-
23,000 BCE
Venus of Willendorf
Austria
c. 25,000-20,000 BCE
Stone
4 3/8" high -
13,000 BCE
Hall of Bulls
Cave painting, left wall, Lascaux, Dordogne, France. 15000-10000 BCE -
12,000 BCE
Hall of the Bison
Paleolithic Cave Painting
Altamira caves, Spain
15,000-8,000 BCE -
11,000 BCE
Bison with Turned Head
Reindeer antler
4.2" high
Musée National de Préhistoire, Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, France -
10,000 BCE
Rock Art
from the Acacus Mountains, Western Libya -
6000 BCE
Female Fertility Figure
found at Çatal Hüyük, Anatolia (modern Turkey)
Terra-cotta
7.9" high -
5500 BCE
Çatal höyük
Corner installation of Building 77
Anatolio, Turkey
6,000-5,000 BCE -
3200 BCE
Newgrange
County Meath, Ireland. Neolithic. -
3100 BCE
Stonehenge
Monolithic structure. -
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 -
2640 BCE
Stepped Pyramid of Djoser (right) and Tomb Complex
IMHOTEP
Saqqarah, Egypt
2650-2631 BCE -
2600 BCE
Great Pyramids
Gizeh, Egypt. Pyramids made for the pharaohs. Menkaure, c. 2525- 2475BCE; Khafre, c. 2575-2525 BCE; Khufu, 2600-2550 BCE. -
2450 BCE
Seated Scribe
5th dynasty
2500-2400 BCE
painted limestone
21" high -
2400 BCE
Idol from Amorgos
Cycladic Islands off mainland Greece
2500-2300 BCE
Marble
30" high
The Ashmolean Museum
Oxford, UK -
2100 BCE
Ziggurat at Ur
third dynasty of ur, Iraq
2150-2050 BCE -
2000 BCE
Stonehenge
Wiltshire, England
2000 BCE
Diameter: 97'
upright stones with lintel: 24' high -
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 -
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 -
1600 BCE
Snake Goddess
Mionan
from the place at Knossos
c. 1600 BCE
Glazed earthenware
13.5" high
Archeological Museum, Herakloin -
1550 BCE
Bull Jumping
Crete, c. 1550-1450 BCE. Wall painting, 24 1/2" high. Palace complex at Knossos. -
1490 BCE
Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Deir el- Bahri, Egypt, c. 1490- 1460 BCE. -
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. -
1350 BCE
Nefertiti
Egypt, c. 1350 BCE. Portrait bust, approx. 1' 8" high. Aegyptisches Museum, Berlin Germany. -
1325 BCE
Intermost Coffin of Tutankhamen
Thebes, Egypt. Gold inlaid with enamel and semiprecious stones, 6' 1" long. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. -
1255 BCE
Temple of Ramses II
19th Dynasty
1275-1235 BCE
65' high -
900 BCE
Viking Ship
Norway, early 9th century. Oak, 65' long. Form the Oseberg ship buriel, Viking Ship Muesum, Oslo. -
900 BCE
Laocoon and his Sons
Agesander, Athenodorus, Greece, late 2nd-early 1st century BCE. Marble, 7' 10" high. Vatican Museums, Rome. -
720 BCE
Lamassu
Khorsabad, Iraq, 720 BCE. Limestone, 14' high. -
650 BCE
Ashurbanipal II Killing Lions
60" high
Limestone reliefe -
520 BCE
Sarcophagus withReclining Couple
Etruria (Italy). Painted tera-cotta, 45 1/2" tall. From cemetery near Cerveteri. Museo Nationale di Villa Giulia, Rome -
515 BCE
Women at the Fountain House
520-510 BCE
Greek hydria
"AD" Painter
Ceramic
20 3/4" high
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -
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 -
490 BCE
Red Figure Kylix
DOURIS
Slip on clay
13" diameter
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna -
480 BCE
Banqueters and Musicians
Etruria (Italy), c. 480-470 BCE. Mural painting from the tomb of the Leopards in a cemetery near Tarquinia. -
455 BCE
Zeus or Poseidon
Greece
460-450 BCE
Bronze
6'10" high
National Archeological Museum, Athens -
450 BCE
Doryphoros
Polykeitos, Rome, c. 450-440 BCE. Marble after a bronze orginal, 6' 11" high. Museo Nazionale, Naples. -
440 BCE
Parthenon
IKTINOS AND KALLIKRATES
Athens, Greece
447-432 BCE
Pentelic marble
columns 34' high
dimensions of structure 228' x 104' -
440 BCE
Horsemen
from the Parthenon frieze
Athens, Greece
440 BCE
Marble
42" high -
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 -
410 BCE
Grave Stele of Hegeso
Athens, Greece, c. 410-400 BCE. Marble relief, 5' 2" high. From the Dipylon cemetery. -
350 BCE
Theater at Epidauros
Polykleitos, Greece, c. 350 BCE. Hellenic Ministry of Culture. -
330 BCE
Colossal Statue of Constantine
Fragments. Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome, c. 330 C.E. -
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. -
250 BCE
Lion Capital
column erected by Ashoka at Sarnath, India
polished sandstone
approx. 7' high
Archeological Museum, Sarnath -
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 -
221 BCE
Soldiers from Pit 1
Shaanxi, China, 221-206 BCE. Painted ceramic; average figure height, 5' 9". Near the tomb of Shi Huangi. -
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 -
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. -
175 BCE
Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius
Rome
Bronze, approx. 11.6" high
Musei Capitolini, Rome -
100 BCE
House of Julius Polybius
Pompeii, Italy
First built in 2nd century BCE
Interior looking out into internal garden
reconstructed -
81 BCE
Arch of Titus
Rome, Italy, 81 CE. Marble on concrete, 50' high, 40' wide. -
70 BCE
Colosseum
Rome, 70-82 CE. -
13 BCE
Ara Pacis Augustae
Rome, 13-9 BCE. Marble; outer wall, 34' 5" X 38" X 23' -
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 -
2 BCE
African Rock Painting
Cave Painting of Tassili n'Ajjer
2nd mill. BCE
Henri Lhote Collection
Musse de l'Homme, Paris, France -
1 BCE
Oil Lamp with Love-making Scene
Roman
1st Century BCE
Ceramic
Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples -
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 -
1 CE
Nimba, Goddess of Fertility
undated
Baga, Guinea
Wood, shells, and rafia
Musée du Quai Branly, Paris, France -
1 CE
Potala Palace
the former summer palace of the Tibetan Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, Lhasa, Tibet -
1 CE
Baule Seated Female Figure
Wood
Private Collection -
1 CE
Buddha Face Carved in Stone
Temple of Bayon
complex of Angkor Thom, Angkor, Cambodia -
1 CE
Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc
Palace of Quetzalcoatl, Teotihuacán, Mexico -
1 CE
Kidder Figure
Mayan
Guatemala
250 BCE - CE 100
Ceramic Vessel
10" x 7 1/2" x 6 3/4" -
1 CE
Great Stupa
Sanchi, India
3rd century BCE - 1st century CE
Dome, 50' high
Robert Harding Picture Library -
1 CE
Statue of Togato Barberini
Early 1st century CE
marble
65" high -
1 CE
Mask of Hanuman
Enamel inlay, gilt, gems, and other materials -
50
Initiation Rites of Dionysos
Villa of Mysteries, Pompeii, Italy
c. CE 50
Fresco -
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 -
106
Interior of Markets of Trajan
Rome
100-112 CE -
110
Funeary Relief of a Circus Official
Ostia, 110-130. Marble relief, approx. 20" high. Vatican Musuem, Rome. -
122
Pantheon
Rome, Italy
118-125
Concrete and marble
142' from floor to opening in dome -
150
Pyramid of the Sun
Teotihuacán, Mexico
768' long at base -
247
First Hypostyle Hall Horus Temple at Edfu
Egypt
237-257 BCE
roof slabs: 50' from the floor -
250
Synagogue at Dura-Europos
Syria
245-256 CE
Interior, with wall paintings of biblical themes
National Museum, Damascus -
300
The Ark of the Covenant
Hammath near Tiberias
4th century
Mosaic
Israel Antiquities Authority, Jerusalem -
400
Bamiyan Stone Buddha
Bamiya, Afghanistan
4th or 5th century CE
demolished March 2001
165' high -
400
Spider
Nazca Lines, Peru
200-600
Henri Stierlin -
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 -
500
Three-Legged Ting with Cover
Zhou Dynasty, China
c. 6th Century BCE
Cast Bronze
5 3/4" high -
500
Seated Buddha
Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, India
late 5th - early 6th centuries
Sandstone
63" high
Sarnath Museum -
625
Shrine to Vairocana Buddha
Longmen, Luoyang, Valley of the Yellow River, China
600-650
Natural Rock Carving
50' high -
685
Main Shrine at Ise
Japan
rebuilt every 20 years -
690
Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem
687-692 -
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 -
700
Portrait Heads from Tomb 6
Lambityeco, Oaxaca, Mexico
640-755
Stucco
10 1/2" x 11 1/2" -
750
Shield Jaguar and Lady Xoc
Classic Maya
From a palace at Yaxchilan, Chiapas, Mexico
Relief -
786
Great Mosque of Cordoba
interior
Cordoba, Spain -
850
Vessel in the Form of a Monkey
late classic period
800-900
Clay
8 1/2" high -
900
The Great Ball Court
Chichen Itza, Mexico, 11th-13th centuries. 567' X 228", I shaped, Maya-Toltec -
950
Relief Carving
Second half of the 10th Century
Hindu
Banteay Srei, Cambodia
detail of red sandstone carving -
1000
Pueblo Bonito
Anasazi, New Mexico
11th century -
1000
Relief Carving from the Kandarya Mahadeva Temple
Khajuraho, India -
1000
Shiva as Nataraja or Lord of the Dance
Naltunai Isvaram Temple, Punjai, India
c. 1000
Bronze -
1000
Ball Players
Mexico, 11th-13th centuries. Vase painting. Maya. -
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 -
1100
Moche Pottery Depicting Sexual Intercourse
Peru
c. 1000-1250
Ceramic
Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera, Lima, Peru -
1100
Xilonen, Goddess of Young Corn
Huastec
Tuxpan (Veracruz), Mexico
1000-1200
Limestone
33" high -
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 -
1100
Spring Festival Along the River
ZHANG ZEDUAN
late 11th-early 12th centuries
handscroll, ink on silk
10" x 207" -
1100
Serpent Mound
900-1300
1,400' long -
1125
Angkor Wat
Central Temple Complex
Cambodia
1113-1150 CE -
1130
The Last Judgement
Gislebertus, France. Stone Carving, 21' wide, 12' high. -
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 -
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 -
1200
Six Persimmons
MU-QI
Southern Song Dynasty
Dailoxu-ji, Kyoto
13th century
ink on paper
14 1/4" wide -
1200
Dogon Cliff Dwellings with Granaries
Mali, Africa
13th century -
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. -
1200
Chartes Cathedral
Chartres, France
1145-1220
South tower: 377' high
Cathedral: 427' long -
1200
Apricot Blossoms
MA YUAN
early 13th century
10' high -
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. -
1233
Rose Window
from the Chartres Cathedral
France -
1300
Mother and Nursing Child
Cahokia, Illinois, USA
1200-1400
Ceramic effigy vessel
Mississippian Period
St. Louis Science Center -
1301
Catacomb of Sts. Peter and Marcellinus
Rome, early 14th century. Ceiling painting from a cubiculum, fresco. -
1338
Allegory of Good Government
Ambrogio Lorenzetti. Italy, 1338-1339. Fresco. Sala della pace, Palazzo Publico, Siena -
1400
Monumental Heads
Moai Statue
15th Century
volcanic tufa
Easter Island (Rapa Nui) Polynesia -
1400
Eagle Knight
c. 15th century
Eathenware and plaster
66 7/8" x 46.5" x 21 5/8"
Aztec, Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico -
1401
Sacrifice of Isaac
LORENZO GHIBERTI
Florence, Italy
1401-1402
Gilden bronze
21" x 17.5"
Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence -
1427
The Expulsion from Paradise
MASACCIO
Brancacci Chapel, Santa Maria del Carmine, Florence, Italy
Fresco -
1430
Silver Representation of aMaize Plant
Peru, Inca, 1430-1532. Ethnologisches Muesum, Staatliche Museen, Berlin, Germany . -
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 -
1434
Wedding Portrait
JAN VAN EYCK
Flanders, Northern Europe
oil on wood panel
32" x 25"
National Gallery Collection, London -
1434
Aztec Marriage Couple
from the Codex Mendoza
Mexico
Bodleian Library
University of Oxford -
1450
Tlalco Vessel
Aztec
ca. 1440-1469
Clay and pigment
13" x 13" x 12.5"
Museo Templo Mayor, Mexico City, D.F., Mexico -
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 -
1482
The Birth of Venus
SANDRO BOTTICELLI
Italy
Tempera on canvas
approx. 5'8" x 9'1"
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence -
1483
Equestrian Monument of Bartolomeo Colleoni
Andrea Del Verrocchio. Italy, c. 1483-1488. Bronze, 15' high. Campo Ss. Giovanni e paolo, Venice. -
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 -
1495
Last Supper
Leonardo Da Vinci. 1495-1498, Experimental paint on plaster, 14'5"X28'. Milan, Italy -
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 -
1500
The Reader (frontispiece)
Bukhara, Iran
first quarter of the 16th Century
Gouache, gold hilights
Photo: Hervé Lewandowski
Louvre, Paris, France -
1500
Saltcellar
16th century
Ivory
17" high
Afro-Portuguese
Sherbro Peninsula (Bulom), Sierra Leone -
1500
Codex Borbonicus
Early 16th century. Detail depicting Quetzalcoatl and Texacatlipoca. painted on vellum, 39 cm X 40 cm. Aztec. -
1500
Mandala of Samvara (Kharamukha Cakrasamvara Mandala)
Tibet
c. 16th century
water-based pigments on cotton cloth
23" x 18" -
1500
Temple of Heaven Round Hall
Beijing, China
begun 1420, restored 1754
wood with the tile roof -
1501
David
Michelangelo, Italy, 1501-1504. Marble, 14' 3" high. Galleria dell'Accademai, Florence. -
1503
Chape of Henry VII
Westminister Abbey, London, England, 1503-1519. -
1504
Mona Lisa
LEONARDO DI VINCI
Italy
c. 1503 - 1506
currently displayed behind bulletproof glass
Oil on wood
30.25" x 21"
Louvre, Paris -
1505
Madonna of the Meadow
RAPHAEL
Italy
Panel painting
44 1/2" x 34 1/4"
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna -
1510
The Libya Sibyl
MICHELANGELO
Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace
1508-1512
restoration completed in 1989
Fresco
Detail of the Sistine Ceiling -
1510
Ceiling of the Sistine Chapel
MICHAELANGELO
The Vatican, Rome, Italy
1508-1512
Fresco
approx. 128' x 45' -
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 -
1513
Knight, Death, and the Devil
ALBRECHT DURER
Engraving
9 5/8" x 7.5"
Musee du Petit Palais, Paris, France
Bridegman-Giraudon -
1519
Feathered Headdress of Moctezuma
Aztec
Quetzal and cotinga feathers, gold plaques
45.5" x 69"
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria -
1535
Recumbent Female Nude Figure Asleep
ROSSO FIORENTINO
1530-1540
5" x 9.5"
British Museum, London -
1538
Venus of Urbino
TITIAN (TIZIANO VECELLO)
oil on canvas
4' x 5'6"
Uffizi, Florence, Italy -
1541
Mohammed's Ascent into Heaven
Tabriz, Iran
1539-1543
Made for Tahmasp
Safavid Dynasty
British Liberty, London, Great Britain -
1543
The Fourth Plate of Muscles
ANDREAS VESALIUS OF BRUSSELS -
1552
Villa Rotonda
ANDREA PALLADIO
Vicenza, Italy -
1558
Cathedral of St. Basil the Blessed
Exterior
Moscow
1555-1561 -
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
BISHNDAS
Manuscript painting
gold and gauche on paper
8 3/4" x 5 3/4" -
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
17th century
Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India -
Tea Bowl
17th century
Ceramic
Satsuma ware
4 2/5" diameter at mouth -
Uji Bridge
Momoyama Period
16th-17th centuries
six-fold screen, color on paper
62" high -
A Stoneware vase of flowers
JAN BRUEGEL
1607-1608
Oil on Panel
23.75" x 16.5" -
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
PETER PUAL RUBENS
oil on canvas
7'3" x 6'10"
Munich -
Masjid-i-Shah or Royal Mosque
Isfahan, Iran
1612-1637
110' high -
Baldacchino
Gianlorenzo Bernini, St. Peter's, Rome, Italy, 1624-1633. Gilded bronze, 100' high. -
Beyond the Solitary Bamboo Grove
SHENG MAOYE
1625-1640
ink and color on silk
11 1/4" x 12" -
Taj Mahal
Agra, India, 1632-1654 -
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
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
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
DIEGO VELAZQUEZ
Oil on canvas
approx. 10'5" x 9' -
The Kitchen Maid
JAN VERMEER VAN DELFT
oil on canvas
17" x 15" -
Self-Portrait
Rembrant Van Rijn, Ntherlands. Oil on canvas, 23 1/4" X 20". The Hague, Mauritshuis. -
Badshahi Mosque
Lahore, Pakistan -
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
Versailles, France, c. 1680 -
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
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
ANDREA BUFFALINI
construction finished in 1713
Dubrovnik, Croatia -
Hall of Mirrors
FRANÇOIS DE CUVILLIÈS
Germany
1734-1739 -
Breakfast Scene
William Hogart, England. Oil on canvas, 28" X 36". National Gallery, London. -
Prison
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Fromle Carceri. Etching -
Mr. and Mrs. Andrews
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH
oil on canvas
27.5" x 47"
National Gallery, London -
The Swing
JEAN-HONORÉ FRAGONARD
Oil on canvas
35" x 32" -
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
JACQUES-LOUIS DAVID
France
Oil on canvas
10'10" x 14"
Louvre, Paris -
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
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
KITAGAWA UTAMARO
Multicolor woodblock print
15" x 10" -
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
Japan
Edo Period
School of Yokohama
19th Century
color woodblock print
Musée National des Arts Asiatiques-Guimet, Paris -
Summer Robe
China
19th century
embroidered silk
private selection -
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
(Reliquary Gaurdian Figure), from tje Kota region ofgabon, Africa. Likely 19th-20 century. Wood, metal. -
Baths of Caracalla
As reconstructed in the hand- colored engraving of a 19th- century illustration. -
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
Paris, France, opened 1804. -
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
JEAN-AUGUSTE-DOMINIQUE INGRES
France
Oil on canvas
35" x 64"
Louvre, Paris, France -
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
THÉODORE GÉRICAULT
Oil on Canvas
16'1" x 24'1"
Louvre, Paris -
Figure of a Deity: A'a Rurutu
Austral Islands
collected in 1820
Wood
44" high
The British Museum, London -
Presentation Pipe Tomahawk
USA, c. 1820. Ottawa. Wood, inlaid metal. 23 1/2" X 8". -
The Haywain
JOHN CONSTABLE
Oil on canvas
4'3" x 6'2" -
Libery Leading the People
Eugene Delacroix, France. Oil on Cnavas, approximatley 8'6" X 10'8" Louvre, Paris. -
Potawatomi Male Figure (love doll)
Crandon, Wisconsin
1800-1860
Wood and wool fabric
9" high -
The Peaceable Kingdom
Edward Hicks. USA, 1830-1840. Oil on canvas. 17 7'16" X 23 9/16". Brooklyn Museum Art. -
Shaman's Amulet
1820-1850
sperm whale tooth
6 1/2" long -
Carolina Paroquet
JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
1827-1838
29 1/2" x 21 1/4"
Watercolor -
The Legislative Belly
Honore Daumier, France. Lithograph; image: 11 1/8" X 18 1/8" -
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
JOSEPH MALLORD WILLIAM TURNER
oil on canvas
35 1/4" x 48" -
House of Parliament
Charles Barry and A. W. Pugin. London, 1840-1860. 940' long. -
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
Cook Islands
Polynesia
c 1800-1900s
Wood
27 3/8" high
The British Museum, London -
Standing Female Figure
Bamana, Mali, Africa
19th-20th centuries
wood, copper, beads, and metal
20.5" high
Detroit Institute of Arts, USA -
Ophelia
England, 1852. Oil on canvas, 30" X 44" -
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
Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, New York City, USA, 1857-1887. -
Olympia
EDWARD MANET
France
Oil on canvas
51 1/4" x 74 3/4" Musée d'Orsay, Paris -
Wearing Blanket
Navajo, Arizona, United States
1860-1870
Wool
67.5" x 49"
Gift of Mrs. Russell Sage, 1910 -
Dead Confederate Soldier with Gun
Mathew B. Brady USA, 1865. Civil War photograph. -
The Luncheon of the Boating Party
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR
Oil on canvas
51" x 68" -
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
Moari meeting house
RAHARUHI PUKUPO and others
carved and painted wood
New Zealand -
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
PAUL GAUGUIN
oil on canvas
28.75" x 36.25"
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow -
Portrait of Mme. Ginoux (L'Arlesienne)
VINCENT VAN GOGH
Oil on canvas
23.5" x 19.5"
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome -
Basket
Clamshell disks, red woodpecker feathers, quail topnots, tree materials, 7" diameter. Pomo Tribe. 1890-1910. -
Portait of Dr. Gachet
Vincent Van Gogh, Netherlands. Oil on canvas, 26 1/4" X 22". -
The Scream
Edvard Munch, Norway. Oil paiting, 35 3/4" X 29". National Gallery, Oslo, Norway. -
Mother and Child
MARY CASSATT
Pastel on Paper
21" x 17.75"
Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France -
Jane Avril
Henri DE Toulouse-Lautrec. France, 1899. Lithographic poster, 22" X 14". -
Jane Avril
HENRI DE TOULOUSE-LAUTREC
Lithographic poster
22" x 14" -
Royal Linguist's Staff
Akan Culture
1900s
Asante Kingdom, Ghana
Wood, gold leaf
65.5" high -
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
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
Performance on stage
Japan
20th century -
Toba Batak House
Decorated façade
Sumatra, Indonesia
c 19th - 20th centuries -
Ashanti Akua'ba Doll
Ghana, Africa
c. 20th Century
Wood
13" high
The British Museum, London -
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
Buepis Village
19th-20th century
wood and paint
approx. 16' high -
Great Beaded Crown of the Orangun-Ila
BEADWORKERS OF THE ADESINA FAMILY OF EFON-ALAYE
Nigeria
20th century
Yoruba -
Water Lily Pond
CLAUDE MONET
Oil on canvas
35" x 39 3/4" -
Hunter and Kangaroo
20th century
paint on bark
51" x 32" -
Bunraku
stage performance
20th century -
Open Circle
KEVIN LOCKE
performance
20th century -
Kanga Masked Dancers
Mali
20th century
Dogon -
Two Marquesans
PAUL GAUGUIN
Monotype
12.5" x 20"
British Museum, London -
The Outbrek
Germany, Etching, 20 " X 23 1/4" -
Carson Pirie Scott and Company
LOUIS H. SULLIVAN
Chicago, IL -
Landscape at Aix, Mount Saint-Victoire
PAUL CEZANNE
Oil on Canvas
23.5" x 28.25"
Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow -
Grand Mosque
Djenne, Mali -
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
JOSÉ GUADALUPE POSADA
pictorial broadside verse, full sheet, printed recto and verso, lavender paper
zinc etching
University of New Mexico -
Interior House Post
ARTHUR SHAUGHNESSY
Kwakiutl
Carved and Painted red cedar
180" x 132" x 34" -
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
Lewis Hine. USA. Photograph, 8 1/2" X 11". university o Maryland Library, college park, maryland -
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
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)
MARCEL DUCHAMP
oil on canvas
57 7/8" x 35 1/8" -
Bird Hunt and preservation; grape harvest and wine making
1540-1300 BCE -
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
HANNAH HOCH
1919-1920
Photomontage
3'9" x 2'11"
Neue Nationalgalerie, Staatliche Museen, Berlin -
The City
FERNAND LÉGER
Oil on canvas
91" x 117.5" -
They're Biting
PAUL KLEE
drawing and oil on paper
12.25" x 9.25" -
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
GEORGIA O'KEEFE
USA
Oil on canvas
48" x 30"
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
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
CONSTANTIN BRANCUSI
Romania
Polished brass
18" high
Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC -
Battleship Potemkin
Sergei M. Eisenstein. Russia, 1925. Film stills. -
Yellow Calla
GEORGIA O'KEEFFE
Oil on canvas
9" x 12.75"
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC -
Society Ladies
JAMES VANDERZEE
USA
Black and White photograph -
Artichoke, Halved
Edward Weston. Photograph. The Museum of Modern Art, New York -
Watts Towers
SIMON RODIA
1921-1954
Reinforced concrete with mixed media and found materials
100' high -
The Persistence of Memory
SALVADOR DALI
Oil on canvas
9 1/2" x 13" -
Gasoline Alley
FRANK KING
Newspaper Sunday page
23" x 17" -
Gods of the Modern World
JOSÉ CLEMENTE OROZCO
1932-1934
Fresco
126" x 176" -
Triemph of the Will
Germany. Film. Kobal Collection. -
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
DOROTHEA LANGE
Gelatin silver print -
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
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
1936-1938
Kaufmann House, Connellsville vicinity, Pennsylvania -
Guernica
Pablo Picasso. Spain, 1937. Oil on canvas, 11' X 28' 8". Prado Museum, Madrid. -
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
1495-1505
wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gift wefts
12'1" x 8'3" -
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
Frida Khalo, Mexico. Oil on masnite, 16" 12". Albright-Knox Art gallery, Buffalo, NY. -
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
JOAN MIRÓ
Gouache and oil wash on paper
18" x 15"
The Museum of Modern Art, New York -
Listen to the Living
Roberto Matta-Echaurren. Oil on canvas, 29 1/2" X 37 7/8". -
Nighthawks
EDWARD HOPPER
Oil on canvas
33" x 60"
Art Institute of Chicago -
Ahola Kachina
JIMMIE KEWANWYTEWA
Hopi
Third Mesa, Oraibi
Cottonwood, paint, feathers, wool
13" high
Museum of Northern Arizona -
Solomon R Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright, New York City, USA, began in 1943. -
Maria Candelaria
performance
Mexico -
Clearing Winter Storm
ANSEL ADAMS -
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
Late 20th Century
Democratic Republic of Congo -
Tree of Life
HENRI MATISSE
1950-1951
stained glass
Chapel of the Rosary, Vence, France -
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
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
LE CORBUSIER
Ronchamps, France
1950-1955 -
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
Felix W. Weldon. Arlington, Virginia, USA, 1954. Cast bronze, over life-size. -
I Love Lucy
1951-1957
USA TV Sitcom -
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)
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
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
MORRIS LOUIS
c. 1958-1959
Acrylic resin paint on canvas
93.2" x 158.5" -
Opera House
Joern Utzon, Sydney, Australia, 1959-1972. Reinforced concrete, highest shell 200' high. -
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
JEAN TINGUELY
Mixed media sculpture -
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)
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
Central Mexico
Oil on metal
7" x 10" -
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
Wayne Theibaud. Oil on canvas, 30"X36". -
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
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
ANDY WARHOL
Silk screen on wood
15" x 12" x 9 1/2" -
Cut Piece
Yoko Ono, Japan/USA. Photo documentation of performanceat Yamaichi Concert Hall, Kyoto. -
Household
ALLAN KAPROW
performance -
Cubi XXVI
DAVID SMITH
Steel
10' x 12'6" x 2'3" -
Woman with Keloidal Scars
Shomei Tomatsu, Japan. Gelatin silver print, 11.5" X 16" -
The State of Hospital
Edward Kienholz, USA. Mixed media, 8' X 12' X 10'. Moderna Museet, Stockholm. -
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
DAVID HOCKNEY
acrylic on canvas
8' x 8'
Tate Gallery, London -
Habitat
MOSHE SAFDIE
Designed for Expo '67 in Montreal Canada -
US Pavilion
R BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Geodesic dome
diameter 250'
Expo '67, Montreal, Canada -
Abra III
FRANK STELLA
Acrylic on canvas
10' x 10'
Collection of the artist, New York -
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
HakoneNational park, Japan, opened in 1969 -
Crinkly
ALEXANDER CALDER
Sheet metal, wire, and paint
28" x 65.5" x 12"
private collection -
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
Kane Kwel, Ghana, Africa. Wood and enamel paint, 92" long. -
Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola project
Brazil, 1970. Screen print on Coka-Cola bottles -
Spiral Jetty
ROBERT SMITHSON
Earthwork
1,500' ling x 15' wide x 3.5' high -
Pregnant Woman
ALICE NEEL
USA
Oil on canvas
40" x 60" -
Olympic Stadium, Munich
GUNTER BEHNISCH with OTTO FREI
Munich, Germany -
The Liberation of Aunt Jemima
BETYE SAAT
Mixed Media
11 3/4" x 8" x 2 3/4" -
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
Judy Chicago. 1974-1979. Painted Porcelain and needlework, 48' X 42' X 36'. -
Epa headdress called "Orangun"
BAMGBOYE OF ODO-OWA
Wood and paint -
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
WALTER DE MARIA
1971-1977
400 stainless steel poles
20'7"
land ares: 1 mile x 1 kilometer -
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
Leon Golub. I, USA. Arcylic on canvas, 116" X 186 1/2". -
Backs
Magdalena Abakanowcz, Poland, 1976-1982. Eightyy pieces, burlap and glue, each over life-size. -
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
CHARLES MOORE with UIG AND PEREZ ASSOCIATES
1975-1980
New Orleans, LA -
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
Ana Menieta, Cuba/USA. Body, earth sculpture with artist, tree trunk, and mud, at Old Mans Creek, Iowa City, Iowa. -
Self-portrait with Model
DUANE HANSON
painted polyester and mixed media
life-size -
Untitled Film Still #35
Cindy Sherman, USA. Gelatin silverprint, 8 X 10. -
Witchetty Grub Dreaming
Paddy Carroll Tjungurrayi, Paint on Canvas. Australia, Aboriginal, from Papunya. -
Golf Bag
MARILYN LEVINE
Ceramic
34" x 10.75"
Private collection -
Sun Mad
Ester Hernandez, USA. Color serigraph, 22", 17". -
Portrait of George
RObert Arneson, USA. Glazed ceramic, 94" X 29" X 29". -
Untitled (Self-Portrait of Marilyn Monroe)
CINDY SHERMAN
Ektachrome photo
15.5" x 9"
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas, USA -
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
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
HENRY MOORE
Bronze
Length 104.5"
Fukuoka Art Museum -
Sail Baby
ELIZABETH MURRAY
oil on three canvases
126" x 135" -
The Social Mirror
MIERLE LADERMAN UKELES
20 cubic yards -
Blind Man's Bluff
LOUISE BOURGEOIS
USA
Marble
36" x 35.5" x 25"
Collection Cleveland Museum of Art -
Fanny (fingerpainting)
Chuch Close, USA. Oil on canvas, 120" X 84". National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. -
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?
GUERRILLA GIRLS
USA
street poster -
The Artifact Piece
JAMES LUNA
Installation/performance -
There is no Escape
Sue Coe. Britain, 1987. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 22" X 30" -
Baby Makes 3
GENERAL IDEA
1984-1989
Lacquer on vinyl
78 3/4" x 63" -
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
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
I.M. PEI and PARTNERS
Hong Kong -
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
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
LIN ONUS
Synthetic polymer on fiberglass, wire, metal
37 1/2" high -
The Binocular Entrance to the Chiat Building
CLAES OLDENBURG, COOSJE VAN BRUGGEN, & FRANK O. GEHRY
1985-1991
Venice, California -
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
LYNN HERSHMAN
Interactive computer-video installation at the Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco -
Breaking of the Vessels
ANSELM KIEFER
Lead, iron, glass, copper wire, charcoal, and aquatec
17' high -
Drawing from Mine
William Kentridge, South Africa. Mine is a 5-minute 49-second film. Charcoal. -
Nara Convention Hall
Arata Isozaki
Nara, Japan
computer-generated print
21" x 23"
Museum of Modern Art, New York -
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
Andres Serrano, USA. Cibachromw, 49 1/2" X 60". Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal. -
AIDS Memorial Quilt
Displaying it in Washington DC -
Genesis
JAUNE QUICK-TO-SEE SMITH
Oil, collage, mixed media on canvas
5' x 8'4"
Museum of Art, Atlanta -
Justin Bond
CATHERINE OPIE
USA
Chromogenic print
edition of eight
20" x 16" -
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
ROBERT GOBER
Pencil on Paper
8" x 4 7/8"
The Museum of Modern Art, New York -
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
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
JULIE TAYMOR -
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
in the 1996 Rose Parade in Pasadena, California -
Speechless
SHIRIN NESHAT
Pen and ink over gelatin silver print
49" x 36" -
Guggenheim Bilbao
FRANK O. GEHRY
Bilbao, Spain -
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
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)
Kongo, Zaire
Wood, nails, blades, medicinal material with cowrie shell
46 1/4" high
Detroit Museum of Art -
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
CHRIS OFILI
acrylic, collage, glitter, resin, pencil, map pins, and elephant dung on canvas
96" x 72" -
Dandelion Line
ANDY GOLDSWORTHY
Storm King Sculpture Park, New York -
Dolorosa
Bill Viola, USA. Video. -
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
HAUNG YONG PING
replica of and American spy plane from middle of body to tail
China, Barbara Gladstone Gallery -
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)
Kara Walker. USA, 2001. Cut paper and projections on wall, 14' X 20'. -
Stone God Forbidden City
DOUGLAS SCHLESIER
Charcoal on paper with gold leaf and color
25" x 38" -
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
DAVID CHIHULY
Bridge of Glass at the Museum of Glass Tacoma, Washington -
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
HAYAI MIYAZAKI
animated movie -
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
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
Frank Gehry, USA. Los Angeles California. -
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
EL ANATSUI
Aluminum and copper wire
21' x 27.5'
Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris France -
Setting Cycles
Dona Schlesier
Mixed media on paper (oil pastel, handmade paper, papyrus, and thread)
30" x 22" -
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
Elevated view -
Bear
TIM HAWKINSON
23'6" high
370,000 lbs
Stuart Collection, University of California, San Diego -
Black Rainbow: Explosion Project
CAI GUO-QIANG
Valencia, Spain -
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
Stan Wamiss. Yellow Cedar or cypress, 25" long X 13" wide X 3 1/2" deep. -
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
MARGARET LAZZARI
Acrylic on Canvas
80" x 75"
collection of the artist -
The New York City Waterfalls
OLAFUR ELIASSON
Installation along the East River -
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
ANN PAGE
Mixed Media: redwood cube with prototyped, infiltrated, gypsum modules
14" x 4.5" x 4" -
Giant Puppet Parade
Street Carnival in Olinda, Brazil
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