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A rectangular painting on light, vivid orange features a deeper orange block set atop a yellow block. The colors of each element are only loosely blended and lightly applied, so various tones are visible.

Untitled (Painting), 1953/54

Mark Rothko

A work made of pen and brown ink, over black chalk, on tan laid paper.

Mars Sending Gorgon to Slay the Arts, n.d.

Pietro Testa

A work made of gilt copper, champlevé enamel over wood core.

Reliquary Casket, c. 1200

A wide-mouthed drinking cup glazed in black with two handles extending from opposite sides.

Skyphos (Drinking Cup), 410-400 BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of painted wood and metal.

Whirligig, 1939–45

Frank Memkus

Abstract painting composed of a central tangle of vibrant colors—purple, pink, orange, green, red—on a mostly gray background, subtly divided into rectangular areas.

City Landscape, 1955

Joan Mitchell

A collection of rough detail sketches of the elevation, structure, perspective, and aerial view of a circular building.

Museum of Contemporary Art, Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Four Sketches, 1999

Oscar Niemeyer

Photograph of a young girl in a doorwary wearing a black dress and a woman in a long, draping garment with her arm around her.

Blessed Art Thou Among Women, from "American Pictorial Photography, Series II" (1901); edition 34/150, 1899

Gertrude Käsebier

A work made of engraving on cream laid paper.

Art of Writing, from Encyclopédie, 1760

Aubin

A ceramic vessel with a long handle, its bone-white surface decorated with black geometric designs.

Dipper or Ladle with Interlocking Zigzag and Step-Fret Designs, 1000–1300

Ancestral Pueblo (Anasazi)

A work made of tin-glazed earthenware.

Large Plate, 1775–1825

Talavera Poblana

A work made of color lithograph on off-white wove paper.

WPA Art Class Painting, 1940

Eleanor Coen

A work made of silver gilt over a wooden core; foot: copper gilt.

Altar Cross, c. 1325; foot: 15th century

Wood statue of a standing Virgin Mary with a circle of stars around her head, arms crossed over her chest, robes draping off to her right, supported by a baby angel in a star-covered swaddle at the base.

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, 1710/20

Antonio Maragliano

A light-skinned nude woman, center, struggles while a light-skinned nude man, top left, violently pulls white translucent fabric off of her. Dark red and brown textiles, a pillow, dagger, and fallen nude statue complete the scene.

Tarquin and Lucretia, 1578–80

Tintoretto

Bowl-shaped terracotta vessel with a foot, glazed in red with black figures encircling its body.

Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects), late 6th century BCE

Ancient Greek

A work made of ink, graphite, and colored pencil on mylar.

Arts Club of Chicago, 1996

John Vinci

A work made of white pine and paint.

Country Preacher, 1860–90

Artist unknown

A work made of watercolor on ivory.

Mary (Polly) Lawton Bringhurst, 1790

James Peale

A work made of oil on canvas.

A Holiday, c. 1915

Edward Henry Potthast

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