Ned Kelly’s Armor
Ned Kelly’s Armour The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly wore this metal armor at the 1880s siege in country Victoria which was his last stand. Today Ne...
“Sphinx” by Norman Lindsay
Sphinx by Norman Lindsay Sphinx by Norman Lindsay dates from the late 1940s and can be found at the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum Gardens. On the ...
“Paratene Te Manu” by Gottfried Lindauer
Paratene Te Manu by Gottfried Lindauer Paratene Te Manu by Gottfried Lindauer depicts a Maori with his Tā moko. Tā moko is the permanent marking of t...
Peplos Kore (Acropolis Museum)
Peplos Kore The Peplos Kore is one of the most well-known and popular pieces of Archaic Greek art. Peplos refers to the type of robe or shawl-like fab...
National Archaeological Museum of Athens
Jockey of Artemision The Jockey of Artemision is a bronze statue of a boy riding a horse, dated to around 150 BC. It is a rare surviving original bron...
The Family of Shiva (Umamaheshvara)
The Family of Shiva This sculptured stele shows The Family of Shiva also called Umamaheshvara which is the name for a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva...
Artemision Bronze
Artemision Bronze The Artemision Bronze represents either Zeus, the ancient Greek king of the gods of Mount Olympus or possibly Poseidon, the God of t...
“Sistine Chapel Ceiling” by Michelangelo
Michelangelos Sistine Chapel Ceiling The Sistine Chapel is the room where the College of Cardinals are locked in and required to decide on the next Po...
Hidden women of history: Caterina Cornaro, the last queen of Cyprus
Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, c. 1500, by Gentile Bellini. Craig Barker, University of Sydney The life of Caterina Cornaro could easi...
The Colossus of Constantine
The Colossus of Constantine The Colossus of Constantine was a massive sculptured statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (280–337) that once...
Melaka Print, 1750
Melaka Print, 1750 Melaka is a print depicting Meleka of the 1750s. It shows Portuguese-built fortifications at the mouth of the Melaka River with Dut...
“Water Lilies” by Claude Monet (Honolulu Museum of Art)
Water Lilies by Claude Monet In Water Lilies, Claude Monet depicts his water-lily pond, from his garden in Giverny. Monet captured the continually cha...
“The School of Athens” by Raphael
The School of Athens by Raphael The School of Athens by Raphael is one of the most famous frescoes of the Italian Renaissance. It is widely reproduced...
“Satyress” by Norman Lindsay
Satyress by Norman Lindsay Satyress by Norman Lindsay dates from the late 1940s and can be found at the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum Gardens. On ...
Hidden Women of History: Enheduanna, Princess, Priestess and the World’s first known Author
Standard of Ur mosaic, 26th century BC. Louise Pryke, Macquarie University The world’s first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a wom...
“The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit” by John Singer Sargent
The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by John Singer Sargent The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by John Singer Sargent depicts four young girls, the da...
Historical Objects at the National Museum of Singapore
Highlights of the National Museum of Singapore The National Museum of Singapore has a large permanent gallery space known as the Singapore History Gal...
Two Sisters or On the Terrace by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Two Sisters or On the Terrace by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Two Sisters or On the Terrace by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts the upper terrace of the Maison ...
“The House of Guardaboschi” by Gustav Klimt
The House of Guardaboschi by Gustav Klimt “The House of Guardaboschi” by Gustav Klimt echos his early artistic career, as a successful painter of arch...
Venus de’ Medici
Venus de Medici Medici Venus The Venus de Medici or Medici Venus is a marble sculpture depicting the Greek goddess Aphrodite. It is a 1st-century BCE...
“Waterloo Bridge” by Claude Monet
Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet is one in a series of paintings of the famous bridge in London. All of the pictures i...
Masterpieces of the Asian Art Museum
The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, also known as the Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, contains a comprehensive Asian art collectio...
“Under the Jacaranda” by R Godfrey Rivers
Under the Jacaranda by R Godfrey Rivers Under the Jacaranda by R Godfrey Rivers shows the artist and his wife, Selina, taking tea under the shade of a...
Hidden Women of History: Ennigaldi-Nanna, Curator of the World’s First Museum
The National Museum of Iraq photographed in February 2018. Many of the pieces discovered at the ruins of Ur, arranged and labelled by Ennigaldi-Nanna,...
“The Death of Sardanapalus” by Eugène Delacroix (Philadelphia Museum of Art)
The Death of Sardanapalus by Eugène Delacroix The Death of Sardanapalus by Eugène Delacroix depicts the tale of Sardanapalus, a king of Assyria, who a...
“The Sleeping Gypsy” by Henri Rousseau
The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau is a fantasy depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit n...
“Mrs. Fiske Warren and Her Daughter Rachel” by John Singer Sargent
Mrs Fiske Warren and Her Daughter Rachel by John Singer Sargent Mrs Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel is an oil on canvas portrai...
“Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare” by John Taylor
Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare by John Taylor The Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare is believed to depict Shakespeare because the engra...
“Perseus and Andromeda” by Giuseppe Cesari
“Perseus and Andromeda” by Giuseppe Cesari Perseus and Andromeda by Giuseppe Cesari dramatically portray the Greek mythological story of Andromeda. Pe...
“Supper at Emmaus” by Caravaggio (Brera Art Gallery)
Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio Supper at Emmaus by Caravaggio depicts the moment when the resurrected Jesus reveals himself to two of his surprised di...