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The Mona Lisa is a famous half-length portrait painting by Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, created between 1503 and 1519.
The Venus de Milo is a famous ancient Greek marble statue from the Hellenistic period, likely carved by Alexandros of Antioch between 150 and 100 BC.
The Benin Bronzes are a group of several thousand metal plaques and sculptures that decorated the royal palace of the Kingdom of Benin, in what is now Edo ...
Described as a "touchstone of modern art", The Starry Night has been regarded as one of the most recognizable paintings in the Western canon.
Nataraja art depicts Lord Shiva as the cosmic dancer, a powerful symbol of the universe's dynamic cycle of creation, preservation, and destruction.
Buddhist relics, known as śarīra in Sanskrit, are the sacred physical remains of the Buddha or other revered spiritual masters, often found as pearl or crystal-like beads among their cremated ashes.
In the museum, one can see exhibits like molds, dyes, replicas, and photographs of coins since ancient times.
Mughal painting is a distinctive style of Indian miniature art that flourished between the 16th and 19th centuries under the Mughal Empire.
Famous Artists
Leonardo da Vinci
Michelangelo
Rembrandt
Raphael
The most famous paintings of Shakuntala were created by the celebrated Indian artist Raja Ravi Varma (1848–1906), who depicted several scenes from her story. His works are considered masterpieces
A swirling night sky over a quiet town, painted during Van Gogh’s stay in a mental asylum. The artwork reflects his emotional turbulence and deep connection with nature.
The Mona Lisa is famous due to a combination of Leonardo da Vinci's groundbreaking artistic techniques, the sitter's enigmatic expression, a sensational theft in 1911 that captivated the world, and centuries of subsequent myth-making.
Many understood the work to be a satirical comment on midwesterners out of step with a modernizing world. Yet Wood intended it to convey a positive image of rural American values, offering a vision of reassurance at the beginning of the Great Depression