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“The Grand Canal in Venice” by Canaletto

The Grand Canal in Venice by Canaletto “The Grand Canal in Venice from Palazzo Flangini to Campo San Marcuola” by Canaletto was painted in 1738. This ...
16:14 21 April 2023

“The Basin at Argenteuil” by Claude Monet

The Basin at Argenteuil by Claude Monet The Basin at Argenteuil by Claude Monet was painted during the period when he lived in Argenteuil, from Decemb...
15:57 20 April 2023

Cult Statue from the Temple of Apollo Patroos

Cult Statue from the Temple of Apollo Patroos This Cult Statue was found near the Temple of Apollo Patroos and was made by the famous Greek sculptor E...
16:00 18 April 2023

Hanuman (Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore)

Hanuman This bronze sculpture depicts Hanuman, who is the devoted monkey general of Rama. He is one of the central characters in the various versions ...
15:53 15 April 2023

Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare by Claude Monet

Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare by Claude Monet Arrival of the Normandy Train, Gare Saint-Lazare by Claude Monet is one of four survi...
16:12 13 April 2023

Treasure of Guarrazar

Treasure of Guarrazar Between 1858 and 1861 in an orchard called Guarrazar, in Guadamur, very close to Toledo, Spain an archaeological discovery was m...
15:57 8 April 2023

Hidden Women of History: The Priestess Pythia at the Delphic Oracle, who spoke truth to Power

An Attic red-figure kylix from Vulci (Italy), 440-430 BC, depicting King Aigeus in front of the Pythia at the Oracle of Delphi. Wikimedia Commons Juli...
15:50 6 April 2023

“Woman Drying Herself” by Edgar Degas

Woman Drying Herself by Edgar Degas Woman Drying Herself by Edgar Degas depicts a naked female bather as she bends forward to dry her hair. This paste...
16:13 2 April 2023

“The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice” by Canaletto

The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice by Canaletto The Entrance to the Grand Canal, Venice by Canaletto portrays the Rococo landscape of the entranc...
16:13 1 April 2023

Masterpieces of the Musée National du Moyen Age

Masterpieces of the Musée National du Moyen Age The buildings of the Musée National du Moyen Age are historic and masterpieces of Middle-Ages architec...
15:57 1 April 2023

“Almond Blossoms” by Vincent van Gogh

Almond Blossoms by Vincent van Gogh Almond Blossoms by Vincent van Gogh is a composition that is unlike any other in Van Goghs paintings. The branches...
20:10 27 October 2020

National Museum of African American History and Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture  Virtual Tour The National Museum of African American History and Culture is a Smithsonia...
6:24 16 October 2020

“At the Moulin-Rouges, Two Women Waltzing” by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec

At the Moulin-Rouges, Two Women Waltzing At the Moulin-Rouges, Two Women Waltzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec depicts actual people from the Parisian...
4:34 15 October 2020

Courtauld Gallery

Courtauld Gallery Virtual Tour The Courtauld Gallery is an art museum that houses the art collection of the Courtauld Institute of Art, a college of ...
23:30 14 October 2020

“Salome with Head of John the Baptist” by Titian

Salome with Head of John the Baptist by Titian Salome with Head of John the Baptist by Titian is assumed to represent Salome carrying John the Baptist...
10:10 14 October 2020

“Young Slave” by Michelangelo

Young Slave by Michelangelo Young Slave by Michelangelo is a marble sculpture that started about 1525–1530. It is part of the unfinished series of pri...
12:11 11 October 2020

“Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California” by Albert Bierstadt

Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California by Albert Bierstadt Looking Down Yosemite Valley, California by Albert Bierstadt depicts one of Americas most...
0:23 11 October 2020

“The Feast in the House of Levi” by Paolo Veronese

The Feast in the House of Levi by Paolo Veronese The Feast in the House of Levi by Paolo Veronese depicts a banquet scene in which Christs tall figure...
10:40 10 October 2020

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), NYC Virtual Tour Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) s collection offers an overview of modern art, which includes works of pain...
23:21 9 October 2020

Tell al-‘Ubaid Copper Lintel

Tell al-Ubaid Copper Lintel The Tell al-Ubaid Lintel is a large copper panel found in 1919, at the ancient Sumerian city of Tell al-Ubaid in southern ...
10:59 5 October 2020

Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University Art Gallery Virtual Tour The Yale University Art Gallery houses a significant collection of art in several buildings on the campus of...
8:05 4 October 2020

“Two Sisters” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Two Sisters by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts the upper terrace of the Maison Fournaise, a family restaurant locat...
1:37 4 October 2020

Gustav Klimt

Gustav Klimt Virtual Tour Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) was a symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement.&nb...
12:23 30 September 2020

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler Virtual Tour James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 – 1903) was an American artist active during the American Gilded Age and base...
10:44 30 September 2020

“Saint Bride” by John Duncan

Saint Bride by John Duncan Saint Bride by John Duncan delicts the legend of Saint Bride. This painting blends the Hiberno-Saxon art of the Book of Kel...
2:59 29 September 2020

“Vase with Red Poppies” by Vincent van Gogh

Vase with Red Poppies by Vincent van Gogh Vase with Red Poppies by Vincent van Gogh depicts one of the artists favorite subjects. Flowers were the sub...
12:25 28 September 2020

Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky Virtual Tour Wassily Kandinsky (Vasíliy Vasílʹevich Kandínskiy) is credited with painting one of the first recognized purely abstra...
5:58 27 September 2020

Codex Vaticanus

Codex Vaticanus The Codex Vaticanus is one of the oldest surviving copies of the Bible and only one of the four surviving codices that containing the ...
11:23 24 September 2020

“The Lament for Icarus” by Herbert James Draper

The Lament for Icarus by Herbert James Draper The Lament for Icarus by Herbert James Draper depicts the dead Icarus, surrounded by lamenting nymphs. I...
0:38 23 September 2020

“Officer and Laughing Girl” by Johannes Vermeer

Officer and Laughing Girl by Johannes Vermeer Officer and Laughing Girl by Johannes Vermeer depicts a girl in a yellow dress seated at a table facing ...
7:30 22 September 2020