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Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov
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Abramtsevo: Church of the Savior Ivan the Terrible
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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
Architecture: The Built World
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
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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Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics
10 Best Hockey Players of All Time
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7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Lizards and Turtles
Portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Francois Janinet, 1777. Color etching and engraving with gold leaf printed on two sheets, 30x13.5 in.
Did Marie-Antoinette Really Say “Let Them Eat Cake”?
Thumbnail for flags that look alike quiz Russia, Slovenia, Iceland, Norway
Flags That Look Alike
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
German machine gunners occupy a trench during World War I.
Weapons of World War I
Close up of praying mantis walking on stone ground against a blurred background in Japan
6 Animals That Eat Their Mates

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Born May 15, 1848 • Russia • (Birthday in 2 days)
Died July 23, 1926 (aged 78) • Moscow • Russia
Notable Family Members brother Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov

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Abramtsevo: Church of the Savior
Ivan the Terrible
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Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Vesnin
Russian architect
Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov
Russian artist
Isaak Ilyich Levitan
Russian painter
Repin, Ilya Yefimovich: Zaporozhye Cossacks
Ilya Yefimovich Repin
Ukrainian-born Russian painter
Valentin Aleksandrovich Serov
Russian artist
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov
Russian painter
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel
Russian artist
Lyubov Sergeyevna Popova
Russian artist
Ivan Ivanovich Shishkin
Russian painter
Pavel Andreyevich Fedotov
Russian painter
Aleksey Kondratyevich Savrasov
Russian artist
Vereshchagin, Vasily Vasilyevich
Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin
Russian painter
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Diego Velázquez
Diego Velázquez
Spanish painter
Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring
Johannes Vermeer
Dutch painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
The Painter and His Pug, self-portrait by William Hogarth, oil on canvas, 1745; in the Tate Gallery, London.
William Hogarth
English artist
Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Peasant Dance
Pieter Bruegel, the Elder
Flemish artist

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Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
Architecture: The Built World
Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?