This powerful image raises broad questions of racial, national, and individual identity during the height of civil rights activism in the United States.
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Modern Art in Europe and North America
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History of Global Architecture
The art and architecture produced from the early 1300s to the end of the 1700s laid the foundation for the world we live in now.
History of Western Art: Renaissance to Revolution, ...
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History of Western Art and Civilization: Prehistory ...
Long before our global world, works of art often demonstrate rich interaction across cultures.
Across cultures, an introduction
Across cultures
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About West Africa
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Graduate students needed for Smarthistory “refresh” project
This is a multimedia learning resource for American history and American art.
About Seeing America
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Anishinaabe Outfit | Quiz
One of the paradoxes of American history lays in the unresolved tension between the subduing of the wilderness and the honoring of it. That tension is still alive with us today.
Thomas Cole, The Hunter’s Return
Anishinaabe Outfit | Quiz
Whether responding to events in ancient Rome or contemporary Iraq, these artworks all take war as their theme.
A-Level: Sample set of works for War
Anything goes—from portraits to performance, what we call ‘art’ has changed considerably in the last 50 years.
A-Level: Sample set of works for British ...
Created in Europe between 1900-39, this set of works includes paintings of urban life and modern factory buildings.
A-Level: Sample set of works for Modernism ...
In the latter half of the 19th century, Gauguin painted, Rodin sculpted, and Garnier designed the Paris Opera.
A-Level: Sample set of works for the ...
Discover paintings by Rubens, sculpture by Bernini, landscapes by Rosa, and architecture by Borromini.
A-Level: Sample set of works for the ...
You don’t have to brave the crowds in Florence or Rome to see Renaissance art—the best view is often online.