Buddha performing Twin Miracles at Sravasti
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Artemisia Gentileschi
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“The Spirit of the Drought” by Arthur Streeton
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“The Coronation of Napoleon” by Jacques-Louis David
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“The Thinker” by Auguste Rodin ( Cleveland Museum of Art)
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Ionic Column Capital 5th Century BC
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Erechtheion Survival Story
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Biblical Paintings by Anthony van Dyck
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Fayum Mummy Portrait of a Bearded Man
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Masterpieces and Historic Objects of the Art Gallery of South Australia
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“Olivia Peyton Murray Cutting” by Alexandre Cabanel
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Masterpieces of the National Archaeological Museum
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“Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, Venice” by Canaletto
Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, Venice by Canaletto Piazza San Marco with the Basilica, Venice by Canaletto depicts Venice ’s principal public squ...
Boy with Thorn
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Hunters Palette (Louvre)
Hunters Palette The Hunters Palette or Lion Hunt Palette is a 5,000-year-old cosmetic palette is among the few objects that feature the earliest Egypt...
Auguste Rodin
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“The Concert” by Johannes Vermeer
The Concert by Johannes Vermeer The Concert by Johannes Vermeer depicts a man and two women playing music and singing. The young woman is sitting at a...
“Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss” by Antonio Canova (Hermitage Museum)
Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss by Antonio Canova Psyche Revived by Cupids Kiss by Antonio Canova shows the mythological lovers at a moment of high emot...
The Three Graces (V&A)
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Dancing Ganesha (Asian Art Museum, San Francisco)
Dancing Ganesha This Dancing Ganesha is a sculpture full of movement and represents a favorite theme in South Asian art. Ganesha is one of the best-kn...
“The Sirens and Ulysses” by William Etty
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Gallipoli ANZAC Landing Boat
Gallipoli Landing Boat 1915 The SS Devanha Lifeboat No 5 is one of only two surviving craft that took ANZAC troops to the landing beaches of Gallipol...
“Miss Minna Simpson” by Tom Roberts
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“The Fog Warning” by Winslow Homer
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Masterpieces of The Phillips Collection
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“Santa Maria della Salute in Venedig vom Canal Grande” by Canaletto
Santa Maria della Salute in Venedig vom Canal Grande by Canaletto Santa Maria della Salute in Venedig vom Canal Grande by Canaletto depicts the Santa ...
George Washington’s War Tent
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The Lady and the Unicorn Tapestries
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Masterpieces of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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