Art History

  • Venus of Willendorf
    23,000 BCE

    Venus of Willendorf

    Austria
    c. 25,000-20,000 BCE
    Stone
    4 3/8" high
  • Hall of Bulls
    13,000 BCE

    Hall of Bulls

    Cave painting, left wall, Lascaux, Dordogne, France. 15000-10000 BCE
  • Hall of the Bison
    12,000 BCE

    Hall of the Bison

    Paleolithic Cave Painting
    Altamira caves, Spain
    15,000-8,000 BCE
  • Bison with Turned Head
    11,000 BCE

    Bison with Turned Head

    Reindeer antler
    4.2" high
    Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, France
  • Rock Art
    10,000 BCE

    Rock Art

    from the Acacus Mountains, Western Libya
  • Female Fertility Figure
    6000 BCE

    Female Fertility Figure

    found at Çatal Hüyük, Anatolia (modern Turkey)
    Terra-cotta
    7.9" high
  • Çatal höyük
    5500 BCE

    Çatal höyük

    Corner installation of Building 77
    Anatolio, Turkey
    6,000-5,000 BCE
  • Newgrange
    3200 BCE

    Newgrange

    County Meath, Ireland. Neolithic.
  • Stonehenge
    3100 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Monolithic structure.
  • Lyre
    2685 BCE

    Lyre

    wood, gold, and shell inlay
    5'5" high
  • Period: 2650 BCE to 2631 BCE

    Stepped Pyramid of Djoser and Tomb Complex

    IMHOTEP
    Saqqarah, Egypt
  • Stepped Pyramid of Djoser (right) and Tomb Complex
    2640 BCE

    Stepped Pyramid of Djoser (right) and Tomb Complex

    IMHOTEP
    Saqqarah, Egypt
    2650-2631 BCE
  • Great Pyramids
    2600 BCE

    Great Pyramids

    Gizeh, Egypt. Pyramids made for the pharaohs. Menkaure, c. 2525- 2475BCE; Khafre, c. 2575-2525 BCE; Khufu, 2600-2550 BCE.
  • Seated Scribe
    2450 BCE

    Seated Scribe

    5th dynasty
    2500-2400 BCE
    painted limestone
    21" high
  • Idol from Amorgos
    2400 BCE

    Idol from Amorgos

    Cycladic Islands off mainland Greece
    2500-2300 BCE
    Marble
    30" high
    The Ashmolean Museum
    Oxford, UK
  • Ziggurat at Ur
    2100 BCE

    Ziggurat at Ur

    third dynasty of ur, Iraq
    2150-2050 BCE
  • Stonehenge
    2000 BCE

    Stonehenge

    Wiltshire, England
    2000 BCE
    Diameter: 97'
    upright stones with lintel: 24' high
  • Palm Wine Calabash
    1850 BCE

    Palm Wine Calabash

    Bamileke people, Cameroon, Africa
    Late 19th century
    Beads on a cloth foundation, gourd, cowrie shells
    23 1/2" high
    Collection of the Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey, USA
  • Hammurabi Stele
    1770 BCE

    Hammurabi Stele

    Susa (modern Shush, Iran)
    1792-1750 BCE
    Detail showing the kind standing before the sun god and god of justice Shamash, who commanded Hammurabi to record the law
    Relief
    28" high
  • Snake Goddess
    1600 BCE

    Snake Goddess

    Mionan
    from the place at Knossos
    c. 1600 BCE
    Glazed earthenware
    13.5" high
    Archeological Museum, Herakloin
  • Bull Jumping
    1550 BCE

    Bull Jumping

    Crete, c. 1550-1450 BCE. Wall painting, 24 1/2" high. Palace complex at Knossos.
  • Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
    1490 BCE

    Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut

    Deir el- Bahri, Egypt, c. 1490- 1460 BCE.
  • Fowling Scene
    1400 BCE

    Fowling Scene

    Thebes Egypt, c. 1400-1350 BCE. Paint on dry plaster, approx. 32" high. Wall painting from the tomb of Nebamun. The British Museum, London.
  • Nefertiti
    1350 BCE

    Nefertiti

    Egypt, c. 1350 BCE. Portrait bust, approx. 1' 8" high. Aegyptisches Museum, Berlin Germany.
  • Intermost Coffin of Tutankhamen
    1325 BCE

    Intermost Coffin of Tutankhamen

    Thebes, Egypt. Gold inlaid with enamel and semiprecious stones, 6' 1" long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
  • Temple of Ramses II
    1255 BCE

    Temple of Ramses II

    19th Dynasty
    1275-1235 BCE
    65' high
  • Viking Ship
    900 BCE

    Viking Ship

    Norway, early 9th century. Oak, 65' long. Form the Oseberg ship buriel, Viking Ship Muesum, Oslo.
  • Laocoon and his Sons
    900 BCE

    Laocoon and his Sons

    Agesander, Athenodorus, Greece, late 2nd-early 1st century BCE. Marble, 7' 10" high. Vatican Museums, Rome.
  • Lamassu
    720 BCE

    Lamassu

    Khorsabad, Iraq, 720 BCE. Limestone, 14' high.
  • Ashurbanipal II Killing Lions
    650 BCE

    Ashurbanipal II Killing Lions

    60" high
    Limestone reliefe
  • Sarcophagus withReclining Couple
    520 BCE

    Sarcophagus withReclining Couple

    Etruria (Italy). Painted tera-cotta, 45 1/2" tall. From cemetery near Cerveteri. Museo Nationale di Villa Giulia, Rome
  • Women at the Fountain House
    515 BCE

    Women at the Fountain House

    520-510 BCE
    Greek hydria
    "AD" Painter
    Ceramic
    20 3/4" high
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • The Goddess Hathor and the Overseer of Sealers, Psamtik
    500 BCE

    The Goddess Hathor and the Overseer of Sealers, Psamtik

    Saqqara, Egypt
    Late 26th Dynasty
    6th Century BCE
    Gray stone
    base: 11 1/2" x 43 1/4" height of cow to horns: 33"
    Cairo Museum, Egypt
  • Red Figure Kylix
    490 BCE

    Red Figure Kylix

    DOURIS
    Slip on clay
    13" diameter
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • Banqueters and Musicians
    480 BCE

    Banqueters and Musicians

    Etruria (Italy), c. 480-470 BCE. Mural painting from the tomb of the Leopards in a cemetery near Tarquinia.
  • Zeus or Poseidon
    455 BCE

    Zeus or Poseidon

    Greece
    460-450 BCE
    Bronze
    6'10" high
    National Archeological Museum, Athens
  • Doryphoros
    450 BCE

    Doryphoros

    Polykeitos, Rome, c. 450-440 BCE. Marble after a bronze orginal, 6' 11" high. Museo Nazionale, Naples.
  • Parthenon
    440 BCE

    Parthenon

    IKTINOS AND KALLIKRATES
    Athens, Greece
    447-432 BCE
    Pentelic marble
    columns 34' high
    dimensions of structure 228' x 104'
  • Horsemen
    440 BCE

    Horsemen

    from the Parthenon frieze
    Athens, Greece
    440 BCE
    Marble
    42" high
  • The Temple of Athena Nike and the corner of Propylaea
    435 BCE

    The Temple of Athena Nike and the corner of Propylaea

    Athena right; Propylaea left
    MNESICLES
    437-432 BCE
    Athens
  • Period: 421 BCE to 405 BCE

    Porch of the Caryatids

    Erechtheum, Acropolis, Athens, Greece
  • Grave Stele of Hegeso
    410 BCE

    Grave Stele of Hegeso

    Athens, Greece, c. 410-400 BCE. Marble relief, 5' 2" high. From the Dipylon cemetery.
  • Theater at Epidauros
    350 BCE

    Theater at Epidauros

    Polykleitos, Greece, c. 350 BCE. Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
  • Colossal Statue of Constantine
    330 BCE

    Colossal Statue of Constantine

    Fragments. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, c. 330 C.E.
  • Peanut Necklace
    300 BCE

    Peanut Necklace

    Moche Civilization, Peru, c. 300. Gold and Silver necklace from the Royale tomeb of sipan, 20" diameter. Museo Archeologico Nacional Bruning de Lambayeque, Peru.
  • Lion Capital
    250 BCE

    Lion Capital

    column erected by Ashoka at Sarnath, India
    polished sandstone
    approx. 7' high
    Archeological Museum, Sarnath
  • Great Pylon of the Horus Temple at Edfu
    247 BCE

    Great Pylon of the Horus Temple at Edfu

    Egypt
    237-257 BCE
    Pylons: 118' high
    Façade: 230' wide
    West side of Nile River
  • Soldiers from Pit 1
    221 BCE

    Soldiers from Pit 1

    Shaanxi, China, 221-206 BCE. Painted ceramic; average figure height, 5' 9". Near the tomb of Shi Huangi.
  • Army of the First Emperor of Qin
    210 BCE

    Army of the First Emperor of Qin

    in pits next to his burial mound
    Lintong, China
    Qin Dynasty
    Painted terra-cotta
    average figure 5'10" high
  • The Great Wall of China
    206 BCE

    The Great Wall of China

    Construction began during the Qin Dynasty in 206 BCE, with Major work occurring during the Ming Dynasty, 1386-1644. Brick faced, average height 25', 1,500 miles long.
  • Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
    175 BCE

    Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius

    Rome
    Bronze, approx. 11.6" high
    Musei Capitolini, Rome
  • House of Julius Polybius
    100 BCE

    House of Julius Polybius

    Pompeii, Italy
    First built in 2nd century BCE
    Interior looking out into internal garden
    reconstructed
  • Arch of Titus
    81 BCE

    Arch of Titus

    Rome, Italy, 81 CE. Marble on concrete, 50' high, 40' wide.
  • Colosseum
    70 BCE

    Colosseum

    Rome, 70-82 CE.
  • Ara Pacis Augustae
    13 BCE

    Ara Pacis Augustae

    Rome, 13-9 BCE. Marble; outer wall, 34' 5" X 38" X 23'
  • Drum
    2 BCE

    Drum

    Dong son Civilization, Vietnam
    3rd-1st BCE
    Bronze
    24.5" x 31"
    From Tanh Hoa
    Musee des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris, France
  • African Rock Painting
    2 BCE

    African Rock Painting

    Cave Painting of Tassili n'Ajjer
    2nd mill. BCE
    Henri Lhote Collection
    Musse de l'Homme, Paris, France
  • Oil Lamp with Love-making Scene
    1 BCE

    Oil Lamp with Love-making Scene

    Roman
    1st Century BCE
    Ceramic
    Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
  • Glass Bowl with Fruit
    1 CE

    Glass Bowl with Fruit

    Roman
    1st Century
    found in the Mt. Vesuvius region of Italy
    Fresco wallpainting
    Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
  • 1 CE

    Bowl

    MARIA MARTINEZ
    Undated
    Blackware
    6.75" x 9.5"
    Gift of International Machines Business Corporation
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
  • Nimba, Goddess of Fertility
    1 CE

    Nimba, Goddess of Fertility

    undated
    Baga, Guinea
    Wood, shells, and rafia
    Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France
  • Potala Palace
    1 CE

    Potala Palace

    the former summer palace of the Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, Lhasa, Tibet
  • Baule Seated Female Figure
    1 CE

    Baule Seated Female Figure

    Wood
    Private Collection
  • Buddha Face Carved in Stone
    1 CE

    Buddha Face Carved in Stone

    Temple of Bayon
    complex of Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia
  • Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc
    1 CE

    Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc

    Palace of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacán, Mexico
  • Kidder Figure
    1 CE

    Kidder Figure

    Mayan
    Guatemala
    250 BCE - CE 100
    Ceramic Vessel
    10" x 7 1/2" x 6 3/4"
  • Great Stupa
    1 CE

    Great Stupa

    Sanchi, India
    3rd century BCE - 1st century CE
    Dome, 50' high
    Robert Harding Picture Library
  • Statue of Togato Barberini
    1 CE

    Statue of Togato Barberini

    Early 1st century CE
    marble
    65" high
  • Mask of Hanuman
    1 CE

    Mask of Hanuman

    Enamel inlay, gilt, gems, and other materials
  • Initiation Rites of Dionysos
    50

    Initiation Rites of Dionysos

    Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy
    c. CE 50
    Fresco
  • Tomb Model of a House
    100

    Tomb Model of a House

    Eastern Han Dynasty, China
    25-220 CE
    Ceramic
    52" x 33" x 27"
    The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Interior of Markets of Trajan
    106

    Interior of Markets of Trajan

    Rome
    100-112 CE
  • Funeary Relief of a Circus Official
    110

    Funeary Relief of a Circus Official

    Ostia, 110-130. Marble relief, approx. 20" high. Vatican Musuem, Rome.
  • Pantheon
    122

    Pantheon

    Rome, Italy
    118-125
    Concrete and marble
    142' from floor to opening in dome
  • Pyramid of the Sun
    150

    Pyramid of the Sun

    Teotihuacán, Mexico
    768' long at base
  • First Hypostyle Hall Horus Temple at Edfu
    247

    First Hypostyle Hall Horus Temple at Edfu

    Egypt
    237-257 BCE
    roof slabs: 50' from the floor
  • Synagogue at Dura-Europos
    250

    Synagogue at Dura-Europos

    Syria
    245-256 CE
    Interior, with wall paintings of biblical themes
    National Museum, Damascus
  • The Ark of the Covenant
    300

    The Ark of the Covenant

    Hammath near Tiberias
    4th century
    Mosaic
    Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem
  • Bamiyan Stone Buddha
    400

    Bamiyan Stone Buddha

    Bamiya, Afghanistan
    4th or 5th century CE
    demolished March 2001
    165' high
  • Spider
    400

    Spider

    Nazca Lines, Peru
    200-600
    Henri Stierlin
  • Herakles or Dionysus
    442

    Herakles or Dionysus

    Athens, Greece
    c. 447-432 BCE
    from the east pediment of the Parthenon, Acropolis
    Marble
    Approx. 3'6"
    British Museum, London
  • Three-Legged Ting with Cover
    500

    Three-Legged Ting with Cover

    Zhou Dynasty, China
    c. 6th Century BCE
    Cast Bronze
    5 3/4" high
  • Seated Buddha
    500

    Seated Buddha

    Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India
    late 5th - early 6th centuries
    Sandstone
    63" high
    Sarnath Museum
  • Shrine to Vairocana Buddha
    625

    Shrine to Vairocana Buddha

    Longmen, Luoyang, Valley of the Yellow River, China
    600-650
    Natural Rock Carving
    50' high
  • Main Shrine at Ise
    685

    Main Shrine at Ise

    Japan
    rebuilt every 20 years
  • Dome of the Rock
    690

    Dome of the Rock

    Jerusalem
    687-692
  • Ceiling of Cave 26
    700

    Ceiling of Cave 26

    View
    dating back to 700 CE
    one of the many caves at Ajanta dating back to 700 CE
    Maharashtra, India
  • Portrait Heads from Tomb 6
    700

    Portrait Heads from Tomb 6

    Lambityeco, Oaxaca, Mexico
    640-755
    Stucco
    10 1/2" x 11 1/2"
  • Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc
    750

    Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc

    Classic Maya
    From a palace at Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico
    Relief
  • Great Mosque of Cordoba
    786

    Great Mosque of Cordoba

    interior
    Cordoba, Spain
  • Vessel in the Form of a Monkey
    850

    Vessel in the Form of a Monkey

    late classic period
    800-900
    Clay
    8 1/2" high
  • The Great Ball Court
    900

    The Great Ball Court

    Chichen Itza, Mexico, 11th-13th centuries. 567' X 228", I shaped, Maya-Toltec
  • Relief Carving
    950

    Relief Carving

    Second half of the 10th Century
    Hindu
    Banteay Srei, Cambodia
    detail of red sandstone carving
  • Pueblo Bonito
    1000

    Pueblo Bonito

    Anasazi, New Mexico
    11th century
  • Relief Carving from the Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
    1000

    Relief Carving from the Kandarya Mahadeva Temple

    Khajuraho, India
  • Shiva as Nataraja or Lord of the Dance
    1000

    Shiva as Nataraja or Lord of the Dance

    Naltunai Isvaram Temple, Punjai, India
    c. 1000
    Bronze
  • Ball Players
    1000

    Ball Players

    Mexico, 11th-13th centuries. Vase painting. Maya.
  • Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
    1000

    Kandarya Mahadeva Temple

    Khajuraho, India
    10th-11th centuries
    one of thirty temples at this site, dedicated to Shiva, Vishnu, or Mahavira
    Main tower: 130' high
  • Moche Pottery Depicting Sexual Intercourse
    1100

    Moche Pottery Depicting Sexual Intercourse

    Peru
    c. 1000-1250
    Ceramic
    Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera, Lima, Peru
  • Xilonen, Goddess of Young Corn
    1100

    Xilonen, Goddess of Young Corn

    Huastec
    Tuxpan (Veracruz), Mexico
    1000-1200
    Limestone
    33" high
  • The Water and the Moon Guanyin Bodhisattva
    1100

    The Water and the Moon Guanyin Bodhisattva

    China
    Song Dynasty
    c. 1100
    Painted wood
    7'11" high
    The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
  • Spring Festival Along the River
    1100

    Spring Festival Along the River

    ZHANG ZEDUAN
    late 11th-early 12th centuries
    handscroll, ink on silk
    10" x 207"
  • Serpent Mound
    1100

    Serpent Mound

    900-1300
    1,400' long
  • Angkor Wat
    1125

    Angkor Wat

    Central Temple Complex
    Cambodia
    1113-1150 CE
  • The Last Judgement
    1130

    The Last Judgement

    Gislebertus, France. Stone Carving, 21' wide, 12' high.
  • Detail of Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia
    1190

    Detail of Deesis Mosaic in Hagia Sophia

    believed to be 1185-1204
    Mosaic tile
  • Period: 1192 to 1333

    Zen Stone Garden

    Japan
    Kamakura period
    Daitokuji Temple
    Kyoto
    *this artwork is meant to provide spiritual experience, but it is framed within Japanese culture and the spiritual tradition of Buddhism
  • Lotus Flowers and Ducks
    1200

    Lotus Flowers and Ducks

    China
    13th century
    hanging scroll
    Painting on silk
    50.4" x 30.7"
    Museum fuer Ostasiatische Kunst
    Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin
  • Six Persimmons
    1200

    Six Persimmons

    MU-QI
    Southern Song Dynasty
    Dailoxu-ji, Kyoto
    13th century
    ink on paper
    14 1/4" wide
  • Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries
    1200

    Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries

    Mali, Africa
    13th century
  • Burning of the Palace
    1200

    Burning of the Palace

    From the Heiji Monogatari, hand scroll (detail), Japan, kamakura period, late 13th century. Ink on color on paper, 16 1/4" high, 22' 9" long.
  • Chartes Cathedral
    1200

    Chartes Cathedral

    Chartres, France
    1145-1220
    South tower: 377' high
    Cathedral: 427' long
  • Apricot Blossoms
    1200

    Apricot Blossoms

    MA YUAN
    early 13th century
    10' high
  • Reliquary Arm
    1230

    Reliquary Arm

    Mosan (Belgium, c. 1230. Silver over oak: bronze-gilt; applique plaques: silver-gilt,niello, and cabochon stones; 25 1/2" X 6 1/2" X 4". The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  • Rose Window
    1233

    Rose Window

    from the Chartres Cathedral
    France
  • Mother and Nursing Child
    1300

    Mother and Nursing Child

    Cahokia, Illinois, USA
    1200-1400
    Ceramic effigy vessel
    Mississippian Period
    St. Louis Science Center
  • Catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus
    1301

    Catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus

    Rome, early 14th century. Ceiling painting from a cubiculum, fresco.
  • Allegory of Good Government
    1338

    Allegory of Good Government

    Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Italy, 1338-1339. Fresco. Sala della pace, Palazzo Publico, Siena
  • Monumental Heads
    1400

    Monumental Heads

    Moai Statue
    15th Century
    volcanic tufa
    Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Polynesia
  • Eagle Knight
    1400

    Eagle Knight

    c. 15th century
    Eathenware and plaster
    66 7/8" x 46.5" x 21 5/8"
    Aztec, Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico
  • Sacrifice of Isaac
    1401

    Sacrifice of Isaac

    LORENZO GHIBERTI
    Florence, Italy
    1401-1402
    Gilden bronze
    21" x 17.5"
    Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence
  • The Expulsion from Paradise
    1427

    The Expulsion from Paradise

    MASACCIO
    Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
    Fresco
  • Silver Representation of aMaize Plant
    1430

    Silver Representation of aMaize Plant

    Peru, Inca, 1430-1532. Ethnologisches Muesum, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany .
  • Virgin and Child in a Niche
    1432

    Virgin and Child in a Niche

    Flanders, Northern Europe
    c. 1432-1433
    Oil on panel
    7 1/4" x 4 3/4"
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
  • Wedding Portrait
    1434

    Wedding Portrait

    JAN VAN EYCK
    Flanders, Northern Europe
    oil on wood panel
    32" x 25"
    National Gallery Collection, London
  • Aztec Marriage Couple
    1434

    Aztec Marriage Couple

    from the Codex Mendoza
    Mexico
    Bodleian Library
    University of Oxford
  • Tlalco Vessel
    1450

    Tlalco Vessel

    Aztec
    ca. 1440-1469
    Clay and pigment
    13" x 13" x 12.5"
    Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico
  • Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his wife Battista Sforza
    1465

    Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro, Duke of Urbino, and his wife Battista Sforza

    PIERO DELLA FRANCESCA
    Tempera on wood
    18.5" x 13"
    Uffizi Florence, Italy
  • The Birth of Venus
    1482

    The Birth of Venus

    SANDRO BOTTICELLI
    Italy
    Tempera on canvas
    approx. 5'8" x 9'1"
    Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
  • Equestrian Monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni
    1483

    Equestrian Monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni

    Andrea Del Verrocchio. Italy, c. 1483-1488. Bronze, 15' high. Campo Ss. Giovanni e paolo, Venice.
  • Proportions of the Human Figure (Vitruvian Man)
    1492

    Proportions of the Human Figure (Vitruvian Man)

    LEONARDO DI VINCI
    Pen and ink on paper
    13.5" x 9.66"
    Galleria dell' Accademia, Venice
  • Last Supper
    1495

    Last Supper

    Leonardo Da Vinci. 1495-1498, Experimental paint on plaster, 14'5"X28'. Milan, Italy
  • Festivities
    1500

    Festivities

    detail of a screen depicting the popular festivities that took plave at Shijo-gawa, Kyoto
    Late Muromachi period
    16th century
    Seikado Library, Tokyo
  • The Reader (frontispiece)
    1500

    The Reader (frontispiece)

    Bukhara, Iran
    first quarter of the 16th Century
    Gouache, gold hilights
    Photo: Hervé Lewandowski
    Louvre, Paris, France
  • Saltcellar
    1500

    Saltcellar

    16th century
    Ivory
    17" high
    Afro-Portuguese
    Sherbro Peninsula (Bulom), Sierra Leone
  • Codex Borbonicus
    1500

    Codex Borbonicus

    Early 16th century. Detail depicting Quetzalcoatl and Texacatlipoca. painted on vellum, 39 cm X 40 cm. Aztec.
  • Mandala of Samvara (Kharamukha Cakrasamvara Mandala)
    1500

    Mandala of Samvara (Kharamukha Cakrasamvara Mandala)

    Tibet
    c. 16th century
    water-based pigments on cotton cloth
    23" x 18"
  • Temple of Heaven Round Hall
    1500

    Temple of Heaven Round Hall

    Beijing, China
    begun 1420, restored 1754
    wood with the tile roof
  • David
    1501

    David

    Michelangelo, Italy, 1501-1504. Marble, 14' 3" high. Galleria dell'Accademai, Florence.
  • Chape of Henry VII
    1503

    Chape of Henry VII

    Westminister Abbey, London, England, 1503-1519.
  • Mona Lisa
    1504

    Mona Lisa

    LEONARDO DI VINCI
    Italy
    c. 1503 - 1506
    currently displayed behind bulletproof glass
    Oil on wood
    30.25" x 21"
    Louvre, Paris
  • Madonna of the Meadow
    1505

    Madonna of the Meadow

    RAPHAEL
    Italy
    Panel painting
    44 1/2" x 34 1/4"
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
  • The Libya Sibyl
    1510

    The Libya Sibyl

    MICHELANGELO
    Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace
    1508-1512
    restoration completed in 1989
    Fresco
    Detail of the Sistine Ceiling
  • Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
    1510

    Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

    MICHAELANGELO
    The Vatican, Rome, Italy
    1508-1512
    Fresco
    approx. 128' x 45'
  • The Isenheim Altarpiece
    1512

    The Isenheim Altarpiece

    MATTHIAS GRÜNEWALD
    Germany
    c. 1510-1515
    Oil on wood center panel; CRUCIFIXION
    9' 9.5" x 10'9"
    Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
  • Knight, Death, and the Devil
    1513

    Knight, Death, and the Devil

    ALBRECHT DURER
    Engraving
    9 5/8" x 7.5"
    Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, France
    Bridegman-Giraudon
  • Feathered Headdress of Moctezuma
    1519

    Feathered Headdress of Moctezuma

    Aztec
    Quetzal and cotinga feathers, gold plaques
    45.5" x 69"
    Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
  • Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep
    1535

    Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep

    ROSSO FIORENTINO
    1530-1540
    5" x 9.5"
    British Museum, London
  • Venus of Urbino
    1538

    Venus of Urbino

    TITIAN (TIZIANO VECELLO)
    oil on canvas
    4' x 5'6"
    Uffizi, Florence, Italy
  • Mohammed's Ascent into Heaven
    1541

    Mohammed's Ascent into Heaven

    Tabriz, Iran
    1539-1543
    Made for Tahmasp
    Safavid Dynasty
    British Liberty, London, Great Britain
  • The Fourth Plate of Muscles
    1543

    The Fourth Plate of Muscles

    ANDREAS VESALIUS OF BRUSSELS
  • Villa Rotonda
    1552

    Villa Rotonda

    ANDREA PALLADIO
    Vicenza, Italy
  • Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed
    1558

    Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed

    Exterior
    Moscow
    1555-1561
  • Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici
    1571

    Studiolo of Francesco I de' Medici

    GIORGIO VASARI
    built between 1570 and 1572
    Studiolo, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
  • Babur Supervising the Layout of the Garden of Fidelity

    Babur Supervising the Layout of the Garden of Fidelity

    BISHNDAS
    Manuscript painting
    gold and gauche on paper
    8 3/4" x 5 3/4"
  • Scribe and Painter at Work

    Scribe and Painter at Work

    JAGANATH
    from the Hadiqat Al-Haqiqat (The Garden of Truth) by Hakim Sana'i Mughal
    1599-1600
    First Miniature, folio 15
    Pen and ink on paper
  • Gopura, Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple

    Gopura, Sri Meenakshi Amman Temple

    17th century
    Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Tea Bowl

    Tea Bowl

    17th century
    Ceramic
    Satsuma ware
    4 2/5" diameter at mouth
  • Uji Bridge

    Uji Bridge

    Momoyama Period
    16th-17th centuries
    six-fold screen, color on paper
    62" high
  • A Stoneware vase of flowers

    A Stoneware vase of flowers

    JAN BRUEGEL
    1607-1608
    Oil on Panel
    23.75" x 16.5"
  • Judith and Holofernes

    Judith and Holofernes

    ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI
    1612-1613
    Oil on canvas
    62.5" x 49.5"
    Museo Nazionale di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy
  • Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus

    Abduction of the Daughters of Leucippus

    PETER PUAL RUBENS
    oil on canvas
    7'3" x 6'10"
    Munich
  • Masjid-i-Shah or Royal Mosque

    Masjid-i-Shah or Royal Mosque

    Isfahan, Iran
    1612-1637
    110' high
  • Baldacchino

    Baldacchino

    Gianlorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, 1624-1633. Gilded bronze, 100' high.
  • Beyond the Solitary Bamboo Grove

    Beyond the Solitary Bamboo Grove

    SHENG MAOYE
    1625-1640
    ink and color on silk
    11 1/4" x 12"
  • Taj Mahal

    Taj Mahal

    Agra, India, 1632-1654
  • Table of Desserts

    Table of Desserts

    Jan Davidsz. Netherlands. Oil on canvas 58 7/8" X 79 9/10". Louvre, Paris.
  • The Company of Frans Banning Cocq [or] The Night Watch

    The Company of Frans Banning Cocq [or] The Night Watch

    REMBRANDT VAN RIJN
    c.1642
    Oil on canvas
    11'11" x 14'4"
    Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  • Cornaro Chapel with the Ecstasy of St. Theresa

    Cornaro Chapel with the Ecstasy of St. Theresa

    GIANLORENZO BERNINI
    1645-1652
    Marble, stucco, paint, natural light; central marble figures
    As illustrated by an anonymous 18th-century painting from the Italian School
    11'6" high
    in the Church of Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome
    Painting located in the Staatliches Museum, Schwerin, Germany
  • Las Meninas

    Las Meninas

    DIEGO VELAZQUEZ
    Oil on canvas
    approx. 10'5" x 9'
  • The Kitchen Maid

    The Kitchen Maid

    JAN VERMEER VAN DELFT
    oil on canvas
    17" x 15"
  • Self-Portrait

    Self-Portrait

    Rembrant Van Rijn, Ntherlands. Oil on canvas, 23 1/4" X 20". The Hague, Mauritshuis.
  • Badshahi Mosque

    Badshahi Mosque

    Lahore, Pakistan
  • Yama

    Yama

    Tibet
    mid-17th to early 18th century
    Distemper (pigments mixed with egg yolk, egg white, and/or size) on cloth
    72 3/8" x 46 5/8"
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Hall of Mirrors

    Hall of Mirrors

    Versailles, France, c. 1680
  • Portrait of Louis XIV holding the plan for the Royal House at Saint-Cyr

    Portrait of Louis XIV holding the plan for the Royal House at Saint-Cyr

    NICOLAS RENE JOLLAIN THE ELDER
    1661-1715
    Oil on canvas
    87" x 65"
    Chateaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles, France
  • Cloak and Feather Hat

    Cloak and Feather Hat

    Hawaii, 18th century. Museo de America, Madrid Spain
  • Period: to

    Gheordez Prayer Rug

    Turkey
    eighteenth century
    White mihrab with two Turkish floral columns
    wool
    65.75" high x 48.75 width
    Museum fuer Angewandte Kunst, Vienna
  • Cathedral of Dubrovnik: Nave Groin Vault

    Cathedral of Dubrovnik: Nave Groin Vault

    ANDREA BUFFALINI
    construction finished in 1713
    Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Hall of Mirrors

    Hall of Mirrors

    FRANÇOIS DE CUVILLIÈS
    Germany
    1734-1739
  • Breakfast Scene

    Breakfast Scene

    William Hogart, England. Oil on canvas, 28" X 36". National Gallery, London.
  • Prison

    Prison

    Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Fromle Carceri. Etching
  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrews

    THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
    oil on canvas
    27.5" x 47"
    National Gallery, London
  • The Swing

    The Swing

    JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD
    Oil on canvas
    35" x 32"
  • Kangra School. Radha and Krishna in the grove

    Kangra School. Radha and Krishna in the grove

    Kangra, India
    Gouache on paper
    4.8" x 6.75"
    Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
  • Oath of the Horatii

    Oath of the Horatii

    JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
    France
    Oil on canvas
    10'10" x 14"
    Louvre, Paris
  • A Pair of Lovers

    A Pair of Lovers

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO
    frontispiece from Poem of the Pillow
    Japan
    Wood block relief print
    9 3/4" x 14 3/4"
    Victoria & Albert Museum, London
  • U.S. Capitol Building

    U.S. Capitol Building

    Exterior last renovated in 1960
    Frequently redesigned, expanded, and restored under architects William Thorton, Stephen H. Hallat, George Hadfield, James Hoban, Benjamin Henry Latrobe, Charles Bulfinch, Thomas U. Walter, Edward Clark, and J. George Stewart.
    Terracing by Frederick Law Olmstead
  • Komurasaki of the Tamaya Teahouse

    Komurasaki of the Tamaya Teahouse

    KITAGAWA UTAMARO
    Multicolor woodblock print
    15" x 10"
  • Ceremonial Mask known as a Mboom or Bwoom

    Ceremonial Mask known as a Mboom or Bwoom

    Kuba, Central Zaiew
    19th-20th centuries
    Wood, beads, shells, cloth
    head-sized
    Museum of Central Africa, Tervuren
  • The Printmaker's Workshop

    The Printmaker's Workshop

    Japan
    Edo Period
    School of Yokohama
    19th Century
    color woodblock print
    Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris
  • Summer Robe

    Summer Robe

    China
    19th century
    embroidered silk
    private selection
  • Basket Ferry

    Basket Ferry

    ANDO OR UTAGWA HIROSHIGE
    Kagowatashi, Hida Province
    19th century
    Woodblock print
    13.5" x 9"
    Leeds Museums and Galleries (City Art Gallery), United Kingdom
  • Mbulu Ngulu

    Mbulu Ngulu

    (Reliquary Gaurdian Figure), from tje Kota region ofgabon, Africa. Likely 19th-20 century. Wood, metal.
  • Baths of Caracalla

    Baths of Caracalla

    As reconstructed in the hand- colored engraving of a 19th- century illustration.
  • Rank Badge with Peacock

    Rank Badge with Peacock

    China
    late 18th century, early 19th century
    Qing dynasty
    silk, metallic thread on silk
    12 1/8" x 12 1/8"
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Pere Lachaise Cemetery

    Pere Lachaise Cemetery

    Paris, France, opened 1804.
  • Masquakie Bear Claw

    Masquakie Bear Claw

    Tama Iowa, USA, c. 1860. Otter pelt, grizzly claws, glass beads, silk ribbon, 16 1/4" long, 14 1/4"
  • Grande Odalisque

    Grande Odalisque

    JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES
    France
    Oil on canvas
    35" x 64"
    Louvre, Paris, France
  • The Excecutions of May 3, 1808

    The Excecutions of May 3, 1808

    Francisco Goya, Spain. Oil on canvas, 104 3/4" X 135 3/4". Prado, Madrid.
  • The Raft of Medusa

    The Raft of Medusa

    THÉODORE GÉRICAULT
    Oil on Canvas
    16'1" x 24'1"
    Louvre, Paris
  • Figure of a Deity: A'a Rurutu

    Figure of a Deity: A'a Rurutu

    Austral Islands
    collected in 1820
    Wood
    44" high
    The British Museum, London
  • Presentation Pipe Tomahawk

    Presentation Pipe Tomahawk

    USA, c. 1820. Ottawa. Wood, inlaid metal. 23 1/2" X 8".
  • The Haywain

    The Haywain

    JOHN CONSTABLE
    Oil on canvas
    4'3" x 6'2"
  • Libery Leading the People

    Libery Leading the People

    Eugene Delacroix, France. Oil on Cnavas, approximatley 8'6" X 10'8" Louvre, Paris.
  • Potawatomi Male Figure (love doll)

    Potawatomi Male Figure (love doll)

    Crandon, Wisconsin
    1800-1860
    Wood and wool fabric
    9" high
  • The Peaceable Kingdom

    The Peaceable Kingdom

    Edward Hicks. USA, 1830-1840. Oil on canvas. 17 7'16" X 23 9/16". Brooklyn Museum Art.
  • Shaman's Amulet

    Shaman's Amulet

    1820-1850
    sperm whale tooth
    6 1/2" long
  • Carolina Paroquet

    Carolina Paroquet

    JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
    1827-1838
    29 1/2" x 21 1/4"
    Watercolor
  • The Legislative Belly

    The Legislative Belly

    Honore Daumier, France. Lithograph; image: 11 1/8" X 18 1/8"
  • The British Museum

    The British Museum

    SIR ROBERT SIDNEY SMIRKE
    London
    1823-1847
    Portico, south façade
  • The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up

    The Fighting Temeraire Tugged to Her Last Berth to be Broken Up

    JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER
    oil on canvas
    35 1/4" x 48"
  • House of Parliament

    House of Parliament

    Charles Barry and A. W. Pugin. London, 1840-1860. 940' long.
  • Shoki the Demon Queller

    Shoki the Demon Queller

    UTAGAWA KUNISADA
    c. 1849-1853
    woodblock print
    14" x 9.5"
    Burrell Collection, Glasgow
  • God Te Rongo and His Three Sons

    God Te Rongo and His Three Sons

    Cook Islands
    Polynesia
    c 1800-1900s
    Wood
    27 3/8" high
    The British Museum, London
  • Standing Female Figure

    Standing Female Figure

    Bamana, Mali, Africa
    19th-20th centuries
    wood, copper, beads, and metal
    20.5" high
    Detroit Institute of Arts, USA
  • Ophelia

    Ophelia

    England, 1852. Oil on canvas, 30" X 44"
  • Frederick Douglass Daguerreotype

    Frederick Douglass Daguerreotype

    ca. 1855
    2 3/4" x 2 3/16"
    The Rubel Collection, Partial and promised gift of William Rubel, 2001
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Central Park

    Central Park

    Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, New York City, USA, 1857-1887.
  • Olympia

    Olympia

    EDWARD MANET
    France
    Oil on canvas
    51 1/4" x 74 3/4" Musée d'Orsay, Paris
  • Wearing Blanket

    Wearing Blanket

    Navajo, Arizona, United States
    1860-1870
    Wool
    67.5" x 49"
    Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910
  • Dead Confederate Soldier with Gun

    Dead Confederate Soldier with Gun

    Mathew B. Brady USA, 1865. Civil War photograph.
  • The Luncheon of the Boating Party

    The Luncheon of the Boating Party

    PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
    Oil on canvas
    51" x 68"
  • At the Milliner's

    At the Milliner's

    EDGAR DEGAS
    pastel on paper
    27 5/8" x 27.75"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Te Mana O Turanga Doorway

    Te Mana O Turanga Doorway

    Moari meeting house
    RAHARUHI PUKUPO and others
    carved and painted wood
    New Zealand
  • La Grande Jatte

    La Grande Jatte

    GEORGES SEURAT
    1884-1886
    oil on canvas
    6'9" x 10'
  • Woman in a coffeehouse, Mme Ginoux in the Cafe de la Gare in Aries

    Woman in a coffeehouse, Mme Ginoux in the Cafe de la Gare in Aries

    PAUL GAUGUIN
    oil on canvas
    28.75" x 36.25"
    Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
  • Portrait of Mme. Ginoux (L'Arlesienne)

    Portrait of Mme. Ginoux (L'Arlesienne)

    VINCENT VAN GOGH
    Oil on canvas
    23.5" x 19.5"
    Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome
  • Basket

    Basket

    Clamshell disks, red woodpecker feathers, quail topnots, tree materials, 7" diameter. Pomo Tribe. 1890-1910.
  • Portait of Dr. Gachet

    Portait of Dr. Gachet

    Vincent Van Gogh, Netherlands. Oil on canvas, 26 1/4" X 22".
  • The Scream

    The Scream

    Edvard Munch, Norway. Oil paiting, 35 3/4" X 29". National Gallery, Oslo, Norway.
  • Mother and Child

    Mother and Child

    MARY CASSATT
    Pastel on Paper
    21" x 17.75"
    Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France
  • Jane Avril

    Jane Avril

    Henri DE Toulouse-Lautrec. France, 1899. Lithographic poster, 22" X 14".
  • Jane Avril

    Jane Avril

    HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
    Lithographic poster
    22" x 14"
  • Royal Linguist's Staff

    Royal Linguist's Staff

    Akan Culture
    1900s
    Asante Kingdom, Ghana
    Wood, gold leaf
    65.5" high
  • Shrine of Shango

    Shrine of Shango

    the Yoruba god of thunder, furnished with figures of women devotees
    20th century
    Oroko wood
    Average 30" high
    Collection of Oba Laoye II, Temi of Ede, Nigeria
  • Male Spirit Mask

    Male Spirit Mask

    Middle Sepik
    Papua New Guinea
    possibly by the Arambak culture
    20th century
    Cane, other plant fibers, cassoway feather, mud, and paint
    47" x 27" x 23.5"
    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas USA
  • Bunraku

    Bunraku

    Performance on stage
    Japan
    20th century
  • Toba Batak House

    Toba Batak House

    Decorated façade
    Sumatra, Indonesia
    c 19th - 20th centuries
  • Ashanti Akua'ba Doll

    Ashanti Akua'ba Doll

    Ghana, Africa
    c. 20th Century
    Wood
    13" high
    The British Museum, London
  • Transformation Mask

    Transformation Mask

    Kwakiutl, British Columbia
    20th Century
    Painted Wood
  • Painting from a Cult House

    Slei
    Middle Sepik Region
    Papua New Guinea
    c. 20th century
    Palm leaves on a bamboo frame painted with earth pigments
    44" x 61 1/2"
    Museum der Kulturen, Basel, Switzerland
  • Bisj Poles

    Bisj Poles

    Buepis Village
    19th-20th century
    wood and paint
    approx. 16' high
  • Great Beaded Crown of the Orangun-Ila

    Great Beaded Crown of the Orangun-Ila

    BEADWORKERS OF THE ADESINA FAMILY OF EFON-ALAYE
    Nigeria
    20th century
    Yoruba
  • Water Lily Pond

    Water Lily Pond

    CLAUDE MONET
    Oil on canvas
    35" x 39 3/4"
  • Hunter and Kangaroo

    Hunter and Kangaroo

    20th century
    paint on bark
    51" x 32"
  • Bunraku

    Bunraku

    stage performance
    20th century
  • Open Circle

    Open Circle

    KEVIN LOCKE
    performance
    20th century
  • Kanga Masked Dancers

    Kanga Masked Dancers

    Mali
    20th century
    Dogon
  • Two Marquesans

    Two Marquesans

    PAUL GAUGUIN
    Monotype
    12.5" x 20"
    British Museum, London
  • The Outbrek

    The Outbrek

    Germany, Etching, 20 " X 23 1/4"
  • Carson Pirie Scott and Company

    Carson Pirie Scott and Company

    LOUIS H. SULLIVAN
    Chicago, IL
  • Landscape at Aix, Mount Saint-Victoire

    Landscape at Aix, Mount Saint-Victoire

    PAUL CEZANNE
    Oil on Canvas
    23.5" x 28.25"
    Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
  • Grand Mosque

    Grand Mosque

    Djenne, Mali
  • Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

    Les Demoiselles d'Avignon

    PABLO PICASSO
    Spain/France
    Oil on canvas
    8'x7'8"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Las bravisimas Calaveras Guatemaltecas de Mora y de Morales

    Las bravisimas Calaveras Guatemaltecas de Mora y de Morales

    JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA
    pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, lavender paper
    zinc etching
    University of New Mexico
  • Interior House Post

    Interior House Post

    ARTHUR SHAUGHNESSY
    Kwakiutl
    Carved and Painted red cedar
    180" x 132" x 34"
  • Palace Sculpture

    Palace Sculpture

    Olowe of Ise, Ikere, Nigeria, 1910-1914. Yoruba. Wood and pigment, 60" X 13 1/4".
  • leo, 48 Inches High, 8 years old, picks Up Bobbins at 15c a Day

    leo, 48 Inches High, 8 years old, picks Up Bobbins at 15c a Day

    Lewis Hine. USA. Photograph, 8 1/2" X 11". university o Maryland Library, college park, maryland
  • Jüngster Tag (Last Judgement)

    Jüngster Tag (Last Judgement)

    WASSILY KANDINSKY
    underglass painting with ink and color
    13.25" x 17.5"
    Musée National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris
  • The Morning Anxiety

    The Morning Anxiety

    GIORGIO DE CHIRICO
    oil on canvas
    32" x 25"
    MaRT (Museo di arte moderna e contemporanea di Trento e) Rovereto, Italy
  • Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)

    Nude Descending a Staircase (No. 2)

    MARCEL DUCHAMP
    oil on canvas
    57 7/8" x 35 1/8"
  • Bird Hunt and preservation; grape harvest and wine making

    Bird Hunt and preservation; grape harvest and wine making

    1540-1300 BCE
  • Over Vitebsk

    Over Vitebsk

    MARC CHAGALL
    Russia/France
    1915-1920
    Oil on canvas
    26 1/2" x 36 1/2"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany

    Cut with the Kitchen Knife Dada through the Last Weimar Beer Belly Cultural Epoch of Germany

    HANNAH HOCH
    1919-1920
    Photomontage
    3'9" x 2'11"
    Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin
  • The City

    The City

    FERNAND LÉGER
    Oil on canvas
    91" x 117.5"
  • They're Biting

    They're Biting

    PAUL KLEE
    drawing and oil on paper
    12.25" x 9.25"
  • Marcel Duchamp

    Marcel Duchamp

    JOSEPH STELLA
    silverpoint on paper
    24.25" x 18.75"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow

    Grey Line with Lavender and Yellow

    GEORGIA O'KEEFE
    USA
    Oil on canvas
    48" x 30"
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • Dia de Los Muertos

    Dia de Los Muertos

    Diego Rivera, Mexico, 1923. Fresco, detail showing the city. South wall, Court of the Fiesta, Ministry of Education, Mexico City.
  • Torso of a Young Man

    Torso of a Young Man

    CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
    Romania
    Polished brass
    18" high
    Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
  • Battleship Potemkin

    Battleship Potemkin

    Sergei M. Eisenstein. Russia, 1925. Film stills.
  • Yellow Calla

    Yellow Calla

    GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
    Oil on canvas
    9" x 12.75"
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
  • Society Ladies

    Society Ladies

    JAMES VANDERZEE
    USA
    Black and White photograph
  • Artichoke, Halved

    Artichoke, Halved

    Edward Weston. Photograph. The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Watts Towers

    Watts Towers

    SIMON RODIA
    1921-1954
    Reinforced concrete with mixed media and found materials
    100' high
  • The Persistence of Memory

    The Persistence of Memory

    SALVADOR DALI
    Oil on canvas
    9 1/2" x 13"
  • Gasoline Alley

    Gasoline Alley

    FRANK KING
    Newspaper Sunday page
    23" x 17"
  • Gods of the Modern World

    Gods of the Modern World

    JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO
    1932-1934
    Fresco
    126" x 176"
  • Triemph of the Will

    Triemph of the Will

    Germany. Film. Kobal Collection.
  • Object (Le Dejeuner en fourrure)

    Object (Le Dejeuner en fourrure)

    MERET OPPENHEIM
    Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon
    Cup, 4 3/8" diameter; Saucer, 9 3/8" diameter; Spoon, 8" long; overall height, 2 7/8"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley

    Migrant Mother, Nipomo Valley

    DOROTHEA LANGE
    Gelatin silver print
  • The Weeping Woman (La Femme Qui Pleure)

    The Weeping Woman (La Femme Qui Pleure)

    PABLO PICASSO
    etching aquatint and drypoint
    plate: 27 1/8" x 19.5"; sheet: 30 5/16" x 22 5/16"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Fallingwater

    Fallingwater

    FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
    1936-1938
    Kaufmann House, Connellsville vicinity, Pennsylvania
  • Guernica

    Guernica

    Pablo Picasso. Spain, 1937. Oil on canvas, 11' X 28' 8". Prado Museum, Madrid.
  • Echo of a Scream

    Echo of a Scream

    David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico. Enamel on wood, 48" X 36". Muesum of Modern Art, New York, NY.
  • The Unicorn in Captivity

    The Unicorn in Captivity

    1495-1505
    wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gift wefts
    12'1" x 8'3"
  • Veranda Post: Female Caryatid and Equestrian Figure

    Veranda Post: Female Caryatid and Equestrian Figure

    Olowe of Ise
    Yoruba
    Wood, pigment, 71" high
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Self-Portrait with Monkey

    Self-Portrait with Monkey

    Frida Khalo, Mexico. Oil on masnite, 16" 12". Albright-Knox Art gallery, Buffalo, NY.
  • Gone with the Wind

    Gone with the Wind

    MGM film starring Clark Gable as Rhett Butler and Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara
    Copyright Metro Goldwyn Mayer
  • The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers

    The Beautiful Bird Revealing the Unknown to a Pair of Lovers

    JOAN MIRÓ
    Gouache and oil wash on paper
    18" x 15"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Listen to the Living

    Listen to the Living

    Roberto Matta-Echaurren. Oil on canvas, 29 1/2" X 37 7/8".
  • Nighthawks

    Nighthawks

    EDWARD HOPPER
    Oil on canvas
    33" x 60"
    Art Institute of Chicago
  • Ahola Kachina

    Ahola Kachina

    JIMMIE KEWANWYTEWA
    Hopi
    Third Mesa, Oraibi
    Cottonwood, paint, feathers, wool
    13" high
    Museum of Northern Arizona
  • Solomon R Guggenheim Museum

    Solomon R Guggenheim Museum

    Frank Lloyd Wright, New York City, USA, began in 1943.
  • Maria Candelaria

    Maria Candelaria

    performance
    Mexico
  • Clearing Winter Storm

    Clearing Winter Storm

    ANSEL ADAMS
  • Lucifer

    Lucifer

    Jackson Pollock, USA. Oil, aluminum paint, and enamel on canvas, approx. 3' 5" X 8' 9".
  • Mwashamboy and Bwoom maskers in a royal ceremony among the Kuba

    Mwashamboy and Bwoom maskers in a royal ceremony among the Kuba

    Late 20th Century
    Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Tree of Life

    Tree of Life

    HENRI MATISSE
    1950-1951
    stained glass
    Chapel of the Rosary, Vence, France
  • Bis or Bisj Poles

    Bis or Bisj Poles

    New Guinea, Irian Jaya
    Asmat people, Omandesep
    mid 20th-century
    The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockfeller, 1979
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • Asmat Hand Drum

    Asmat Hand Drum

    Painted wood, lizard skin, rattan
    45" high
  • Period: to

    The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly

    JAMES HAMPTON
    gold and silver aluminum foil, kraft paper, and plastic over wood furniture, paperboard, and glass
    180 pieces in all
    overall configuration: 10.5' x 27' x 14.5'
    Smithsonian American Art Musuem, Washington DC
  • Notre Dame du Haut

    Notre Dame du Haut

    LE CORBUSIER
    Ronchamps, France
    1950-1955
  • Flag

    Flag

    JASPER JOHNS
    1954-1955
    encaustic, oil, and collage on fabric mounted on plywood
    42.25" x 60 5/8"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • USA Marine Corps War Memorial

    USA Marine Corps War Memorial

    Felix W. Weldon. Arlington, Virginia, USA, 1954. Cast bronze, over life-size.
  • I Love Lucy

    I Love Lucy

    1951-1957
    USA TV Sitcom
  • Seagram Building at Night

    Seagram Building at Night

    1954-1958
    New York City, New York
    steel frame construction made possible the gleaming modern sjyscraper
  • Suzy's Sun (for Judy Tyler)

    Suzy's Sun (for Judy Tyler)

    JOSEPH CORNELL
    10.75" x 15" x 4"
    North Carolina Museum of Art
  • The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly

    The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly

    JAMES HAMPTON
    c. 1950-1964
    Gold and silver aluminum foil, Kraft paper, and plastic over wood furniture, paperboard, and glass
    180 pieces in all
    overall configuration: 10.5' x 27' x 14.5'
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
  • Blue Veil

    Blue Veil

    MORRIS LOUIS
    c. 1958-1959
    Acrylic resin paint on canvas
    93.2" x 158.5"
  • Opera House

    Opera House

    Joern Utzon, Sydney, Australia, 1959-1972. Reinforced concrete, highest shell 200' high.
  • Panel of Independence - Father Hidalgo

    Panel of Independence - Father Hidalgo

    JUAN O'GORMAN
    1960-1961
    Mural
    Museo Nacional de Historia, Castillo de Chapultepec, Mexico City
  • Homage to New York: A Self-Destructing Work of Art

    Homage to New York: A Self-Destructing Work of Art

    JEAN TINGUELY
    Mixed media sculpture
  • First Landing Jump

    First Landing Jump

    ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
    Combine painting: cloth, metal, leather, electric fixture, cable, and oil paint on composition board; overall, including automobile tire and wooden plank on floor
    7'5 1/8" x 6' x 8 7/8"
    Gift of Phillip Johnson
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • The Pack (das Rudel)

    The Pack (das Rudel)

    JOSEPH BEUYS
    Volkswagen bus made in 1961, 24 sleighs, each equipped with fat, felt blankets, belts, and torchlight
    Staatliche Museen Kassel, Neue Galerie
    78" x 157" x 394"
  • Retablo of Maria de la Luz Casillas and Children

    Retablo of Maria de la Luz Casillas and Children

    Central Mexico
    Oil on metal
    7" x 10"
  • The Family

    The Family

    MARISOL
    Painted wood and other materials in three sections
    overall: 6'10" high x 65 1/2" x 15 1/2"
  • Pie Counter

    Pie Counter

    Wayne Theibaud. Oil on canvas, 30"X36".
  • Broken Obelisk

    Broken Obelisk

    barnett Newman, 1963-1969. CoreiTen steel, 24' 10" X10' 11" X 10' 11". The Muesum of Modern Art, New York.
  • St. Louis Gateway Arch

    St. Louis Gateway Arch

    EERO SAARINEN AND ASSOCIATES
    St. Louis, Missouri
    Constructed 1963-1965
    Stainless steel exterior
    630' high
  • Heinz 57 Tomato Ketchup and Del Monte Freestone Peach Halves

    Heinz 57 Tomato Ketchup and Del Monte Freestone Peach Halves

    ANDY WARHOL
    Silk screen on wood
    15" x 12" x 9 1/2"
  • Cut Piece

    Cut Piece

    Yoko Ono, Japan/USA. Photo documentation of performanceat Yamaichi Concert Hall, Kyoto.
  • Household

    Household

    ALLAN KAPROW
    performance
  • Cubi XXVI

    Cubi XXVI

    DAVID SMITH
    Steel
    10' x 12'6" x 2'3"
  • Woman with Keloidal Scars

    Woman with Keloidal Scars

    Shomei Tomatsu, Japan. Gelatin silver print, 11.5" X 16"
  • The State of Hospital

    The State of Hospital

    Edward Kienholz, USA. Mixed media, 8' X 12' X 10'. Moderna Museet, Stockholm.
  • Marylin Monroe

    Marylin Monroe

    ANDY WARHOL
    one of a portfolio of ten screen prints on white paper
    36" x 36"
    INV. 79-1970 a. Photo: Joerg P. Anders
    copyright: The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts/ARS, NY
    Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany
    Bildarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz
  • A Bigger Splash

    A Bigger Splash

    DAVID HOCKNEY
    acrylic on canvas
    8' x 8'
    Tate Gallery, London
  • Habitat

    Habitat

    MOSHE SAFDIE
    Designed for Expo '67 in Montreal Canada
  • US Pavilion

    US Pavilion

    R BUCKMINSTER FULLER
    Geodesic dome
    diameter 250'
    Expo '67, Montreal, Canada
  • Abra III

    Abra III

    FRANK STELLA
    Acrylic on canvas
    10' x 10'
    Collection of the artist, New York
  • Mirror Image I

    Mirror Image I

    LOUISE NEVELSON
    Printed wood
    117.75" x 210.5" x 21"
    Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas
  • The hakone Open-Air Museum

    The hakone Open-Air Museum

    HakoneNational park, Japan, opened in 1969
  • Crinkly

    Crinkly

    ALEXANDER CALDER
    Sheet metal, wire, and paint
    28" x 65.5" x 12"
    private collection
  • Bent Propeller

    Bent Propeller

    ALEXANDER CALDER
    Sheet metal, bolts, and paint
    25' high
    Destroyed on September 11, 2001 during the attack on the World Trade Center
    World Trade Center, New York
  • Coca Pod Coffin

    Coca Pod Coffin

    Kane Kwel, Ghana, Africa. Wood and enamel paint, 92" long.
  • Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola project

    Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola project

    Brazil, 1970. Screen print on Coka-Cola bottles
  • Spiral Jetty

    Spiral Jetty

    ROBERT SMITHSON
    Earthwork
    1,500' ling x 15' wide x 3.5' high
  • Pregnant Woman

    Pregnant Woman

    ALICE NEEL
    USA
    Oil on canvas
    40" x 60"
  • Olympic Stadium, Munich

    Olympic Stadium, Munich

    GUNTER BEHNISCH with OTTO FREI
    Munich, Germany
  • The Liberation of Aunt Jemima

    The Liberation of Aunt Jemima

    BETYE SAAT
    Mixed Media
    11 3/4" x 8" x 2 3/4"
  • Running Fence

    Running Fence

    CHRISTO and JEANNE-CLAUDE
    1972-1976
    Height: 18 feet
    Length: 24.5 miles
    240,000 square yards of nylon, fabric, steel poles, and steel cables
    Sonoma and Marin Counties, California
  • The Dinner Party

    The Dinner Party

    Judy Chicago. 1974-1979. Painted Porcelain and needlework, 48' X 42' X 36'.
  • Epa headdress called "Orangun"

    Epa headdress called "Orangun"

    BAMGBOYE OF ODO-OWA
    Wood and paint
  • Cube and Four Panels

    Cube and Four Panels

    RONALD W. DAVIS
    Acrylic on canvas
    support: 110.5" x 130.75"
    Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
  • The Lightning Field

    The Lightning Field

    WALTER DE MARIA
    1971-1977
    400 stainless steel poles
    20'7"
    land ares: 1 mile x 1 kilometer
  • Las Tres Marias

    Las Tres Marias

    JUDITH BACA
    Colored pencil on paper mounted on panel with upholstery backing and mirror
    Overall: 68.25" x 50.25" x 2.25"
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
  • Mercenaries

    Mercenaries

    Leon Golub. I, USA. Arcylic on canvas, 116" X 186 1/2".
  • Backs

    Backs

    Magdalena Abakanowcz, Poland, 1976-1982. Eightyy pieces, burlap and glue, each over life-size.
  • In Mourning and in  Rage

    In Mourning and in Rage

    SUZANNE LACY and LESLIE LABOWITZ
    feminist performance piece centered around the Hillside Strangler's victims and the overall violence against women
  • Piazza d'Italia

    Piazza d'Italia

    CHARLES MOORE with UIG AND PEREZ ASSOCIATES
    1975-1980
    New Orleans, LA
  • Dogon Primordial Couple

    Dogon Primordial Couple

    Mali, Africa
    c. 19th-20th century
    wood
    29" high
    Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
    Gift of Lester Wunderman
  • Arbo de la Vida

    Arbo de la Vida

    Ana Menieta, Cuba/USA. Body, earth sculpture with artist, tree trunk, and mud, at Old Mans Creek, Iowa City, Iowa.
  • Self-portrait with Model

    Self-portrait with Model

    DUANE HANSON
    painted polyester and mixed media
    life-size
  • Untitled Film Still #35

    Untitled Film Still #35

    Cindy Sherman, USA. Gelatin silverprint, 8 X 10.
  • Witchetty Grub Dreaming

    Witchetty Grub Dreaming

    Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi, Paint on Canvas. Australia, Aboriginal, from Papunya.
  • Golf Bag

    Golf Bag

    MARILYN LEVINE
    Ceramic
    34" x 10.75"
    Private collection
  • Sun Mad

    Sun Mad

    Ester Hernandez, USA. Color serigraph, 22", 17".
  • Portrait of George

    Portrait of George

    RObert Arneson, USA. Glazed ceramic, 94" X 29" X 29".
  • Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe)

    Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe)

    CINDY SHERMAN
    Ektachrome photo
    15.5" x 9"
    Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    Vietnam Veterans Memorial

    Maya Ying Lin, Washington, D. C., USA, 1982. Black granite, 492' long; height of wall at center, 10' 1".
  • Human/Need/Desire

    Human/Need/Desire

    BRUCE NAUMAN
    Neon tubing, transformer, and wire
    7' 10 3/8" x 70.5" x 25.25"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Draped Reclining Mother and Baby

    Draped Reclining Mother and Baby

    HENRY MOORE
    Bronze
    Length 104.5"
    Fukuoka Art Museum
  • Sail Baby

    Sail Baby

    ELIZABETH MURRAY
    oil on three canvases
    126" x 135"
  • The Social Mirror

    The Social Mirror

    MIERLE LADERMAN UKELES
    20 cubic yards
  • Blind Man's Bluff

    Blind Man's Bluff

    LOUISE BOURGEOIS
    USA
    Marble
    36" x 35.5" x 25"
    Collection Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Fanny (fingerpainting)

    Fanny (fingerpainting)

    Chuch Close, USA. Oil on canvas, 120" X 84". National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
  • Offering with Cili-Shaped Crown

    Offering with Cili-Shaped Crown

    Bali
    flowers, fruit, and palm leaves
    approx. 24" tall
  • Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?

    Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?

    GUERRILLA GIRLS
    USA
    street poster
  • The Artifact Piece

    The Artifact Piece

    JAMES LUNA
    Installation/performance
  • There is no Escape

    There is no Escape

    Sue Coe. Britain, 1987. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 22" X 30"
  • Baby Makes 3

    Baby Makes 3

    GENERAL IDEA
    1984-1989
    Lacquer on vinyl
    78 3/4" x 63"
  • The Bitter Nest Part II: The Harlem Renaissance Party

    The Bitter Nest Part II: The Harlem Renaissance Party

    FAITH RINGGOLD
    Acrylic on canvas with printed, dyed, and pieced fabric
    94" x 83"
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
  • October 18, 1977

    October 18, 1977

    GERHARD RICHTER
    1/15 paintings, oil on canvas
    Installation Variable
    The Sidney and Harriet Janis Collection, gift of Philip Johnson, and acquired through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest (all by exchange); Enid A. Haupt Fund; Nina and Gordon Bunshaft Bequest Fund; and gift of Emily Rauh Pulitzer.
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Bank of China

    Bank of China

    I.M. PEI and PARTNERS
    Hong Kong
  • Untitled (Your body is a battleground)

    Untitled (Your body is a battleground)

    BARBARA KRUGER
    USA
    photographic silk screen on vinyl
    112" x 112"
    Eli Broad Family Foundation Collection, Los Angeles
    Courtesy: Mary Boone Gallery, New York
  • Buddah Duchamp Beuys

    Buddah Duchamp Beuys

    NAM JUNE PAIK
    video installation
  • Trauma

    HUNG LIU
    Ink on plywood cutouts, acrylic on wall, felt cutout, and wooden bowl
    108" x 52" x 26"
  • Dingoes: Dingo Proof Fence

    Dingoes: Dingo Proof Fence

    LIN ONUS
    Synthetic polymer on fiberglass, wire, metal
    37 1/2" high
  • The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building

    The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building

    CLAES OLDENBURG, COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN, & FRANK O. GEHRY
    1985-1991
    Venice, California
  • Sarad offering

    Sarad offering

    in Bali
    Crafted of dyed rice dough
    intricate sarad offerings are made during temple festivals by Balinese women
    Photograph
    Bali, Indonesia
  • Deep Contact

    Deep Contact

    LYNN HERSHMAN
    Interactive computer-video installation at the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
  • Breaking of the Vessels

    Breaking of the Vessels

    ANSELM KIEFER
    Lead, iron, glass, copper wire, charcoal, and aquatec
    17' high
  • Drawing from Mine

    Drawing from Mine

    William Kentridge, South Africa. Mine is a 5-minute 49-second film. Charcoal.
  • Nara Convention Hall

    Nara Convention Hall

    Arata Isozaki
    Nara, Japan
    computer-generated print
    21" x 23"
    Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Gnaw

    Gnaw

    JANINE ANTONI
    three-part installation
    chocolate: 600 lbs of chocolate gnawed by the artist
    lard: 600 lbs of lard gnawed by the artist
    display: 130 lipsticks made with pigment, beeswax, and chewed lard removed from the lard cube
    27 heart-shaped packaging trays made from the chewed chocolate removed from the chocolate cube
    dimensions variable
  • The Morgue

    The Morgue

    Andres Serrano, USA. Cibachromw, 49 1/2" X 60". Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal.
  • AIDS Memorial Quilt

    AIDS Memorial Quilt

    Displaying it in Washington DC
  • Genesis

    Genesis

    JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE SMITH
    Oil, collage, mixed media on canvas
    5' x 8'4"
    Museum of Art, Atlanta
  • Justin Bond

    Justin Bond

    CATHERINE OPIE
    USA
    Chromogenic print
    edition of eight
    20" x 16"
  • Electronic Superhighway: Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii

    Electronic Superhighway: Continental US, Alaska, Hawaii

    NAM JUNE PAIK
    Continental US only
    49-channel, closed-circuit video installation, neon, steel, and electronic components
    15' x 40' x 4'
    Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
  • Untitled

    Untitled

    ROBERT GOBER
    Pencil on Paper
    8" x 4 7/8"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Puffy Girl / Screen Memory

    Puffy Girl / Screen Memory

    YOSHIMOTO MARA
    1992-2000
    felt-tipped pen on postcard
    5 7/8" x 4 1/8"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Megatron

    Megatron

    NAME JUNE PAIK in collaboration with SHUYA ABE
    8-channel video, 2-channel sound installation in 2 parts
    12'x 33'x2'
  • The Lion King

    The Lion King

    JULIE TAYMOR
  • Cremaster 1: The Goodyear Chorus

    Cremaster 1: The Goodyear Chorus

    MATTHEW BARNEY
    color print in self-lubricating plastic frame
    43 3/4" x 53 3/4"
  • The Smithsonian Institution's 150th Anniversary Float

    The Smithsonian Institution's 150th Anniversary Float

    in the 1996 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California
  • Speechless

    Speechless

    SHIRIN NESHAT
    Pen and ink over gelatin silver print
    49" x 36"
  • Guggenheim Bilbao

    Guggenheim Bilbao

    FRANK O. GEHRY
    Bilbao, Spain
  • That Profile

    That Profile

    MARTIN PURYEAR
    1997-1999
    Stainless steel, bronze
    540" x 360" x 136"
    Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Mr. and Mrs. Andrews Without Their Heads

    Mr. and Mrs. Andrews Without Their Heads

    Yinka Shonibare. Wax-print cotten costumes on mannequins, dog mannequin, painted metal bench and rifles, 65" X 244" X 100".
  • Power Figure (Nkisi n'kondi)

    Power Figure (Nkisi n'kondi)

    Kongo, Zaire
    Wood, nails, blades, medicinal material with cowrie shell
    46 1/4" high
    Detroit Museum of Art
  • 99 Cent

    99 Cent

    ANDREAS GURSKY
    6' 9.5" x 11'
    Inv: AM 2000-96
    Photo: Philippe Migeat
    Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
  • Monkey Magic - Sec, Money, and Drugs

    Monkey Magic - Sec, Money, and Drugs

    CHRIS OFILI
    acrylic, collage, glitter, resin, pencil, map pins, and elephant dung on canvas
    96" x 72"
  • Dandelion Line

    Dandelion Line

    ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
    Storm King Sculpture Park, New York
  • Dolorosa

    Dolorosa

    Bill Viola, USA. Video.
  • Tan Tan Bo

    Tan Tan Bo

    TAKASHI MURAKAMI
    Acrylic on canvas mounted on board
    11'9" x 18'1" (3 panels)
    Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo
  • Bat Project I (Shenzhen) Huang Yong Ping

    Bat Project I (Shenzhen) Huang Yong Ping

    HAUNG YONG PING
    replica of and American spy plane from middle of body to tail
    China, Barbara Gladstone Gallery
  • Easy to Remember

    Easy to Remember

    LORNA SIMPSON
    Still from 16 mm film transferred to DVD
    sound: 2.5 minutes
  • "They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted" ( says one gal to another)

    "They Waz Nice White Folks While They Lasted" ( says one gal to another)

    Kara Walker. USA, 2001. Cut paper and projections on wall, 14' X 20'.
  • Stone God Forbidden City

    Stone God Forbidden City

    DOUGLAS SCHLESIER
    Charcoal on paper with gold leaf and color
    25" x 38"
  • Born

    Born

    KIKI SMITH
    lithograph
    composition and sheet: 68 1/16" x 56 1/8"
    publisher and printer" Universal Limited Art Editions, West Islip, New York, West Islip, New York. Edition: 28
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Seaform Pavillion

    Seaform Pavillion

    DAVID CHIHULY
    Bridge of Glass at the Museum of Glass Tacoma, Washington
  • Tribute in Light

    Tribute in Light

    John Bennett, Gustavo Bonevardi, Richard Nash Gould, Paul Myoda, Julian Laverdiere, and Paul Marantz. New York City, 2002. High power lamps. World Trade Center Memorial at Ground Zero.
  • Spirited Away

    Spirited Away

    HAYAI MIYAZAKI
    animated movie
  • Drawing for Transient Rainbow

    Drawing for Transient Rainbow

    Cai Guo-Qiang
    gunpowder on two sheets of paper
    Overall: 179" x 159.5"
    The Museum of Modern Art, New York
  • Junk

    Junk

    TONY OURSLER
    Fiberglass sculpture and DVD projection
    Sculpture: 29" x 39" x 16"
    Sarah Norton Goodyear Fund, 2003
    Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
  • Walt Disney Concert Hall

    Walt Disney Concert Hall

    Frank Gehry, USA. Los Angeles California.
  • One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwhack

    One Hundred Lavish Months of Bushwhack

    WANGECHI MUTU
    cut and pated printed paper with watercolor synthetic polymer paint, and pressure sensitive stickers on transparentized paper
  • Sasa

    Sasa

    EL ANATSUI
    Aluminum and copper wire
    21' x 27.5'
    Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris France
  • Setting Cycles

    Setting Cycles

    Dona Schlesier
    Mixed media on paper (oil pastel, handmade paper, papyrus, and thread)
    30" x 22"
  • Küba

    Küba

    Kutlug Ataman
    40-channel video installation with tables and chairs, color, sound
    Commissioned by 2004-2005 Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
    Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
    Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (T-B A21), Vienna
    Theater der Welt, Stuttgart
  • Las Vegas

    Las Vegas

    Elevated view
  • Bear

    Bear

    TIM HAWKINSON
    23'6" high
    370,000 lbs
    Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego
  • Black Rainbow: Explosion Project

    Black Rainbow: Explosion Project

    CAI GUO-QIANG
    Valencia, Spain
  • The Matter of Time

    The Matter of Time

    RICHARD SERRA
    Eight steel sheet sculptures
    each 12-14 feet in height and weighing 44 to 276 tons
    Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain
  • Halibut Feast Dish

    Halibut Feast Dish

    Stan Wamiss. Yellow Cedar or cypress, 25" long X 13" wide X 3 1/2" deep.
  • For the Love of God

    For the Love of God

    DAMIEN HIRST
    Platinum and diamonds
    Life-size cast of a human skull and human teeth
    6.75" x 5" x 7.5"
  • Aqueous

    Aqueous

    MARGARET LAZZARI
    Acrylic on Canvas
    80" x 75"
    collection of the artist
  • The New York City Waterfalls

    The New York City Waterfalls

    OLAFUR ELIASSON
    Installation along the East River
  • Untitled, 2008 (the future will be chrome)

    Untitled, 2008 (the future will be chrome)

    RIRKRIT TIRAVANIJA
    Polished stainless steel Ping Pong table, shown here with artists Jay Nelson, right, and Annie Wachmicki, obscured, playing Pink Pong during a NADA preview at the Ica Palace in Miami, Florida
  • petit homage - Stack VIII

    petit homage - Stack VIII

    ANN PAGE
    Mixed Media: redwood cube with prototyped, infiltrated, gypsum modules
    14" x 4.5" x 4"
  • Giant Puppet Parade

    Giant Puppet Parade

    Street Carnival in Olinda, Brazil