Virtually explore the Harvard Art Museums with Smarthistory as a guide
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Bahram Gur Fights the Karg (Horned Wolf)
In this hunting scene from the Persian Book of Kings, the ruler Bahram lives up to his nickname “Gur,” or swift.
Vincent van Gogh, Self-Portrait Dedicated to Paul Gauguin
Van Gogh’s contribution to a bromantic self-portrait exchange was radical in both its choice and use of color.
Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, The Depths of the Sea
Fatal attraction or the case of the murderous mermaid? The forecast isn’t good for Burne-Jones’s sunken sailor.
