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One of the most beloved and well-known images in the world, this detail of the "Creation" captures the hands of God and Adam, as rendered by the Ma...

A hymn to the female body, this sensual portrait of the hunter goddess at her bath abandons her usually willful character to glow in the unabashed ...

As yet unashamed of their nakedness, Adam and Eve perch on the pivotal precipice before eating the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. Like most...

A breathtakingly idyllic mademoiselle reclines in wait across the arched bowl of a garden fountain, enveloped by the promise of a single harp and t...

Perhaps Monet's most important work, this piece is a very loose interpretation of the harbor of Le Havre in France. Monet titled it "Impression" si...

Remaining controversial to this day, some suggest this work is a statement on the taboo of Parisian prostitution while others label it a treatise o...

Paul Cezanne painted the green vase, the rum bottle, the ginger pot and the apples endlessly for the last 30 years of his life. Giving form and mas...

This mistress to Louis XV of France lies bathed in silken bed clothes, the light from an open window showcasing both her exquisite beauty and Bouch...

Dating from a key period in Monet's career, this work features a scene from his home town of Le Havre on the Normandy coast. This serene view captu...

Two tall, slender vases of Art Nouveau design anchor the delightful composition featuring one of Monet's true loves, his flowers. For Impressionist...

Like fellow artist Seurat before him, Monet was so inspired by the setting of the moon-kissed island in the Seine that he painted the view through ...

The story of God's grace - from the expulsion from Paradise to the announcement of salvation for humanity - is depicted in this amazingly detailed ...

In its quiet fashion, this scene of the floodwaters around a wine shop in the Rue de Paris in Port-Marly is one of the true masterpieces of plein a...

With work-roughened hands and peasant kerchief, the working-class Goose Girl reclines in this quite vulnerable Realist scene to dip a heel into the...

As she keeps a watchful eye, a beautiful mademoiselle is pulled into a stolen kiss by her young lover. Painting in the Rococo style then fashionabl...

As one of the pioneers of en plein air (open air) painting, Monet produced his work outdoors instead of in the confines of a studio. To aid in this...

The beautiful sea sirens in this richly colored work by Draper seem just as fleshly and real as they must have been to Ulysses and his sailors who ...

In the most classic of poses, Venus, goddess of beauty and love, holds court from her sumptuously attired lair, cherubic Cupid at her feet. Pellegr...

In this visual ode to marriage, Venus is roused from her bower to bless the bride and groom. During the revival of this Renaissance painting style,...

Italian artist Panini painted vedute topographical views of Rome during the 18th century. Here, Panini captures a beautiful monument from antiquity...

A most imaginative landscape adopts vivid, dreamlike saturations as mountains, riders and castles meld into the unique creativity that characterize...

In a play of vivid color spots and lines, a blue rider traverses a mystical field unique in both form and content. Russian painter Kandinsky said t...

More an evocation than a portrait, this idyllic work of conjures a young girl under the spell of her literary treasure. Frenchman Fragonard was sai...

In this rich allegory, Cupid kisses Venus while Pleasure, Play, Love, Fraud and Jealousy all hover nearby. A gift for King Francis I of France from...