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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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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

Causes of the Great Depression

Common, or southern, cassowary (Casuarius casuarius).

8 Birds That Can’t Fly

Bar graph of the United States Death Toll during major events. Infogram chart.

U.S. Death Toll During Major Events

After a perfect launch, spectators try to catch a last glimpse of Space Shuttle Columbia, barely visible at the top end of the twisted column of smoke.

7 Accidents and Disasters in Spaceflight History

Ruminant. Deer. Red deer. Cervus elaphus. Buck. Stag. Antlers.

9 of the World’s Deadliest Mammals

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

Inventors and Inventions of the Industrial Revolution

Statue of Liberty in front of the skyline of Manhattan, New York City, New York.

Who Was the Woman Behind the Statue of Liberty?

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Born	1626 • Moscow • Russia
Died	June 25, 1686 (aged 60) • Moscow • Russia

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian artist, engineer, and scientist

Lucas Cranach, the Elder

German painter

Hans Holbein the Younger

German painter

Jacques Villon

French painter

Martiros Saryan

Armenian painter

Thomas Rowlandson

English painter and caricaturist

Jean Charlot

French artist

George Catlin

American artist and author

Ike Taiga

Japanese painter

Henri Fantin-Latour

French painter

Peter Hurd

American painter

Schnorr von Carolsfeld, Julius: Ruth and Boas

Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld

German painter

Joseph Highmore

British painter

Utagawa Kunisada

Japanese artist

Marc Chagall

Belorussian-born French artist

Olga Vladimirovna Rozanova

Russian artist

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel

Russian artist

Dionisy

Russian artist

Yelena Genrikhovna Guro

Russian artist and writer

Saint Andrey Rublyov

Russian painter

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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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