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Gerhard Richter

Abstract Painting (726)
1990
Gerhard Richter, German Artist
Art Resource, New York

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Medieval Art

Lindisfarne Gospels
Illuminated manuscripts were showcases for the most skillful painting of medieval times. The Lindisfarne Gospels (about 698-721 b.c.) are illuminated books produced by monks in Northumberland, England. This page shows the first initial to the Gospel According to Saint Matthew. The interlacing patterns decorated with fantastic creatures were taken from Viking art and became Irish and Anglo-Saxon motifs.
Bridgeman Art Library

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Aboriginal Art

Aboriginal Art, Australia
Aboriginal art was highly developed long before Europeans arrived in Australia. At one site in South Australia, cave markings were made around 18,000 BC. The Aborigines employed a variety of techniques to create rock paintings, including brush painting, finger painting, stenciling, and painting with dry rocks.

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Babylonian Mathematical Tablet

Babylonian Mathematical Tablet
The markings on this tablet are mathematical symbols that were used by the Babylonian civilization. The Babylonian system of counting was based on the number 60, much like the system used today is based on the number 10. The Babylonians used their system to compute the positive roots of quadratic equations, and in geometry they were able to find the areas and volumes of various geometrical shapes.
Scala/Art Resource, New York

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Salvadore Dalí

Salvadore Dalí
The Persistence of Memory
1931
Oil on Canvas
24 x 33 cm (9.5 x 13 in)
The Musuem of Modern Art, New York City

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Wassily Kandinsky

Wassily Kandinsky
Improvisation 28 (second version)
1912
Oil on Canvas
110 x 160 cm (44 x 64 in)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City

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