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chapel at Turku, Finland
Quizzes
Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects
Hagia Sophia. Istanbul, Turkey. Constantinople. Church of the Holy Wisdom. Church of the Divine Wisdom. Mosque.
Architecture: The Built World
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Art History: The Origins of 7 of Your Favorite Art Supplies
Night view of the Opera House and new business quarter, Oslo, Norway.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's House, Weimar,Germany; photocrom print published between 1890-1900.
5 Historically Significant Houses in Germany
Members of the public view artwork by Damien Hirst entitled: The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living - in the Tate Modern art gallery on April 2, 2012 in London, England. (see notes) (1991) Tiger shark, glass, steel
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The 10 Greatest Basketball Players of All Time
Aphrodite. Greek mythology. Sculpture. Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love and beauty.
12 Greek Gods and Goddesses
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Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.
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Ethel Rosenberg arrested in August 1950. Photograph dated Aug. 8, 1950. American civilians executed for espionage. Spies, communists, Julius Rosenberg
Spies Like Us: 10 Famous Names in the Espionage Game
The Castillo, a Toltec-style pyramid, rises 79 feet (24 meters) above the plaza at Chichen Itza in Yucatan state, Mexico. The pyramid was built after invaders conquered the ancient Maya city in the tenth century.
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Born July 2, 1891 • Turku • Finland
Died December 21, 1955 (aged 64) • Turku • Finland

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chapel at Turku, Finland
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Hunt, Richard Morris
Richard Morris Hunt
American architect
Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach
Austrian architect
Walter Netsch
Walter Netsch
American architect
H.H. Richardson
American architect
Juan O'Gorman: Retablo de la independencia
Juan O’Gorman
Mexican architect and muralist
McKim, Charles Follen
Charles Follen McKim
American architect
Church of S. Marcello, Rome, by Carlo Fontana, c. 1683
Carlo Fontana
Italian architect
Asplund, Gunnar: Göteborg Law Courts extension
Gunnar Asplund
Swedish architect
Harrison, Peter: Redwood Library
Peter Harrison
British architect
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Robert Adam, oil painting by an unknown artist; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
Robert Adam
Scottish architect
Walter Gropius
Walter Gropius
German-American architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
American architect
Bacchus
Jacopo Sansovino
Italian sculptor
Philip Johnson: AT&T Building
Philip Johnson
American architect
Latrobe, Benjamin
Benjamin Latrobe
American architect
Matvey Fyodorovich Kazakov
Russian architect
Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, Calif., by Louis I. Kahn, 1959–65
Louis Kahn
American architect
Arata Isozaki
Arata Isozaki
Japanese architect
Germain Boffrand
French architect

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Close-up of a palette held by a man. Mixing paint, painting, color mixing.
Artists, Painters, & Architects