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Gerrit Thomas Rietveld
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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
Architecture: The Built World
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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
Vincent Van Gogh painting, "Sunflowers". Oil on canvas.
Stealing Beauty: 11 Notable Art Thefts
Night view of the Opera House and new business quarter, Oslo, Norway.
These 8 Buildings Will Make You See Norway in a New Light
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's House, Weimar,Germany; photocrom print published between 1890-1900.
5 Historically Significant Houses in Germany
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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
Clouds of smoke billow up from controlled burns taking place in the Gulf of Mexico May 19, 2010. The controlled burns were set to reduce the amount of oil in the water following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. BP spill
The Perils of Industry: 10 Notable Accidents and Catastrophes
World Data Locator Map: Australia
Is Australia an Island?
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
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
Baseball laying in the grass. Homepage blog 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society, sports and games athletics
10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
The Lost Colony of Roanoke, North Carolina, where 115 people mysteriously disappeared c. 1590. John White discovers the word Croatoan carved onto a tree upon his return to the deserted Roanoke Colony in 1590
The Lost Colony of Roanoke

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Born June 24, 1888 • Utrecht • Netherlands
Died June 25, 1964 (aged 76) • Utrecht • Netherlands
Movement / Style De Stijl
Daniel Marot
French architect and designer
Jacques Androuet du Cerceau
French architect
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
Scottish architect
Eero Saarinen in a womb chair
Eero Saarinen
American architect
Alvar Aalto.
Alvar Aalto
Finnish architect
Frank Gehry: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Frank Gehry
Canadian American architect
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Brazilian architect
Charles Rennie Mackintosh
Scottish architect and designer
Marcel Breuer
Hungarian architect
Karl Friedrich Schinkel
German architect and painter
Northampton
Edward Godwin
British architect and writer
Webb, Philip Speakman: Red House
Philip Speakman Webb
British architect
Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo
British architect
Juste-Aurèle Meissonier
French architect and goldsmith
McIntire, Samuel: Derby Summer House
Samuel McIntire
American architect and craftsman
Jacobus Johannes Pieter Oud
Dutch architect
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
American architect
John Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Thomas Goddard
American cabinetmaker
Stephen Goddard
American cabinetmaker

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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
Architecture: The Built World
Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects