Like a disaster movie, Turner’s painting transforms a natural catastrophe — with death a near-certainty — into entertainment.
A-level nature
Sheltered by the sea, a study in place and feeling
A-level: Sheltered by the sea, Barbara Hepworth’s ...
In the suburbs, Parisians escaped the pressures of modern life. Monet painted their sun-drenched pleasures.
A-Level: Monet, The Basin at Argenteuil
Made for a sultan, this unusual automaton emblematizes the fierce hostility between British and Indian rulers.
A-Level: Tipu’s Tiger
Artists throughout history have engaged with the natural world, whether capturing coastlines or planting landfills.
A-Level: Sample set of works for Nature
This temple remains the largest religious monument in the world. Once a Hindu shrine, it is now used by Buddhists.
A-level: Angkor Wat
Which of these paintings do you like better? Watch this video before you decide.
A-level: Art and Context—Monet’s Cliff Walk at ...
With a complex, multi-figure composition, this monumental sculpture captures a moment from ancient Roman history.
A-level: Giambologna, Abduction of a Sabine Woman
Confused by this painting? Imagine lying on the grass under a tree and looking up.
A-level: Georgia O’Keeffe, The Lawrence Tree
Over 100 million porcelain seeds filled the Tate’s Turbine Hall in a critique of conformity and censorship.
A-level: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds
Over 100 million porcelain seeds filled the Tate’s Turbine Hall in a critique of conformity and censorship.
A-level: Ai Weiwei, Kui Hua Zi (Sunflower ...
Snakes shedding their skin was a powerful metaphor for the Aztecs and is reflected in their pantheon of gods.
A-level: Double-headed serpent
Perhaps the most iconic image in Japanese art, this woodblock print inspired many Western artists—including Monet.
A-level: Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa ...
Wright pushed the limits of engineering with poured concrete, and relied on a contractor who build parking garages.
A-level: Frank Lloyd Wright, Solomon R. Guggenheim ...
This church contains traditional Gothic elements, but looks like nothing you’ve ever seen.
A-level: Antoni Gaudí, Sagrada Família
A prince-regent with a private architect builds a fantasy seaside home mixing all the metaphors of empire.
A-level: John Nash, Royal Pavilion, Brighton
Monet’s painting technique is perfectly suited for depicting this windy seaside day on the English Channel.
A-level: Claude Monet, Cliff Walk at Pourville
Monet paints the surface of the water itself, refusing the viewer the anchoring presence of a horizon or shoreline.
A-level: Claude Monet, Les Nymphéas (The Water ...
Obsessed with this view, Monet paid the owner of the trees not to cut them down until he finished his paintings.
A-level: Claude Monet, Poplars
Rebelling against tradition, the Impressionists exhibited their own “unfinished” works to a skeptical audience.
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