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  • Dapples of Sunlight

    Sunlight and Shadow, 1884 by William Merrit Chase, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE This work by another American artist who studied and had great success in Europe as well as in the US, was…

  • Black Figure Pottery

    Amphora and Lid by Exekias. Exekias was active in the second half of the 6th century BCE. He is well known for his depictions of battle scenes, but also for another of his amphorae…

  • Buried Treasure

    Container with Lion on Lid, 18th Dynasty Tomb of Tutankhamen, The treasures of the “boy-king” are something to behold. Especially when you consider that we really only have them because he was such an…

  • Drama

    An Experiment on a Bird in the Airpump, 1768 by Joseph Wright of Derby. Wright of Derby studied under Sir Joshua Reynolds however his work is more experimental as he was fascinated with light…

  • Controlled Chaos

    Upward (Empor), 1929 by Vasily Kandinsky. This is one of the more controlled of Kandinsky’s work. He used lines and shapes to create an abstract form. There are two shapes that resemble the letter…

  • Fantastic Paradise

    Garden of Earthly Delights, c.1504 by Hieronymus Bosch. This painting has fascinated art and art history students for years. There is so much going on here and in his depiction of Hell, that one…

  • Small Details

    Nosegay of Violets, c.1503 by Albrecht Dürer. Dürer’s paintings and engravings are still compelling and popular 500 years after he lived and worked. He is considered the greatest German artist of the Northern Renaissance…

  • Happy Halloween

    Jack Be Nimble by Andrew Wyeth, 1976, Andrew Wyeth Office.

  • Landscape of Steel and Stone

    Radiator Building – Night, New York, 1927 by Georgia O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe’s skyscrapers come from her time in New York. She was an artist whose environment was her inspiration and drove her work.