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Around the fourth century BC, Praxiteles of Athens sculpted the goddess Aphrodite as the Aphrodite of Knidos (or Cnidus). One of the earliest life-size depictions of the nude female body...

John and Dominique de Menil founded the nondenominational Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas. The interior doubles as a chapel and a significant piece of modern art thanks to the fourteen...

One of the traditional arts of Japan is kumiko woodworking. Neither glue nor any metal joints, such as nails, are used with this procedure. The culture of various nations has...

The mature abstract design of Richter can be seen in Oelberg (1986). The most notable development in his abstract paintings from the 1980s was the adoption of a plastic spatula...

The original "Sugar Shack" painting from the '70s comedy "Good Times" is in Eddie Murphy's possession. In a recent interview with "Jimmy Kimmel Live," the actor and comedian explained how...

Before to 1949, "The Skating Minister" was essentially unknown; today, it is one of Scotland's most well-known paintings. It was created during the Scottish Enlightenment, one of the most notable...

The oil-on-canvas painting Village Fête, by French Baroque artist Claude Lorrain (actual name Claude Gellée), was created in 1639 and presented to Louis XIV in 1693 along with Seaport at...

The 1886 artwork Bonaparte Before the Sphinx by French artist Jean-Léon Gérôme depicts Napoleon in front of the Sphinx. It also goes by the name Oedipus. It shows Napoleon Bonaparte...

Albrecht Dürer created an oil painting titled The Portrait of Emperor Maximilian I in 1519, which is currently on display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria. Maximilian I is...

Edgar Degas, a French Impressionist, painted Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando in oil on canvas. It was painted in 1879 and is now in the collection of the...