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Anthropomorphic Stele
Saudi Arabia 4th millennium B.C.E, Prehistory sandstone stele includes sword for dead soldier compares to palette of narmer |
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Apollo 11 Stones
Namibia c. 25,500–25,300 B.C.E, Prehistory quartzite image of natural things animal compares to hall of bulls |
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Bushel with ibex motif
Susa, Iran (in a necropolis) 4200--3500 B.C.E., painted terra-cotta compares to Niobid crater with paintings |
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Hall of Bulls
Lascaux, France (in a cave) 16,000-14,000 B.C.E. (prehistory) charcoal and ochre naturalistic portrayal of man and animals compares to the Apollo 11 stones |
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Jade cong
Liangzhu, China (Neolithic period) c. 2500 B.C.E jade used to ward off bad omens/spirits compares to the Last Judgment tympanum on the Church of Sainte‐Foy |
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Stonehenge
Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England c. 2550-1600 B.C.E. stone trilithons various ideas of use of structure compares to the collesseum |
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Tlatilco figurines
Tlatilco, Central Mexico c. 1500–1200 B.C.E. ceramic with traces of pigment compares to Peplos Kore |
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Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II Dur Sharrukin
Neo-Assyrian, c. 720-705 B.C.E. gypseous alabaster to make enemies fear the Assyrianscan compares to Alexander Mosaic |
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Code of Hammurabi
Babylonia 1792-1750 B.C.E. basalt depicts Hammurabi close to gods compares to Anthropomorphic Stele |
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Standard of Ur - war on top, peace on bottom
Tell el-Muqayyar, Urim 2600-2400 B.C.E. shell, red limestone, lapis lazuli, and bitumen compares to the last judgement of Hunifer |
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Standing Male Worshiper
Square Temple 2900-2600 B.C.E., Early Dynasty alabaster, shell, black limestone, bitumen compares to Sarcophagus of the Spouses |
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White Temple and Ziggurat
Uruk (modern Warka) in Iraq c. 3517-3358 B.C.E. various stone materials used to worship gods compares to pyramid of Giza |
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Akhenaten, Nefertiti, and Three Daughters
Egypt New Kingdom, Amarna period, 18th dynasty, c.1350 BCE limestone depicts lifestyle of pharaoh and his family compares to Justinian mosaic |
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Menkaure and queen
Tomb of Menkaure 2490–2472 B.C.E. greywacke depicts rulers to preserve the ka compares to the Kouros or kore |
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Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut
Egypt c. 1479-58 B.C.E., New Kingdom Granite depicts Hatsheput in an offering position compares to Standing male worshiper |
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Last Judgement of Hunifer
Egypt c. 1275 B.C.E., 19th Dynasty, New Kingdom papyrus compares to Michelangelo's Last Judgement |
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The Great Sphinx
Egypt c. 2520-2494 stone depicts Khafre as half man and half lion compares to Tlatico figurines because contortion |
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Apollo of Veil
Etruria, now Rome c. 510-500 B.C.E. painted terracotta depicts a god compares to kouros |
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Temple of Minerva
Etruria, now Rome 600 B.C.E wood, mud-brick and terracotta honors the goddess Minerva compares to the White Temple of Ziggurat |
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Tomb of the Triclinium
Etruscan chamber tomb, Italy c. 470 B.C.E. fresco depicts the life of the Etruscans compares to the Pyramid of Giza |
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Anavysos Kouros
Athens, Greece c. 530 B.C.E. marble depicts a dead male compares to kore |
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Peplos Kore
Greece c. 530 B.C.E. marble depicts either Athena or Artemis compares to kouros |
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Pyramid of Giza
Egypt 2560 BC stone tomb for dead pharaoh compares to Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus |
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Pyramid of Khafre
Egypt c. 2520-2494 stone tomb for dead pharaoh compares to Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus |
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Pyramid of Khufu
Egpyt c. 2551-2528 B.C.E stone tomb for dead pharaoh compares to Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus |
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Pyramid of Menkaure
Egypt around 2510 B.C.E stone tomb for dead pharaoh compares to Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus |
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Seated Scribe
Saqqara, Egypt c. 4th Dynasty, Old Kingdom painted limestone with rock crystal, magnesite, and copper arsenic compares to Hall of Bulls |
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Head of a Roman patrician
Republican Rome c. 75-50 B.C.E Marble compares to Christ Pantocrator |
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Augustus of Prima Porta
Imperial Rome Early 1st century C.E. Marble compares to the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius |
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Colosseum, Flavian Amphitheater
Rome, Italy Imperial Rome 70-80 C.E. Stone and concrete compares to stonehenge |
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Alexander Mosaic
House of Faun, Pompeii Roman. c. 100 B.C.E. Mosaic compares to Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon |
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Rebecca and Eliezer at the Well, from the Vienna Genesis
Early 6th century C.E. Illuminated manuscript tempera, gold, and silver on purple vellum compares to Jacob Wrestling the Angel |
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Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II
Dur Sharrukin Neo-Assyrian, c. 720-705 B.C.E. gypseous alabasterto make enemies fear the Assyrians compares to Large Kneeling Statue of Hatshepsut |
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Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut
Egypt c. 1479-58 B.C.E., New Kingdom carved from the cliff a temple to honor the gods relevant to Hatsheput's afterlife compares to San Vitale |
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Palette of Narmer
Hierakonpolis, Egypt c. 3000-2920 B.C.E. depicts the life of Narmer compares to the the Code of Hammurabi |
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Temple of Amun-Re and the Hypostyle Hall
Egypt c. 1250 B.C.E., 18th and 19th Dynasties, New Kingdom sandstone, mudbricks, various stone materials honors Amun Re compares to White Temple of Ziggurat |
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses
Banditaccia necropolis, Cerveteri c. 520 B.C.E. painted terracotta hold the remains of a dead couple compares to Menkaure and his queen |
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Camelid sacrum in the shape of a canine
14,000-17,000 BCE, Prehistory Tequixquiac, Central Mexico animal pelvic bone compares to Ambum Stone |
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Running Horned Woman
6000-4000 BCE Algeria pigment on rock depicts a goddess compares to Nike Adjusting her Sandal |
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The Ambum Stone
1500 BCE Papua New Guinea Greywacke spiritual entity to worship compares to Camelid Sacrum |
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Terra Cotta Fragment
1000 BCE Soloman Islands, Reef Islands terra cotta compares to Palette of Narmer |
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Tutankhamun's tomb, innermost coffin
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1323 B.C.E. Egypt gold with inlay of enamel and semiprecious stones housedTut's mummified body compares to Buddha statues |
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Athenian Agora
6th century BC Athens, Greece a place of gathering compares to Marketplace of Trajan |
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Niobides Krater
460-450 BC Athens, Greece Clay, red-figure technique holds wine and depicts a scene from mythology compares to Pyxis of al-Mughira |
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Doryphoros (Spear-Bearer)
450-440 B.C.E. Polykleitos, marble Greece depicts the canon or ideal figure of human body compares to Augustus of Primaporta because of contraposto |
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Acropolis
438-432 B.C.E. commissioned by Pericles, made of various marble and stone materials gives thanks to the gods for victories in battles compares to the Colosseum |
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Winged Victory of Samothrace
190 B.C.E. Parian marble commemorates a naval victory compares to David by Donatello |
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Grave Stele of Hegeso
410 B.C.E. marble and paint depictrs a wealthy woman's grave compares to the Code of Hamurabi |
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Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon
200-150 B.C.E., Hellenistic period various marbles celebrates military victory compares to Temple of Minerva |
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House of the Vettii
third quarter of the first century C.E. marbles, natural decorum, terra cotta atrium used to let in the light, compares to Great Mosque of Cordoba |
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Seated Boxer, Apollonious
100 B.C.E., Hellenistic Greece bronze depicts a warrior resting compares to Hercules side of Niobides Krater |
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Forum of Trajan
106 C.E-112 C.E. Rome various materials such as marble shows the wealth and power of Rome & Trajan compares the Apadana |
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The Pantheon
118 C.E.-128 C.E. Rome marble and various stone used to worship the gods compares to the Parthenon |
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Ludovisi Battle Sarcophagus
c. 250-260 C.E Rome holds the remains of a wealthy person compares to Great Altar of Zeus and Athena at Pergamon |
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Catacomb of Priscilla
late 2nd century through the 4th century C.E. Rome secretly worships Christianity compares to Justinian |
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Santa Sabina
c. 432 C.E. Rome first used as a government building then to worship Christianity compared to Chartres Cathedral |
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Justinian Mosaic, San Vitale
526/527 C.E. under Ostrogothic Rule Ravenna, Italy depicts Justinian as holy with a halo compares to Catacomb of Priscilla |
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Hagia Sophia 532-537 C.E.
Istanbul a place of worship compares to the Market Place of Trajan |
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Merovingian looped fibulae
6th century C.E. Frankish decoration in the tomb/grave of a dead wealthy person compares to the Tomb of Triniclinium |
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Virgin (Theotokos) and Child between Saints Theodore and George
6th/7th Century C.E. encaustic on wood a portable image of worship compares to the Justinian Mosaic |
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Lindisfarne Gospels, St. Matthew
early 8th century leather, vellum, various paints Lindisfarne, England conveys the teachings of Christianity compares to Book of the Dead |
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Great Mosque of Cordoba
Cordoba, Spain began in 786 C.E. went on into 9th and 10th century made to accommodate Prince Abd al-Rahman I in his exile compares to the Colosseum |
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Pyxis of al-Mughira
968 C.E. Spain holds perfumes compares to Jade Cong with the great detail |
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Dürer, Adam and Eve Germany 1504 depicst a scene from biblical story of Adam and Eve compares to Code of Hammurabi |
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Arena Chapel, Giotto Veneto, Italy 1303-1305 for worship compares to Theotokos and Child and Saints |
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Arnolfini Portrait, Jan van Eyck Netherlands 1434 tempera and oil on wood illustrates a couple of social and economic status compares to Sarcophagus of the Spouses |
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Birth of Venus, Botticelli 1483-1485 Italy depicts the scene of the birth of Venus compares to the Marie de Medici |
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Chartres Cathedral c.1145 and 1194-c.1220 France various stones provides a space for a mass to worship compares to Karnak |
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Church of Saint-Foy's Reliquary late 10th to early 11th century gold, silver gilt, jewels, and cameos over a wooden core meant for people to see and think about their devotion compares to Seated Scribe |
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Saint Louis Bible (moralized bible)
1230 France ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum depicts the life of King Louis compares to Hunefer |
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The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de' Medici, Rubens
1622-1625 France oil on canvas idealizes the life of Marie de Medici compares to Palette of Narmer |
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Röttgen Pietà
1300-1325 Germany painted wood compares to Head of Roman |
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Self-Portrait with Saskia, Rembrandt
1636 Netherland meant to depict Rembrandt and his wife, Saskia compares to Arnolfini portrait |
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Pazzi Chapel, Brunelleschi
1420s-1460s Italy various stones place of worship compares to the Acropolis |
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Palazzo Rucellai, Alberti 1446-1451 Italy various stones for the Rucellai family compares to the Pazzi chapel |
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Mosque of Selim II, Mimar Sinan 1568-1575 Turkey various stones for the worshiping of Islam compares to Column of Trajan |
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Merode Altarpiece, Robert Campin 1425-1428 tempera and oil on panel Italy meant to depict the annunciation scenecan compares to Las Meninas |
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Madonna and Child with two Angels, Fra Filippo Lippi 1460-1465 Italy tempera on panel compares to Theotokos |
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Last Supper, Leonardo da Vinci 1498 Italy Tempera and oil on plaster encouraged the monks to feel more devotion compares to School of Athens |
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Hunters in the Snow, Bruegel 1565 Netherlands soil on wood illustrates the famine compares to Catacomb of Priscilla |
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Codex Mendoza 1541-1542 Aztec Empire pigment on paper depicts the life in the Aztec Empire compares to Hunters in the Snow |
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Isenheim Altarpiece, Grunewald 1510-1515 Germany oil on wood depicts various scenes of the bible compares to the Meroda Alterpiece |
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Entombment of Christ, Pontormo 1525-1528 Italy oil on panel depicts a scene of the Bible, after Crucifixion can compare to the Birth of Venus |
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Ecstasy of Saint Teresa, Bernini 1647-1652 Italy marble depicts a scene of an angel piercing Teresa compares to Winged Victory |
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San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane, Borromini
1634 Italy various stone encourages people to go worship compares to Chartes |
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The Sistine Chapel ceiling, Michelangelo
1508-1512 fresco Vatican City depicts bibles stories compares to Marie de Medici |
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The School of Athens, Raphael
1509-1511 fresco Italy compares to ideals of Ancient Greece |
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Calling of Saint Matthew, Caravaggio 1599-1600 Italy oil on canvas inspired people to go to church compares to the Last Supper |
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David, Donatello
1440 Italy bronze after the slaying of Goliath compares to Venus of Urbino |
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The Alhambra mid 1200s various stone Granada, Spain to showcase the success of the Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nasr compares to the pyramids |
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The Golden Haggadah 1320 Spain ink, tempera, and gold leaf on vellum depicts the ceremony and preparation of the Passover compares to Saint Louis Bible |
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The Bayeux Tapestry 1070 England embroidered wool on linen depicts the victory of Normandy over Saxons at the Battle of Hastings compares to Standard of Ur |
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Il Gesù, including Triumph of the Name of Jesus 1584 Italy ceiling fresco glorifies Jesus Christ and his power compares to the Sistine Chapel Ceiling |
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Venus of Urbino, Titian 1538 Italy oil on canvas depicts a woman under the pseudonym of Venus compares to Donatello's David |
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Angel with Arquebus, Asiel Timor Dei, Master of Calamarca before 1728 oil on canvas and gilding personifies altogether the military, aristocracy, and sacred beings, and were adorned with the most lavish attire compares to The Seated Scribe |
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Fruits and Inspects, Rachel Ruysch 1711 Netherlands oil on wood a still life of beautiful fruit but infected by an insect compares to The Tête à Tête, from Marriage a la Mode |
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Las Meninas, Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez 1656 Spain Oil on canvas depicts everyday life in the presence of royalty compares to the Calling of St. Matthew |
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Screen with the Siege of Belgrade and Hunting Scene, Circle of the Gonzales family 1691-1701 Mexico Oil on wood, inlays of pearls depicts a war scene compares to the Standard of Ur |
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Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo, José Joaquín Magón second half of the eighteenth century Mexico oil on canvas depicts everyday life between the Spanish and Natives compares to the Medici Cycle |
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Château de Versailles, Louis le Vau, André le Nôtre, and Charles le Brun 1664-1710 France various marbles and gold expresses the wealth and power of royalty compares to the Parthenon |
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Marriage A-la-Mode (including Tête à Tête), William Hogarth 1743 England oil on canvas depicts a marriage that is not compatiable can compare to Arnlefini portrait |
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Virgin of Guadalupe, Miguel Gonzalez |
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Woman Holding a Balance, Johannes Vermeer 1664 Netherlands oil on canvas depicts a scene of everyday life for a middle class woman compares to Edith Leister |
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All-T’oqapu Tunic 1450–1540 Inca camelid fiber and cotton related to various peoples, places, and social roles within the Inca empire compares to the Funeral Banner of Lady Dai |
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Bandolier Bag 1880s possibly Winnebago wool and cotton trade cloth, wool yarn, glass, metal to appreciate the process by which colorful beads animate the bag compares to Bushel with ibex motif |
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Black-on-black ceramic vessel, Maria Martinez 1939 San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico blackware ceramic based on pottery sherds compares to Doryphoros |
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Chavín de Huántar 900–200 B.C.E Peru various stone and natural materials birthplace of an ancient “mother culture” compares to Machu Picchu |
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City of Cusco 1440-1540 Peru various stone and natural materials an axis mundi—the center of existence—and a reflection of Inca power compares to the Forbidden City |
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Great Serpent Mound 1070 Adams County, Ohio natural materials and copper sheets possibly used to mark time or seasons, perhaps indicating when to plant or harvest compares to the Apollo 11 stones |
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Hide Painting of the Sun Dance 1890-1900 Eastern Shoshone (Wind River Reservation, WY) elk hide and pigment displays elements of several different dances, compares to Hall of Bulls |
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Machu Picchu 1450–1540 Peru made of stone and terraces a royal estate for the first Inka emperor, Pachacuti Inka Yupanquicompares to Machu Picchu |
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Maize cobs 1440–1533 Inca sheet metal/repoussé, metal alloys to be in a garden of the courtyard in the Qorikancha temple in the capital city of Cuzco compares to the camelid sacrum |
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Mesa Verde cliff dwellings 450–1300 CE Colorado made from the cliff face some were used for storage and ritual compares to the Mortuary Temple of Hatsheput |
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Feathered headdress early 16th century Aztec Empire uetzal, cotinga, roseate spoonbill, piaya feathers; wood, fibers, amate paper, cotton, gold, gilded brass possibly signifies Moctezuma II and his power compares to the Jade and Gold crown |
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Templo Mayor at Tenochtitlan 1375–1520 C.E. Mexico various stones dedicated to the deities Tlaloc and Huitzilopochti compares to the Temple of Ziggurat |
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Transformation masks late 19th century Alert Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada cedar wood, feathers, sinew, cord, bird skin, hide, plant fibers, cotton, iron, pigments worn by dancers during ceremonies compares to the jade cong |
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Yaxchilán lintel 25, structure 23 250-900 C.E. Chiapas, Mexico for Lord Shield Jaguar II’s accession to throne compares to Hunefer |
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Buk Mask mid to late 19th century Torres Strait, Mabuiag Island turtle shell, wood, cassowary feathers, fiber, resin, paint compares to the camelid sacrum |
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Ahu 'ula (feather cape) 1850s Hawaii olona fiber, feather compares to the Transformation masks |
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Female Deity Figurine 18th-19th century Nukuoro, Caroline Islands, Micronesia wood considered the resting place of a god or a deified ancestor’s spirit compares to the Tlatico figurines |
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Hiapo (tapa) 1850-1900 Niue Tapa or bark cloth, freehand painting for clothing, bedding and wall hangings compares to the Bandolier bag |
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Malagan display and mask 1882-83 New Ireland, Papua New Guinea wood, vegetable fiber, pigment and shell honoring and dismissing the dead, but can act for the identity of a clan and their rights to land compares to Donatello's David |
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Maoi 1000 CE until the 2nd half of the 17th century Easter Island basalt kept watch over the island compares to the Standing Male Worshiper |
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Nan Madol island of Pohnpei 1200 CE-1628 CE various stone and natural materials capital of the Saudeleur Dynasty compares to City of Cusco |
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Navigation chart 19th century Marshall Islands, Micronesia wood, shell charts that marked the locations of the islands, and the swell and wave patterns compares to the Terra Cotta Fragments |
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The Law and the Gospel, Lucas Cranach 1529 Germany oil on wood shows the importance of gospel rather than law compares to Saint Louis bible |
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Presentation of Fijian mats and tapa cloths to Queen Elizabeth II 1953-54 Fiji silver gelatin print the procession of Fijian women making their way through a group of seated Fijian men and women compares to the Standard of Ur |
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Lukasa (memory board) 19th to 20th century Mbudye Society, Luba peoples, Democratic Republic of Congo wood, beads and metal used by experts in the oral retelling of history in Luba culture compares to Palette of Narmer |
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Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe miShyaang maMbul
1760-80 Congo for the Kuba King Mishe miShyaang maMbul compares to Menkaure and his Queen |
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Nkisi n’kondi |
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Portrait mask (Mblo) late 19th–early 20th century Côte d'Ivoire, central Côte d'Ivoire Wood, pigment figurative sculpture and decorative arts compares to the Seated Boxer |
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Wall plaque, from Oba's palace 1550–1680 Edo peoples (Benin Kingdom) brass depicts their level of importance within the court compares to high relief |
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Sika dwa kofi (Golden Stool) 1700 C.E. Asante gold weights the royal and divine throne of the Ashanti people compares to St. Louis Bible |
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Bahram Gur Fights the Karg, folio from the Great Il-Khanid Shahnama 1330-1340 Persia opaque watercolor, gold and silver on paper reveals the cosmopolitanism of the Ilkhanid court in Tabriz compares to the Standard of Ur |
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Bamiyan Buddhas 6th-7th century C.E. (destroyed 2001) Bamiyan, Afghanistan stone, stucco, paint to allow worship at any place and at anytime compares to Theotokos and Child |
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Reliquary figure (byeri) mid 18th to mid 19th century Gabon, Fang peoples wood and iron to exemplify tranquillity, vitality, and the ability to hold opposites in balance compares to Niobedes Krater |
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Veranda post of enthroned king and senior wife (Opo Ogoga) 1860–1938 Ikere, Ekiti region, Nigeria wood, pigment to depict a king and his queen in hierarchy scale compares to the Ludovisi Sarcophagus |
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Basin (Baptistère de Saint Louis) 1320-1340 Egypt or Syria brass inlaid with silver and gold depicts scenes from the Mamlūk court compares to The Golden Haggadah |
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Dome of the Rock 7th century Umayyad stone masonry, wooden roof, decorated with glazed ceramic tile, mosaics, and gilt aluminum and bronze dome a place for Islamic worship compares to the Arena Chapel |
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Ikenga (shrine figure) early 20th century Igbo Peoples, Nigeria wood and pigment channels someone's Chi (personal god) compares to Female Deity Figurine |
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Folio from a Qur'an vellum and pigment to carry the words of Islam compares to the Running Horned woman |
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Great Mosque (Masjid-e Jameh), Isfahan around the 11th century Iran various stone masonry a place for the Muslim community compares to Karnak |
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Jowo Rinpoche, enshrined in the Jokhang Temple around 8th century Tibet gold and other precious metals and gems used for Buddhism worship compares to the reliquary at Saint-Foy |
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Aka elephant mask 20th century cloth, beads, raffia, fiber part of a whole that included costume, music, songs, food, audience interaction, and, above all, movement compares to Buk mask |
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Petra, Jordan: Treasury and Great Temple 2nd century C.E. Petra, Jordan stone masonry a well-developed metropolis with all of the trappings of a Hellenistic city compares to Macchu Picchu |
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The Ardabil Carpet Persian: Safavid Dynasty, Iran 1539-40 C.E. silk warps and wefts with wool pile made for the shrine of Safi al-Din Ardabilicompares to a tapestry |
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The Court of Gayumars, folio from Shah Tahmasp's Shahnama 1562 Shiraz, Iran ink, opaque watercolor and gold on paper shows the king, seated on a tiger skin, attended by his court compares to Yaxchilán lintel 25, structure 23 |
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The Kaaba 631-32 C.E. Mecca, Saudi Arabia granite masonry, covered with silk curtain and calligraphy in gold and silver-wrapped thread for Muslim pilgrims to worship compares to the Jade Cong |
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Bundu or Sowei Helmet Mask late 19th-early 20th century Moyamba district, Sierra Leone wood and pigment refers to the custodian of the medicine compares to the Seated Scribe |
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Female (Pwo) Mask early 20th century Chokwe people, Democratic Republic of Congo wood, plant fiber, pigment, copper alloy to bestow increased fertility on the spectators compares to Arnolfini Portrait |
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Angkor, the temple of Angkor Wat 1116-1150 C.E. Angkor Thom, Cambodia stone masonry dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu compares to Pergamon altar |
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Great Mosque of Djenné around the beginning of the 13th century Mali plaster and mud-brick a center of commerce, learning, and Islam compares to the Acropolis |
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Temple of Borobudur 800 C.E. Indonesia stone masonry for Buddhist worship compares to the Temple of Minerva |
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Staff god late 18th-early 19th century Rarotonga, Cook Islands wood, paper mulberry bark, feather possibly to represent Tangaroa the creator god compares to the Ambum Stone |
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Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan, Liu Chunhua 1967 China oil on canvas celebrates Chairman Mao and his longstanding commitment to Communist Party ideals compares to Augustus Primaporta |
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Great Zimbabwe National Monument 11th and 15th centuries capital of the Queen of Sheba various stone material an important trading center compares to the apadana in Persepolis |
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Tamati Waka Nene, Gottfried Lindauer 1890 New Zealand oil on canvas depiction of Tamati Waka Nene who was a Rangatira or chief of the Ngāti Hao people, and an important war leader compares to the Palette of Narmer |
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Funeral banner of Lady Dai (Xin Zhui) 2nd century B.C.E. Hunan province, China silk compares to Book of the Dead |
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Gold and jade crown second half of 5th century Silla kingdom, Korea gold and jade to practice shamanism compares to Jowo Rinpoche |
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Forbidden City 15th century Beijing, China various stone and terra cotta the political and ritual center of China for over 500 years compares to the Todai-ji |
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The Great Stupa around 300 B.C.E Madya Pradesh, India to practice Buddhism compares to the Santa Sabina |
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Jahangir Preferring a Sufi Shaikh to Kings, Bichitr India opaque watercolor, gold and ink on paper to make a statement about his spiritual leanings compares to Code of Hammurabi |
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Lakshmana Temple Khajuraho, India 930-950 stone masonry to honor the god Vishnu, presumably compares to Angkor |
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Longmen caves Luoyang, China 1st century C.E. stone masonry, pigments, wood for understanding how rulers wielded this foreign religion to affirm assimilation & superiority compares to the Pantheon |
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Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace Japan Handscroll; ink and color on paper to depict the primary battle of the Heiji Rebellion compares to the Bayeux Tapestry |
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Portrait of Sin Sukju Korea second half of the 15th century hanging scroll, ink and color on silk to commemorate the sitter in both life and death in Joseon dynasty compares to the Seated Scribe |
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Ryoan-ji Kyoto, Japan late 16th through the first half of the 17th century stone, wood, pebbles, pigments, natural accents affiliated with a branch of Zen Buddhism compares to The Calling of St. Matthew |
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Shiva as Lord of the Dance (Nataraja) 11th century, Chola period India copper alloy a sacred object that has been taken out of its original context compares to the Stonehenge |
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Taj Mahal Agra, India 1632-53 various marbles, stone masonry, water, natural objects Shah Jahan built this in Agra, where he took the throne in 1628 compares to the Forum of Trajan |
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Terracotta warriors from mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China Xian, China 221-206 B.C.E. painted terracotta, terracotta warriors and horses built large tomb to protect the Qin emperor in death compares to the Sphinx |
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The David Vases 1351, Yuan Dynasty Jiangxi province, China blue-and-white porcelain made for the altar of a Daoist temple compares to the Jowo Rinpoche |
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Todai-ji Todaiji, Nara, Japan 743, rebuilt in 1700 cypress wood, terracotta, bronze statues, stone masonry a temple to practice Buddhism compares to the Temple of Borobudur |
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Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Fan Kuan 1000 C.E. China ink on silk hanging scroll to enhance the light of their own principles (li) and to create a microcosmic image of a moral and orderly universe compares to Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan by Liu Chunhua |
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Under the Wave off Kanagawa byKatsushika Hokusai 1830-1832 Edo, Japan polychrome woodblock print; ink and color on paper to respond to a boom in domestic travel and the corresponding market compares to Travelers among Mountains and Streams |
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White and Red Plum Blossoms, Ogata Korin 18th century Edo, Japan pair of two-fold screens, color and gold leaf on paper to display the pulsing vitality of early spring compares to Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace |
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Portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Miguel Cabrera 1750 Mexico oil on canvas a famous depiction of the esteemed Mexican nun and write, JuanaInés de la Cruz compares to Grave Stele of Hegesoas |
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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery, Joseph Wright of Derby 1763-65 England oil on canvas a philosophical shift away from traditional religious models and toward a scientific approach compares to The Calling of St Matthew |
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Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building, Louis Sullivan 1899 and 1903-04 Chicago, IL, USA various concrete, stone masonry, glass a combo of architecture and commerce compares to Karnak |
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Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow, Piet Mondrian 1930 Netherlands oil on canvas transitional style out of Cubism and into a full-fledged exploration and engagement of de Stijl compares to A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery |
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Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park, Diego Rivera 1947 Mexico oil on canvas to display a light and dark side of the dream/reality of the world compares to the Standard of Ur as both display two sides of a society |
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Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright 1936-1939 Pennsylvania, USA various materials and natural structures to relax and enjoy the natural world compares to the House of Vettii |
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Fountain, Marcel Duchamp 1917/1964 porcelain urinal, paint San Francisco in order to question what art truly us compares to Stonehenge |
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George Washington, Jean-Antoine Houdon 1788-92 Richmond, VA, USA marble to idealize and give a propagandist view of Washington compares to Augustus Primaporta |
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The Migration of the Negro, Panel no. 49, Jacob Lawrence 1940-41 60 panels, tempera on hardboard USA to depict the mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North between WWI and WWII compares to Spaniard and Indian Produce a Mestizo |
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House in New Castle County, Robert Ventura, John Rausch and Denise Scott Brown 1978-83 Delaware, USA various structural materials to set a modest but instructive example of the Post-Modern style compares to the Santa Sabina |
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Illustration from The Results of the First Five-Year Plan, Varvara Stepanova 1932 Moscow, Russia a photomontage to display the artist’s interpretation of events, under the strict supervision of Party ideals compares to Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park |
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Improvisation 28 (second version), Vasily Kandinsky 1912 New York, USA oil on canvas symbolized artist's crusade against conventional aesthetic values and his dream of a better, more spiritual future compares to Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow |
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Monticello, Thomas Jefferson 1770-1806 Virginia red brick, marble, wood in order to return to the classical architecture in order to return to classical ideals compares to the Oath of the Horatii |
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La Grande Odalisque, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1814 Paris, France oil on canvas to point out a set of fears and desires linked to the long history of aggression between Christian Europe and Islamic Asia compares to Olympia |
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Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, Pablo Picasso 1907 France oil on canvas by using a distortion of female's body and geometric forms, it challenged the expectation of idealized representations of female beauty compares to Tlatico Figurine |
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Liberty Leading the People, Eugène Delacroix 1830 Paris, France oil on canvas to depict who were fighting during Revolution to rally the people compares to the Alexander Mosaic |
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Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks, Claes Oldenburg 1969-74 USA cor-ten steel, aluminum, cast resin, polyurethane enamel to protest against the Vietnam War compares to And There's Nothing to be Done (Goya) |
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Marilyn Diptych, Andy Warhol 1962 London, England, UK acrylic on canvas invites us to worship the legendary icon compares to Madonna and Child with two Angels |
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Memorial Sheet of Karl Liebknecht, Käthe Kollwitz 1919-1920 Germany Woodcut heightened with white and black ink in response to the assassination of Communist leader Karl Liebknecht during an uprising of 1919 compares to Night Attack on the Sanjô Palace |
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Mont Sainte-Victoire, Paul Cézanne 1902-04 USA oil on canvas to show the beauty and unification of nature compares to Travelers among Mountains and Streams, Fan Kuan |
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Nadar elevating Photography to Art, Honoré Daumier May 25, 1863 France lithograph from Le Boulevard in commemoration of capturing the first aerial photographs from the basket of a hot air balloon compares to Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan, Liu Chunhua |
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Narcissus garden, Yayoi Kusama original installation and performance 1966 Bernardo de Mello Paz’s Instituto Inhotim, Central Park in New York City mirror balls to capture and disseminate the moment one’s own image appears on an object in an institution seems to encouragethe obsession with the self compares to Augustus Primaporta |
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Object (Le Déjeuner en fourrure), Meret Oppenheim 1936 France Fur-covered cup, saucer, and spoon, cup to understand and to interpret by each individual, which leads to Surrealism compares to Olympia by Manet |
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Olympia, Édouard Manet 1863 France oil on canvas to challenge the social norms compares to La Grande Odalisque |
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Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament), Charles Barry, A.W.N. Pugin 1840-70 London, England various materials the meeting place of the House of Commons and the House of Lords, the two houses of the Parliament in the UK compares to Audience Hall (apadana) of Darius and Xerxes Persepolis (Persia) |
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Seagram Building, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson 1958 NYC, NY, USA various steel workings one of the first office buildings of this scale compares to Carson, Pirie, Scott and Company Building, Louis Sullivan |
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Self-Portrait as a Soldier, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner 1915 Germany oil on canvas an exploration of the artist’s personal fears compares to Catacomb of Priscilla |
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Self-Portrait, Elisabeth Louise Vigée-LeBrun 1790 painted in Rome, of French origins oil on canvas to express an alert intelligence, vibrancy, and freedom from care compares to The Swing |
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Slave Ship (Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On), Joseph Mallord William Turner 1840 England oil on canvas based on a poem that described a slave ship caught in a typhoon, and on the true story of the slave ship Zong whose captain, in 1781, had thrown overboard sick and dying slaves so that he could collect insurance money available only for slaves “lost at sea.” compares to And There's Nothing to be Done |
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Spiral Jetty, Robert Smithson 1970 Great Salt Lake, Utah mud, salt crystals, basalt rocks and water to move out of the confines of museums and gallery spaces and creating art that would engage the audience in a more profound level than traditional painting and sculpture allowed compares to Hall of Bulls |
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Still Life in Studio, Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre 1837 France daguerreotype to display the new process he dubbed a daguerrotype compares to Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow |
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The Bay, Helen Frankenthaler 1963 USA acrylic on canvas to allow a viewer respond to color compares to Slave ship as the colors meld into each other |
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The Burghers of Calais, Auguste Rodin 1884-95 Paris, France bronze to commemorate the heroism of Eustache de Saint-Pierre compares to Ndop (portrait figure) of King Mishe |
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The Coiffure, Mary Cassatt 1890-1891 USA drypoint and aquatint on laid paper, sheet in response to the Japanese exhibit that accentuates the process of a woman's beauty routine compares to Marilyn Diptych |
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The Goldfish, Henri Matisse 1912 France oil on canvas to invite the viewer to indulge in the elegance and beauty of the fish compares to The Presentation of the Portrait of Marie de' Medici |
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The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Maybridge1886 photography England Bridges the gap between stills and movies compares to Apollo of Veii |
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The Jungle, Wilfredo Lam 1942-43 Cuban painter, painted in USA gouache on paper mounted on canvas to dismiss the assumptions that foreigners had of the sugarcane fields in Cuba and the attitude of the people compares to Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park |
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The Kiss, Constantin Brancusi 1916 France limestone to emphasize simple geometrical lines that balance forms in his materials with the symbolic allusions of representational art compares to the Anthropomorphic Stele |
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The Kiss, Gustav Klimt 1907-8 Austria oil and gold leaf on canvas to capture a decadence conveyed by opulent and sensuous images compares to Winged Victory of Samothrace |
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Oath of the Horatii, Jacques-Louis David 1785 France oil on canvas to recall back the ancient times - Neoclassicism compares to the Calling of Saint Matthew |
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The Portuguese, Georges Braque 1911 France oil on canvas to hold whatever image the painter desires compares to The Bay |
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The Saint-Lazare Station, Claude Monet 1877 France oil on canvas to display the effects of color and light rather than a concern for describing machines or travelers compares to A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery |
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The Scream, Edvard Munch 1910 Norway tempera on board in response to the feels the cry of nature compares to White and Red Plum Blossoms |
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The Steerage, Alfred Stieglitz 1907 USA photogravure allows to speaks to the truth-to-appearance of subjects in a field of space within narrowly defined slice of time compares to The Stonebreakers |
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The Stonebreakers, Gustave Courbet 1849 France Oil on canvas to display concern for the plight of the poor compares to The Steerage |
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The Swing, Jean-Honoré Fragonard 1767 France oil on canvas to display the extravagance and whimsical life of the French compares to Head of a Roman Patrician |
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The Two Fridas, Frida Kahlo 1939 Mexico oil on canvas to express her desperation and loneliness with the separation from Diego compares to Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Central Park |
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The Valley of Mexico from the Hillside of Santa Isabel, José María Velasco 1875 Mexico oil on canvas to display the pure landscape and the beauty and unity of nature compares to View from Mount Holyoke |
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View from Mount Holyoke, Northampton, Massachusetts, after a Thunderstorm—The Oxbow, Thomas Cole 1836 USA oil on canvas to elicits feelings of danger and even fear compares to The Starry Night |
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The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh 1889 Netherlands oil on canvas in van Gogh's point of view, it is a simple “study of night” or ”night effect" compares to The Scream |
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The Crossing, Bill Viola
1996 USA video to reignite the longstanding relationship between artistic and spiritual experience compares to Summer Trees |
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Summer Trees, Song Su-nam 1979 South Korea ink on paper to elicit an inner spirituality which was felt to be lost in a modern technological age compares to Pisupo Lua Afe |
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Stadia II, Julie Mehretu 2004 USA ink and acrylic on canvas conveys the energy and chaos of today’s globalized world compares to Pisupo Lua Afe |
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Shibboleth, Doris Salcedo 2007-08 England crack in concrete represents the immigrant experience in Europe compares to Sunflower Seeds |
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Rebellious Silence, from the Women of Allah series, Shirin Neshat (artist); photo by Cynthia Preston 1994 USA compares to Frida |
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Preying Mantra, Wangechi Mutu 2006 USA mixed media on mylar centers on female subjectivity, exoticism and the notion of hybridity compares to Lying with the Wolf |
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Pisupo Lua Afe (Corned Beef 2000), Michel Tuffery 1994 New Zealand flattened cans of corned beef to convey the capacity of beef and dairy cattle to destroy fragile island eco-systems compares to Old Man's Cloth |
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Pink Panther, Jeff Koons 1988 USA glazed porcelain to parody male authority compares to Marilyn Diptych |
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Old Man’s Cloth, El Anatsui 2003 Nigeria aluminum and copper wire to demonstrate history of trade between Africa and Europe compares to La Grande Odalisque |
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MAXXI National Museum of XXI Century Arts, Zaha Hadid 1998 -- 2009 (opened 2010) various materials Rome, Italy compares to Guggenheim Museum Bilbao as both are innovative designs |
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Lying with the Wolf, Kiki Smith 2001 USA ink and pencil on paper to explore contemporary notions of feminine domesticity, spiritual yearning, and sexual identity compares to Self-Portrait with Saskia |
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Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower Seeds), Ai Weiwei 2010 England porcelain sunflower seeds to critique political and economic injustice compares to Slave Ship |
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Horn Players, Jean-Michel Basquiat 1983 USA acrylic and oilstick on three canvas panels mounted on wood supports to show how jazz has constructed the culture of African Americans compares to The Coiffure |
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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry 1993-97 Spain titanium, limestone, glass, steel to shift the direction of traditional architecture of museums and boost the economy in Bilbao compares to Fallingwater |
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En la Barberia no se Llora (No Crying Allowed in the Barbershop), Pepon Osorio 1994 USA mixed media installation with barbers' chairs, photographs, objects and videos compares to The Migration of the Negro, Panel no. 49 |
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Electronic Superhighway, Nam June Paik 1995 USA fifty-one channel video installation (including one closed-circuit television feed), custom electronics, neon lighting, steel and wood; color, sound to suggest that what unifies the U.S. now is electronic communication compares to Spiral Jetty |
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Earth’s Creation, Emily Kame Kngwarreye 1994 Australia synthetic polymer paint on linen mounted on canvas, four panels reference the changing atmospheric character of seasonal cycles compares to The Saint-Lazare Station |
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Darkytown Rebellion, Kara Walker 2001 USA cut paper and projection on wall tests the viewer’s tolerance for imagery that occupies the space between racism and race affirmation compares to The Horse in Motion |
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Dancing at the Louvre, from the series, The French Collection, part 1; #1, Faith Ringgold 1991 USA acrylic on canvas, tie-dyed, pieced fabric border to demonstrate breaking the rules, and having fun while doing it compares to Tête à Tête |
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Androgyne III, Magdalena Abakanowicz 1985 Poland burlap, resin, wood, nails, and string to express the dehumanization in the twentieth century compares to The Stonebreakers |
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A Book from the Sky, Xu Bing 1987-91 China hand-printed books and ceiling and wall scrolls printed from wood letterpress type; ink on paper, each book, open compares to The Portugese |
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Y no hai remedio (And There's Nothing to Be Done), from Los Desastres de la Guerra (The Disasters of War), plate 15, Francesco de Goya 1810 Spain etching, drypoint, burin and burnisher in response to the French occupation of Spain by Napoleon Bonaparte compares to The Self-portrait as a Solider |
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Woman I, Willem de Kooning 1950-52 Netherlands oil on canvas to show the focus of desire, frustration, inner conflict, pleasure, and anger compares to The Jungle |
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Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?, Paul Gauguin 1897-98 Tahiti oil on canvas demonstrates the themes of life and death compares to The Medici Cycle |
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Villa Savoye, Le Corbusier Poissy, France 1929 various materials to articulate the essence of modern architecture compares to Seagram Building |
