
Oil on canvas, 130 × 110cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Romantic and Neo-Classical Art History

Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814
Oil on canvas, 268 cm × 347 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid

Francisco Goya, The Third of May 1808, 1814
Oil on canvas, 268 cm × 347 cm, Museo del Prado, Madrid

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Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784
Oil on canvas, 329.8 × 424.8cm, Louvre, Paris

Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii, 1784
Oil on canvas, 329.8 × 424.8cm, Louvre, Paris

Impressionist Art History

Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–1886
Oil on canvas, 207.6 cm × 308 cm, Art Institute of Chicago

Seurat, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, 1884–1886
Oil on canvas, 207.6 cm × 308 cm, Art Institute of Chicago

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Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1916
Oil on canvas, 200.5 × 201 cm, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Claude Monet, Water Lilies, 1916
Oil on canvas, 200.5 × 201 cm, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo

Post-Impressionist Art History

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
Oil on canvas, 73.7 cm × 92.1 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York

Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, 1889
Oil on canvas, 73.7 cm × 92.1 cm, Museum of Modern Art, New York

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Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1829–32
Color woodcut, 25.7 cm × 37.8 cm

Katsushika Hokusai, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, c. 1829–32
Color woodcut, 25.7 cm × 37.8 cm

Expressionist Art History

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1907–1908

Gustav Klimt, The Kiss, 1907–1908

Edvard Munch, Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature), 1893

Edvard Munch, Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature), 1893

Abstract Art History

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition IV, 1911
Oil on canvas, 159.5 x 250.5 cm, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

Wassily Kandinsky, Composition IV, 1911
Oil on canvas, 159.5 x 250.5 cm, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf

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Piet Mondrian, Composition No. 10, 1939-42
Oil on canvas, 80 × 73 cm, Private collection

Piet Mondrian, Composition No. 10, 1939-42
Oil on canvas, 80 × 73 cm, Private collection

Dada Art History

René Magritte, The Treachery of Images, 1928–29
Oil on canvas, 63.5 cm × 93.98 cm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

René Magritte, The Treachery of Images, 1928–29
Oil on canvas, 63.5 cm × 93.98 cm, Los Angeles County Museum of Art

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Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917
Found object and oil paint, 61 x 31 x 48 cm
Tate Modern, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, ...

Marcel Duchamp, Fountain, 1917
Found object and oil paint, 61 x 31 x 48 cm
Tate Modern, Philadelphia Museum of Art, National Gallery of Canada, ...

Modernist Art History

Henri Matisse, The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room), 1908
Oil on canvas, 180 x 220 cm, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

Henri Matisse, The Dessert: Harmony in Red (The Red Room), 1908
Oil on canvas, 180 x 220 cm, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Pablo Picasso, Guernica, 1937
Oil on canvas, 349 x 776 cm, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid

Surrealist Art History

Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931
Oil on canvas, 24 x 33 cm, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York

Salvador Dalí, The Persistence of Memory, 1931
Oil on canvas, 24 x 33 cm, Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), New York

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Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939
Oil on canvas, 67” x 67”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

Frida Kahlo, The Two Fridas, 1939
Oil on canvas, 67” x 67”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City

Pop Art History

Roy Lichtenstein, In the Car, 1963
Oil and Magna on canvas, 172 cm × 203.5 cm, Scottish Nat. Gal. of Modern Art

Roy Lichtenstein, In the Car, 1963
Oil and Magna on canvas, 172 cm × 203.5 cm, Scottish Nat. Gal. of Modern Art

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Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, 1962
Silk screen

Andy Warhol, Marilyn Monroe, 1962
Silk screen