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6 Paintings Worth Seeing in Canada

Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.

25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence

Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson

Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art

A visitor looks at Tom Thomson's painting 'The West Wind' at an exhibition unveiled in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, Sept. 10, 2004.

The Group of Seven Remembered

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

Timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement

A Factory Interior, watercolor, pen and gray ink, graphite, and white goache on wove paper by unknown artist, c. 1871-91; in the Yale Center for British Art. Industrial Revolution England

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Mona Lisa, oil on wood panel by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1503-06; in the Louvre, Paris, France. 77 x 53 cm.

Why Is the Mona Lisa So Famous?

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Adolf Hitler (Nazi, nazism, German leader).

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7 of History's Most Notorious Serial Killers

Los Angeles Police Department wanted flyer on Elizabeth Short, aka the "Black Dahlia," who was brutally murdered in January 1947. The FBI supported the Los Angeles Police Department in the case, including by identifying Short through her fingerprints that

America’s 5 Most Notorious Cold Cases (Including One You May Have Thought Was Already Solved)

A.Y. Jackson: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Alexander Young Jackson
Born	October 3, 1882 • Montreal • Canada
Died	April 5, 1974 (aged 91) • Canada
Movement / Style	Group of Seven

Alfred Joseph Casson

Canadian painter

Homer Watson

Canadian painter

Emily Carr

Canadian painter and author

Tom Thomson

Canadian painter

Kane, Paul: Native American Encampment on Lake Huron

Paul Kane

Canadian painter

Cornelius Krieghoff

Dutch-Canadian painter

Jean de Limbourg

Flemish artist

David Octavius Hill

Scottish painter

Herman de Limbourg

Flemish artist

Paul de Limbourg

Flemish artist

Robert S. Duncanson

American painter

Streeton, Arthur

Australian artist

Rembrandt

Dutch artist

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

Peter Paul Rubens

Flemish artist

Vincent van Gogh

Dutch painter

Georgia O’Keeffe

American painter

Mondrian, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1942.

Piet Mondrian

Dutch painter

Nicolas Poussin

French painter

Paul Cézanne

French artist

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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.

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6 Paintings Worth Seeing in Canada

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