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Masterpieces of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Masterpieces of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has many Masterpieces. Below are some of the highlights:" Mrs Fi...
16:11 26 August 2023

Ned Kelly’s Armor

Ned Kelly’s Armour The Australian bushranger Ned Kelly wore this metal armor at the 1880s siege in country Victoria which was his last stand. Today Ne...
15:55 21 August 2023

“Sphinx” by Norman Lindsay

Sphinx by Norman Lindsay Sphinx by Norman Lindsay dates from the late 1940s and can be found at the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum Gardens. On the ...
15:56 20 August 2023

“Paratene Te Manu” by Gottfried Lindauer

Paratene Te Manu by Gottfried Lindauer Paratene Te Manu by Gottfried Lindauer depicts a Maori with his Tā moko.  Tā moko is the permanent marking of t...
15:56 19 August 2023

Peplos Kore (Acropolis Museum)

Peplos Kore The Peplos Kore is one of the most well-known and popular pieces of Archaic Greek art. Peplos refers to the type of robe or shawl-like fab...
16:01 18 August 2023

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

Jockey of Artemision The Jockey of Artemision is a bronze statue of a boy riding a horse, dated to around 150 BC. It is a rare surviving original bron...
16:01 15 August 2023

The Family of Shiva (Umamaheshvara)

The Family of Shiva This sculptured stele shows The Family of Shiva also called Umamaheshvara which is the name for a depiction of the Hindu god Shiva...
15:53 13 August 2023

Artemision Bronze

Artemision Bronze The Artemision Bronze represents either Zeus, the ancient Greek king of the gods of Mount Olympus or possibly Poseidon, the God of t...
16:01 10 August 2023

“Sistine Chapel Ceiling” by Michelangelo

Michelangelos Sistine Chapel Ceiling The Sistine Chapel is the room where the College of Cardinals are locked in and required to decide on the next Po...
16:03 9 August 2023

Hidden women of history: Caterina Cornaro, the last queen of Cyprus

Portrait of Caterina Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus, c. 1500, by Gentile Bellini. Craig Barker, University of Sydney The life of Caterina Cornaro could easi...
15:50 6 August 2023

The Colossus of Constantine

The Colossus of Constantine The Colossus of Constantine was a massive sculptured statue of the Roman Emperor Constantine the Great (280–337) that once...
16:03 5 August 2023

Melaka Print, 1750

Melaka Print, 1750 Melaka is a print depicting Meleka of the 1750s. It shows Portuguese-built fortifications at the mouth of the Melaka River with Dut...
15:53 5 August 2023

“Water Lilies” by Claude Monet (Honolulu Museum of Art)

Water Lilies by Claude Monet In Water Lilies, Claude Monet depicts his water-lily pond, from his garden in Giverny. Monet captured the continually cha...
16:13 4 August 2023

“The School of Athens” by Raphael

The School of Athens by Raphael The School of Athens by Raphael is one of the most famous frescoes of the Italian Renaissance. It is widely reproduced...
16:03 1 August 2023

“Satyress” by Norman Lindsay

Satyress by Norman Lindsay Satyress by Norman Lindsay dates from the late 1940s and can be found at the Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum Gardens. On ...
15:56 1 August 2023

Hidden Women of History: Enheduanna, Princess, Priestess and the World’s first known Author

Standard of Ur mosaic, 26th century BC. Louise Pryke, Macquarie University The world’s first known author is widely considered to be Enheduanna, a wom...
15:50 25 July 2023

“The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit” by John Singer Sargent

The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by John Singer Sargent The Daughters of Edward Darley Boit by John Singer Sargent depicts four young girls, the da...
16:11 23 July 2023

Historical Objects at the National Museum of Singapore

Highlights of the National Museum of Singapore The National Museum of Singapore has a large permanent gallery space known as the Singapore History Gal...
15:53 23 July 2023

Two Sisters or On the Terrace by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters or On the Terrace by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Two Sisters or On the Terrace by Pierre-Auguste Renoir depicts the upper terrace of the Maison ...
16:12 18 July 2023

“The House of Guardaboschi” by Gustav Klimt

The House of Guardaboschi by Gustav Klimt “The House of Guardaboschi” by Gustav Klimt echos his early artistic career, as a successful painter of arch...
16:16 17 July 2023

Venus de’ Medici

Venus de Medici  Medici Venus The Venus de Medici or Medici Venus is a marble sculpture depicting the Greek goddess Aphrodite. It is a 1st-century BCE...
16:02 10 July 2023

“Waterloo Bridge” by Claude Monet

Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet  Waterloo Bridge by Claude Monet is one in a series of paintings of the famous bridge in London. All of the pictures i...
15:59 8 July 2023

Masterpieces of the Asian Art Museum

The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, also known as the Chong-Moon Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture, contains a comprehensive Asian art collectio...
16:18 7 July 2023

“Under the Jacaranda” by R Godfrey Rivers

Under the Jacaranda by R Godfrey Rivers Under the Jacaranda by R Godfrey Rivers shows the artist and his wife, Selina, taking tea under the shade of a...
15:54 7 July 2023

Hidden Women of History: Ennigaldi-Nanna, Curator of the World’s First Museum

The National Museum of Iraq photographed in February 2018. Many of the pieces discovered at the ruins of Ur, arranged and labelled by Ennigaldi-Nanna,...
15:50 4 July 2023

“The Death of Sardanapalus” by Eugène Delacroix (Philadelphia Museum of Art)

The Death of Sardanapalus by Eugène Delacroix The Death of Sardanapalus by Eugène Delacroix depicts the tale of Sardanapalus, a king of Assyria, who a...
16:17 3 July 2023

“The Sleeping Gypsy” by Henri Rousseau

The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau is a fantasy depiction of a lion musing over a sleeping woman on a moonlit n...
16:16 1 July 2023

“Mrs. Fiske Warren and Her Daughter Rachel” by John Singer Sargent

Mrs Fiske Warren and Her Daughter Rachel by John Singer Sargent Mrs Fiske Warren (Gretchen Osgood) and Her Daughter Rachel is an oil on canvas portrai...
16:11 1 July 2023

“Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare” by John Taylor

Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare by John Taylor The Chandos Portrait of William Shakespeare is believed to depict Shakespeare because the engra...
16:08 29 June 2023

“Perseus and Andromeda” by Giuseppe Cesari

“Perseus and Andromeda” by Giuseppe Cesari Perseus and Andromeda by Giuseppe Cesari dramatically portray the Greek mythological story of Andromeda. Pe...
15:56 26 June 2023