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depicts the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade, when between 10 and 12 million
depicts the brutality of the transatlantic slave trade, when between 10 and 12 million
Renowned for its masterpieces of painting and sculpture, the National Gallery of Art also possesses exceptional examples of decorative art.
Morgan in one block for a million dollars around 1915.)
Scott Burton called himself a „public sculptor“ and created works that appeal to a wide-ranging audience. His later sculptures tend to be utilitarian, placed in private gardens, in public squares, or in museums.
of quartz, feldspar, and mica, the boulders used in Rock Settees are about one million
Mellon Collection, 1947.17.16 1948 Nearly one million people see 202 paintings
On Juneteenth, Aaron Douglas’s “Into Bondage� prompts reflections on the way forward through oppression and anguish.
This momentous post–Civil War action let over a quarter of a million people know
Born in Luxembourg, Steichen emigrated as a small child to the United States with his parents, eventually settling in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. At 15 he began a four-year apprenticeship at a lithography firm there and became interested in painting while studying at the newly established Milwaukee Art Students’ League.
around the world, the show went on to travel the globe and was seen by over nine million
An environmental historian discusses how artists documented the Little Ice Age.
Republic, the precursor state to today’s Netherlands—collectively owned around 2.5 million
Carrie Mae Weems’s series of seven photographs reframes a Civil War memorial to create a complex and compelling narrative about African American history.
Chicago for a book he was working on with the celebrated author Richard Wright, 12 Million
See the portraits of antislavery activists, including Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.
She was right—Uncle Tom’s Cabin sold 2 million copies worldwide in the first
The Venezuelan American artist was wildly famous in the 1960s and ’70s for sculptures that have many sources, but defy categories.
You have a million faces . . . it’s spooky.� 4.