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Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
Vile or Visionary?: 11 Art Controversies of the Last Four Centuries
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5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, who formulated the Four Freedoms.
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Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519), Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. Engraving by Cosomo Colombini (d. 1812) after a Leonardo self portrait. Ca. 1500.
10 Famous Artworks by Leonardo da Vinci
African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.
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The Rise of the Machines: Pros and Cons of the Industrial Revolution
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Also Known As Anna Lea
Born September 13, 1844 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died April 7, 1930 (aged 85) • England
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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
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Munch, Edvard
Edvard Munch
Norwegian artist
Ciro Ferri: Triumph of Bacchus
Ciro Ferri
Italian painter
Robert S. Duncanson
American painter
Tom Lea
American artist and writer
Jackson Pollock
Jackson Pollock
American artist
James McNeill Whistler
James McNeill Whistler
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Elaine and Willem de Kooning
Willem de Kooning
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John Singer Sargent
John Singer Sargent
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Mary Cassatt: Self-Portrait
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Trumbull, John
John Trumbull
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Woodruff, Hale
Hale Woodruff
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George Grosz.
George Grosz
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Winold Reiss
Winold Reiss
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Aaron Douglas
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Charles Alston and Romare Bearden
Charles Alston
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