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Museums

Institutions that collect, preserve, study and display objects. What they display is a small fraction of what they hold, how they came to hold it is…

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Dance

Movement of the body performed for expression, ritual or social purpose, generally in relation to rhythm. It is present in every documented human…

Sculpture

Three-dimensional art, made by removing material, adding it, or casting it. The method used constrains what can be made, and much of what…

Photography

Recording images by the action of light on a light-sensitive surface. It required two separate discoveries, projecting an image and fixing it…

Michael Jackson

Michael Jackson (1958 to 2009) was an American singer, dancer, and songwriter known as the "King of Pop." One of the best selling and most…

Ludwig van Beethoven

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 to 1827) was a German composer and pianist, one of the most admired figures in the history of Western music. He bridged…

Pablo Picasso

Pablo Picasso (1881 to 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor widely considered one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century.…

Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo (1907 to 1954) was a Mexican painter known for her vivid, deeply personal self portraits and her use of Mexican folk traditions. Once…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 to 1791) was an Austrian composer regarded as one of the greatest musical geniuses in history. A child prodigy who…

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh (1853 to 1890) was a Dutch painter whose bold colours and expressive brushwork made him one of the most influential figures in the…

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (1564 to 1616) was an English playwright and poet, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language. His plays and…

The Mona Lisa

The Mona Lisa is a portrait painted by Leonardo da Vinci in the early sixteenth century, now hanging in the Louvre in Paris. The most famous painting…