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Philostratus the Younger

Greek author

John Ruskin

John Ruskin

English writer and artist

Wassily Kandinsky: Painting with Green Center

Wassily Kandinsky

Russian-born artist

James McNeill Whistler

James McNeill Whistler

American artist

Painted terracotta bust of Lorenzo de' Medici, attributed to 15th or 16th-century Florentine artists, showing a stern man in a red cap and draped garment.

Lorenzo de’ Medici

Italian statesman

Niki de Saint Phalle: Tarot Garden

Niki de Saint Phalle

French-American artist

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Eduardo Kac

Brazilian American artist

Winckelmann, Johann

Johann Winckelmann

German art historian

J.P. Morgan

J.P. Morgan

American financier

Tower of the Rising Clouds, colour on silk by Mi Fu; in the Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Mi Fu

Chinese artist

Sérusier, Paul: The Flowered Gate

Paul Sérusier

French painter

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Harold Rosenberg

American art critic

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Ernest F. Fenollosa

American orientalist and art critic

Enwezor, Okwui

Okwui Enwezor

Nigerian-born art curator

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Alex Melamid

American artist

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Vitaly Komar

American artist

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Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid

American artists

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Lawrence Alloway

American curator and art critic

Giorgio Vasari

Giorgio Vasari

Italian artist and author

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Andrew Mellon

American financier and politician

Tourists visit "Cloud Gate", a sculpture by Anish Kapoor, in Millenium Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Who Made That? (Part 2)

President Abraham Lincoln. Statue of Abraham Lincoln, designed by Daniel Chester French, in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.

Who Made That?

The Creation of Adam to the Flood, detail of the ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, by Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), painted 1508-12. Location: Sistine Chapel, Vatican Palace, Vatican State

Which Came First: Art Edition

"Deux Fantassins Casques (Two Helmeted Infantrymen)" Roger de La Fresnaye, 1917. Pen and black ink with wash, 30.8x19.4 cm

Cubism: Art and Artists

USA 2006 - 78th Annual Academy Awards. Closeup of giant Oscar statue at the entrance of the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, film movie hollywood

Pop Culture Quiz

Color pastels, colored chalk, colorful chalk. Hompepage blog 2009, arts and entertainment, history and society

Ultimate Art Quiz

Artist paint brushes and watercolor paintbox on wooden palette. Instruments and tools for creative leisure. Creative background. Paintings art concept. Painting hobby. Back to school. Top view.

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