Five speakers look into their own early experiences of great works of art and identify a small, underappreciated part of the whole, one that has great meaning to them.

Curator James Payne’s Great Art Explained channel is one of YouTube’s gems. For his latest video, he takes a look at Leonardo da Vinci’s mural The Last Supper and explains what makes it such an ...

Gemmarum Antiquarum Delectus; Ex Præstantioribus Desumptus, Quæ In Dactyliothecis Ducis Marlburiensis Conservantur. - Choix De Pierres Antiques Gravées Du Cabinet Du Duc De Marlborough. - Tom. I. (II.

Artemisia Gentileschi painted Mary Magdalene in a sudden swoon — a tradition of matching physical beauty to spiritual elevation. Annette Lemieux’s “Nomad,” made by walking paint across the ...

Around 1915, concerns for public health resulted in the demolition of the houses which backed onto the churchyard of St. Bartholomew-the-Great. Explore art works, paint-smeared palettes, scribbled ...

They are responsible for great works of art in a variety of media, from painting, to sculpture, to photography. The lessons in this curriculum cover the themes of adornment, women as artists, and ...

and to help people understand the inspiration behind great works of art. We hope that access to this dataset will fuel knowledge, scholarship, and innovation, inspiring uses that transform the way we ...

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