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Using Masterpiece Cards

Customers use the Cards:

for AP art history courses
to homeschool art history
to create itineraries for art museums
to teach art appreciation

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Which Famous Paintings?

We name names in the Famous Paintings ebook of all 250 famous paintings, their creators, titles, year of completion and art museum.

Famous Paintings on Art History Cards

caravaggio painting These 250 famous paintings (and the famous painters behind them) have defined Western art history. From Renaissance paintings to Pop art paintings, these are the greatest hits in nearly six centuries of art history!

Each of the famous works of art is reproduced on a 4 by 6" Card, like this Caravaggio painting.

Images have been approved by art museums, so color is authentic.

What does the painting mean? Read on!

Caravaggio. The Conversion of St. Paul. Oil on canvas, circa 1601. 7'6" x 5'7". Cerasi Chapel in Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome.

Art History Behind Famous Paintings

The art history of these famous paintings is memorable, too. Each work is assessed by an art history expert (or two), like Conversion:

art analysis Caravaggio

Laurie Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd Edition (New York: McGraw Hill, 2002). Pages 675, 677.

Art History Made Accessible

Get sample Masterpiece Cards, and explore how accessible art history can be:

arrange the Cards chronologically to create an art history timeline
using the color-coding, identify famous paintings to see in art museums you'll be visiting
introduce art movements and art history terms, from the basics of color and line to terms like Cubism