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Articles
- The Venice Palace That Ran an Empire From One Room
- Unpacking the Copyright of Grant Wood's American Gothic
- Why the Mona Lisa Became the World's Most Famous Painting
- The Six Most Famous Paintings, and Why They Gained Renown
- Jackson Pollock and What Abstract Expressionism Actually Means
- American Gothic: Unpacking the Famous Farm Couple
- American Gothic: Uncovering the Truth Behind Grant Wood’s Icon
- What Stonehenge Was Actually Built For (We Still Don't Fully Know)
- What's on at the Ashmolean Museum? A Look at Its Collections
- Why Seurat Spent Two Years on La Grande Jatte
- Why Renoir Painted Ordinary Sunday Afternoons
Illustrated stories
- A Burial at Ornans by Gustave Courbet (France — 1849)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1849) - A Cavalier by Frans Hals (Australia — 1624)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1624) • 17th century - A Sunday on La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat (Paris, France — 1884)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1884) • 19th century - Abbey in the Oakwood by Caspar David Friedrich (Germany — 1810)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1810) - Abstract Expressionism by Jackson Pollock (New York, USA — 1940s)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1940s) • 1950 - Al-Azhar Mosque (Cairo, Egypt — 972)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 972) - American Gothic by Grant Wood (Chicago, USA — 1930)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1930) - Angkor Wat (Cambodia — 1150)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1150) - Apollo and Daphne by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Rome, Italy — 1625)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1625) - Arc de Triomphe (Paris, France — 1806–1836)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1806–1836) • 1806–1836 - Arrival of a Train by Lumière Brothers (France — 1895)
Invention of cinema • 1895 - Art Nouveau by Victor Horta (Brussels, Belgium — 1893)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1893) - Ashmolean Museum (Oxford, UK — 1683)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1683) • 17th century - Auguste Rodin
- Bacchus by Michelangelo (Florence, Italy — 1497)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1497) - Bal du moulin de la Galette by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Paris, France — 1876)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1876) - Barberini Faun by Greek artist (Munich, Germany — c. 220 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 220 BC) - Barbizon School by Rousseau (France — c. 1830)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1830) - Baroque Emerges by Caravaggio (Rome, Italy — c. 1600)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1600) - Beata Beatrix by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London, UK — 1864)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1864) - Borobudur (Indonesia — 825)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 825) - Brandenburg Concertos by Johann Sebastian Bach (Germany — 1721)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1721) • 18th century - Breezing Up by Winslow Homer (USA — 1876)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1876) - British Museum founded (London, UK — 1753)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1753) • 18th century - Brooklyn Bridge (New York City, USA — 1883)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1883) • 1883 - Burj Khalifa (Dubai, UAE — 2010)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 2010) - Bust of Nefertiti by Thutmose (Berlin, Germany — c. 1345 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1345 BC) - Café Terrace at Night by Vincent van Gogh (Arles, France — 1888)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1888) - Camera Obscura by Ibn al-Haytham (Cairo, Egypt — c. 1000 AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1000 AD) • 11th century - Canterbury Cathedral (Canterbury, UK — 1400)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1400) • 15th century - Capitoline Museums (Rome, Italy — 1734)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1734) • 18th century - Chartres Cathedral (Chartres, France — 1220)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1220) • 1220 - Chichén Itzá (Yucatán, Mexico — c. 600–1200 AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 600–1200 AD) - Christ in the House of His Parents by John Everett Millais (London, UK — 1850)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1850) - Claude Monet
- Cologne Cathedral (Cologne, Germany — 1880)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1880) • 19th century - Colossus of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos (Rhodes, Greece — 280 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 280 BC) - Cubism by Picasso and Braque (Paris, France — 1907)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1907) - Cupid and Psyche by Antonio Canova (Paris, France — 1793)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1793) - Daguerreotype by Louis Daguerre (Paris, France — 1839)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1839) - Dante and Virgil in Hell by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (France — 1850)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1850) • 19th century - David by Donatello (Florence, Italy — 1440)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1440) - David by Michelangelo (Florence, Italy — 1504)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1504) - Diana of Versailles by Leochares (Paris, France — c. 325 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 325 BC) - Diego Rivera
- Discobolus by Myron (Rome, Italy — c. 460 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 460 BC) - Doge’s Palace (Venice, Italy — 1340)
Palace (Venice, Italy • 1340) • 1340 - Don Giovanni by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Prague — 1787)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1787) • 1787 - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes (Madrid, Spain — 1605)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1605) - Dutch Golden Age by various masters (Netherlands — c. 1620)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1620) - Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Rome, Italy — 1652)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1652) - Eiffel Tower (Paris, France — 1889)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889) • 1889 - Eine kleine Nachtmusik by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Vienna, Austria — 1787)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1787) • 1787 - Empire State Building (New York City, USA — 1931)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1931) • 1930 - Epic of Gilgamesh by Sumerian authors (Mesopotamia — c. 2100 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 2100 BC) - Equestrian Statue of Colleoni by Andrea del Verrocchio (Venice, Italy — 1496)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1496) - Farnese Hercules by Glykon (Naples, Italy — 3rd Century AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 3rd Century AD) - Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven (Vienna, Austria — 1805)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1805) • 1805 - First Color Photograph by Thomas Sutton and James Clerk Maxwell (London, UK — 1861)
Electromagnetic theory and color photography • 1861) • 1860s - First Film Screening by Lumière Brothers (Paris, France — 1895)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1895) • 1895 - First Folio by William Shakespeare (London, UK — 1623)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1623) • 1623 - First Impressionist Exhibition by Monet and peers (Paris, France — 1874)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1874) • 1874 - First Photograph by Nicéphore Niépce (France — 1826)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1826) • 1820s - First Portrait Photograph by Robert Cornelius (Philadelphia, USA — 1839)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1839) • 1830s - First Special Effects Film by Alfred Clark (USA — 1895)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1895) - Florence Cathedral (Florence, Italy — 1436)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1436) - Forbidden City (Beijing, China — 1406–1420)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1406–1420) • 1406–1420 - Gattamelata by Donatello (Padua, Italy — 1453)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1453) - Georgia O Keeffe
- Girl with a Pearl Earring by Johannes Vermeer (The Hague, Netherlands — 1665)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1665) - Girl with a Pearl Earring — The Hague, Netherlands — 1665
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1665 • 17th century - Grande Odalisque by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (France — 1814)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1814) - Great Sphinx of Giza by Ancient Egyptian artisans (Giza, Egypt — c. 2500 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 2500 BC) - Guernica by Pablo Picasso (Madrid, Spain — 1937)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1937) - Guernica — Pablo Picasso
Artwork and artistic legacy • Pablo Picasso - Hagia Sophia (Istanbul, Turkey — 537 AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 537 AD) - Haystacks Series by Claude Monet (France — 1891)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1891) - Heart of the Andes by Frederic Edwin Church (USA — 1859)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1859) - Henri Matisse
- Hermes and the Infant Dionysus by Praxiteles (Greece — c. 340 BC)
Infant Dionysus by Praxiteles (Greece — c • c. 340 BC) - Hermitage Museum (St. Petersburg, Russia — 1764)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1764) • 18th century - Honjō Masamune Sword by Gorō Nyūdō Masamune (Japan — 13th Century)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 13th Century) • 13th century - Hope by George Frederic Watts (London, UK — 1886)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1886) • 1880s - Hudson River School by Thomas Cole (New York, USA — c. 1825)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1825) • 19th century - Hungarian Rhapsodies by Franz Liszt (Weimar, Germany — 1846)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1846) • 1846 - Hylas and the Nymphs by John William Waterhouse (London, UK — 1896)
Nymphs by John William Waterhouse (London, UK — 1896) • 1896) - Impression, Sunrise by Claude Monet (Paris, France — 1872)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1872) - Irises by Vincent van Gogh (Saint-Rémy, France — 1889)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889) - Kinetoscope by Thomas Edison (USA — 1889)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889) • 1889 - L’Absinthe by Edgar Degas (Paris, France — 1876)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1876) - Laocoön and His Sons by Agesander, Athenodoros, and Polydorus (Vatican City, Rome — c. 40 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 40 BC) - Las Meninas by Diego Velázquez (Madrid, Spain — 1656)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1656) • 17th century - Las Meninas — Madrid, Spain — 1656
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1656 - Leda and the Swan by Leonardo da Vinci (France — c. 1508)
Swan by Leonardo da Vinci (France — c • c. 1508) - Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix (Paris, France — 1830)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1830) - Library of Alexandria destruction (Alexandria, Egypt — c. 3rd Century BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 3rd Century BC) - Lion Monument by Bertel Thorvaldsen (Lucerne, Switzerland — 1821)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1821) - Lithography by Alois Senefelder (Germany — 1796)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1796) • 18th century - Louvre Museum opening (Paris, France — 1793)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1793) • 1793 - Luncheon of the Boating Party by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Washington D.C., USA — 1881)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1881) • 19th century - Macchiaioli by Tuscan painters (Florence, Italy — c. 1855)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1855) • 19th century - Machu Picchu (Cusco, Peru — c. 1450)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1450) • 1911 - Mannerism by Pontormo (Florence, Italy — c. 1520)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1520) - Medici Lions by Flaminio Vacca (Florence, Italy — 1598)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1598) - Messiah by George Frideric Handel (London, UK — 1741)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1741) • 1740s - Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, USA — 1870)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1870) • 19th century - Michelangelo
- Mona Lisa
Artwork and artistic legacy - Mona Lisa — Leonardo da Vinci
Artwork and artistic legacy • Leonardo da Vinci - Mont Sainte-Victoire by Paul Cézanne (France — 1887)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1887) • 19th century - Moses by Michelangelo (Rome, Italy — 1515)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1515) - Neoclassicism Begins by Winckelmann (Rome, Italy — c. 1760)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1760) • 18th century - Neuschwanstein Castle (Bavaria, Germany — 1869–1886)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1869–1886) - Nocturnes by Frédéric Chopin (Paris, France — 1830s)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1830s) • 1830s - Notre-Dame Cathedral (Paris, France — 1345)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1345) • 1345 - Olympia by Édouard Manet (Paris, France — 1863)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1863) - Ophelia by John Everett Millais (London, UK — 1852)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1852) - Palace of Knossos (Crete, Greece — c. 1700 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1700 BC) - Palace of Versailles (Versailles, France — 1661–1715)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1661–1715) - Parthenon (Athens, Greece — 432 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 432 BC) • 432 BC - Pauline Bonaparte as Venus Victrix by Antonio Canova (Rome, Italy — 1805)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1805) - Peacock Throne by Shah Jahan (Delhi, India — 1628)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1628) - Perseus with the Head of Medusa by Benvenuto Cellini (Florence, Italy — 1554)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1554) - Petra (Ma'an, Jordan — c. 5th Century BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 5th Century BC) • 5th Century BC - Pietà by Michelangelo (Vatican City, Rome — 1499)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1499) - Ploughing in the Nivernais by Rosa Bonheur (France — 1849)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1849) - Pointillism by Georges Seurat (Paris, France — 1886)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1886) • 19th century - Polonaises by Frédéric Chopin (Paris, France — 1840s)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1840s) • 1840s - Portrait of Madame X by John Singer Sargent (Paris, France — 1884)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1884) • 1880s - Post-Impressionism by Cézanne (France — c. 1886)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1886) - Potala Palace (Lhasa, Tibet — 1649)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1649) - Prado Museum (Madrid, Spain — 1819)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1819) - Printing Press by Johannes Gutenberg (Mainz, Germany — c. 1440)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1440) - Proserpine by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (London, UK — 1874)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1874) • 19th century - Rain, Steam and Speed by J.M.W. Turner (London, UK — 1844)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1844) • 1775-1851 - Realism Emerges by Courbet (Paris, France — c. 1850)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1850) • 19th century - Rebellious Slave by Michelangelo (Paris, France — 1513)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1513) • 16th century - Rembrandt
- Requiem by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Vienna, Austria — 1791)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1791) • 1790s - Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1800)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1800) • 1800 - Romanticism Rises by Goya (Europe — c. 1800)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1800) • 19th century - Rouen Cathedral Series by Claude Monet (Rouen, France — 1894)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1894) • 1894 - Roundhay Garden Scene by Louis Le Prince (Leeds, UK — 1888)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1888) • 1880s - Saint George by Donatello (Florence, Italy — 1417)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1417) - Saint Longinus by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Vatican City — 1638)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1638) - Saint Mark by Donatello (Florence, Italy — 1413)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1413) - Salisbury Cathedral (Salisbury, UK — 1258)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1258) • 1258 - Sallie Gardner at a Gallop by Eadweard Muybridge (California, USA — 1878)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1878) • 19th century - Sleeping Hermaphroditus by Polycles (Rome, Italy — c. 2nd Century AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 2nd Century AD) - Smithsonian Institution (Washington D.C., USA — 1846)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1846) • 1846 - Snap the Whip by Winslow Homer (USA — 1872)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1872) - Snow Storm by J.M.W. Turner (London, UK — 1842)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1842) • 19th century - St. Mark’s Basilica (Venice, Italy — 1094)
Basilica (Venice, Italy • 1094) • 1094 - St. Peter’s Basilica (Vatican City — 1626)
Basilica (Vatican City • 1626) - Statue of Liberty by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (New York City, USA — 1886)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1886) - Statue of Zeus at Olympia by Phidias (Olympia, Greece — c. 435 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 435 BC) - Still Life with Apples by Paul Cézanne (France — 1890)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1890) - Suleymaniye Mosque (Istanbul, Turkey — 1557)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1557) • 1557 - Sunflowers by Vincent van Gogh (London, UK — 1888)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1888) • 1880s - Surrealism by André Breton (Paris, France — 1924)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1924) - Sydney Opera House (Sydney, Australia — 1973)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1973) • 1973 - Symbolism by Gustave Moreau (France — c. 1880)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1880) • 19th century - Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz (Paris, France — 1830)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1830) • 1830s - Symphony No.5 by Ludwig van Beethoven (Vienna, Austria — 1808)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1808) • 1800s - Temple of Artemis (Ephesus, Turkey — c. 550 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 550 BC) - Temple of Karnak (Luxor, Egypt — c. 2000 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 2000 BC) - The Alhambra (Granada, Spain — 13th Century)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 13th Century) - The Angelus by Jean-François Millet (France — 1859)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1859) • 19th century - The Apotheosis of Homer by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (France — 1827)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1827) - The Awakening Conscience by William Holman Hunt (London, UK — 1853)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1853) - The Ballet Class by Edgar Degas (Paris, France — 1874)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1874) • 1870s - The Barque of Dante by Eugène Delacroix (Paris, France — 1822)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1822) - The Bathers by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (France — 1879)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1879) • 1879 - The Bedroom by Vincent van Gogh (Arles, France — 1888)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1888) - The Birth of the Renaissance by Florentine artists (Florence, Italy — c. 1400)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1400) - The Birth of Tragedy by Anselm Feuerbach (Germany — 1870)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1870) • 1870s - The Birth of Venus by William-Adolphe Bouguereau (France — 1879)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1879) - The Burghers of Calais by Auguste Rodin (Calais, France — 1889)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889) • 14th century - The Card Players by Paul Cézanne (France — 1895)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1895) • 19th century - The Colosseum (Rome, Italy — 80 AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 80 AD) - The Concert by Johannes Vermeer (Boston, USA — 1664)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1664) • 17th century - The Course of Empire by Thomas Cole (USA — 1836)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1836) • 1830s - The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo (Vatican City, Rome — 1512)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1512) - The Dance Class by Edgar Degas (Paris, France — 1874)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1874) • 19th century - The Death of Sardanapalus by Eugène Delacroix (Paris, France — 1827)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1827) - The Dying Gaul by Epigonus (Rome, Italy — c. 230 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 230 BC) - The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche (London, UK — 1833)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1833) - The Fighting Temeraire by J.M.W. Turner (London, UK — 1839)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1839) - The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi (Venice, Italy — 1725)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1725) • 1725 - The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch (Madrid, Spain — c. 1505)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1505) - The Gleaners by Jean-François Millet (Paris, France — 1857)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1857) • 19th century - The Great Wall of China (Northern China — 7th Century BC–1644 AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 7th Century BC–1644 AD) - The Gulf Stream by Winslow Homer (USA — 1899)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1899) - The Hay Wain by John Constable (London, UK — 1821)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1821) - The Horse Fair by Rosa Bonheur (Paris, France — 1853)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1853) - The Iliad by Homer (Ancient Greece — c. 8th Century BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 8th Century BC) - The Isle of the Dead by Arnold Böcklin (Switzerland — 1883)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1883) - The Just Judges Panel by Jan van Eyck (Ghent, Belgium — 1432)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1432) • 1432 - The Kiss by Auguste Rodin (Paris, France — 1882)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1882) - The Kiss by Gustav Klimt (Vienna, Austria — 1908)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1908) - The Lady of Shalott by John William Waterhouse (London, UK — 1888)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1888) - The Last of the Mohicans by Thomas Cole (USA — 1826)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1826) • 1826 - The Last Supper
Artwork and artistic legacy • 15th century - The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci (Milan, Italy — 1498)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1498) - The Last Supper — Leonardo da Vinci
Artwork and artistic legacy • Leonardo da Vinci - The Light of the World by William Holman Hunt (London, UK — 1854)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1854) • 1850s - The Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci (Paris, France — 1503–1519)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1503–1519) - The Mona Lisa — Paris, France — 1503–1519
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1503–1519 - The Monk by the Sea by Caspar David Friedrich (Germany — 1810)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1810) • 1810 - The Night Café by Vincent van Gogh (Arles, France — 1888)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1888) • 19th century - The Night Watch — Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1642
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1642 - The Night Watch by Rembrandt van Rijn (Amsterdam, Netherlands — 1642)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1642) • 17th century - The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli (London, UK — 1781)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1781) • 18th century - The Origin of the World by Gustave Courbet (France — 1866)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1866) • 19th century - The Oxbow by Thomas Cole (USA — 1836)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1836) - The Pantheon (Rome, Italy — 126 AD)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 126 AD) • 126 AD - The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí (New York City, USA — 1931)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1931) - The Potato Eaters by Vincent van Gogh (Nuenen, Netherlands — 1885)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1885) - The Rape of Proserpina by Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Rome, Italy — 1622)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1622) - The Rocky Mountains by Albert Bierstadt (USA — 1863)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1863) - The School of Athens by Raphael (Vatican City, Rome — 1509–1511)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1509–1511) - The Sea of Ice by Caspar David Friedrich (Germany — 1824)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1824) • 19th century - The Slave Ship by J.M.W. Turner (London, UK — 1840)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1840) • 18th century - The Sleeping Gypsy by Henri Rousseau (Paris, France — 1897)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1897) - The Snake Charmer by Henri Rousseau (Paris, France — 1907)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1907) • 1907 - The Soul of the Rose by John William Waterhouse (London, UK — 1908)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1908) - The Sower by Jean-François Millet (France — 1850)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1850) - The Starry Night
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889 - The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh (Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France — 1889)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889) - The Starry Night — Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France — 1889
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1889 - The Stone Breakers by Gustave Courbet (France — 1849)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1849) • 1849 - The Stonebreakers by Gustave Courbet (Dresden, Germany — 1849)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1849) - The Swing Bridge by Thomas Cole (USA — 1837)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1837) - The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (London, UK — 1767)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1767) - The Taj Mahal (Agra, India — 1653)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1653) • 1653 - The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu (Kyoto, Japan — c. 1008)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1008) - The Terracotta Army by Qin Shi Huang’s artisans (Shaanxi, China — 210 BC)
Artisans (Shaanxi, China • 210 BC) - The Thinker by Auguste Rodin (Paris, France — 1880)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1880) - The Third of May 1808 by Francisco Goya (Madrid, Spain — 1814)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1814) • 1808 - The Tower of London (London, UK — 1078)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1078) • 1078 - The Turkish Bath by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (France — 1862)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1862) - The Veiled Christ by Giuseppe Sanmartino (Naples, Italy — 1753)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1753) - Tonalism by George Inness (USA — c. 1880)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 1880) - Topkapi Palace (Istanbul, Turkey — 1478)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1478) • 1478 - Uffizi Gallery (Florence, Italy — 1581)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1581) • 1581 - Venus de Milo by Alexandros of Antioch (Paris, France — c. 130 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 130 BC) - View of Auvers-sur-Oise by Paul Cézanne (Oxford, UK — 1879)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1879) - Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich (Hamburg, Germany — 1818)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1818) - Water Lilies by Claude Monet (Giverny, France — 1899)
Artwork and artistic legacy • 1899) - Whistler’s Mother by James McNeill Whistler (Paris, France — 1871)
Mother by James McNeill Whistler (Paris, France • 1871) - Winged Victory of Samothrace by a Greek artist (Paris, France — c. 200 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 200 BC) - Ziggurat of Ur (Iraq — c. 2100 BC)
Artwork and artistic legacy • c. 2100 BC)