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An archive of pictures at Portal:Visual arts (displayed in reverse chronological order) followed by former featured pictures at Portal:Art (prior to the shift in coverage to the broader field of the arts).
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Introduction
Completion
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Reply to Red Reply to Red Yves Tanguy (1943) February 21, 2007
present
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Creation of the Birds File:Remediovaros.jpg Creation of the Birds Remedios Varo November 26, 2006
February 21, 2007
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The Moat, Grange Farm, Kimble
October 17, 2006
November 26, 2006
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Matryoshka dolls Matryoshka dolls 1890 . They are not a traditional Russian handicraft although the concept of nested objects was familiar in Russia . The first set of dolls is said to have been made by a painter in the Abramtsevo estate inspired by a set of Japanese wooden dolls representing the Seven Gods of Fortune .July 26, 2006
October 17, 2006
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Savoy Vase
May 28, 2006
July 26, 2006
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I and the Village Marc Chagall , I and the Village 1911 ), Museum of Modern Art , New York City March 14, 2006
May 28, 2005
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Carceri d'Invenzione Giovanni Battista Piranesi , Plate VI: The Smoking Fire from Carceri d'Invenzione (1745 )
Twilight in the Wilderness Frederic Edwin Church , Twilight in the Wilderness (1860 ), Cleveland Museum of Art
The Winged Victory of Samothrace The Winged Victory of Samothrace Rhodes . (Paris: Louvre )
The Musician Tamara de Lempicka , The Musician (1929 ), Private collection
Horse jumping (Muybridge)Eadweard Muybridge was one of the first photographers to use multiple cameras to capture motion.
Makonde carving
Makonde carving. c. 1974 .
Soft Bathtub Claes Oldenburg , Soft Bathtub (Model)—Ghost Version. 1966 . Hirshhorn Museum , Washington, DC
Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds John Constable , Salisbury Cathedral from the Bishop's Grounds (c. 1825 ), Frick Collection , New York
St. John the Evangelist Jacopo Pontormo , St. John the Evangelist 1525 ), Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicità, Florence
Rotative plaques verre Marcel Duchamp , Rotative plaques verre (1920 )
Graphic Champs de Mars: The Red Tower Robert Delaunay , Graphic Champs de Mars: The Red Tower (1911 -1923 ), Art Institute of Chicago
Great Sphinx
The Great Sphinx with Khafre's pyramid in the background. Giza Plateau, Cairo.
The Yellow Christ
Sand mandala
Untitled (Madge Gill)
Regatta at Cowes Raoul Dufy , Regatta at Cowes , (1934 ), National Gallery of Art , Washington D.C. .
Phoenix from Aberdeen Bestiary
12th century illuminated manuscript image of a phoenix from Aberdeen Bestiary
The Burghers of Calais Auguste Rodin , The Burghers of Calais Les Bourgeois de Calais ; 1888 ), Victoria Tower Gardens, London
The Tetons and the Snake River Ansel Adams , The Tetons and the Snake River. (1942 ). Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the National Park Service.
Spiral Jetty Spiral Jetty by Robert Smithson set in Great Salt Lake, Utah . Created 1970
Sand art
Intricate sand castle sculpture , approx. 10 feet high.
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