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The Starry Night, van Gogh. 1889. Oil on canvas. Painted while on the outskirts of a small village in France. He believed that people journeyed to a star after death.
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Parthenon in Athens. Dedicated to the goddess Athena. Doric-style temple. Created in 15 years. 447-432 B.C
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Pantheon, Rome. 118-125 CE. Temple dedicated to all the gods. Rotunda.
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Colosseum , Rome. 72-80 CE. Planned under Emperor Vespasian. Covers 6 acres, 50,000 seats.
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The Last Supper, Da Vinci. Milan. c. 1495-97. Painted on monastery wall.
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Mona Lisa, Da Vinci. 1503-1505. Oil on panel.
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David, Michaelangelo. 1501-1504. Marble, 18ft. Renaissance.
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Sistine Chapel, Michaelangelo. 1508-1512. Vatican, Rome. Fresco. 128 ft long, 44 ft wide. Depicted Old Testament prophets, Genesis, Noah and the Flood, etc.
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Hall of Mirrors, Palace of Versailles. 1680. 240 ft long. Louis XIV. Treaty ending WWI was signed here.
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Luncheon on the Grass, Edouard Manet. 1863. Oil on canvas. Musee d' Orsay, Paris. Rejected by the Salon but displayed in Salon des Refuses. Impressionism.
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Henri Matisse, The Joy of Life. 1905-06. Oil on canvas. Expressionism (Fauvism)
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Edvard Munch, The Scream. 1893. Tempera and casein on cardboard. "Painted the clouds as actual blood."
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Led Desmoiselles d'Avignon, Picasso. 1907. Oil on canvas. Cubism. Name given by his friend years later.
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The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali. 1931. Oil on canvas. Surrealist.
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