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Anguissola, Three Sisters Playing Chess and Phillip II of Spain

Art History Beyond Europe:

Art History Books, reading list from art history teachers

Art History Videos on YouTube

Bingham, Fur Traders Descending the Missouri

Bonheur, Plowing in the Nivernais

Bonheur, The Horse Fair

Botticelli Primavera

Caravaggio Art Exhibition, Rome, 2010

Caravaggio, Fashion and Art History

Caravaggio, Conversion of St. Paul

Caravaggio, Judith Beheading Holofernes

Caravaggio, Young, Sick Bacchus and Basket of Fruit

Caravaggio, Cardsharps and Fortune Teller

Caravaggio, Taking of Christ (Kiss of Judas)

Cave Paintings

Cezanne, Bathers

Cezanne, Card Players

Cezanne, Most Famous Paintings 

Controversial Paintings

Copley, Paul Revere

David, Death of Marat

David, Death of Socrates

David, Napoleon Crossing the Alps

de Kooning, Retrospective at MoMA (Part I)

de Kooning, Excavation and Painting, 1948

de Kooning, Woman I

Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People

Durer, The Four Apostles

FontanaPortrait of a Noblewoman

Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea

Gentileschi, Artemisia.  Judith Beheading Holofernes

Gentileschi, Artemisia.  Self-Portrait as an Allegory of Painting

Ghent Altarpiece.  See Ghent Altarpiece via zoom

Giorgione, Three Philosophers

Google Art Project, Art Museums Up Close

Goya, Family of Charles IV

Goya, The Third of May 1808

Hals, The Laughing Cavalier

Kahlo, Renowned Frida Kahlo Paintings

Leonardo, Painter at the Court of Milan, National Gallery, London

Leonardo, La Bella Principessa

Leonardo, Benois Madonna and Madonna Litta

Leonardo, Savior of the World (Salvator Mundi)

Leonardo, The Virgin and Child with St. Anne

Leyster, Famous Female Painters

ManetA Bar at the Folies-Bergere

Manet, Luncheon in the Studio

Manet, The Old Musician

Manet, Street Singer

Mantegna, Dead Christ

Matisse, The Dance, The Music

Matisse, The Cone Collection

Michelangelo, Crucifixion with the Madonna

Michelangelo, Famous Paintings

Michelangelo, La Pieta with Two Angels (latest attribution?)

Michelangelo, St. John the Baptist Bearing Witness

Modersohn-Becker, Famous Female Painters

Monet, Waterlilies

Morisot, Famous Paintings

Morisot, More Famous Paintings

Most Controversial Paintings in Art History

O'Keeffe, Jack in the Pulpit

Picasso, Nude, Green Leaves and Bust

Picasso, Portrait of Gertrude Stein

Picasso, Las Meninas

Poussin, Assumption of the Virgin

Rembrandt, Aristotle with a Bust of Homer

 

Rembrandt, Night Watch

Rubens, Venus and Adonis

Sargent, Madame X

Steen, The Christening Feast

 

Tanner, The Banjo Lesson and The Thankful Poor

Titian, Bacchus and Ariadne

Titian, Man with a Glove

Titian, Nymph and Shepherd, Allegory of Prudence, Jacopa Strada, St. Jerome, Slaying of Marysas

Titian, Rape of Europa

Uccello, Battle of San Romano

van der Weyden, St. Luke Drawing the Virgin

van Eyck, Arnolfini Portrait

van Eyck, Adoration of the Lamb

van Eyck, Ghent Altarpiece

van Gogh, The Potato Eaters

van Gogh, Memory of Garden at Etten; Tatched Cottages; White House

van Gogh,  Portrait of Madam Trabuc; Morning: Going Out

van Gogh, Starry Nights

Velazquez, Juan de Pareja

Vermeer, The Kitchen Maid;

Vermeer, The Allegory of Painting 

Vermeer, Girl with the Red Hat

Warhol, Campbell's Soup Cans

Warhol, Marilyn Diptych and Gold Marilyn

Art History Topics

Famous Paintings by Art Museums

Which famous paintings are must-see at individual art museums? We'll share what art history pros recommend seeing, and share some analysis of famous paintings at:

Albright-Knox Art Gallery. Famous Paintings at Albright-Knox and More Famous Artwork at Albright-Knox

Louvre: discover Louvre paintings not to miss - get the ebook, Famous-Paintings-Louvre

Metropolitan Museum of Art: download this ebook, Famous-Paintings-Metropolitan-Museum, to get a starting itinerary for one of the world's largest art museums.

National Gallery, LondonFamous-Paintings-National-Gallery

Washington, D.C. Art Museums: Explore forty famous paintings in Washington, DC in this ebookincluding those in the amazing National Gallery of Art

Art History Blogs

ArtDaily: daily breaking news about art museums and art history.

Art Blog by Bob: this brilliant art history blogger also writes Picture This on Big Think.

Art History Resources. Unwieldly but informative.

Best 50 Art History Blogs: according to mastersdegrees.net, as of January 2011.

The Earthly Paradise: check out its monthly Art History Carnival.

Mother of all Art & Art History Links: extensive list of online art history resources (including images, research resources, and art history depts.)

smARThistory. Think online art history textbook.  Brilliant. 

Three Pipe Problem.  In its author's words, "Art.  History.  Mystery"

Your Daily Art: an art history blog by Martha Lattie (a guest blogger here!)

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Famous Paintings in the Louvre ebook

An art history blog post from Famous Paintings Reviewed.

Going to see famous paintings in the Louvre? As one of the world's most spacious art museums with over 35,000 works of art, it's an famous paintings louvreeasy place to get overwhelmed. 

We've compiled a list of some of the leading art paintings there, according to dozens of art history experts.  It makes a great starting itinerary for fans of this renowned art museum.  

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Jacques-Louis David, The Oath of the Horatii between the Hands of their Father. Oil on canvas, 10'10" by 13'11".  Louvre, Paris.


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