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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
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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
Colorful abstract painting. Contemporary painting. Not a Jackson Pollock. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
7 Tongue-Twisting Painting Techniques
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10 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time
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
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
The Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, rises 79 feet (24 meters) above the plaza at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state, Mexico. The pyramid was built after invaders conquered the ancient Maya city in the tenth century.
What’s Inside the Pyramid at Chichén Itzá?
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
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy. Giant amphitheatre built in Rome under the Flavian emperors. (ancient architecture; architectural ruins)
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Born June 22, 1972 (age 52) • Nairobi • Kenya
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
French artist Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
French artist
Max Ernst
Max Ernst
German artist
Richard Hamilton
British artist
Rembrandt: Self-Portrait
Rembrandt
Dutch artist
Leonardo da Vinci: self-portrait
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian artist, engineer, and scientist
Michelangelo
Michelangelo
Italian artist
Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
French artist
Peter Paul Rubens: self-portrait
Peter Paul Rubens
Flemish artist
Vincent van Gogh: Self-Portrait
Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter
Tintoretto: Last Supper
Tintoretto
Italian painter
Nicolas Poussin: Adoration of the Golden Calf
Nicolas Poussin
French painter
Raphael: The Grand Duke's Madonna
Raphael
Italian painter and architect
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Honoré Daumier
Honoré Daumier
French artist
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Self-portrait
Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
French painter
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Thomas Eakins, detail of a self-portrait, oil on canvas, 1902; in the National Academy of Design, New York.
Thomas Eakins
American painter
van Dyck, Anthony
Anthony van Dyck
Flemish painter
J.M.W. Turner: The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to Be Broken Up, 1838
J.M.W. Turner
English painter