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“Bocca Baciata” by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Bocca Baciata by Dante Gabriel Rossetti Bocca Baciata by Dante Gabriel Rossetti depicts a beautiful Saracen princess who, despite having relationships...
7:44 27 April 2020

Stela of Shamshi-Adad V

Stela of Shamshi-Adad V The Stela of Shamshi-Adad V is a massive round-topped white limestone monolith that portrays the Assyrian King worshipping his...
12:22 26 April 2020

The Capitoline Wolf

Capitoline Wolf Symbol of Rome The Capitoline Wolf represents the ancient legend of the founding of Rome. It is a bronze sculpture of the she-wolf su...
8:34 26 April 2020

“Alma Mater” by Daniel Chester French

Alma Mater by Daniel Chester French Alma Mater by Daniel Chester French is a female figure draped in an academic gown, she wears a crown of laurels an...
7:50 26 April 2020

The Battle Box, Singapore

The Battle Box, Singapore The Battle Box is the underground command center constructed under Fort Canning, Singapore, as an emergency, bomb-proof comm...
5:49 26 April 2020

“Cliff Dwellers” by George Bellows

Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows Cliff Dwellers by George Bellows depicts the density and crowds on New York Citys Lower East Side, on a hot summers d...
0:10 26 April 2020

“Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil by Pierre-Auguste Renoir Claude Monet Painting in His Garden at Argenteuil by Pierre-Auguste Renoir ...
12:24 25 April 2020

White House

White House Virtual Tour The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States and has been the residence of ...
11:29 25 April 2020

Joseph Mallord William Turner

J.M.W. Turner Virtual Tour Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775 – 1851), later more commonly called J. M. W. Turner, entered the Royal Academy of Art ...
11:12 24 April 2020

Cult Statue Head of Diana

Cult Statue Head of Diana This Cult Statue Head of Diana is an idealized, conservatively styled, large-scale sculpture fragment discovered near Lake N...
6:03 24 April 2020

“The Wedding at Cana” by Paolo Veronese

The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese The Wedding at Cana by Paolo Veronese depicts the biblical story of the Marriage at Cana, at which Jesus convert...
10:55 23 April 2020

Lindow Man

Lindow Man Lindow Man is the preserved body of a man thought to be from between 2 BC and 119 AD, from either the Iron Age or Romano-British period. Li...
4:00 23 April 2020

The Holy Family with St John the Baptist by Michelangelo

Holy Family with St John the Baptist by Michelangelo The Holy Family with St John the Baptist is a painting that was created around 1540 by Michelange...
2:57 23 April 2020

“Isabella and the Pot of Basil” by William Holman Hunt

Isabella and the Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt Isabella and the Pot of Basil by William Holman Hunt depicts a scene from John Keatss poem Isabel...
22:21 22 April 2020

“Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood” by John Singer Sargent

Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood by John Singer Sargent Claude Monet Painting by the Edge of a Wood by John Singer Sargent shows ...
12:06 21 April 2020

The Mystery of Mary Magdalene

Mary Magdalene by Frederick Sandys Mary Magdalene by Frederick Sandys depicts Mary in front of a patterned forest-green damask. She holds an alabaster...
12:03 21 April 2020

Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago A Virtual Tour The Art Institute of Chicago is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States, with a perman...
0:10 21 April 2020

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault

The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault The Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault depicts the aftermath of the wreck of the French naval friga...
13:06 19 April 2020

“River Front No. 1” by George Bellows

River Front No. 1 by George Bellows River Front No. 1 by George Bellows depicts the city’s poor boys bathing at the riverfront docks on a hot day. Bel...
11:26 19 April 2020

“Perseus with the Head of Medusa” by Antonio Canova

Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova Perseus, with the Head of Medusa by Antonio Canova, depicts the Greek mythological story of Perseus ...
11:02 19 April 2020

The Alba Madonna by Raphael

The Alba Madonna by Raphael The Alba Madonna by Raphael depicts three figures all looking at the cross; they represent the Madonna with the ...
7:46 19 April 2020

Ned Kelly

Ned Kelly Death Mask The death mask of Edward Ned Kelly (1855–1880) was a bushranger of Irish descent and is an Australian folk hero. In the 1800s it...
4:48 19 April 2020

Marble Jar of Zayn al-Din Yahya Al-Ustadar

Marble Jar of Zayn al-Din Yahya Al-Ustadar This large carved marble jar was used to store drinking water, intended for use at a Cairo mosque.  Th...
0:31 19 April 2020

Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck

Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck The Ghent Altarpiece by Jan van Eyck is a large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavos Cathedral, ...
0:12 19 April 2020

“The Emperor Napoleon I” by Horace Vernet

The Emperor Napoleon I by Horace Vernet The Emperor Napoleon I by Horace Vernet depicts Napoleon Bonaparte wearing the cross and plaque of t...
12:55 18 April 2020

“Down on his Luck” by Frederick McCubbin

Down on His Luck by Frederick McCubbin Down on His Luck by Frederick McCubbin depicts a disheartened swagman or unlucky gold prospector, sitting by a ...
11:50 18 April 2020

“Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin” by Vincent van Gogh

Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin by Vincent van Gogh Agostina Segatori Sitting in the Café du Tambourin by Vincent van Gogh depicts ...
8:18 18 April 2020

Great Handaxe from Furze Platt

Great Handaxe from Furze Platt This large handaxe was produced by the Acheulian culture of 400,000 years ago, during the Lower Palaeolithic period.&nb...
7:18 17 April 2020

“Salvator Mundi” by Andrea Previtali

Salvator Mundi by Andrea Previtali Salvator Mundi by Andrea Previtali shows Christ as Savior of the World, who raises his right hand in blessing ...
13:42 16 April 2020

“Van Gogh’s Chair” by Vincent van Gogh

Van Goghs Chair by Vincent van Gogh Van Goghs Chair by Vincent van Gogh shows a rustic wooden chair, with a simple woven straw seat, on a tiled floor....
2:01 16 April 2020