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Composition VI by Kandinsky

  Composition VI by Kandinsky by Vasily Kandinsky also spelled Wassily, is an expressive abstract that is independent of forms and lines. Music w...
12:33 11 October 2019

Gilgamesh Flood Tablet

 Gilgamesh Flood Tablet The Gilgamesh Flood Tablet contains the flood story from the Epic of Gilgamesh, which is an epic poem from ancient Mesopo...
10:21 11 October 2019

Sleeve Dagger with Sheath

Sleeve Dagger with Sheath This Sleeve Dagger with Sheath was made and issues by British Special Forces during World War II. These British Special Forc...
10:10 11 October 2019

Stegosaurus Stenops

Stegosaurus Stenops This Stegosaurus Stenops is the most complete skeleton ever found and represents a giant, slow-moving plant-eater, which defended ...
6:11 11 October 2019

Maori Pare

Maori Pare Lintel from a Maori Meeting House This Maori Pare or carved lintel is from the doorway of a carved Wharenui. The history of this pare unkn...
23:57 10 October 2019

“The Figure” by Jacques Lipchitz

The Figure by Jacques Lipchitz The Figure by Jacques Lipchitz was inspired by the principles of Cubism. It was modeled between 1926-1930 and cast in b...
9:15 10 October 2019

Akhenaten and Nefertiti’s Daughters Fresco

Akhenaten and Nefertitis Daughters Princesses Fresco The Princesses Fresco depicts the informal theme of palace life at the new capital city called A...
12:44 9 October 2019

USS Cod

USS Cod The USS Cod, a Gato-class submarine, was commissioned in 1943 and fought in World War II and participated in training exercises during the Col...
23:09 8 October 2019

Gold Mold Cape

Gold Mold Cape Bronze Age Wales This nearly 4,000 years old Gold Cape formed part of a ceremonial dress. It is a solid sheet-gold object dating from...
13:15 8 October 2019

Early Australian Landscapes

Moulting Lagoon and Great Oyster Bay, from Pine Hill. c 1838 Mills Plain, Tasmania by John Glover. Early Australian Landscapes Sketches and paintings ...
11:17 8 October 2019

Haystacks by Claude Monet at Scottish National Gallery

Haystacks with Snow Effect by Claude Monet Haystacks by Claude Monet is part of a series of stacks of harvested wheat or barley and oats. The original...
5:32 8 October 2019

“Portrait of an Old Woman” by Hans Memling

Portrait of an Old Woman by Hans Memling Portrait of an Old Woman by Hans Memling portrays an old womans face with a headdress that dominates the pain...
13:23 7 October 2019

New Jersey Museums

Museums in New Jersey Virtual Tour New Jersey is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered on the north an...
12:32 7 October 2019

“The Bath: Woman Sponging Her Back” by Edgar Degas

“The Bath: Woman Sponging Her Back” by Edgar Degas The Bath: Woman Sponging Her Back by Edgar Degas depicts a female bather as she bends forward in he...
5:12 7 October 2019

Chinese Museum, Melbourne

Chinese Museum, Melbourne The Chinese Museum is a museum of Chinese Australian History with a charter to present the history of Australians of Chinese...
0:51 7 October 2019

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library Virtual Tour The Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library is a museum that houses outstanding collections of Amer...
0:33 7 October 2019

“Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny” by Claude Monet

Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny by Claude Monet Poppy Field in a Hollow near Giverny by Claude Monet was painted in 1885. Just 80 km (50 mi) nort...
13:05 6 October 2019

Mycenaean Female Figurines

Mycenaean Female Figurines These Mycenaean figurines date back to about 1400 BC from Mycenaean Greece. Made of terracotta, they were found in tombs, c...
11:41 6 October 2019

Christian Art and Biblical Paintings

Famous Christian and Biblical Art Christian Art uses themes and imagery from Christianity. Most Christian groups have used art to some extent, althoug...
10:56 6 October 2019

Los Angeles Museums

Museums in Los Angeles Virtual Tour Los Angeles, officially the City of Los Angeles and also known by its initials L.A., is the cultural and commerci...
10:52 6 October 2019

“Edge of the Trees” by Janet Laurence and Fiona Foley

Edge of the Trees by Janet Laurence and Fiona Foley Edge of the Trees is a collaborative public art installation created by artist Janet Laurence and ...
7:02 6 October 2019

Shanghai Natural History Museum

Shanghai Natural History Museum The Shanghai Natural History Museum is a museum dedicated to natural history. It is one of the largest museums of natu...
22:00 5 October 2019

United Kingdom Museums Virtual Tour

Museums in the United Kingdom Virtual Tour The United Kingdom (UK), commonly known as Britain, consists of four countries: England, Scotland, Wales, ...
12:12 5 October 2019

Tiger by Franz Marc

Tiger by Franz Marc Tiger by Franz Marc is one of the artists several depictions of animals in the Expressionist style. Tiger demonstrates a sense of ...
11:48 5 October 2019

“The Slave Ship” by J. M. W. Turner

The Slave Ship by J. M. W. Turner The Slave Ship by J. M. W. Turner was initially titled Slavers Throwing overboard the Dead and Dying—Typhoon coming ...
9:40 5 October 2019

“Belshazzar’s Feast” by Rembrandt

Belshazzars Feast by Rembrandt Belshazzars Feast by Rembrandt depicts a story from the Old Testament Book of Daniel. The background of the story is th...
4:17 5 October 2019

City Museum

City Museum Virtual Tour The City Museum exhibits repurposed architectural and industrial objects that can be explored entertainingly. It opened in 1...
0:33 5 October 2019

Stolen Vermeer

The Concert by Johannes Vermeer The Concert by Johannes Vermeer depicts a man and two women playing music and singing. The young woman is si...
23:39 4 October 2019

“Aurora and Cephalus” by François Boucher

Aurora and Cephalus by François Boucher Aurora and Cephalus by François Boucher depicts Aurora, the goddess of dawn, waking up the mortal Cephalus fro...
12:17 4 October 2019

Reza Abbasi Museum

Reza Abbasi Museum The Reza Abbasi Museum is named after Reza Abbasi, one of the artists in the Safavid period. The Museum is home to a unique collect...
9:46 4 October 2019