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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?
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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
Painting palette with oil paints and brushes. Rainbow colored paints, arts and entertainment
Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
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Mount Everest (Mt. Everest, mountains, Himalayas).
Is Mount Everest Really the Tallest Mountain in the World?
Christmas tree, holiday, pine
How Did the Tradition of Christmas Trees Start?
Nativity Scene, Adoration of the Magi, Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary, Montenegro
Why Is Christmas in December?
Bog body. Head of Tollund Man. Died at about age 30-40, Dated to about 280 BCE early Iron Age. Found Bjaeldskovdal bog Denmark in 1950 near Elling Woman. Most well preserved bog body to date. Human remains mummified in natural peat bogs. mummy, embalm
9 Noteworthy Bog Bodies (And What They Tell Us)
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
Happy, smiling, flying pig
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Born September 28, 1952 (age 72) • Norman • Oklahoma
Movement / Style Minimalism • Neo-Expressionism
Smith, Tony: Throwback (1/3)
Tony Smith
American architect, sculptor, and painter
Ellsworth Kelly
Ellsworth Kelly
American painter, sculptor, and printmaker
Julian Schnabel, 2008.
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American painter, printmaker, sculptor, and filmmaker
Frank Stella: Moby Dick series
Frank Stella
American artist
Robert Irwin: Getty Center's Central Garden
Robert Irwin
American painter and sculptor
Brice Marden
American artist
Robert Ryman
American painter
Kenneth Noland
American artist
Yayoi Kusama
Yayoi Kusama
Japanese artist
Sigmar Polke: Girlfriends (Freundinnen)
Sigmar Polke
German artist
A.R. Penck
German artist and musician
Anselm Kiefer
German painter
Georg Baselitz: Armalamor
Georg Baselitz
German artist
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente
Italian artist
Julio Galán
Mexican painter
Kazimir Malevich: The Knife Grinder, or Principle of Glittering
Kazimir Malevich
avant-garde painter
Oscar Howe
American artist
Thomas W. Dewing
American artist
Tom Lea
American artist and writer
Robert S. Duncanson
American painter

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