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Travel around the world and across 5,000 years of history through 490,000+ works of art. Advanced Collection Search. Highlights.
- Jacques Louis David
Charles Louis Trudaine de Montigny, Paris (until d. 1794;...
- Emanuel Leutze
Leutze's depiction of Washington's attack on the Hessians at...
- Heart of The Andes
This picture was inspired by Church's second trip to South...
- American
Long known as "The Oxbow," this work is a masterpiece of...
- Garden at Sainte-Adresse
The Painting: In the summer of 1867, Monet was spending time...
- The Temple of Dendur
Collection scientifique (Markaz Tasjīl al-Āthār...
- Jacques Louis David
Robert M. Coates. "The Art Galleries: Extremists." New Yorker (December 9, 1950), p. 110, notes that all of the works in Exh. New York 1950 are only identified by numbers, which "makes referencing them a bit dull"; criticizes no. 30 [this work] as an example of the overall composition suffering at the expense of "a clutter of more or less meaningless embellishment".
The artistic genius of Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) has impacted the development of modern and contemporary art with unparalleled magnitude. His prolific output includes over 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, theater sets and costumes that convey myriad intellectual, political, social, and amorous messages.
Walt Whitman is America’s world poet—a latter-day successor to Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Shakespeare. In Leaves of Grass (1855, 1891-2), he celebrated democracy, nature, love, and friendship. This monumental work chanted praises to the body as well as to the soul, and found beauty and reassurance even in death.
List of works by Leonardo da Vinci. The Italian polymath Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) was the founding figure of the High Renaissance, and exhibited enormous influence on subsequent artists. Only around eight major works— The Adoration of the Magi, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, the Louvre Virgin of the Rocks, The Last Supper, the ceiling ...
Title And ImageDateMediumDimensions [1]1472–1476 c. 1472–1476 [d 1]Oil and tempera on poplar panel98 cm × 217 cm 39 in × 85 in1472–1478 c. 1472–1478 [d 2]Oil on poplar panel62 cm × 47.5 cm 24.4 in × 18.7 in1474–1478 c. 1474–1478 [d 3]Oil and tempera on poplar panel177 cm × 151 cm 70 in × 59 in1474–1480 c. 1474–1480 [d 4]Oil and tempera on poplar panel38.8 cm × 36.7 cm 15.3 in × 14.4 inThis online resource of items from the Folger and other institutions brings together all known manuscript and print references to Shakespeare and his works in his lifetime and shortly thereafter.
Sep 10, 2019 · In 1959, 83 of his images were published in the U.S. as “The Americans,” which became a seminal collection of documentary photography and his most famous work. Much of Frank’s images still...
