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The Lady of Brassempouy
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This 25,000 year-old sculpture found in France represents the dawn of the idea of beauty.
Mondrian's New Visual Language
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In the autumn of 1914, Mondrian had an epiphany that would bring true abstraction.
The Multitudes of the Displaced
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For artist Ai Weiwei, the calamity of our time is the disaster of the displaced.
Art from Fiery Immolation
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Some of the strongest contemporary art has the magical power of transformation.
Otto Dix's Definitive Artistic Statement
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Otto Dix and his generation had borne witness to the horrors of World War I.
The Sacred Mountain
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A spectacular place where the symbolism of the sacred mountain is embodied in art.
The Most Enduring Art Form
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Our compulsion to create images of ourselves is a defining artistic motif of humanity.
Goya's Harmony and Chaos
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Goya bares witness to the irrational forces unleashed by Napoleon's invasion of Spain.
Landscape as Ideology
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In Li Cheng's landscape art escapes the natural world.
Building the Suleymaniye Mosque
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Mimar Sinar always felt destined for something greater than building bridges.
The Madonna Di Loreto
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In Rome, Caravaggio breaks the social and aesthetic rules of his generation.
Montezuma and Cortes
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The riches intended to buy off the Spanish only intensified their lust for gold.
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