Famous Artwork on Art History Cards

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Famous Artwork on Flashcards

Famous artwork is reproduced and reviewed on Masterpiece Cards' flashcards. We cover old master paintings to modern paintings, with explanations of each famous art work by leading art historians. Like this masterpiece:

famous artwork van Eyck

Jan van Eyck.  Man in a Red Turban (Self Portrait?).  Tempera and oil on wood, 1433.  13 1/8" x 10 1/8".  National Gallery, London.
 
Famous artwork becomes memorable when placed into its historical and social context.  Each 4" x 6" Masterpiece Card has insightful analysis like this:

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Marilyn Stokstad, Art History, 2nd Edition, 2005.  Page 594.