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Frank Lloyd Wright, Bachman-Wilson House

Frank Lloyd Wright, Bachman-Wilson House

Childe Hassam, Allies Day, May 1917

Childe Hassam, Allies Day, May 1917

Mel Casas, Humanscape 70 (Comic Whitewash)

Mel Casas, Humanscape 70 (Comic Whitewash)

Manuel Cuyàs Agulló, Americans disembarking in Ponce, July 27, 1898

Manuel Cuyàs Agulló, Americans disembarking in Ponce, July 27, 1898

Rufino Tamayo, Dog Howling at the Moon

Rufino Tamayo, Dog Howling at the Moon

Luis Alfonso Jiménez, Eagle

Luis Alfonso Jiménez, Eagle

Ilana Savdie, Drawings

Ilana Savdie, Drawings

Gilbert Stuart, The Skater

Gilbert Stuart, The Skater

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life

George Inness, The Lackawanna Valley

George Inness, The Lackawanna Valley

John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark

John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark

Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium

Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium

Situ Panchen

Situ Panchen

Mahabodhi Temple Model

Mahabodhi Temple Model

Handheld Prayer Wheel

Handheld Prayer Wheel

Medicine Buddha Palace

Medicine Buddha Palace

The Fifth Dalai Lama

The Fifth Dalai Lama

Ushnishavijaya and Celebration of Old Age

Ushnishavijaya and Celebration of Old Age

Mahakala

Mahakala

Wheel of Existence

Wheel of Existence

Francisco Oller y Cestero, President William McKinley

Francisco Oller y Cestero, President William McKinley

Six Persimmons, attributed to Muqi: a new reading

Six Persimmons, attributed to Muqi: a new reading

Alice Aycock, Low Building with Dirt Roof (For Mary)

Alice Aycock, Low Building with Dirt Roof (For Mary)

Queen Lili'uokalani and the Kalākaua Cape

Queen Lili'uokalani and the Kalākaua Cape

Jonas Lie, The Conquerors (Culebra Cut, Panama Canal)

Jonas Lie, The Conquerors (Culebra Cut, Panama Canal)

The New York Obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle

The New York Obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle

The Holy Thorn Reliquary

The Holy Thorn Reliquary

Menocal, Campesino y soldado español (Peasant and Spanish soldier) - revision

Menocal, Campesino y soldado español (Peasant and Spanish soldier) - revision

Martin Puryear, Lookout

Martin Puryear, Lookout

Moralized Bible

Moralized Bible

The Temple of Dendur

The Temple of Dendur

Kerry James Marshall, Now And Forever; Elizabeth Alexander, American Song, Washington Nat. Cathedral

Kerry James Marshall, Now And Forever; Elizabeth Alexander, American Song, Washington Nat. Cathedral

Menocal, Campesino y soldado español (Peasant and Spanish soldier)

Menocal, Campesino y soldado español (Peasant and Spanish soldier)

Winslow Homer, Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba

Winslow Homer, Searchlight on Harbor Entrance, Santiago de Cuba

Icon with the Virgin and Child, Saints, Angels, and the Hand of God

Icon with the Virgin and Child, Saints, Angels, and the Hand of God

Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads

Rashid Johnson, Stacked Heads

Francisco Oller, Still Life with Plantains and Bananas and Still Life with Coconuts

Francisco Oller, Still Life with Plantains and Bananas and Still Life with Coconuts

Rafael Tufiño, La Plena

Rafael Tufiño, La Plena

Beatriz Cortez, Ilopango, The Volcano That Left

Beatriz Cortez, Ilopango, The Volcano That Left

Pepón Osorio, En la barbería no se llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop)

Pepón Osorio, En la barbería no se llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop)

From a live webinar: BIPOC Reader Teaching Strategies with Dr. Maya Harakawa and Olivia Chiang

From a live webinar: BIPOC Reader Teaching Strategies with Dr. Maya Harakawa and Olivia Chiang

Maya Lin, Ghost Forest

Maya Lin, Ghost Forest

From a live webinar: Francisco Oller and the Puerto Rican landscape

From a live webinar: Francisco Oller and the Puerto Rican landscape

Donatello, The Miracle of the Mule

Donatello, The Miracle of the Mule

Applying art historical analysis: Stefan Lochner's Madonna of the Rose Bower

Applying art historical analysis: Stefan Lochner's Madonna of the Rose Bower

Ottomans & Venetians: Gentile Bellini, Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria

Ottomans & Venetians: Gentile Bellini, Saint Mark Preaching in Alexandria

Homer's Odyssey, an ancient fresco cycle

Homer's Odyssey, an ancient fresco cycle

Santa Pudenziana – the oldest Christian place of worship in Rome

Santa Pudenziana – the oldest Christian place of worship in Rome

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus

Martin Schongauer, Madonna of the Rose Bower

Martin Schongauer, Madonna of the Rose Bower

Basilica of Constantine (Aula Palatina), Trier

Basilica of Constantine (Aula Palatina), Trier

The jeweled Cross of Lothair II

The jeweled Cross of Lothair II

Gustave Moreau, Jupiter and Semele

Gustave Moreau, Jupiter and Semele

Gothic naturalism, The Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral

Gothic naturalism, The Death of the Virgin, Strasbourg Cathedral

Annibale Carracci, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Annibale Carracci, Landscape with the Flight into Egypt

Barbara Zucker, Time Signatures: Homage to Linda and Lucy. My Luminaries

Barbara Zucker, Time Signatures: Homage to Linda and Lucy. My Luminaries

Where the monks met: York Minster's Chapter House

Where the monks met: York Minster's Chapter House

Peterborough Cathedral, an Anglo-Norman Romanesque treasure

Peterborough Cathedral, an Anglo-Norman Romanesque treasure

Juan de Pareja, The Calling of St. Matthew

Juan de Pareja, The Calling of St. Matthew

Reflecting the cosmos, a Han mirror

Reflecting the cosmos, a Han mirror

Celebrating Puerto Rican Identity, Rafael Tufiño's Goyita

Celebrating Puerto Rican Identity, Rafael Tufiño's Goyita

Charlemagne's Palace Chapel at Aachen

Charlemagne's Palace Chapel at Aachen

To feed the dead, design elegance in Neolithic China

To feed the dead, design elegance in Neolithic China

Barbara Zucker, Mix, Stir, Pour: a feminist action

Barbara Zucker, Mix, Stir, Pour: a feminist action

Malick Sidibé's Vues de dos: Getty Conversations

Malick Sidibé's Vues de dos: Getty Conversations

Meissen Porcelain Animals: Getty Conversations

Meissen Porcelain Animals: Getty Conversations

Maria Sybilla Merian's Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum: Getty Conversations

Maria Sybilla Merian's Metamorphosis of a Small Emperor Moth on a Damson Plum: Getty Conversations

Códice Maya de México: Getty Conversations

Códice Maya de México: Getty Conversations

Shigemi Uyeda's Reflections on the Oil Ditch: Getty Conversations

Shigemi Uyeda's Reflections on the Oil Ditch: Getty Conversations

Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type, Getty Conversations

Male Harp Player of the Early Spedos Type, Getty Conversations

Gothic Sculpture and its shifting meanings, Strasbourg Cathedral

Gothic Sculpture and its shifting meanings, Strasbourg Cathedral

The 6th century church SS. Sergius and Bacchus, preserved as the mosque, Küçük Ayasofya

The 6th century church SS. Sergius and Bacchus, preserved as the mosque, Küçük Ayasofya

Polykleitos's Doryphoros, ideal beauty in ancient Greece

Polykleitos's Doryphoros, ideal beauty in ancient Greece

The mystical brilliance of Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece

The mystical brilliance of Grünewald's Isenheim Altarpiece

Violence and drama, Caravaggio's The Flagellation of Christ

Violence and drama, Caravaggio's The Flagellation of Christ

Architecture for the dead, watchtower (Eastern Han dynasty)

Architecture for the dead, watchtower (Eastern Han dynasty)

Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara

Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara

The Isenheim Altarpiece animation

The Isenheim Altarpiece animation

Seat of power, a Taíno duho

Seat of power, a Taíno duho

Bernini, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

Bernini, The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa

An ancient sacred space in modern Milan, Sant'Ambrogio

An ancient sacred space in modern Milan, Sant'Ambrogio

War and peace on the Standard of Ur

War and peace on the Standard of Ur

High fashion in the Andes, a Wari tunic

High fashion in the Andes, a Wari tunic

A Romanesque gem in Ireland, Cormac's Chapel

A Romanesque gem in Ireland, Cormac's Chapel

Gothic architecture explained

Gothic architecture explained

The Cross of Cong, for the High King of Ireland

The Cross of Cong, for the High King of Ireland

Making a living, the Dutch art market in the 17th century

Making a living, the Dutch art market in the 17th century

The first Pre-Raphaelite painting by Sir John Everett Millais

The first Pre-Raphaelite painting by Sir John Everett Millais

"full of beauty and without subject," Sir John Everett Millais, Spring (Apple Blossoms)

"full of beauty and without subject," Sir John Everett Millais, Spring (Apple Blossoms)

Painting Brazil for the Dutch art market

Painting Brazil for the Dutch art market

Dōtaku, ancient bells from Japan

Dōtaku, ancient bells from Japan

Tesserae as time machine: 5th and 13th century mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

Tesserae as time machine: 5th and 13th century mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore, Rome

a renaissance gem, The Pazzi Chapel

a renaissance gem, The Pazzi Chapel

Between Amsterdam and Asia, a Dutch East India Company ship

Between Amsterdam and Asia, a Dutch East India Company ship

Depicting Judaism in a medieval Christian ivory

Depicting Judaism in a medieval Christian ivory

The problem of labor, Ford Madox Brown's Work

The problem of labor, Ford Madox Brown's Work

Dress to impress, Fashion in New Spain

Dress to impress, Fashion in New Spain

Clonmacnoise, a medieval monastery

Clonmacnoise, a medieval monastery

Saint Patrick's Bell and Shrine

Saint Patrick's Bell and Shrine

Breaking the frame, Rhod Rothfuss, Yellow Quadrangle

Breaking the frame, Rhod Rothfuss, Yellow Quadrangle

Historical Amnesia, Rediscovering Michaelina Wautier

Historical Amnesia, Rediscovering Michaelina Wautier

A rare Passover treasure, The Prato Haggadah

A rare Passover treasure, The Prato Haggadah

Looking past symbolism: meaning and Dutch still life

Looking past symbolism: meaning and Dutch still life

Florine Stettheimer, Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz

Florine Stettheimer, Portrait of Alfred Stieglitz

Ornament and status: collecting, court culture, and Jewish identity

Ornament and status: collecting, court culture, and Jewish identity

Cast from life, Guido Mazzoni's renaissance portrait

Cast from life, Guido Mazzoni's renaissance portrait

Collecting near and far, Rembrandt's Abraham Francen

Collecting near and far, Rembrandt's Abraham Francen

Early Dutch Torah Finials

Early Dutch Torah Finials

A token of thanks to the Cristo de Sacromonte

A token of thanks to the Cristo de Sacromonte

In Full Color, Ancient Sculpture Reimagined

In Full Color, Ancient Sculpture Reimagined

Imperial War Museum North

Imperial War Museum North

A shimmering Icon in Venice

A shimmering Icon in Venice

Cahir Castle, Ireland

Cahir Castle, Ireland

Sir Edward Burne-Jones, four stained glass windows at Birmingham Cathedral

Sir Edward Burne-Jones, four stained glass windows at Birmingham Cathedral

The Chief Johnson Totem Pole

The Chief Johnson Totem Pole

Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Good Shepherd

Henry Ossawa Tanner, The Good Shepherd

Leaving home, Ford Madox Brown's The Last of England

Leaving home, Ford Madox Brown's The Last of England

Friendship and landscape, Asher B Durand's Kindred Spirits

Friendship and landscape, Asher B Durand's Kindred Spirits

Andrea Mantegna, Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c. 1483

Andrea Mantegna, Lamentation over the Dead Christ, c. 1483

Edmonia Lewis and the complexity of identity

Edmonia Lewis and the complexity of identity

What is worth dying for? Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates

What is worth dying for? Jacques-Louis David's The Death of Socrates

Black Hawk, whose story?

Black Hawk, whose story?

Marriage apron (itjogolo or ijogolo), Ndebele peoples

Marriage apron (itjogolo or ijogolo), Ndebele peoples

Woven cultures, the complex history of an Ottoman carpet

Woven cultures, the complex history of an Ottoman carpet

Treasure from early medieval Ireland, the Ardagh Chalice

Treasure from early medieval Ireland, the Ardagh Chalice

Seeking an authentic American art, Walter Ufer's Hunger

Seeking an authentic American art, Walter Ufer's Hunger

How to recognize a bodhisattva

How to recognize a bodhisattva

The fantastical self: Mexico and Surrealism (Rosa Rolanda, Self-Portrait)

The fantastical self: Mexico and Surrealism (Rosa Rolanda, Self-Portrait)

Dressing the empire: Inka warrior tunics

Dressing the empire: Inka warrior tunics

Georgia O'Keeffe and the New York Skyline

Georgia O'Keeffe and the New York Skyline

The towering high cross of Muiredach

The towering high cross of Muiredach

Amy Sherald's Precious Jewels by the Sea

Amy Sherald's Precious Jewels by the Sea

Newgrange, a prehistoric tomb in Ireland

Newgrange, a prehistoric tomb in Ireland

Beading community, Marilyn Spoon's Bandolier Bag

Beading community, Marilyn Spoon's Bandolier Bag

Garden to Cosmos, Alma Thomas, Lunar Rendezvous—Circle of Flowers

Garden to Cosmos, Alma Thomas, Lunar Rendezvous—Circle of Flowers

How to Recognize the Four Evangelists

How to Recognize the Four Evangelists

Memorial for a Prince, Sinan's Şehzade Mosque

Memorial for a Prince, Sinan's Şehzade Mosque

Richard Zane Smith, Feast pot

Richard Zane Smith, Feast pot

An environmental crisis, Hogue's Crucified Land

An environmental crisis, Hogue's Crucified Land

Pushing the limits, The Monadnock Building

Pushing the limits, The Monadnock Building

Verrocchio's David: more real, less ideal

Verrocchio's David: more real, less ideal

Ceramics from early Japan, the Jōmon

Ceramics from early Japan, the Jōmon

Portraying Cherokee power: Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, Portrait of Syacust Ukah

Portraying Cherokee power: Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, Portrait of Syacust Ukah

Audubon's The Wild Turkey

Audubon's The Wild Turkey

A throne for Saint Peter — Bernini's Cathedra Petri

A throne for Saint Peter — Bernini's Cathedra Petri

Paradise and power, San Vitale

Paradise and power, San Vitale

Kerry James Marshall, Our Town, 1995

Kerry James Marshall, Our Town, 1995

Memory, landscape, and loss

Memory, landscape, and loss

The Experimenter

The Experimenter

Weaving history, Shan Goshorn's Protest Basket

Weaving history, Shan Goshorn's Protest Basket

How to recognize the Buddha

How to recognize the Buddha

Golden objects of early Ireland

Golden objects of early Ireland

George Washington and the Civil War

George Washington and the Civil War

A Unicorn in Canada? Looking critically at the Codex Canadensis

A Unicorn in Canada? Looking critically at the Codex Canadensis

At the edge of the world, Skellig Michael

At the edge of the world, Skellig Michael

Trickster Coyotes, the art of Harry Fonseca

Trickster Coyotes, the art of Harry Fonseca

Oklahoma light and color, Brummett Echohawk

Oklahoma light and color, Brummett Echohawk

Medicine Woman

Medicine Woman

an expression of love

an expression of love

Summer or Autumn? Picturing the American Republic

Summer or Autumn? Picturing the American Republic

The Brilliance of Richard Mayhew, Indigenous Spiritual Space

The Brilliance of Richard Mayhew, Indigenous Spiritual Space

How real is too real? Pedro de Mena's sculptures

How real is too real? Pedro de Mena's sculptures

Overlooked no more, Hedda Sterne and Abstract Expressionism

Overlooked no more, Hedda Sterne and Abstract Expressionism

A Pink Qur'an for a king

A Pink Qur'an for a king

Donatello's Feast of Herod

Donatello's Feast of Herod

The astonishing Book of Kells

The astonishing Book of Kells

Moai, sacred ancestor figures of Rapa Nui

Moai, sacred ancestor figures of Rapa Nui

Mary, queen of heaven: Duccio's Maestà (renewed)

Mary, queen of heaven: Duccio's Maestà (renewed)

The Oldest Monument in Rome

The Oldest Monument in Rome

Risk and Invention, the early abstraction of Norman Lewis

Risk and Invention, the early abstraction of Norman Lewis

Stunning ceramics in the ancient southwest

Stunning ceramics in the ancient southwest

Between painting and sculpture, Sam Gilliam's Purpled

Between painting and sculpture, Sam Gilliam's Purpled

Beauty is not the point: Donatello's Mary Magdalene

Beauty is not the point: Donatello's Mary Magdalene

Bleakness or Hope? Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape

Bleakness or Hope? Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape

Gee's bend, quilting over generations

Gee's bend, quilting over generations

Landscape and the American Republic, Frederic Church's Natural Bridge

Landscape and the American Republic, Frederic Church's Natural Bridge

Representing the inner self, Charles Sebree’s The Mystic

Representing the inner self, Charles Sebree’s The Mystic

Blue at the center of empire

Blue at the center of empire

Color and brushwork, Hua Yan's Golden Pheasant

Color and brushwork, Hua Yan's Golden Pheasant

Leonardo and the Last Supper (renewed!)

Leonardo and the Last Supper (renewed!)

What is genre painting?

What is genre painting?

Reimagining the past, Wang Shimin's landscape paintings

Reimagining the past, Wang Shimin's landscape paintings

Marketing peonies, Zhao Zhiqian's flower album

Marketing peonies, Zhao Zhiqian's flower album

Winslow Homer, Taking Sunflower to Teacher

Winslow Homer, Taking Sunflower to Teacher

Jewish silversmiths: Amazigh (Berber) jewelry from North Africa

Jewish silversmiths: Amazigh (Berber) jewelry from North Africa

Édouard Manet, Olympia (and now, with Laure)

Édouard Manet, Olympia (and now, with Laure)

Earning a living on the Grand Canal: Wang Shishen’s garden scenes

Earning a living on the Grand Canal: Wang Shishen’s garden scenes

From a live webinar: Nancy Demerdash on the Kaaba

From a live webinar: Nancy Demerdash on the Kaaba

From Medieval Spain to the Ottoman Empire: a Hebrew Bible

From Medieval Spain to the Ottoman Empire: a Hebrew Bible

Humanizing Modern Art, Torres-García's Composition

Humanizing Modern Art, Torres-García's Composition

Emeralds and gold to crown the Queen of Heaven

Emeralds and gold to crown the Queen of Heaven

Classic, classical, and classicism explained

Classic, classical, and classicism explained

The Fur Tea Cup, Oppenheim's Object

The Fur Tea Cup, Oppenheim's Object

Rare and elaborate—a child portrait from Venezuela

Rare and elaborate—a child portrait from Venezuela

The story of the Oyster Man, a Tlingit totem pole

The story of the Oyster Man, a Tlingit totem pole

Monet's Wheatstacks (Snow Effect, Morning)

Monet's Wheatstacks (Snow Effect, Morning)

Van Gogh's Irises: Getty Conversations

Van Gogh's Irises: Getty Conversations

Ethiopian Gospel Book—Getty Conversations

Ethiopian Gospel Book—Getty Conversations

Statue of a Victorious Youth: Getty Conversations

Statue of a Victorious Youth: Getty Conversations

Mummy of Herakleides: Getty Conversations

Mummy of Herakleides: Getty Conversations