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Name: Apollo 11 stones
Artist: Unknown
Date: 25,500-23,500 BC |
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Name: Great Hall of Bulls
Artist: Unknown
Date:13,000 BC
Notes: Lascaux, France |
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Name: Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
Artist: Unknown
Date: 14,000–7000 B.C.E.
Notes: Mexico |
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Name: Running Horned Woman
Artist: Unknown
Date: 10,000 BCE
Notes: North Africa |
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Name: Bushel with Ibex Motifs
Artist: Unknown
Date: 4200-3500 BCE
Notes: Iran |
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Name: Anthropomorphic Stele
Artist: Unknown
Date: 3000-4000 BCE
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Jade cong
Liangzhu, China. 3300-2200 B.C.E. Carved jade. |
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Stonehenge
Wiltshire, U.K. Neolithic Europe. c. 2500-1600 B.C.E. Sandstone |
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The Ambum Stone
Ambum Valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke |
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Tlatilco female figurine
Central Mexico, site of Tlatico. 1200-900 B.C.E. Ceramic |
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Terra Cotta Fragment
Lapita. Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised) |
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White Temple and its Zuggurat
Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. c. 35000-3000 B.C.E. Mud Brick. |
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Palette of King Narmer
Pre-dynastic Egypt. c. 3000-2920 B.C.E Greywacke |
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Statue of Votive figures from the Square Temple at Eshnunna
Sumerian. c. 2700 B.C.E. |
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Seated Scribe
Saqqara, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynastic. c. 2620-2500 B.C.E. Painted limestone |
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Standard of Ur from the royal tombs
Summerian. c. 26000-24000 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis, lazuli, and red limestone |
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Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2550-2490 B.C.E. Cut limestone. |
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Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu) and Great Sphinx
Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2550-2490 B.C.E. Cut limestone. |
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The code of Hammurabi
Babylon (modern Iran). Susain. c. 1792-1750 B.C.E. Basalt. |
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Temple of Amun-re and Hypostyle Hall
Karnark, near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. Temple: c. 1550 B.C.E.; hall: c. 1250 B.C.E. Cut sandstone and mud brick. |
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Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
New Kingdom (Amarna), 18th Dynasty. c. 1353-1335 B.C.E. Limestone. |
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King Menkaura and Queen
Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. c. 2490-2472 B.C.E. Greywacke |
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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1473-1458 B.C.E. Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite |
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| Tutankhamun's Tomb, intermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty. c. 1,323 B.C.E. Gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones. |
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Last judgement of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty. c. 1,275 B.C.E. Painted papyrus scroll |
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Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin
Neo-Assyrian. c. 720-705 B.C.E. Alabaster |
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Athenian agora
Archiac through Hellenistic Greek. 600 B.C.E.-150 C.E. |
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Anavysos Kouros
Archaic Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble with remnants of paint |
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Peplos Kore from the Acropolis
Archiac Greek. c. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details |
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Etruscan. c. 520 B.C.E. Terra cotta |
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Audience Hall of Darius and Xerxes
Persepolis, Iran. Persian. c. 520-465 B.C.E. Limestone |
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Temple of Minerva and sculpture of Apollo
Master sculptor Vulca. c. 510-500 B.C.E. Original temple of wood, mud brick, or tufa; terra cotta sculpture |
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Tomb of the Triclinium
Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. c. 480-470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco |
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Niobides Krater
Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter. c. 460-450 B.C.E. Clay, red-figure technique |
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Doryphoros
Polykleitos. Original 450-440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze) |
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Acropolis
Athens, Greece. Iktinos and Kallikrates. c. 447-410 B.C.E. Marble |
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Grave stele of Hegeso
Attributed to Kallimachos. c. 410 B.C.E. Marble and paint |
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Winged Victory of Samothrace
Hellenistic Greek. c. 190 B.C.E. Marble |
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Great Alter of Zeus and Athens at Pergamon
Asia Minor (represents-day Turkey) Hellenistic Greek. c. 175 B.C.E. Marble |
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| House of Vetti. Pompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. c. second century B.C.E.; rebuilt c. 62-79 C.E. Cut stone and fresco |
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Alexander Mosaic from the House of Faun, Pompeii
Republican Roman. c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic |
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Seated boxer
Hellenistic Greek. c. 100 B.C.E. Bronze |
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Head of a Roman patrician
Republican Roma. c. 75-50 B.C.E. Marble |
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Augustus of Prima Porta
Imperial Roman. Early first century C.E. Marble |
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Colosseum (Flavin Amphitheater)
Rome, Italy. Imperial Roman. 70-80 C.E. Stone and concrete |
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Forum of Trajan
Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. Forum and markets: 106-112 C.E.; column completed 113 C.E. Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column) |
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Pantheon
Imperial Roman. 118-125 C.E. Concrete with stone facing |
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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
Late Imperial Roman. c. 250 C.E. Marble |
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Catacomb of Priscilla
Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 200-400 C.E. Excavated tufa and fresco |
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Santa Sabina
Rome, Italy. Late Antique Europe. c. 422-432 C.E. Brick and stone, wood |
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Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well and Jacob Wrestling the Angel, from the Vienna Genesis
Early Byzantine Europe. Early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript |
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San Vitale
Ravenna, Italy. Early Byzantine Europe. c. 526-547 C.E. Brick, marble, and stone veneer; mosaic |
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Merovingian looped fibulae
Early medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones. |
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Virgin and child between Saints Theodore and George
Early Byzantine Europe. Six or early seventh century C.E. Encastic on wood. |
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Virgin and child between Saints Theodore and George
Early Byzantine Europe. Six or early seventh century C.E. Encastic on wood. |
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Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page; St. Luke portrait page; St Luke incipit page
Early medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe. c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, pigment, and gold) |
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Great Mosque
Córdoba, Spain. Umayyad. c. 785-786 C.E. Stone masonry |
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Pyxis of al-Mughira
Umayyad. c. 968 C.E. Ivory |
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Church of Sainte-Foy
Conques, France. Romanesque Europe. Church: c. 1050-1130 C.E.; Reliuary of Saint Foy: ninth century C.E.; with later additions. Stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum); gold, silver, gemstone, and enamel over wood (reliquary) |
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Bayeux Tapestry
Romanesque Europe. c. 1066-1080 C.E. Embroidery on linen |
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Chartres Cathedral
Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Orignal construction. c. 1145-1115 C.E.; reconstructed c. 1194-1220 C.E. Limestone, stained glass |
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Dedication Page with Blanche of Castle and King Louis IX of France, Scenes from the Apocolypse from Bibles moralisées.
Gothic Europe. c. 1225-1245 C.E. Illuminated manuscript |
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Röttgen Pietà
Late medieval Europe (Germany). c. 1300-1325 C.E. Painted wood |
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Arena (Scrovengni) Chapel, including Lamentation
Padus, Italy. Unknown architect; Giotto di Bonde (artist). Chapel: c. 1303 C.E.; Fresco: c. 1305. Brick (architecture) and fresco |
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Golden Haggadah (The Plagues of Egypt, Scenes of Liberation, and Preparation for Passover)
Late medieval Spain. c. 1320 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (pigment and gold leaf on vellum) |
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Alhambra
Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354-1391 C.E. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding |
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Annunciation Triptych
Workshop of Robert Campin. 1427-1432 C.E. Oil on wood |
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Pazzi Chapel
Basilicia di Santa Croce. Florence, Italy. Filippo Brunelleschi (architect) c. 1429-1461 C.E. Masonry |
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The Arnolfini Portrait
Jan van Eyck. c. 1434 C.E. Oil on wood |
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David
Donatello. c. 1440-1460 C.E. Bronze |
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Palazzo Rucellai
Florence, Italy. Leon Battista Alberti (architect). c. 1450 C.E. Stone, masonry |
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Madonna and Child with Two Angels
Fra Filippo Lippi. c. 1465 C.E. Tempera on wood |
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Birth of Venus
Sandro Brotticelli. c. 1484-1486 C.E. Tempera on canvas |
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Last Supper
Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1494-1498 C.E. Oil and Tempera |
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Adam and Eve
Albrecht Dürer. 1504 C.E. Engraving |
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Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes
Vatican City, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes: c. 1508-1512 C.E.; altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E. Fresco |
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School of Athens
Raphael. 1509-1511 C.E. Fresco |
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Isenheim altarpiece
Matthias Grünewald. c. 1512-1516 C.E. Oil on wood |
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Entombment of Christ
Jacopo da Pontormo. 1525-1528 C.E. Oil on wood |
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Allegory of Law and Grace
Lucas Cranach the Elder. c. 1530 C.E. Woodcut and letterpress |
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Venus of Urbino
Titan. c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza
Viceroyalty of New Spain. c. 1541-1542 C.E. Ink and color on paper |
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| Il Gesù, including Triumph of the Name of Jesus ceiling fresco |
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Hunters in the Snow
Pieters Bruegel the Elder. 1565 C.E. Oil on wood |
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Mosque of Selim II
Edrine, Turkey. Sinan (architect), 1568-1575 C.E. Brick and stone |
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Calling of Saint Matthew
Caravaggio. c. 1597-1601 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Henri IV Recieves the portrait of Marie de' Medici, from the Marie de' Medici Cycle
Peter Paul Rubens. 1621-1625 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Self-Portrait with Saskia
Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 C.E. Etching |
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane
Rome, Italy. Francesco Borromini (architect) 1638-1646 C.E. Stone and stucco |
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Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
Cornaro Chapel, Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c. 1647-1652 C.E. Marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel) |
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Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei
Master of Calamarca (La Paz School). c. 17th century C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Las Meninas
Diego Velázquez. c. 1656 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Women Holding a Balance
Johnnes Vermer. c. 1664 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Palace of Versailles
Versailles, France. Loius Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects). Begun 1669 C.E. Masonry, stone, wood, iron, and gold leaf (architecture); marble and bronze (sculpture); garden |
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Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene
Circle of the González Family. c. 1697-1701 C.E. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay |
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The Virgin of Guadalupe
Miguel González. c. 1698 C.E. Based on original Virgin of Gaudalupe. Basilica of Guadalupe, Mexico City. 16th century C.E. Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl |
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Fruit and Insects
Rachel Ruysch. 1711 C.E. Oil on wood |
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Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo
Attributed to Juan Rodríguez Juárez. c. 1715 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode
William Hogarth. c. 1743 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Miguel Cabrera. c. 1750 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery
Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1763-1765 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Swing
Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1767 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Monticello
Virginia, U.S. Thomas Jefferson (architect). 1768-1809 C.E. Brick, glass, stone, and wood |
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Monticello
Virginia, U.S. Thomas Jefferson (architect). 1768-1809 C.E. Brick, glass, stone, and wood |
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The Oath of the Horatii
Jacques-Louis David. 1784 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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George Washington
Jean-Antoine Hudson. 1788-1792 C.E. Marble |
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Self-Portrait
Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun. 1790 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Y no hai remedio, fromo Los Desastres de la Guerra, plate 15
Francisco de Goya. 1810-1823 C.E. (publised 1863) Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnishing |
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La Grande Odalisque
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Liberty Leading the people
Eugène Delacroix. 1830 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Oxbow
Thomas Cole. 1836 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Still Life in Studio
Louis-Jacques Mandé Daguerre. 1837 C.E. Daguerreotype. 1837 C.E. Daguerreotype |
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Slave Ship
Joseph Mallord William Turner. 1840 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Palace of Westminster
London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin (architects). 1840-1870 C.E. Limestone masonry and glass |
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The Stone Breakers
Gustave Courbet. 1849 C.E. (destroyed in 1945). Oil canvas |
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Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art
Honoré Daumier. 1862 C.E. Lithograph |
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Olympia
Édouard Manet. 1863 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Saint-Lazare Station
Claude Monet. 1877 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Horse in Motion
Eadweard Muybridge. 1878 C.E. Albumen print |
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The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel
José María Velasco. 1882 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Burghers of Calais
Auguste Rodin. 1884-1895 C.E. Bronze |
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The Starry Night
Vincent van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas |
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The Coiffure
Mary Cassatt. 1890-1891 C.E, Drypoint and aquatint |
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The Scream
Edvard Munch. 1893 C.E. Tempera and pastels on cardboard |
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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?
Paul Gauguin. 1897-1898 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building
Chicago, Illinios, U.S. Louis Sullivan (architect). 1899-1903 C.E. Iron, steel, glass, and terra cotta |
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Mont Sainte-Victorie
Paul Cézanne. 1902-1904 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon
Pablo Picasso. 1907 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Steerage
Alfred Stieglitz. 1907 C.E. Photogravure |
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The Kiss
Gustav Klimt. 1907-1908 C.E. Oil and gold leaf on canvas |
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The Kiss
Constantin Brancusi. 1907-1908 C.E. Limestone |
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The Portuguese
Georges Braque. 1911 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Goldfish
Henri Mattisse. 1912 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Improvisation 28
Vassily Kandinsky. 1912 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Self-Portrait as a Soldier
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1915 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht
Käthe Kollwitz. 1919-1920 C.E. Woodcut |
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Villa Savoye
Poissy-sur-Seine, France. Le Corbusier (architect). 1929 C.E. Steel and reinforced concrete |
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Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow
Piet Mondrain. 1930 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Illustration from The Results of the First Five-Year Plan
Varvara Stepanova. 1932 C.E. Photomontage. |
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| Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure). Meret Oppenheim. 1936 C.E. Fur-covered cup, saucer, spoon |
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Fallingwater
Pennsylvannia, U.S. Frank Lloyd Wright (architect) 1936-1939 C.E. Reinforced concrete, sandstone, steel, and glass |
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The Two Fridas
Frida Kahlo. 1939 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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The Migration of the Negro, Panel no. 49
Jacob Lawrence. 1940-1941 C.E. Casein tempera on hardboard |
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The Jungle
Wifredo Lam. 1943 C.E. Gouache on paper mounted on canvas |
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Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park
Diego Rivera. 1947-1948 C.E. Fresco |
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Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park
Diego Rivera. 1947-1948 C.E. Fresco |
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Fountain
Marcel Duchamp. 1950 C.E. (original 1917). Readymade glazed sanitary china with black paint |
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Woman, I
William de Kooning. 1950-1952 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Seagram Building
New York City, U.S. Ludwig Miles van er Rohe and Philip Johnson (architects). 1954-1958 C.E. Steel frame with glass curtain wall and bronze |
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Marilyn Diptych
Andy Warhol. 1962 C.E. Oil, acrylic, and silkscreen enamel on canvas |
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Narcissus Garden
Yayoi Kusama. Original Installation and performance 1966. Mirror balls |
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The Bay
Helen Frankenthaler. 1963 C.E. Acrylic on canvas |
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Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks
Claes Oldenburg. 1969-1974 C.E. Cor-Ten steel, steel, aluminum, and cast resin; painted with polyurethane enamel |
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Spiral Jetty
Great Salt Lake, Utah. U.S. Robert Smithson. 1970 C.E. Earthwork: mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, and water coil |
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House in New Castle County
Delaware, U.S. Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown (architects). 1978-1983 C.E. Wood frame and stucco |
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Chavín de Huántar
Northern highlands, Peru. Chavín.900-200 B.C.E. Stone (architectural complex); granite (Lanzón and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry) |
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Mesa Verde cliff dwelling
Montezuma County, Colorado Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) 450-1300 C.E. Sandstone |
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Yaxchilán
Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 725 C.E. Limestone (architectural complex) |
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Great Serpent Mound
Adams County, southern Ohio. Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands). c. 1070 C.E. Earthwork/effigy mound |
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Templo Mayor (Main Temple)
Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico). Mexica (Aztec). 1375-1520 C.E. Stone (temple); volcanic stone (The Coyolxauhqui Stone); jadeite (Olmec-style mask); basalt (Calendar Stone) |
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Ruler's feather headdress (probably of Motecuhzoma II)
Mexica (Aztec). 1428-1520 C.E. Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold |
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City of Cusco, including O0rikancha (Inka main temple), Santo Domingo (Spanish colonial convent), and Walls at Saqsa Waman (Sacsayhuaman)
Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1440 C.E. |
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Maize cobs
Inka. c. 1440-1533 C.E. Sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys |
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City of Machu Picchu
Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1450-1540 C.E. Granite |
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City of Machu Picchu
Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1450-1540 C.E. Granite |
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All-T'oqapu tunic
Inka. 1450-1540 C.E. Camelid fiber and cotton |
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Bandolier bag
Lenape (Delaware tribe, Eastern Woodlands). c. 1850 C.E. Beadwork on leather |
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Transformation mask
Kwakwaka'wakw, Northwest coast of Canada. Late 19th century C.E. Wood, paint, and string |
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Painted elk hide
Attributed to Cotsiogo (Cadzi Cody), Eastern Shoshone, Wind River Resservation, Wyoming. c. 1890-1900 C.E. Painted elk hide |
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Black-on-black ceramic vessel
Maria Martinez and Julian Martinez, Tewa, Puebloan, San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico. c. mid-20th century C.E. Blackware ceramic |
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Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe
Southeastern Zimbabwe, Shona peoples. c. 1000-1400 C.E. Coursed granite blocks |
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Great Mosque of Djenné
Mali. Founded c. 1200 C.E.; rebuilt 1906-1907. Adobe. |
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Wall plaque, from Oba's palace
Edo peoples, Benin (Nigeria). 16th century C.E. Cast brass |
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Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool)
Ashanti peoples (south central Ghana). c. 1700 C.E. Gold over wood and cast-gold attachments |
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Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
Kuba peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). c. 1760-1780 C.E. Wood |
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Power figure (Nkisi n'kondi)
Kongo people's (Democratic Republic of Congo). c. late 19th century C.E. Wood and metal |
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Female (Pwo) mask
Chokwe peoples (Democratic Republic of the Congo). Late 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood, fiber, pigment, and metal |
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Portrait mask (Mblo)
Baule peoples ( Côte d'Ivoire). Early 20th century C.E. Wood and pigment
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Bundu mask
Sande Society, Mende peoples (West African forests of Sierra Leone and (Liberia). 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, cloth, and fiber |
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Ikenga (shrine figure)
Igbo peoples (Nigeria).c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood |
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Lukasa (memory board)
Mbudye Society, Luba peoples (Democratic Rpublic of the Congo). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, beads, and metal |
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Aka elephant mask
Bamileke (Cameroon, western grassfields region). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood, woven raffia, cloth, and beads |
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Reliquary figure (byeri)
Fang peoples (southern Cameroon). c. 19th to 20th century C.E. Wood |
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Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga)
Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples). c. 1910-1914 C.E. Wood and pigment |
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Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple
Nabateen Ptolemaic and Roman. c. 400 B.C.E - 100 C.E. Cut rock |
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Buddha
Bamiyan, Afghanistan. Gandharan. c. 400-800 C.E. (destroyed in 2001). Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint |
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The Kaaba
Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Islamic. Pre-Islamic monument; rededicated by Muhammad in 631-632 C.E.; multiple renovations. Granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread |
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Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple
Lhasa, Tibet. Yarlung Dynasty. Believed to have been brought to Tibet in 641 C.E. Gilt metals with sempirecious stones, pearls, and paint; various offerings |
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Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem. Islamic, Umayyad. 691-629 C.E., with multiple renovations. Stone masonry and wooden roof decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome |
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Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh)
Isfahan, Iran. Islamic, Persian: Seljuk, Il-Khanid, Timurid and Safavid Dynasties. c. 700 C.E.; additions and restorations in the 14th, 18th, and 20th centuries C.E. Stone, brick, wood, plaster, and glazed ceramic tile |
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Folio from a Qur'an
Arab, North Africa, or Near East. Abbasid. c. eighth to ninth century C.E. ink, color, and gold on parchment |
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Basin (Baptistère de Saint Louis)
Muhammad ibn al-Zain. c. 1320-1340 C.E. Brass inlaid with gold and silver |
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Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama
Islamic; Persian, Il'Khanid. c. 1330-1340 C.E. Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, and silver on paper |
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The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama
Sultan Muhammad. c. 1522-1525 C.E. Ink, opaque watercolor, and gold on paper |
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The Ardabil Carpet
Maqsud of Kashan. 1539-1540 C.E. Silk and wool |
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Great Stupa at Sanchi
Madhya Pradesh, India. Buddhist; Maurya, late Sunga Dynasty. c. 300 B.C.E. - 100 B.C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone on dome |
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Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China
Qin Dynasty. c. 221-209 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta |
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Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui)
Han Dynasty, China. c. 180 B.C.E. Painted silk |
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Longmen caves
Luoyang, China. Tang Dynasty. 493-1127 C.E. Limestone |
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Gold and jade crown
Three Kingdoms Period, Silla Kingdom, Korea. Fifth to sixth century C.E. Metalwork |
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Todai-ji
Nara, Japan. Various artist, including sculptors Unkei and Keikei, as well as the Kei School. 743 C.E.; rebuilt c. 1700. Bronze and wood (sculpture); wood with ceramic-tile roofing (architecture) |
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Borobudur Temple
Central Java, Indonesia. Sailendra Dynasty. c. 750-842 C.E. Volcanic-stone masonry |
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Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia
Hindu, Angkor Dynasty. c. 800-1400 C.E. Stone masonry, sandstone |
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Lakshmana Temple
Khajuraho, India. Hindu, Chandella Dynasty. c. 930-950 C.E. Sandstone |
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams
Fan Kuan. c. 1000 C.E. Ink and colors on silk |
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
Hindu; India (Tamil Nadu), Chola Dynasty. c. 11th century C.E. Cast bronze |
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Night Attack on the Sanjō Palace
Kamakura Period, Japan. c. 1250-1300 C.E. Handstroll (ink and color on paper) |
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The David Vases
Yuan Dynasty, China. 1351 C.E. White porcelain with cobalt-blue underglaze |
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Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475)
Imperial Bureau of Painting. c. 15th century C.E. Hanging scroll (ink and color on silk) |
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Forbidden City
Beijing, China. Ming Dynasty. 15th century C.E. and later. Stone masonry, marble, brick, wood, and ceramic tile |
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Ryoan-ji
Kyoto, Japan. Muromachi Period, Japan. 1480 C.E.; current design most likely dates to the 18th century. Rock garden |
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh
Bichitr. c. 1620 C.E. Watercolor gold, and ink on paper |
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Taj Mahal
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Masons, marble workers, mosaicists, and decorators working under the supervision of Ustad Ahmad Lahori, architect of the emperor. 1632-1653 C.E. Stone masonry and marble with inlay of precious and semiprecious stones; gardens |
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White and Red Plum Blossoms
Ogata Korin. c. 1710-1716 C.E. Ink, watercolor, and gold leaf on paper |
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[image]
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Under the Wave of Kanagawa (Kanagawa oki nami ura), as known as the Great Wave, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji
Katsushika Hokusai. 1830-1833 C.E. Polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper |
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Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan
Artist unknown; based on oil painting by Lui Chunhua. c. 1969 C.E. Color lithograph |
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Nan Madol
Pohnpei, Micronesia. Saudeleur Dynasty. c. 700-1600 C.E. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns |
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Moai on platform (ahu)
Rapa Nui (Easter Island). c. 1100-1600 C.E. Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base |
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'Ahu 'ula (feather cape)
Hawaiian. Late 18th century C.E. Feathers and fiber |
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Staff god
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, central Polynesia. Late 18th to early 19th century C.E. Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers |
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Female deity
Nukuoro, Micronesia. c. 18th to 19th century C.E. wood |
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Buk (mask)
Torres Strait. Mid-to late 19th century C.E. Turtle shell, wood, fiber, feathers, and shell |
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Hiapo (tapa)
Niue. c. 1850-1900 C.E. Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting |
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Tamati Waka Nene
Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 C.E. Oil on canvas |
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Navigation chart
Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th to early 20th century C.E. Wood and fiber |
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Malagan display and mask
New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea. c. 20th century C.E. Wood, pigment, fiber, and shell |
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Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II
Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 C.E. Multimedia performance (costume; cosmetics, including scent; chant; movement; and pandanus fiber/hibiscus fiber mats), photographic documentation |
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The Gates
New York City, U.S. Christo and Jeanne-Claude. 1979-2005 C.E. Mixed-media installation |
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
Washington, D.C., U.S. Maya Lin. 1982 C.E. Granite. |
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Horn Players
Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1983 C.E. Acrylic and oil paintstick on three canvas panels |
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Summer Trees
Song Su-nam. 1983 C.E. Ink on paper |
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Androgyne III
Magdalena Abakanowicz. 1985 C.E. Burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string |
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A Book from the sky
Xu Bing. Beijing, China. 1987-1991 C.E. Mixed-media installation |
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Pink Panther
Jeff Koons. 1988 C.E. Glazed porcelain |
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Pink Panther
Jeff Koons. 1988 C.E. Glazed porcelain |
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Untitled (#228), from the History Portraits series
Cindy Sherman. Rome, Italy. 1990 C.E. Photograph |
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Dancing at the Louvre, from the series The French Collectiom, Part I; #1
Faith Ringgold. France, Europe. 1991 C.E. Acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border |
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| Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People) Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. Virginia. 1992 C.E. Oil and mixed media on canvas. |
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Earth's Creation
Emily Kame Kngwarreye. Utopia Australia. 1994 C.E. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. |
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| Rebellious Silence, from the Women of Allah series Shirin Neshat (artist); photo by Cynthia Preston. 1994 C.E. Ink on photograph. |
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| En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop) |
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Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000)
Michel Tuffery. New Zealand. 1994 C.E. Mixed media |
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Electronic Superhighway
Nam June Paik. 1995 C.E. Mixed-media installation (49-channel closedcircuit video installation, neon, steel, and electronic components). |
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The Crossing
Bill Viola. 1996 C.E. Video/sound installation |
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Spain. Frank Gehry (architect). 1997 C.E. Titanium, glass, and limestone. |
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Pure Land
Mariko Mori. Tokyo, Japan. 1998. C.E. Color photograph on glass |
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Lying with the Wolf
Kiki Smith. New York. 2001 C.E. Ink and pencil on paper |
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Darkytown Rebellion
Kara Walker. 2001 C.E. Cut paper and projection on wall. |
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The Swing (after Fragonard)
Yinka Shonibare. Sheffield. 2001 C.E. Mixed-media installation |
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Old Man's Cloth
El Anatsui. Southern Nigeria. 2003 C.E. Aluminum and copper wire |
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Stadia II
Julie Mehretu. New York. 2004 C.E. Ink and acrylic on canvas |
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Preying Mantra
Wangechi Mutu. 2006 C.E. Mixed media on Mylar |
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Shibboleth
Doris Salcedo. Turbine Hall, London. 2007-2008 C.E. Installation |
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MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts
Rome, Italy. Zaha Hadid (architect). 2009 C.E. Glass, steel, and cement. |
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Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds)
Ai Weiwei. 2010-2011 C.E. Sculpted and painted porcelain. |
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