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Painter at work, detail from a folio of the Muraqqah-e Gulshan, Mughal style, early 17th century ad. In the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.

Shauhaunapotinia, an Ioway Chief, hand-coloured lithograph by Charles Bird King, c. 1835.

Beatrice Cenci, oil painting by Guido Reni; in the Galleria Nazionale, Rome

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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

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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Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.

12 Greek Gods and Goddesses

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 Great Depression Unemployed men queued outside a soup kitchen opened in Chicago by Al Capone The storefront sign reads 'Free Soup

5 of the World’s Most Devastating Financial Crises

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

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

number zero, 0 balloon

Is Zero an Even or an Odd Number?

Queen Elizabeth II addresses at opening of Parliament. (Date unknown on photo, but may be 1958, the first time the opening of Parliament was filmed.)

All 119 References in “We Didn’t Start the Fire,” Explained

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Also Known As	dulband • ʿimamah

Photos

Painter at work, detail from a folio of the Muraqqah-e Gulshan, Mughal style, early 17th century ad. In the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.

Shauhaunapotinia, an Ioway Chief, hand-coloured lithograph by Charles Bird King, c. 1835.

Beatrice Cenci, oil painting by Guido Reni; in the Galleria Nazionale, Rome

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Key People

Lilly Daché

American milliner

Quiz

Jane Austen an English writer who first gave the novel it's distinctly modern character through her treatment of ordinary people in everyday life.

Women's Headgear Through the Ages