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Guide to ancient Roman art
This book contains all of Smarthistory's content for the Ancient Roman art.
Guide to Ancient Etruscan art
This book contains all of Smarthistory's content for Ancient Etruscan art.
Do you speak Renaissance? Carlo Crivelli, Madonna and Child
What do a cucumber, a fly, figures in turbans, and ancient reliefs tell us about the Madonna and Child?
Queen or goddess?
Was the 10th century Chola queen, Sembiyan Mahadevi, so beloved, she was depicted as a goddess?
Folio from a Shahnama, The Bier of Iskandar (Alexander the Great)
Alexander, the Mongols, and the great epic of Iran.
A Ritual Ming dish
A red so rare, so impossible to make, the process was lost before the end of the Ming Dynasty.
