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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
Ultimate Art Quiz
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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
Can You Match These Lesser-Known Paintings to Their Artists?
"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
Who Painted the Most Expensive Paintings in the World?
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Aerial view of Florence (Firenze), Italy from the campanile of the Duomo, with the gigantic dome (designed by Filippo Brunelleschi) in the foreground. Unidentifiable tourists are visible on top of the dome, which provide a measure of the building s scale.
25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence
Vandalized Art list. Combo of EB owned illustration (top) and parent Asset 182294. 4 of 11 The Rokeby Venus by Diego Velazquez was hit with a meat cleaver by Mary Richardson
Art Abuse: 11 Vandalized Works of Art
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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
Sculpture of woman before restoration (left) and after restoration on the exterior of an office building in Palencia, Spain. (art restoration)
5 Art Restorations Gone Wrong
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Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
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Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?
Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)
7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks
Ahura Mazda - relief of the Zoroastrian god Ahura Mazda at the ancient ruins of Persepolis in Iran. Also known as Ormazd Zoroastrianism,
Which Religion Is the Oldest?
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"
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Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.
Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

August Macke: Facts & Related Content

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Born January 3, 1887 • Germany
Died September 26, 1914 (aged 27) • France
Movement / Style Der Blaue Reiter
Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center
Wassily Kandinsky
Russian-born artist
Marc, Franz: Siberian Dogs in the Snow
Franz Marc
German artist
Portrait of a Young Woman, oil on canvas by Gabriele Münter, 1909.
Gabriele Münter
German artist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Braque, photograph by Arnold Newman, 1956
Georges Braque
French artist
Henri Rousseau: Myself: Portrait-Landscape
Henri Rousseau
French painter
Georges Rouault
French artist
Goncharova, Natalya: Religious Composition; Archangel Michael
Natalya Goncharova
Russian artist
Maurice de Vlaminck
French artist
Portrait of a Girl, oil painting by Alexey von Jawlensky, 1909; in the Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany.
Alexey von Jawlensky
Russian painter
Kees van Dongen painting
Kees van Dongen
French painter
André Derain
French painter
Lyonel Feininger
American artist
Mikhail Fyodorovich Larionov
Russian artist
Albrecht Dürer: Self-Portrait in Furred Coat
Albrecht Dürer
German artist
Lucas Cranach, the Elder
German painter
Hans Holbein the Younger: The Ambassadors
Hans Holbein the Younger
German painter
Matthias Grünewald
German artist
Rudolf Bauer
German-born artist

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"The Birth of Venus," tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the Uffizi, Florence.
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Tate Modern extension Switch House, London, England. (Tavatnik, museums). Photo dated 2017.
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Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society
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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
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