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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The \Little\-- Tower of Babel--The \Little\'' Tower of Babel''Pieter Bruegel The Elder

The 'Little' Tower of Babel, c. 1563, is in the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam. They depict the construction of the Tower of Babel, which according to the Book of Genesis in the Bible was a tower built by a unified, mono-lingual humanity as a mark of their achievement. Bruegel's depictio...

Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Tower of BabelThe Tower of BabelPieter Bruegel The Elder

“[…] Go to, let us build us a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven;and let us make us a name […]. And the LORD came down to see the city and the tower […]. And he said: […] let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one nother’s speech. […] and they ...

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)
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Georges Braque - Harbor in NormandyHarbor in NormandyGeorges Braque

Braque painted this scene from memory in the spring of 1909, and it is a great example of the way in which Braque, as well as other cubist painters, created a textured mat of forms in the sky. Instead of an open space, filled with color, the sky in the Harbor in Normandy is just as full of forms as ...

The Art Institute of Chicago (United States)
 
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Pieter Bruegel The Elder - The Land of CockaigneThe Land of CockaignePieter Bruegel The Elder

In medieval times, Cockaigne was a mythical land of plenty. Bruegel's depiction of Cockaigne and its residents is not meant to be a flattering one; he chooses rather a comic illustration of the spiritual emptiness believed to derive from gluttony and sloth, two of the seven deadly sins. In the paint...

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Workshop Of Peter Paul Rubens - Holy FamilyHoly FamilyWorkshop Of Peter Paul Rubens

Rubens’ depiction of the Holy Family is thought to have been painted in France, probably in response to a commission from a high-ranking court official. Majestic in its fluidity, the work is an outstanding example of Flemish Baroque. The landscape that opens up in the left half of the picture immedi...

Kunsthaus Zürich (Zürich, Switzerland)
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Gustave Klimt - Kirche in CassoneKirche in CassoneGustave Klimt

About the Artist

Gustav Klimt, born on July 14, 1862, was an Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His works are known for their decorative patterns, gold leaf application, and erotic subject matter. Browse through our collection...

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Jan Asselijn - The Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at SunsetThe Tiber River with the Ponte Molle at SunsetJan Asselijn

A stone bridge with turrets at each end spans a placid river in this horizontal landscape painting. The bridge takes up the right half of the composition, moving from the right edge of the canvas back and to our left. The horizon line comes about a quarter of the way up the painting so much of the t...

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Bernardo Bellotto - The Ruins of the Old Kreuzkirche in DresdenThe Ruins of the Old Kreuzkirche in DresdenBernardo Bellotto

A Masterpiece from Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Germany

Discover the beauty and historical significance of The Ruins of the Old Kreuzkirche in Dresden, a...

Gemäldegalerie (Dresden, Germany)
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Two Sisters (On the Terrace)Two Sisters (On the Terrace)Pierre-Auguste Renoir

Two Sisters or On the Terrace is an 1881 oil-on-canvas painting by French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The dimensions of the painting are 100.5 cm × 81 cm. The title Two Sisters (French: Les Deux Sœurs) was given to the painting by Renoir, and the title On the Terrace (French: Sur la terrasse) by i...

Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, United States)
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Claude Lorrain (Claude Gellée) - Pastoral LandscapePastoral LandscapeClaude Lorrain (Claude Gellée)

A dominant element of this drawing is the central group of trees in the foreground, which we see emerging from behind the hillside. A corresponding feature is formed by the two women shown climbing the hill, and a herd of cows in the left field of the picture. The women are wrapped in classical robe...

Kupferstichkabinett (Berlin, Germany)
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Caravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi) - David with the Head of GoliathDavid with the Head of GoliathCaravaggio (Michelangelo Merisi)

Discover one of Caravaggio's most famous paintings, David with the Head of Goliath, a masterpiece that showcases the artist's unique style and technique.

About the Artist<...

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna, Austria)


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