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Edward Hopper, Early Sunday Morning,1930. Oil on Canvas35 inches by 59 3/4 inchesThe Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Exekias, Dionysus in a Boat, c. 540 BCE. Interior of an Attic black-figured Kylix. Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Anonymous, Storage jarSouthwest Aboriginal: Western Apache or Navajo19th century or 20th century. Willow, devil's claw or martynia5 inches by 7 inchesMcCord Museum of Canadian History, Montreal, Quebec
Anonymous (possibly by the scribe, Folchard), Lindau Gospels (upper cover), c. 870. Abbey of St. Gall, Switzerland13.75 inches by 10.5 inchesThe Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, NYhttp://www.themorgan.org/collections/collections.asp?id=70
Harriet Powers ( 1837 - 1911 ), Bible Quilt, 1895 – 1898.American. Appliqued cotton with metallic yarns, 69 inches by 105 inches. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Hubert and Jan van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece, 1432. Netherlands.Oil on panel, Cathedral of St. Bavo, Ghent, Belgium.
Pieter Brueghel, Peasant Wedding, 1566. Netherlandish.Oil on Panel, 44.5 inches by 63.5 inches.Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.
Albrecht Dürer, The Great Piece of Turf, 1503.German. Watercolor and tempera on paper, 15.75 inches by 12.25 inches.Albertina, Vienna.
Maize God, from Temple 22, Maya, Copan, Honduras,c. 775. Limestone, 35.3 inches by 21.3 inches.British Museum, London.
Hsia Kuei, Remote View of Streams and Hills (Part)(fl. 1195-1224), Song DynastyHandscroll, ink on paper, 18.3 inches by 350 inches.Museum of the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Jean Baptiste-Camile Corot, View of Venice, 1834.French. Oil on canvas, 18.5 inches by 27.25 inches.Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, CA.
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Myron, Discus Thrower (Discoblos), Roman copy of Greek bronze. c. 450 BCE, life-size.Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Hans Holbein, Edward VI as a Child, 1538.German. Oil on panel, 22.5 inches by 17.25 inches.The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Frances Benjamin Johnston, Self-Portrait, 1895.American. Photograph. Library of Congress,Washington, DC.
John F. Peto, The Poor Man's Store, 1885.Oil on canvas, 36 inches by 25.5 inches.Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
George Caleb Bingham, The Jolly Flatboatmen, 1846. Oil on canvas, 38 inches by 48.5 inches.The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
Jackson Pollock, Lavender Mist: Number 1, 1950.Oil on canvas, 87 inches by 118 inches.The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC