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Audubon, James John: Blue Jay American White Pelican Carolina Parrot Iceland or Jer Falcon summer tanager
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
Ultimate Art Quiz
Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?
"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
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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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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
Statue of Nostradamus
Nostradamus and His Prophecies
Watergate scandal. Richard M. Nixon. President Nixon gives a press conference and talks to the press, March 12, 1971.
9 American Political Scandals
Flags of the countries of the world (flagpoles).
How Many Countries Are There in the World?
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
New Seven Wonders of the World
Computer mapping, woman at early 1990s computer
Timeline of the 1990s
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

Robert Havell, Jr.: Facts & Related Content

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Facts

Born November 25, 1793 • Reading • England
Died November 11, 1878 (aged 84) • Tarrytown • New York
Movement / Style Hudson River school

Photos

Audubon, James John: Blue Jay
American White Pelican
Carolina Parrot
Iceland or Jer Falcon
summer tanager
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Georges Rouault
French artist
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Still Life with Jug and African Bowl
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
German artist
Jacques Villon
French painter
Everdingen, Allaert van: Swedish Landscape with a Waterfall
Allaert van Everdingen
Dutch painter
Reginald Marsh
Reginald Marsh
American artist
Durand, Asher B.: The First Harvest in the Wilderness
Asher B. Durand
American artist
William Blake
William Blake
British writer and artist
Marc Chagall
Marc Chagall
Belorussian-born French artist
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Hokusai
Japanese artist
Bonnard, Pierre: Place Clichy
Pierre Bonnard
French artist
Amman, Jost: The Miner
Jost Amman
German engraver
Chodowiecki, Daniel: The Artist's Study
Daniel Chodowiecki
German artist
George Catlin
American artist and author
Portrait of José Herrera
Peter Hurd
American painter
Pennell, Joseph: Waldorf Astoria Hotel, Thirty-Fourth Street and Fifth Avenue
Joseph Pennell
American artist and writer
Kent, Rockwell: illustration of Ahab
Rockwell Kent
American painter
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
J.M.W. Turner
English painter
David Hockney
David Hockney
British artist

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