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Art & Architecture
Quetzalcoatl, Mexico, (Aztec), Late Postclassic (1350 – 1521 CE), Stone, 101536. Photo © Vatican Museum Objects of Belief from the…
Johannes Vermeer (Delft, 1632–1675) “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” ca. 1665.Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (44.5…
Miniature portrait of Louis XIV by Laurent Tessier Montarsy. Oil painting, silver, and diamonds, ca. 17th century.©RMN-Grand Palais/Art Resource NY/Jean-Gilles…
Erika Stone’s “Lower Eastside Facade,” 1947. Gelatin silver print ©Erika StoneCourtesy of the Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio ‘The Radical…
Paul Gauguin. French (1848-1903). Washerwoman, Arles 1888. Oil on Burlap.The William S. Paley Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New…
Cindy Sherman, Untitled #466, 2008; chromogenic color print from the Museum of Modern Art, New York© 2012 Cindy Sherman Cindy…
Man Ray’s “A l’heure de l’observatoire— les amoureux” (Observatory Time – The Lovers), circa 1931, seen in a color photograph…
“Cemetery, Fountain City, Wisconsin, 2002”Photo by Alec Soth (from in the “Real to Real” exhibit at the de Young Museum)…
Frederic Leighton’s “The Sluggard” (1885) on exhibit at San Francisco’s Legion of HonorPhoto © by Emily S. Mendel The Cult…
De Staebler’s “Yoke Winged Man” (1994)Photo by Scott McCue ‘Matter + Spirit: The Sculpture of Stephen De Staebler’ De Young…
“Allegory of Mars, Venus and Cupid,” by Paris Paschalinus Bordone, ca. 1560, oil on canvasPicture courtesy of the deYoung Museum…
“Jeanne Pissarro, Called Minette, Sitting in the Garden, Pontoise”Oil on canvas, circa 1872. Private collection.Image © 2011 Fine Arts Museums…
Turban ornament of gold, diamonds, rubies,emeralds, sapphire and pearl, circa 1750All photos © V&A Images / Victoria and Albert Museum,…