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Apollo 11 Stones. Namibia. C. 25,500-25,300 B.C.E. Charcoal on stone. |
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Great Hall of the Bulls. Lascaux, France. Paleolithic Europe. 15,000-13,000 B.C.E. Rock painting. |
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Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine. Tequixquiac, central Mexico. 14,000-7000 B.C.E. Bone |
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Running horned woman. Tassilk n'Algeria. 6000-4000 B.C.E. Pigment on rock. |
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Beaker with ibex motifs. Susa, Iran. 4200-3500 B.C.E. Painted terra cotta. |
ibex |
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Anthropomorphic stele. Arabian peninsula. Fourth millennium B.C.E. Sandstone. |
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Jade cong. Liangzhu, China. 3300-2200 B.C.E. Carved jade. |
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Stonehenge. Wiltshire, UK. Neolithic Europe. C. 2500-1600 B.C.E. Sandstone. |
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The Ambum Stone. Ambum valley, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea. C 1500 B.C.E. Greywacke. |
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Tlatilco female figurine. Central Mexico, site of Tlatico. 1200-900 B.C.E. Ceramic with traces of pigment. |
mexico... |
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Terra cotta fragment. Lapita, Solomon Islands, Reef Islands. 1000 B.C.E. Terra cotta (incised) |
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White Temple and its ziggurat. Uruk (modern Warka, Iraq). Sumerian. C. 3500-3000 B.C.E. Mud brick. |
doesn't look like anything really... |
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Palette of King Narmer. Ore dynastic Gyot. C. 3000-2920 B.C.E. Greywacke. |
Upper and Lower Egypt |
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Statues of votive figures, from the Square Temple at Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar, Iraq). Sumerian. C, 2700 B.C.E. Gypsum inlaid with shell and black limestone. |
sumarian |
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Seated scribe. Saqqara, Egyoty. Old Kingdom, Fourth Dynasty. C. 2620-2500 B.C.E. Painted limestone. |
Egypt (old kingdom) |
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Standard of Ur from the Royal Tombs at Ur (modern Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq). Sumerian. C. 2600-2400 B.C.E. Wood inlaid with shell, lapis lazuli, and red limestone. |
sumarian |
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Great Pyramids (Menkaura, Khafre, Khufu, and Great Sphinx. Giza, Egypt. Old Kingdom, fourth dynasty. Cl 2550-2490 B.C.E. Cut limestone. |
Egypt |
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King Menkaura and queen. Old kingdom, fourth dynasty. C. 2490-2472 B.C.E. Greywacke with traces of red and black paint. |
Egypt |
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The Code of Hammurabi. Babylon (modern Iraq). Susan. C. 1792-1750 B.C.E. Basalt. |
Babylonian |
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Temple of Amun-Re and Hypostyle Hall. Karnak, near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th and 19th Dynasties. temple: c. 1550 B.C.E; hall: c. 1250 B.C.E. Cut sandstone and mud brick. |
Egypt |
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Mortuary temple of Hatshepsut. Near Luxor, Egypt. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty. C. 1473-1458 B.C.E. Sandstone, partially carved into a rock cliff, and red granite. |
Woman pharo |
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Akhenaton, Nefertiti, and three daughters. New Kingdom (Amarna) 18th dynasty. C. 1353-1335 B.C.E. Limestone. |
eating his daughter XD |
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Tutankhamun’s tomb, innermost coffin. New Kingdom, 18th dynasty. C. 1323 B.C.E. Gold with inlay of enamel and semi-precious stones. |
Egypt |
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Last judgment of Hu-Nefer, from his tomb (page from the Book of the Dead). New Kingdom, 19th dynasty. C. 1275 B.C.ae. Painted papyrus scroll. |
scribe. his judgement into the afterlife. |
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Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq). New-Assyrian. C. 720-705 B.C.E. Alabaster. |
llama |
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Athenian agora. Archaic through Hellenistic Greek. 600 B.C.e.1150 C.E. Plan. |
A Hellenistic Greek |
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Anavysos Kouros. Archaic Greek. C. 530 B.C.E. marble eith remains of paint. |
Archaic Greek |
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Peplos Kore from the Acropolis. Archaic Greek. C. 530 B.C.E. Marble, painted details. |
Archaic Greek |
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses. Etruscan. C. 520 B.C.E. Terra cotta. |
Etruscan |
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Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes. Persepolis, Iran. Persian. C. 520-465 B.C.E. Limestone. |
Persian |
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Temple of Minerva (Veii, near Rome, Italy) and sculpture of Apollo. Master sculptor Vulcan. C. 510-500 B.C.E. Original temple of wood, mud, brick, or tufa (volcanic rock) terra cotta sculpture. |
Etruscan |
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Tomb of the Triclinium. Tarquinia, Italy. Etruscan. C. 480-470 B.C.E. Tufa and fresco. |
Tomb Etruscan |
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Niobides Krater. Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painted. C. 460-450 B.C.E. Clay, red-figure technique (white highlights). |
Classical Greek Red Figure |
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Doryphoros (Spear Bearer). Polykleitos. Original 450-440 B.C.E. Roman copy (marble) of Greek original (bronze). |
contraposto Roman copie |
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Acropolis. Athens, Greece. Options snd Kallikrates. C. 447-424 B.C.E. Marble. |
Greek (6 images) |
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Grave stele of Hegeso. Attributed to Kallimachos. C. 410 B.C.E. Marble and paint. |
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Winged Victory of Samothrace. Hellenistic Greece. C. 190 B.C.E. Marble. |
Hellenistic Greek |
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Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon. Asia Minor (present day Turkey). Hellenistic Greece. C. 175 B.C.E. Marble (architecture and sculpture). |
Hellenistic Greek |
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House of the Vettii.nPompeii, Italy. Imperial Roman. C. Second century B.C.E.; rebuilt c. 62-79 C.E. Cut stone and fresco. |
Imperial Rome Pompeii |
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Alexander Mosaic from the House of the Faun, Pompeii. Republican Roman. C. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic. |
Republican Roman |
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Seated boxer. Hellenistic Greece. C. 100 B.C.E. Bronze. |
Hellenistic Greek |
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Head of a Roman patrician. Republican Roman. C. 75-50 B.C.E. Marble. |
Republican Roman |
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Augustus of Prima Porta. Imperial Roman. Early first century C.E. Marble. |
Imperial Roman |
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Forum of Trajan. Rome, Italy. Apollodorus of Damascus. forum and markets: 106-112 C.E.; column como,eter 113 C.E. Brick and concrete (architecture); marble (column) |
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Pantheon. Imperial Roman. 118-125 C.E. Concrete with stone facing. |
Imperial Rome |
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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus. late Imperial Roman. C. 250 C.E. Marble. |
Late Imperial Rome |
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Catacomb of Priscilla. Rome, Italy. Late antique Europe. C. 200-400 C.E. Excavate tufa and fresco. |
Late Antique Europe |
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Santa Sabina.Rome, Italy.Late Antique Europe. c. 422-432 C.E. Brick and stone, wooden roof. |
Late Antique Europe |
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Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, from the Vienna Genesis. Early Byzantine Europe. early sixth century C.E. Illuminated manuscript (tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum.) |
Early Byzantine |
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San Vitale. Ravenna, Italy. Early Byazantin Europe. C. 526-547 C.E. Brick, marble,and stone veneer; mosaic. |
Early Byzantine Justinian and Theadora mosaics |
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Hagia Sophia. Constantininople (Istanbul). Anthems us of Tralles and Isidorus of Miletus. 532-537 C.E. Brick and ceramic elements with stone and mosaic veneer. |
Red one |
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Merovingian looped fibulae. Early Medieval Europe. Mid-sixth century C.E. Silver gilt worked in filigree, with inlays of garnets and other stones. |
Early Medieval |
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Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George. Early Byzantine Europe. Sixth or early Seth century C.E. Encaustic on wood. |
Early Byzantine |
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Lindisfarne Gospels: St. Matthew, cross-carpet page. Early Medieval (Hiberno Saxon) Europe c. 700 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink pigments, and gold on vellum). |
Early Medieval |
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Great Mosque of Cordoba.cordoba, Spain. Umayyad. C. 785-786 C.E. Stone masonry. |
Hypostyle Hall |
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Pyxis of al-Mughira. Umayyad. C. 986 C.E. Ivory. |
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Church of Sainte-Foy. Conques,franc. Romanesque Europe. Church; c. 1050-1130 C.E. Reliquary of Swint Foy; ninth century C.E. With later additions. stone (architecture); stone and paint (tympanum) ) ; gold, silver, gemstones, and enamel over wood (reliquary). |
Romanesque Europe |
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Bayeux Tapestry. Romanesque Europe (English or Norman). C. 1066-1080 C.E. Embroidery on linen. |
Romanesque Europe |
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Chartres Cathedral. Chartres, France. Gothic Europe. Original construction c. 1145-155 C.E.; reconstructed c. 1194-1220 C.E. Limestone, stained glass. |
Gothic (tall and pointy!) |
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Dedication Page with Blanche of Castile and King Louis IX of France. Gothic Europ.c. 1225-1245 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (ink, tempera, and gold laf on vellum). |
Gothic |
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Rottgen Pieta. Late Medieval Europe.c. 1300-1325 C.E. Painted wood. |
Late Medieval |
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Arena (Scrovegni) Chapel, including Lamentation. Padua, Italy. Unknown architect; Giotto di bond one (artist). Chapel; C. 1303 C.E.; Fresco: c. 1305. Brick (architecture). Giotto di Bondone |
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Golden Haggadah. Late Medieval Spank. c. 1320 C.E. Illuminated manuscript (pigments and gold leaf on vellum.) |
Late Medieval |
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Alhambra. Granada, Spain. Nasrid Dynasty. 1354-1391 C.E. Whitewashed adobe stucco, wood, tile, paint, and gilding. |
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Annunciation Triptych (Merode Altarpiece). Workshop of Robert Campin. 1427-1432 C.E. Oil on wood. |
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Pazzi Chapel. Florence, Italy. Filippo Brunelleschi (architect). c. 1429-14611 C.E. Masonry. |
geometric |
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The Arnolfini Portrait. Jan van Eyck. c. 1434 C.E. Oil on wood. |
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David. Donatello. c. 1440-1460 C.E. Bronze. |
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Palazzo Rucellai. Florence, Italy. Leon Battista Alberti (architect). c. 1450 C.E. Stone masonry. |
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Madonna and Child with Two Angels. Fra Filippo Lippi. c. 1465 C.E. Tempera on wood. |
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Birth of Venus. Sandro Botticelli. c. 1484-1486 C.E. Tempera on canvas. |
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Last Supper. Leonardo da Vinci. c. 1494-1498 C.E. Oil and tempera. |
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Adam and Eve. Albrecht Durer. 1504 C.E. Engraving. |
engraving |
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Sistine Chapel ceiling and altar wall frescoes. Vatican city, Italy. Michelangelo. Ceiling frescoes; c. 1508-1512 C.E.; altar frescoes: c. 1536-1541 C.E. Fresco. |
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School of Athens. Raphael. 1509-1511 C.E. Fresco. |
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Isenheim Altarpiece. Matthias Grunewald. c. 1512-1516 C.E. Oil on wood. |
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Entombment of Christ. Jacopo da Pontormo. 1525-1528 C.E. Oil on wood. |
Mannerism |
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Allegory of Law and Grace. Lucas Cranach the Elder. c. 1530 C.E. Woodcut and letterpress. |
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Venus of Urbino. Titian. c. 1538 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Frontispiece of the Codex Mendoza. Viceroyalty of New Spain. c. 1541-1542 C.E. Ink and color on paper. |
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Hunters in the Snow. Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 1565 C.E. Oil on wood. |
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Mosque of Selim II. Edirne, Turkey. Sinan (architect). 1568-1575 C.E. Brick and stone. |
Blue one |
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Calling of Saint Matthew. Caravaggio. C. 1597-1601 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Henri IV Receives the Portrait of Marie de’ Medici, from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle. Peter Paul Rubens. 1621-1625 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Self-Portrait with Saskia. Rembrandt van Rijn. 1636 C.E. Etching. |
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Ecstasy of Saint Teresa. Rome, Italy. Gian Lorenzo Bernini. c. 1647-1652 C.E. Marble (sculpture); stucco and gilt bronze (chapel). |
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Angel with Arquebus. Master of Calamarca (La Paz School). c. 17th century C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Las Meninas. Diego Velázquez. c. 1656 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Woman Holding a Balance. Johannes Vermeer. c. 1664 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Palace at Versailles. Versailles, France. Louis Le Vau and Jules Hardouin-Mansart (architects). 1669 C.E. |
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Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and hunting scene. Circle of the Gonzalez family. c. 1697-1701 C.E. Tempera and resin on wood, shell inlay. |
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The Virgin of Guadalupe (Virgen de Guadalupe). Miguel González. c. 1698 C.E. Oil on canvas on wood, inlaid with mother-of-pearl. |
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Fruit and Insects. Rachel Ruysch. 1711 C.E. Oil on wood. |
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Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo. Juan Rodriquez Juarez. c. 1715 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Tête à Tête, from Marriage à la Mode. William Hogarth. c. 1743 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz. Miguel Cabrera. c. 1750 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery. Joseph Wright of Derby. c. 1763-1765 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Swing. Jean-Honoré Fragonard. 1767. C.E. Oil on canvas. |
Rococo |
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Monticello. Virginia, U.S. Thomas Jefferson (architect). 1768-1809 C.E. Brick, glass, stone, and wood. |
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The Oath of the Horatii. Jacques-Louis David. 1784 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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George Washington. Jean-Antoine Houdon. 1788-1792 C.E. Marble. |
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Self-Portrait. Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun. 1790 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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And There’s Nothing to Be Done plate 15. Francisco de Goya. 1810-1823 C.E. Drypoint etching. |
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La Grande Odalisque. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. 1814 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Liberty Leading the People. Eugène Delacroix. 1830 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Oxbow. Thomas Cole. 1836 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Still Life in Studio. Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. 1837 C.E. Photograph. |
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Slave Ship. Joseph Mallord William Turner. 1840 C.e. Oil on canvas. |
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Palace of Westminster. London, England. Charles Barry and Augustus W. N. Pugin (architects). 1840-1970 C.E. Limestone masonry and glass. |
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The Stone Breakers. Gustave Courbet. 1849 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Nadar Raising Photography to the Height of Art. Honoré Daumier. 1862 C.E. Litograph. |
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Olympia. Édouard Manet. 1863 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Horse in Motion. Eadweard Muybridge, 1878 C.E. Photograph. |
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he Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel. Jose María Velasco. 1882 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Burghers of Calais. Auguste Rodin. 1884-1895 C.E. Bronze. |
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The Starry Night. Vincent van Gogh. 1889 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Coiffure. Mary Cassatt. 1890-1891 C.E. Drypoint and aquatint on laid paper. |
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The Scream. Edvard Munch. 1893 C.E. Tempera and pastels on cardboard. |
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Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going. Paul Gauguin 1897-1898 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building. Chicago, Illionois. U.S. Louis Sullivan (architect) 1899-1903 C.E. Iron, steel, glass, and terra cotta. |
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Mont Sainte-Victoire. Paul Cézanne. 1902-1904 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Pablo Picasso. 1907 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Steerage. Alfred Stieglitz. 1907 C.E. Photograph. |
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The Portuguese. Georges Braque. 1911 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Goldfish. Henri Matisse. 1912 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Improvisation 28 (second version). Vassily Kandinsky. 1912 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Self-Portrait as a Soldier. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. 1915 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Memorial Sheet for Karl Liebknecht. Käthe Kollwitz. 1919-1920 C.E. Woodcut. |
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Villa Savoye. Poissy-sur-Seine, France. Le Corbusier (architect). 1929 C.E. steel and reinforced concrete. |
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Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow. Piet Mondrian. 1930 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Illustration from The Results of the First Five-Year Plan. Varvara Stepanova. 1932 C.E. Photomontage. |
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Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure) Meret Oppenheim. 1936 C.E. Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon. |
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Fallingwater. Pennsylvania, U.S. Frank Lloyd Wright (architect). 1936-1939 C.E. |
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The Two Fridas. Frida Kahlo. 1939 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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The Migration of the Negro, Panel no. 49. Jacob Lawrence. 1940-1941 C.E. Casein tempera. |
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The Jungle. Wifredo Lam. 1943 C.E. Gouache on paper mounted on canvas. |
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Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Park. Diego Rivera. 1947-1948 C.E. Fresco. |
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Fountain (second version). Marcel Duchamp. 1950 C.E. (original 1917). Readymade glazed sanitary china with black paint. |
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Woman, I. Willem de Kooning. 1950-1952 C.E. Oil on canvas 75 7/8" x 58". Museum of Modern Art, New York. |
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Seagram Building.New York, U.S., Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Philip Johnson (architects). 1954-1958 C.E. Steel frame with glass curtain wall and bronze. |
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Marilyn Diptych. Andy Warhol. 1962 C.E. Oil, acrylic, and silkscreen enamel on canvas, two panels. |
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Narcissus Garden. Yayoi Kusama. Original installation and performance 1966. Mirror balls. |
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The Bay. Helen Frankenthaler. 1963 C.E. Acrylic on canvas. |
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Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks. Claes Oldenburg. 1969-1974 C.E. Cor-Ten steel, steel, aluminum, and cast resin; painted with polyurethane enamel. |
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Spiral Jetty. Great Salt Lake, Utah, U.S. Robert Smithson. 1970 C.E. Earthwork: mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, and water coil. |
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House in New Castle County. Delaware, U.S. Robert Venturi, John Rauch, and Denise Scott Brown (architects). 1978-1983 C.E. Wood frame and stucco. |
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Chavin de Huantar - Lanzon Stela. Northern Highlands, Peru. Chavin. 900-200 B.C.E. Stone (architectural complex): granite (Lanzon and sculpture); hammered gold alloy (jewelry). |
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Mesa Verde cliff dwellings. Montezuma County, Colorado. Anasazi. 450-1300 C.E. Sandstone. |
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Yaxchilan. Chiapas, Mexico. Maya. 725 C.E. Limestone (architectural complex). Lintel 25, Structure 23, Lady Xoc, ca. 725 C.E. Limestone. |
Lintel 25, Structure 23 |
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Great Serpent Mound. Adams County, southern Ohio. Mississippian (Eastern Woodlands). c. 1070 C.E. Earthwork/effigy mound. |
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Templo Mayor (Main Temple). Tenochtitlan (modern Mexico city, Mexico). Aztec. 1375-1520 C.E. Stone (temple); colcanic stone (Coyolxauhqui stone). |
Aztec |
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Ruler’s feather headdress. Mexica (Aztec) 1428-1520 C.E. Feathers (quetzal and cotinga) and gold. |
Aztec |
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City of Cusco. Central highlands, Peru. Inka c. 1440 C.E. Sandstone. |
Inka Leopard city |
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Maize cobs. Inka. 1400-1533 C.E. Sheet metal/repousee, gold and silver alloys. |
Inka |
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City of Machu Picchu. Central highlands, Peru. Inka. c. 1450-1540 C.E. Granite. |
Inka |
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All-T’oqapu tunic. Inka. 1450-1540 C.E. Camelid fiber and cotton. |
Inka |
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Bandolier bag. Lenape. c.1850 C.E. Beadwork on leather. |
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Transformation mask. Kwakwaka’wakw. Northwest coast of Canada. Late 19th century C.E. Wood, Paint, and string. |
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Hide Painting of Sun Dance. Cadzi Cody. Eastern Shoshone, Wind Wiver Reservation, Wyoming. c. 1890-1900 C.E. Painted elk hide. |
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Conical tower and circular wall of Great Zimbabwe. Shona peoples. Courses granite blocks. |
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Great Mosque of Djenne. Mali, adobe. |
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Wall plaque, from Oba’s palace. Edo peoples. Benin, Nigeria. Cast brass. |
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Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool). Ashanti peoples. 1700 C.E. |
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Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang MaMbul Kuba peoples. Wood. |
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Power figure (Nkisi n’kondi) Kongo peoples |
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Female (Pwo) mask Chokwe people |
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Portrait mask (Mblo) Baule peoples. Wood and pigment. |
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Bundu mask Sande Society, Mende peoples.wood, cloth, fiber. |
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Ikenga (shrine figure) Igbo peoples. Wood. |
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Lukasa (memory board) Mbudye Society, Luba peoples. Wood,beads,and metal. |
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Aka elephant mask Bamileke 19th to 20th century |
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Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga) Olowe of Ise (Yoruba peoples) wood and pigment |
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Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple Cut rock 400 B.C.E. To 100 C.E. |
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Buddha. Afghanistan. Gandharan. Cut rock with plaster and polychrome paint. |
Destroyed |
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The Kaaba. Mecca, Islamic. Granite masonry covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver wrapped threa |
Pre-Islamic |
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Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple. Tibet. Yar lung dynasty. |
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Dome of the Rock. Jerusalem. UMmayad. 691 -692 C.E. |
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Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh). Isfahan, Iran. Islamic, Persian. Stone, brick, plaster, wood, ceramic glazed tile |
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Folio from a Qur’an. A bandis. Ink,color,and gold on parchment, |
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Basin (Baptistere de St. Louis). 1320-1349 C.E. Brass inlaid wiht gold and silver. |
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Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama. Persian. Ink and opaque watercolor, gold, silver on paper |
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The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp’s Shahnama Sultan Muhammad |
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The Ardabil Carpet |
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Great Stupa at Sanchi |
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Terra cotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China Qin Dynasty |
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Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui) Han Dynasty |
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Longmen caves Tang Dynasty |
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Gold and jade crown |
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Todai-ji |
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Borobudur Temple |
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Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat, and the city of Angkor Thom, Cambodia |
Ocean of MILK! |
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Lakshmana Temple |
Weird sexual sculptures |
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Shiva as Lord of Dance (Nataraja) |
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Night Attack on the Sanjo Palace |
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The David Vases Yuan Dynasty |
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Portrait of Sin Sukju (1417-1475) |
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Forbidden City Ming Dynasty |
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Ryoan-ji |
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings |
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Taj Mahal |
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White and Red Plum Blossoms Ogata Korin |
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The Great Wave Katsushika Hokusai |
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Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan |
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Nan Madol. Micronesia. Basalt boulders and prismatic columns. |
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Moai on platform (ahu) Rapa Nui. Volcanic tuff figures on basalt base, |
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‘Ahu ‘ula (feather cape). Hawaiian. Feathers and fiber. |
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Staff god. Rarotonga,coo islands, Polynesia. Wood, tapa, fiber, and feathers, |
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Female deity, Nukouro. Micronesia. Wood. |
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Buk (mask) Torres Strait. Turtle shell, wood, fiber, shell, feathers |
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Hiapo (tapa). Niue. Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting, |
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Tamati Waka Nene. Gottfried Lindauer. 1890 C.E. Oil on canvas. |
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Navigation chart Marshall Islands, Micronesi.a. 19th to 20th century. Wood and fiber. |
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Malagan display and mask. New Ireland province, Papua new Guinea. 20th century C.E. Wood and fiber |
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Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II Fiji, Polynesia. 1953 C.E. Multimedia performance |
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The Gates. Newyork city. Mixed media installation Christo and Jeanne-Claude. |
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Wahsington, DC, US. Maya Lin,. 1982 C.E. Granite Maya Lin |
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Horn Players. Jean-Michel Basquiat. 1983 C.E. Acrylic and oil paint stick on three canvas panels |
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Summer Trees. Song Su-nam. 1983 C.E. Ink on paper. |
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Androgyne III. Magdalena Abakanowicz. 1985. Burlap, resin, wood, nails, string |
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A Book from the Sky. Xu Bing. 1987-991 C.E. Mixed media installation. |
Made up characters |
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Pink Panther. Jeff koons. 1988 glazed Porcelain. |
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Untitled (#228), from the History of Portraits series Cindy Sherman |
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Trade (Gifts for Trading Land with White People). Jaune Quick-to-See Smith. 1992 C.E. Photograph. |
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Earth’s Creation. Emily Kame Kngwarreye. 1994 C.E. Synthetic polymer paint on canvas. |
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Rebellious Silence, from the Women of Allah series. Shirin Neshat. Photo by Cynthia Preston. 1994 C.E. Ink on photograph. |
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En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop). Pepon Osorio. 1994 C.E. Mixed-media installation. |
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Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000). Michel Tuffery. 1994 C.E. Mixed media. |
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Electronic Superhighway. Nam June Paik. 1995 C.E. Mixed-media installation (49-channel closed circuit video installation, neon, steel, and electronic components). |
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The Crossing. Bill Viola. 1996 C.E. Video/Sound installation. |
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao. Spain. Frank Gehry (architect). 1997 C.E. Titanium, glass, and limestone. |
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Pure Land. Mariko Mori. 1998 C.E. Color photograph on glass. |
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Lying with the Wolf. Kiki Smith. 2001 C.E. Ink and pencil on paper. |
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Darkytown Rebellion. Kara Walker. 2001 C.E. Cut paper and projection on wall. |
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*-* Old Man’s Cloth. El Anatsui. 2003 C.E. Aluminum and copper wire. |
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Stadia II. Julie Mehretu. 2004 C.E. Ink and acrylic on canvas. |
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Preying Mantra. Wangechi Mutu. 2006 C.E. Mized media on Mylar. |
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Shibboleth. Doris Salcedo. 2007-2008 C.E. Installation. |
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MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts. Rome, Italy. Zaha Hadid (architect). 2009 C.E. Glass, steel, and cement. |
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Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds). Ai Weiwei. 2010-2011 C.E. Sculpted and painted porcelain. |
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