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Pantheon (interior photograph)
118—125 CE
Rome
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Head of Odysseus
Athanadoros, Hagesandros, and Polydoros of Rhodes
ca. early first century CE; marble; approx. 2 ft. high
Museo Archeologico, Sperlonga
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Nude
Edward Weston
1936; gelatin silver print; 21.4 x 19.3 cm.
George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.
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Mihrab from Madrasa Imami, Isfahan, Iran
ca. 1354 CE; glazed mosaic tilework; approx. 11 x 7.5 ft.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
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Untitled (Green Silver)
Jackson Pollock
ca. 1949; enamel and aluminum paint on paper, mounted on canvas
57.8 x 78.1 cm.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY.
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Nail figure (nkisi n’kondi), Kongo
ca. 1875—1900; wood, nails, blades, medicinal materials, and cowrie shell
approx. 4 ft. high
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit
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Creation of Adam (detail)
Michelangelo Buonarroti
1511—1512; fresco; approx. 9 x 19 ft.
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome
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David (detail)
Donatello
late 1420s—late 1450s; bronze; approx. 5 ft. high
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
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The Great Wave off Kanagawa (detail)
Katsushika Hokusai
Edo Period, ca. 1826—1833; woodblock print oban, ink and colors on paper
25.1 x 37.5 cm.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Virgin and Child, icon (so-called Vladimir Virgin)
Late 11th — early 12th century;
tempera on wood; 2.55 x 1.75 ft.
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow |