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Priam’s Treasure Necklace

Priams Treasure Necklace Priams Treasure Necklace is part of what became called the Treasure of Priam discovered in the ancient site of Troy, which is...
12:20 2 March 2020

Ammonia

Giant Fossil Ammonite This Ammonite shell of a marine animal that went extinct about 65 million years ago. The shell colorization is only found i...
12:09 1 March 2020

Piri Reis Map

Piri Reis Map The Piri Reis Map is a world map compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. Only one-third of the map has survi...
11:09 1 March 2020

“The Triumph of Death” by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel, the Elder depicts an army of skeletons wreaking havoc across ...
10:17 1 March 2020

Polish Proverbs, Quotes and Sayings

Polish Proverbs, Quotes and Sayings ~~~ What one thinks when sober, one says when drunk Polish Proverb ~~~ You become whom you befriend. Polish Prov...
10:10 1 March 2020

Wilton Diptych

Wilton Diptych The Wilton Diptych is a small portable diptych of two hinged panels, painted on both sides. It is a rare religious panel painting from&...
1:20 1 March 2020

“Samson and Delilah” by Peter Paul Rubens

Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens Samson and Delilah by Peter Paul Rubens depicts an episode from the Old Testament story of Sams...
12:57 29 February 2020

The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection  Virtual Tour The Phillips Collection is an art museum with a collection that includes paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir...
11:55 29 February 2020

Silk Bodice from the 1770s

Silk Bodice from the 1770s This silk bodice from the 1770s is from France and reflects the fashion of the period and the French style. A bodice covere...
11:45 29 February 2020

Phrasikleia Kore

Phrasikleia Kore The Phrasikleia Kore is a funerary statue created about 550 BC. The inscription suggests, it depicts a young woman who died unmarried...
9:08 29 February 2020

Hoa Hakananai’a, a Moai from Easter Island

Hoa Hakananaia although relatively small, is typical of the famous Easter Island sculptures. Easter Island statues are called by the Rapa Nui people, ...
21:47 28 February 2020

“Capriccio: Ruins and Classic Buildings” by Canaletto

Capriccio: Ruins and Classic Buildings by Canaletto Capriccio: Ruins and Classic Buildings by Canaletto depicts an architectural fantasy, placing toge...
11:11 28 February 2020

“New York” by George Bellows

New York by George Bellows New York by George Bellows is a large painting that captures the essence of modern life in New York City in 1911. The view ...
11:08 28 February 2020

David by Bernini

David by Bernini David by Bernini is a life-size marble sculpture depicting the biblical David, about to throw the stone that will bring down Goliath,...
10:49 28 February 2020

“Treaty of Paris” by Benjamin West

American Commissioners of the Peace Agreement with Great Britain American Commissioners of the Preliminary Peace Agreement with Great Britain, also kn...
9:51 28 February 2020

“The Church at Auvers” by Vincent van Gogh

The Church at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh The Church at Auvers by Vincent van Gogh depicts the church in Auvers-Sur-Oise, a village in the outskirts of...
8:44 28 February 2020

Jane Austen Manuscript of “The History of England”

The History of England by Jane Austen Handwritten Manuscript The History of England by Jane Austen was written when the author was fifteen years old ...
3:25 28 February 2020

Wedding Suit of James II

Wedding Suit of James II The wedding suit of James II includes two items of an ensemble that James, the then Duke of York, wore to his wedding in 1673...
23:17 27 February 2020

The Cyclops Polyphemus

The Cyclops by Odilon Redon The Cyclops Polyphemus in Art Polyphemus is the one-eyed giant from Greek mythology. He is one of the Cyclopes described i...
10:12 27 February 2020

Scottish National Gallery

Scottish National Gallery Virtual Tour The Scottish National Gallery is the national art gallery of Scotland and first opened to the public in 1859. ...
0:38 27 February 2020

“The Judgment of Paris” by Peter Paul Rubens

The Judgment of Paris by Peter Paul Rubens The Judgment of Paris by Peter Paul Rubens shows Rubens version of idealized feminine beauty, with the godd...
11:06 26 February 2020

Historic Yates Mill County Park, Raleigh, NC- Virtual Tour

Yates Mill 1756 Gristmill Virtual Tour The Yates Mill is a fully restored, 1756 gristmill, which is the centerpiece of Historic Yates Mill County Pa...
3:36 26 February 2020

The Funeral of a Viking

The Funeral of a Viking by Frank Dicksee The Funeral of a Viking by Frank Dicksee depicts the funeral of a Viking leader laid out in a boat that has b...
0:21 26 February 2020

“The Icebergs” by Frederic Edwin Church

The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church The Icebergs by Frederic Edwin Church is an imaginative depiction of composite views and many sketches to convey...
8:21 25 February 2020

“The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama” by Édouard Manet

The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama by Édouard Manet The Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama by Édouard Manet commemorates the Battle of C...
4:25 25 February 2020

“Ulysses and the Sirens” in Art

The Sirens and Ulysses by William Etty The Sirens and Ulysses by William Etty depicts a scene from Homers Odyssey. It shows Ulysses becoming bewitched...
23:12 24 February 2020

“Mr and Mrs Andrews” by Thomas Gainsborough

Mr. and Mrs. Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough Mr. and Mrs. Andrews by Thomas Gainsborough is a combination of a double portrait of a recently marri...
12:40 24 February 2020

Crucifixion and Last Judgment Diptych by Jan van Eyck (MET)

Crucifixion and Last Judgment Diptych by Jan van Eyck The Crucifixion and Last Judgment Diptych consist of two small painted panels attributed to...
11:13 24 February 2020

The MET Cloisters

The MET Cloisters Virtual Tour The MET Cloisters is a separate museum in Fort Tryon Park in Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan, New York City. The C...
10:55 24 February 2020

Mucalinda Sheltering Buddha

Mucalinda Sheltering Buddha The Mucalinda Sheltering Buddha statue tells the story of the Gautama Buddha, who, while meditating under the Bodhi T...
5:27 24 February 2020