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Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27)
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27)", an expressionist painting by Wassily Kandinsky.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Figure 5 in Gold by Charles Demuth
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "The Figure 5 in Gold", a painting by Charles Demuth.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz, by Marius De Zayas
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "John Marin and Alfred Stieglitz", a charcoal portrait of the two artists by the Mexican painter Marius de Zayas.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History; Arretinecup Signed,tigranes
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this page details the 1st century Roman cup titled "Arretine cup signed by Tigranes" with a description and images of the piece.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Richard Watson Gilder, Helena De Kay Gilder, Rodman
From the Metropolitan Museum of Art this Victorian era neo-classically inclined bas relief sculpture "Richard Watson Gilder, Helena de Kay Gilder, and Rodman de Kay Gilder" by the American artist Augustus Saint-Gaudens. The sculpture is...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: St. Paul's, Manhattan, John Marin
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "St. Paul's, Manhattan", a painting by American modern artist John Marin.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Portrait of a German Officer, Marsden Hartley
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Portrait of a German Officer", a painting by German modern artist Marsden Hartley.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Here, This Is Stieglitz Here, Francis Picabia
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Here, This Is Stieglitz Here", a DADA painting by Francis Picabia.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue by Georgia O'keefe
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Cow's Skull: Red, White, and Blue", a painting by American artist Georgia O'Keefe.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Alfred Stieglitz at 291, Edward Steichen
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "Alfred Stieglitz at 291", a photographic portrait by Edward Steichen.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: From the Faraway, Nearby by Georgia O'keefe
From the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, here is the image "From the Faraway, Nearby", a painting by Goergia O'Keefe.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Vincent Van Gogh
These articles and the corresponding slideshow on the works of Vincent van Gogh offer an in-depth background on his works and their inspirations.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition
The Metropolitan Museum of Art offers a slideshow presentation of Hellenistic art.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Timeline of Art History: Nineveh
This article outlines the history of the city of Nineveh and its rulers, and the archaeological discoveries that followed centuries after its demise. Includes a slideshow of relief carvings and other pieces of art from Nineveh.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Pen and Parchment: Drawing in the Middle Ages
Fully illustrated blog about the art of medieval draftsmen shown in a special exhibition at the Metropolitan in 2009. Includes access to exhibition images, written assessments of important themes in medieval works on parchment, and...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
This site provides pictures and a brief introduction of ancient arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Islamic Art Highlights
Fifty masterworks from the Metropolitan's collection of Islamic art are on display, grouped by object type to aid comparative analysis. Includes curators' notes, along with detailed views. Stunning examples of Islamic art and calligraphy...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Robert Lehman Collection
View fifty selected pieces from the Robert Lehman Collection of European art, which features paintings, drawings, and works of decorative art from the Italian and Northern Renaissance up through the twentieth century. An excellent survey...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Knights in Central Park
The Metropolitan is home to thousands of objects from centuries of history. Here they offer a short, descriptive site on arms and armor from the Middle Ages in countries around the world.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Woman With a Parrot Gustave Courbet
The painting, by Courbet, and general information about it are on this page.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Madame Auguste Cuoq Gustave Courbet
See a portrait painted by Gustave Courbet.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Tughra of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent
A tughra is a special calligraphic-style signature used by rulers of the Ottoman empire, often on official decrees. This provides information about the tughra of Suleyman the Magnificent(1494-1566), one of the most famous Ottoman sultans.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: Panel With a Griffin
A work of Byzantine craftmanship (ca. 1250-1300) that takes the griffin--a mythical creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion--as its subject. The traditional role of griffins as protectors of the dead was...
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Metropolitan Museum of Art: I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold: Charles Demuth
View a picture of Charles Demuth's painting "I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold," and read how it was inspired by his friendship with poet William Carlos Williams and his poem "The Great Figure."