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Houmuwu Ding

Chinese Ritual Bronze Houmuwu Ding The Houmuwu Ding is a massive bronze sacrificial vessel from 3,000 years ago. The term Ding refers to a sacrificia...
12:31 9 November 2019

“The Death of Marat” by Jacques-Louis David

The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David The Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David depicts the murdered French revolutionary leader Jean-Paul Marat. ...
12:20 9 November 2019

“Columbus Before the Queen” by Emanuel Leutze

Columbus Before the Queen by Emanuel Leutze Columbus Before the Queen by Emanuel Leutze depicts Christopher Columbus as a hero. He is shown commanding...
5:54 9 November 2019

Wallace Collection

Wallace Collection Virtual Tour The Wallace Collection is an art collection housed at Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse of th...
12:56 8 November 2019

Priam’s Treasure

Priam’s Treasure at the Pushkin Museum The Diadem from Priam’s Treasure at the Pushkin Museum is part of what became called the Treasure of Priam disc...
12:21 8 November 2019

The Legion of Honor

The Legion of Honor Virtual Tour The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco consists of two separate museum locations, the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum...
11:40 8 November 2019

Nethercutt Collection

Nethercutt Collection Virtual Tour The Nethercutt Collection is an automobile museum founded in 1971. It has over 250 prestigious, antique, and exoti...
10:51 8 November 2019

“Delivery of the Keys” by Pietro Perugino

Delivery of the Keys by Pietro Perugino Delivery of the Keys by Pietro Perugino is part of the fresco series in the Stories of Jesus on the Sistine Ch...
13:05 7 November 2019

“The Smoke Signal” by Frederic Remington

The Smoke Signal by Frederic Remington The Smoke Signal by Frederic Remington depicts three Plains Indians sending a smoke signal using a blanket and ...
10:19 7 November 2019

Exploratorium

Exploratorium, San Francisco Virtual Tour The Exploratorium is a museum of science, technology, and arts in San Francisco. The museum is noted the pa...
10:17 7 November 2019

“Armistice Night” by George Luks

Armistice Night by George Luks Armistice Night by George Luks depicts one of the energetic, flag-waving celebrations of the Armistice that marked...
10:01 7 November 2019

“The Stolen Kiss” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

“The Stolen Kiss” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard The Stolen Kiss by Jean-Honoré Fragonard depicts a kiss between two lovers, showing a young lady in a ...
12:57 6 November 2019

Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang

Portraits of Periodical Offering of Liang The Portraits of Periodical Offering is an official historical print with the portraits of ambassadors ...
11:54 6 November 2019

“The Orange Trees” by Gustave Caillebotte

The Orange Trees by Gustave Caillebotte The Orange Trees by Gustave Caillebotte portrays Caillebottes brother, Martial, reading in the orange trees sh...
10:59 6 November 2019

“Two Hands” by Auguste Rodin

Two Hands by Auguste Rodin Two Hands was modeled by Auguste Rodin. A plaster version of this sculpture is inscribed Hands of Rodin and Rose Beuret, wh...
10:04 6 November 2019

The Rosetta Stone

The Rosetta Stone is one of the famous objects in the British Museum because of its history, mystery and a story more interesting than any fictional a...
6:34 6 November 2019

“Notre Dame Seen from the Quai de la Tournelle” by Jean-François Raffaëlli

Flying Buttress and Spire of Notre Dame Notre Dame Seen from the Quai de la Tournelle by Jean-François Raffaëlli depicts the eastern façade of Notre-D...
12:54 5 November 2019

Amedeo Modigliani

Amedeo Modigliani Virtual Tour Amedeo Modigliani (1884 – 1920) was an Italian painter and sculptor who worked mainly in France and is known for portr...
12:29 5 November 2019

Haast’s Eagle

Haasts Eagle (Harpagornis moorei) This Haasts Eagle (Harpagornis moorei) skull is of an extinct species of eagle that once lived in the South Island o...
23:56 4 November 2019

“Adam” by Antoine Bourdelle

Adam by Antoine Bourdelle Adam by Antoine Bourdelle is a bronze statue created in 1889 and follows a long tradition of depicting Adam in all forms of ...
12:09 4 November 2019

National Gallery of Victoria

National Gallery of Victoria NGV The National Gallery of Victoria or NGV is one of Australias largest and most visited art museums. The National Gall...
11:29 4 November 2019

Stick Chart for Sea Navigation

Stick Chart for Sea Navigation This Stick Chart for Sea Navigation made of split reed and cowrie shells were used by Pacific Islanders to help navigat...
8:10 4 November 2019

Statue of Abraham Lincoln

Statue of Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Memorial Statue of Abraham Lincoln by Daniel Chester French is a colossal seated figure of United States President ...
7:51 4 November 2019

Tiki Gateway Carving

Tiki Gateway Carving This Tiki gateway (kuwaha) carving celebrates a famous Maori ancestor who lived more than ten generations ago on the shores of La...
2:00 4 November 2019

“Adoration of the Magi” by Botticelli

Adoration of the Magi by Botticelli The Adoration of the Magi by Sandro Botticelli is based on the traditional subject of the Nativity of Jesus. ...
0:21 4 November 2019

“The Death of Socrates” by Jacques-Louis David

The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David The Death of Socrates by Jacques-Louis David depicts the famous philosopher as the stoic older man in a w...
2:16 3 November 2019

“Judith Slaying Holofernes” by Artemisia Gentileschi

Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi depicts the beheading of an Assyrian g...
7:16 2 November 2019

“George Washington”, The Athenaeum Portrait by Gilbert Stuart

George Washington, The Athenaeum Portrait by Gilbert Stuart George Washington  by Gilbert Stuart is a portrait of the first president of the Unit...
0:58 1 November 2019

Lekythos with Woman

Lekythos with Woman This small Red-Figure Lekythos or oil flask is decorated with a domestic scene showing a Woman next to a chair holding a lidded bo...
2:22 31 October 2019

Stargazer Figurine

Stargazer Cycladic Art This Stargazer Figurine is a 6,000-year-old sculpture, referred to as the Stargazer. The figurine is called the Stargazer beca...
1:49 31 October 2019