Bull-Leaping Fresco
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“Rain, Steam and Speed – The Great Western Railway” by J. M. W. Turner
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“Small Cowper Madonna” by Raphael
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John Mix Stanley
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Adam by Auguste Rodin (Art Gallery of Western Australia)
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“Street in Venice” by John Singer Sargent
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“The March to Valley Forge” by William B. T. Trego
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“Mother and Children” by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
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“Max Schmitt in a Single Scull” by Thomas Eakins
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Australian Aboriginal Bark Paintings
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“Ulysses and the Sirens” by Herbert James Draper
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“Éminence Grise” by Jean-Léon Gérôme
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Henry VIII’s Writing Desk
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First African American Women Poet to be Published
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Portland Vase
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Mycenaean Krater
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“Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” by Caspar David Friedrich
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“The Skating Minister” by Henry Raeburn
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Magna Carta
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“Broadway Boogie Woogie” by Piet Mondrian
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Atlanta History Center
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Upside Down Jenny, U.S. Postage Stamp Error
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Orpheus Mosaic from Miletus
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Most Popular and Famous Paintings
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Danish Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings
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“Orchestra Musicians” by Edgar Degas
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“The Last Supper” by Leonardo da Vinci
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“Reclining Nude” by Amedeo Modigliani
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“Love Locked Out” by Anna Lea Merritt
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“In Bed” by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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