Get an insight into the Museum of Modern Art
An overview of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, from the documentary In Our Time: The Museum of Modern Art.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Pope Clement VII commissioned Michelangelo to paint a fresco in the Sistine Chapel in 1534.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Completed in 1931, the “melting clocks” in Salvador Dalí's The Persistence of Memory quickly became a worldwide sensation.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.With a name like Madonna with the Long Neck, it's no surprise that this painting isn't a typical depiction of the Virgin Mary.
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© UK Parliament Education Service (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn how the United States elects the offices of the House of Representatives, the Senate, the president, and the vice president in the 21st century and how this system compares to that of other countries, such as the United Kingdom.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.When the United States entered World War I, it created one of the most confident fighting machines in world history.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) flying, perching, and fishing in the Chilkat River valley of southern Alaska.
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Checkerboard Film Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Photographer and curator John Szarkowski discussing the photographs of Eugène Atget, from the documentary Speaking of Art: John Szarkowski on Eugène Atget (2004).
