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Name |
Artist/Origin |
Date |
Material |
 | Traveling Coffer | Ou family of Wenzhou, Zhehian Province, China | Southern Song or Yuan Dynasty, ca. 1250 | Lacquer over leather, bamboo, wood, metal mounts |
 | The Sultan Mehmet II | Attr. to Gentile Bellini (Italian, ca. 1429–1507) | 1480 | Oil (19th-century repaint) on canvas, possibly transferred from wood |
 | Saltcellar with Portuguese Figures | Edo artist, Court of Benin, Nigeria | 15th–16th century | Ivory |
 | Namban (“Southern Barbarians” in Japan) | Kano School, Japan | Edo period, 17th century | Ink, color, and gold on paper |
 | Dish with Grape Design | Unknown artist, Iznik, Turkey | Ottoman period, late 16th century | Stone-paste painted under colorless glaze |
 | The Fitting | Mary Cassatt (American, 1844–1926) | 1890–91 | Drypoint and aquatint etching on off-white, moderately thick, moderately textured laid paper |
 | Human Races (Las Castas) | Unknown artist, Mexico | 18th century | Oil on canvas |
 | Pelea de Gallos (Fight of the Roosters) | Miguel Luciano (Puerto Rican, b. 1972) | 2002 | Acrylic on canvas |
 | Chi Kan Jo (Wisdom, Impression, Sentiment) | Kuroda Seiki (Japanese, 1866–1924) | 1897–1900 | Oil on canvas |
 | Miss ko2 (Project ko2) | Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) | 1997 | Oil, acrylic, fiberglass, and iron |
 | Pilgrim Flask | Unknown artist, Venice, Italy | ca. 1500–25 | Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded |
 | Porcelain Plate | Unknown artist, Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, China | Yuan Dynasty, mid-14th century | Porcelain with underglaze blue |
 | Portrait of East India Company Official (probably William Fullerton) | Dip Chand (Indian, active 18th c.) | 1760-63 | Opaque watercolor on paper |
 | Double-Sided Diptych | Gondar Workshops, Ethiopia | 17th–18th century | Tempera on wood |
 | Our Lady of Cocharcas Under the Baldachin | Unknown artist, Peru | 1765 | Oil on canvas |
 | Chûbon no zu (Picture of the Middle Class) | Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, 1753–1806) | Edo period, ca. 1794–95 | Oban woodcut |
 | Black Stork in a Landscape | India, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | ca. 1780 | Watercolor on European paper |
 | Bleaching Ground in the Countryside Near Haarlem | Jacob Isaacksz. van Ruisdael (Dutch, 1628/9–82) | ca. 1670 | Oil on canvas |
 | Saint George and the Dragon | Albrecht Altdorfer (German, 1480–1538) | 1510 | Oil on parchment attached to a limewood panel |
 | Yosemite Valley, Glacier Point Trail | Albert Bierstadt (American, born Germany, 1830–1902) | 1834 | Oil on canvas |
 | Early Spring | Guo Xi (Kuo Hsi) (Chinese, ca. 1000–1090) | 1072 | Hanging scroll, ink and color on silk |
 | Clay Pot Storage Vessel (Masato chomo) | Shipibo-Conibo artist, Peru | Mid-20th century | Clay, sempa protium (interior resin), yomoshon (exterior resin), mineral pigments |
 | Gela Mask (The Ancient One) | Wee artist, Liberia/Cote d’Ivoire | 20th century | Wood, raffia, cloth, teeth, feathers, hair, fiber cord, cowrie shells, mud, and pigment |
 | Possum Ancestors | Anatjari (Yanyatjarri) Tjakamarra (Australian, Pintupi language group, ca. 1938–1992) | 1975 | Acrylic |
 | Falls of the Yosemite | Eadweard Muybridge (British, emigrated to the US, 1830–1904) | 1872–1873 | Albumen print |
 | The Serpent Mound | Possibly Adena culture (500 BCE–200 CE) or Fort Ancient culture (1000 CE–1550 CE) | ca. 1000–1200 CE | Clay, rock, and soil |
 | Spiral Jetty | Robert Smithson (American, 1938–1973) | 1970 | Mud, precipitated salt crystals, rocks, and water |
 | Wallowa Mountains Memory | Kay WalkingStick (American, Cherokee, b. 1935) | 2004 | Oil and gold leaf on wood |
 | The Red Ribbon | Turenscape with the Graduate School of Landscape Architecture, Peking University. Kongjian Yu (Chinese, b. 1963) (principal designer) | Designed July 2005–May 2006. Completed July 2006 | Fiber Steel |
 | Frescoed Wall from the House of Livia | Roman artist | ca. 1st century BCE | Mural |
 | Suijin Shrine and Massaki on Sumida River from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo | Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) | Edo Period, 1856 | Woodblock print |
 | Central Park (view of the Turtle Pond) | Frederick Law Olmsted (American, 1822–1903) and Calvert Vaux (English, 1824–1895) | Originally designed 1857 | Stone, earth, topsoil, water, various tree and plant species |
 | The Penitence of St. Jerome (triptych) | Joachim Patinir (Netherlandish, d. 1524) | ca. 1518 | Oil on wood |
 | View of the gardens at Stourhead Estate | Henry Hoare II (1705–1785) and Henry Flitcroft (1687–1768) (designers) | 1741–1765 | Garden |
 | Parthenon | Iktinos and Kallikrates (architects); Pheidias (fl. c. 490–430 BC) (sculptor) | ca. 447/6–433/2 BCE | Marble |
 | Bartolomeo Colleoni | Andrea del Verrocchio (Italian, 1435–1488) | 1480s | Bronze |
 | The Working Class (detail) | José Clemente Orozco (Mexican, 1883–1949) | 1926 | Fresco |
 | Chrysler Building | William van Alen (American, 1882/3–1954) | 1928–1930 | Steel frame, brick, concrete, masonry, and metal cladding |
 | The City Rises | Umberto Boccioni (Italian, 1882–1916) | 1910 | Oil on canvas |
 | View of Delft | Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632–1675) | ca. 1660–1661 | Oil on canvas |
 | Night View of Saruwaka-machi (Saruwaka-machi Yoru no Kei) from One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (Meisho Edo hyakkei) | Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797–1858) | 1856 | Color woodblock print |
 | Paris Street; Rainy Day | Gustave Caillebotte (French, 1848–1894) | 1877 | Oil on canvas |
 | Great Mosque | Unknown artist(s), Niger Inland Delta, Mopti Region, Mali | 1906–07 | Mud brick and palm wood |
 | Ruins of the White Temple and Ziggurat | Unknown artist(s). Uruk, Mesopotamia | ca. 3200–3000 BCE | Brick |
 | Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace) | Unknown artist(s), Rome | 13–9 BCE | Marble |
 | St. Peter’s Basilica and St. Peter’s Square | Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564), Carlo Moderno (Italian, 1556–1629), Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680), et al. | ca. 1506–1667 | Travertine marble |
 | Tribute to Jackie Robinson | David McShane (American, b. ca. 1970) | 1997 | Mural |
 | I Hear you Bro | Darius Jones (Leon Reid IV) (American, b. 1979) in collaboration with Brad Downey (American, b. 1980) | 2003 | Aluminum, Spray Enamel |
 | La grande vitesse | Alexander Calder (American, 1898–1976) | 1969 | Sheet metal, bolts, and paint |
 | Benjamin Franklin Parkway | Paul Philippe Cret (French, 1876–1945) and Jacques Greber (French, 1882–1962) (designers) | 1917–1926 | Pavement and trees |
 | The Gates, Project for Central Park, New York | Christo (American, Bulgarian-born, b. 1935) and Jeanne-Claude (American, French-born, 1935-2009) | 1979–2005 | Vinyl poles, nylon fabric, and metal bases |
 | The New York City Waterfalls | Olafur Eliasson (Danish, b. 1967) | 2008 | Scaffolding and piping |
 | CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Prague. August 1968. Warsaw Pact Troops invade Prague. In front of the Radio Headquarters. | Josef Koudelka (Czech/French, b. 1938) | August 1968 | Archival print |
 | Guernica | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) | 1937 | Oil on canvas |
 | Y no hai Remedio (And There’s Nothing to Be Done) | Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828) | 1810–23 | Etching, drypoint, burin, and burnisher |
 | The Execution of Emperor Maximilian | Édouard Manet (French, 1832–1883) | 1868–69 | Oil on canvas |
 | Afghan soldiers from the ruling Taliban movement and visiting journalists stand in front of one of the destroyed Buddha statues in the central province of Bamiyan, March 26, 2001. | Sayed Salahuddin (Afghan, b. 1970) | 2001 | Photograph |
 | The Legislative Belly | Honoré Daumier (French, 1808–1879) | 1834 | Lithograph |
 | Books! | Aleksandr (Alexander) Mikhailovich Rodchenko, (Russian, 1891–1956) | 1924 | Color poster |
 | Chairman Mao en Route to Anyuan | Chinese School | 20th century | Color lithograph |
 | Converging Territories #30 | Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956) | 2004/5 | C-41 print, face-mounted on plexiglass and aluminum |
 | Hagia Sophia (exterior) | Anthemius of Tralles (Greek, active 6th c.) and Isidorus of Miletus (Greek, active 6th c.) (architects) | Begun 532–537 | Brick, stone, stucco, and other materials |
 | The Earth Spider Creating Monsters in the Mansion of Minamoto no Yorimitsu | Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1797–1861) | 1843 | Woodblock print |
 | Battle of Til-Tuba (Battle of the River Ulai) (detail) | Unknown artist(s), Nineveh, Iraq | Neo-Assyrian, ca. 660–650 BCE | Limestone relief |
 | Fish and Rocks | Bada Shanren (Zhu Da) (Chinese, 1626–1705) | Qing Dynasty, 1699 | Hanging scroll; ink on paper |
 | Calvinist Iconoclasm | Franz Hogenberg (German, ca. 1540– ca. 1590) | ca. 1566 | Etching |
 | La quema de los Judas (The Burning of the Judases) | Diego Rivera (Mexican, 1886–1957) | 1923–24 | Mural |
 | Alabama Loyalists Greeting the Federal Gun-Boats from Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated) | Kara Walker (American, b. 1969) | 2005 | Offset lithography and silkscreen |
 | The Third of May, 1808 | Francisco de Goya y Lucientes (Spanish, 1746–1828) | 1814 | Oil on canvas |
 | Doryphoros (Canon) | After Polykleitos of Argos (Greek, ca. 480/475–415 BCE) | 450–440 BCE | Bronze |
 | Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten) and Nefertiti | Unknown artist, Tell el-Amarna, Egypt | New Kingdom, Amarna Period, 1345–1337 BCE | Painted limestone |
 | Fa’a fafine: In a Manner of a Woman, Triptych 1 | Shigeyuki Kihara (Japanese-Samoan, b. 1975) | 2004–2005 | Chromogenic print on “Fujicolor Professional Paper” |
 | Male and Female Twin Figures (flanitokelew) | Bamana artist, Kala, Mali | 20th century | Wood, metal |
 | Madame X (Madame Gautreau) | John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925) | 1883–84 | Oil on canvas |
 | The Creation of Adam | Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475–1564) | ca. 1510 | Fresco |
 | Female Figure | Unknown artist (probably Syrian), Nimrud, Iraq | Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century BCE | Ivory |
 | Te Arii Vahine (The King’s Wife) | Paul Gauguin (French, 1848–1903) | 1896 | Oil on canvas |
 | Vitruvian Man | Leonardo da Vinci (Italian, 1452–1519) | 1492 | Pen and ink |
 | Fragment of a wall relief showing the sister of Djehutyhotep | Unknown artist, Deir el-Bersha, Egypt | Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1850 BCE | Painted limestone relief |
 | Shrine Vessel | Ga’anda artist, Nigeria/Chad | 20th century | Terracotta |
 | Vamana Temple (exterior) | Unknown artist, India | 11th century | Sandstone |
 | Life Mask of Chief Tapua Te Whanoa | Maori artist, New Zealand | 1854 | Tinted cast incised with small bone adze dipped in liquid charcoal |
 | Portrait of Woman Wearing Corset | Unknown artist, United States | ca. 1899 | Photographic print |
 | Man’s Corset | Dinka artist, Sudan | Second half of the 20th century | Beads, fiber, leather |
 | Adam and Eve Banished from Paradise | Masaccio (Italian, 1401–28) | ca. 1427 | Fresco |
 | Statue of Aphrodite | Roman artist | 1st–2nd century CE copy after Greek original ca. 3rd–2nd century BCE | Marble |
 | Meat Joy | Carolee Schneemann (American, b. 1939) | 1964 | Group performance with raw fish, chickens, sausages, wet paint, plastic, rope, and shredded scrap paper |
 | The Ecstasy of St. Teresa | Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Italian, 1598–1680) | 1647–52 | Marble, stucco, and gilt bronze |
 | Garden of Earthly Delights | Hieronymus Bosch (Netherlandish, ca. 1450–1516) | ca. 1500–1505 | Oil on wood panel |
 | The Night Journey of Muhammad on His Steed, Buraq from the Bustan of Sacdi | Unknown painter; Sultan Muhammad Nur (calligrapher) (Uzbekistani, active first half of 16th century) | 1514 | Colors, ink, and gold on paper |
 | The Scream | Edvard Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944) | 1893 | Tempera and pastels on cardboard |
 | The False Mirror | René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967) | 1928 | Oil on canvas |
 | Le Pont-au-Change (The Exchange Bridge, Paris) | Charles Méryon (French, 1821–1868) | 1854 | Etching |
 | St. Francis of Assisi | Francisco de Zurbaràn (Spanish, 1598–1644) | ca. 1640 | Oil on canvas |
 | The Four Sleepers | Mokuan Reien (Japanese, d. 1345) | 14th century | Ink on paper |
 | Revenge of the Goldfish | Sandy Skoglund (American, b. 1946) | 1981 | Cibachrome color photograph |
 | Women’s Dreamings of the Tanami Desert 2 | Margaret Anjullu (Anjule Bumblebee) (Aboriginal, n.d.) | 1996 | Acrylic on canvas |
 | “Sisilia Sii–Weaver” | Flores Island, Indonesia | 20th century | Video still |
 | Utatane soshi emaki (A Wakeful Sleep) | Tosa Mitsunobu (Japanese, 1434–1525) | Late 15th–early 16th century | Ink, color, and gold on paper |
 | Dream, Caused by the Flight of a Bee (Around a Pomegranate, a Second Before Waking Up) | Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–1989) | 1944 | Oil on wood |
 | Angel of the Revelation | William Blake (English, 1757–1827) | ca. 1803–05 | Watercolor, pen, and black ink, over traces of graphite |
 | The Jungle | Wifredo Lam (Cuban, 1902–1982) | 1943 | Gouache on paper mounted on canvas |
 | The Broken Column | Frida Kahlo (Mexican, 1907–1954) | 1944 | Oil on masonite |
 | Headrest | Shona artist, Zimbabwe | 19th–20th century | Wood |
 | Lintel 25 of Yaxchilán Structure 23 | Maya artist, Yaxchilán, Chiapas, Mexico | Late Classic period, 600–900 CE | Limestone relief |
 | Lienzo of Ihuitlan | Mexican School, Oaxaca | Mid-16th century | Cotton, dyed pigments, and ink |
 | Lictors Returning to Brutus the Bodies of his Sons | Jacques-Louis David (French, 1748–1825) | 1789 | Oil on canvas |
 | Memory Board (lukasa) | Luba artist, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20th century | Wood, beads, nails, cowrie shells |
 | The Railroad Stations Were at Times So Over-Packed with People Leaving that Special Guards Had to Be Called in to Keep Order from the Migration Series | Jacob Lawrence (American, 1917–2000) | 1940–1941 | Tempera on gesso on composition board |
 | Surrender of Breda | Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660) | 1634–35 | Oil on canvas |
 | “Many fall in battle and King Harold is killed” (detail) from the Bayeux Tapestry | Unknown artist(s), France or England | Before 1082 | Wool embroidery on linen |
 | “Alexander Fights the Monster of Habash” from the Shahnama | Unknown artist, Tabriz, Iran | Before 1335 | Opaque watercolor, gold, and ink on paper |
 | “Battle of Lanka, between Rama and Ravana, King of the Rakshasas” from the Ramayana | Rajasthani School, India | Early 19th century | Watercolor on paper |
 | Column of Trajan | Roman artist(s) | 113 | Marble |
 | Stu-mick-o-súcks, Buffalo Bull’s Back Fat, head chief, Blood Tribe | George Catlin (American, 1796–1872) | 1832 | Oil on canvas |
 | Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe | Peter Eisenman (American, b. 1932) | 1999–2005 | Concrete |
 | American Marines Raising American Flag on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima | Rosenthal, Joe (American, 1911–2006) | 1945 | Gelatin silver print |
 | Mulackstrasse 37, Berlin from The Writing on the Wall, Projections in Berlin’s Jewish Quarter | Shimon Attie (American, b. 1957) | 1993 | Photograph (of slide projection) |
 | Untitled, page number 21, from the Arrow’s Elk Society Ledger | Arrow (Elk Society), Cheyenne (active 19th century), Central Plains | ca. 1875 | Graphite and colored pencil on ledger paper |
 | Racing Clocks Run Slow: Archaeology of a Racetrack | Shimon Attie (American, b. 1957) | 2007 | (Still from) Three-channel high-definition video installation |
 | The Triumphal Arch of Maximilian I | Albrecht Dürer (German, 1471–1528) and others | 1515 (published 1517–18) | Woodcut |
 | The Triumph of Juliers from the Marie de’ Medici Cycle | Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) | 1622–25 | Oil on canvas |
 | Barong Mask | Balinese artist, Indonesia | Early to mid-20th century | Wood, leather, twine, wire, hair, mirrors, pigment |
 | Louis XIV | Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659–1743) | 1701 | Oil on canvas |
 | Coronation sword and scabbard of the Kings of France | French artist | 10th–13th century (with later additions) | Gold, lapis lazuli, steel, glass, gilt silver, cabochons, gem stones, with embroidered velvet |
 | Basin (known as the Baptistère of Saint Louis) | Mohammed ibn al-Zain (Egyptian or Syrian) | Mamluk Period, ca. 1320–1340 | Brass inlaid with silver and gold |
 | Burning Man Effigy | American artist | Early 21st century | Wood, nails |
 | Feathered helmet (mahiole) | Hawaiian artist, Polynesia | Pre-19th century | Plant fiber, feather |
 | Procession of Tribute Bearers | Unknown artist(s), Persepolis | Achaemenid Period, 559–330 BCE | Stone relief |
 | Mask (sowei) | Mende artist, Sierra Leone | 19th century | Wood, pigment, plant fiber |
 | Court Dress | British artist | ca. 1750 | Blue silk taffeta brocaded with silver thread |
 | Soul Recovery Ceremony paraphernalia | CHiXapkaid (Michael Pavel) (b. 1959); Kay-UAmihs (Winona Plant); and Sm3tcoom (Delbert Miller) (1944-2005), Skokomish Indian Nation, Southern Puget Salish, Pacific Northwest | 2008 | Wood, paint, cedar bark, grass, imitation huckleberries |
 | Shah Jahan Watching an Elephant Fight | Attributed to Bulaqi | Mughal Period, ca. 1639 | Opaque watercolor and gold on paper |
 | Carnival au Cap Haitien | Rony Leonidas (Haitian, b. 1946) | 20th century | Oil on board |
 | Royal Crown (adènlà) | Yoruba artist, Nigeria | 20th century | Glass beads, fiber, cloth, and thread |
 | Stool | Attributed to the Buli Master, Luba, Democratic Republic of Congo | 19th century | Wood, metal studs |
 | Power Figure (Nkisi nkondi) | Yombe artist and ritual specialist, Democratic Republic of Congo | 18th–19th century | Wood, metal, nails, mirrors, cloth, cordage, beads, and cowrie shells |
 | Woman’s Mantle (chyrpy) | Tekke artist, Turkmen, Turkmenistan | 19th or 20th century | Embroidered silk |
 | House Post Figure | Kambot (Tin Dama) artist, Karem River, Lower Sepik region, Papua New Guinea | 19th century | Wood, paint, and fiber |
 | La Mezquita (Great Mosque) (interior) | Unknown architect(s) (possibly Syrian), Andalucía (Islamic Spain) | Umayyad Dynasty, begun ca. 784–86; enlarged in the 9th and 10th centuries | Stone, brick, marble, porphyry, jasper, and other materials |
 | Shiva Vinadhara (Holder of the Lute) | Unknown artist, India | Chola Dynasty, ca. 950 | Bronze |
 | Shakyamuni Buddha | Unknown artist, Nepal | 1200–1299 | Copper |
 | Dance Vest with Esù Staff Figures | Yoruba artist, Igbóminà Region, Nigeria | 20th century | Wood, cowrie shells, leather, and pigment |
 | Isenheim Altarpiece (exterior) | Mathis Gothart Neithart (Matthias Grünewald) (German, 1480–1528) | ca. 1515 | Oil on wood panel |
 | Cosmological Diagram (Map of the Heavens) from the Phenomena of Aratus | French School | ca. 1000 | Vellum |
 | El Castillo (The Castle) | Unknown architect(s), Mayan, Chichén Itzá, Yucatan, Mexico | ca. 800–1000 | Stone |
 | Te wehenga o Rangi Raua ko Papa (The Separation of Rangi and Papa) | Cliff Whiting (Maori, b. 1936) | 1969–76 | Carved and painted wood |
 | Ascension Dome from the Basilica di San Marco (St. Mark’s Basilica) | Probably Greek or Byzantine artist(s), Venice, Italy | 1150–1200 | Mosaic |
 | Icon of the Virgin of Vladimir | Moscow School | Late 17th century | Gold leaf and tempera on panel |
 | Vishnu Reclining on a Serpent from the Bhagavata Purana | Kalurama (Indian, n.d.) | 1863 | Paint on paper |
 | Dorsal Headdress (meiityk-re kru wapu) | Kayapó Mekrãgnoti artist, Brazil | 20th century | Cotton, fibers, bamboo, vegetal fibers, feathers (red macaw, harpy eagle, bare-faced curassow), |
 | Forest as a Temple | Vitaly Komar (Russian, b. 1943) | 2007 | Tempera and oil on canvas |
 | The Garden of Love (Improvisation Number 27) | Wassily Kandinsky (French, born Russia, 1866–1944) | 1912 | Oil on canvas |
 | Zeus of Artemision (also called Poseidon) | Unknown Artist, Greece | ca. 460 BCE | Bronze |
 | Aerial View of Notre Dame Cathedral | Unknown architect(s), France | ca. 1163–1345 | Stone |
 | Ka’ba | Unknown architect(s), Mecca | Rebuilt multiple times; latest 17th century | Granite and marble, covered with silk |
 | Reliquary Arm | Unknown artist, Valley of the Meuse, (present-day Belgium) | ca. 1230 | Silver over oak; hand: bronze-gilt; appliqué plaques: silver-gilt, niello and cabochon stones |
 | La Calavera de la Catrina | José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913) | 1913 | Zinc etching |
 | Bis Pole | Asmat artist(s), Omadsep village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, Indonesia | Late 1950s | Wood, paint, and fiber |
 | Twin Figures (Ère Ìbejì) | Yoruba artist, Nigeria | Early 20th century | Wood |
 | Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve (The Ambassadors) | Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543) | 1533 | Oil on oak |
 | My Love Sings When the Flower is Near (The Philosopher and the Woman) | Angelo Filomeno (Italian, b. 1963) | 2007 | Embroidery on silk shantung stretched over linen with crystals |
 | Memorial for Solomon and Joseph Hays | Unknown artist, United States | 1801 | Watercolor, pearls, gold wire, beads, and locks of blond and brown hair (natural, chopped and dissolved) on ivory |
 | Eagle Coffin | Workshop of Kane Quaye, Teshe, Ghana | 1991 | Painted wood |
 | Death leading a doctor holding a vial of urine. La Danse Macabre. | Unknown artist, France | Late 15th century | Tempera on parchment |
 | Triumph of Death | Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Netherlandish, c. 1525–1569) | ca. 1562 | Oil on panel |
 | A page from the Ars Moriendi | Unknown artist, Germany | ca. 1466 | Woodcut |
 | Terracotta Army (detail) from the Tomb Complex of Qin Shi Huangdi | Unknown artist(s), China | Qin Dynasty, ca. 210 BCE | Terracotta |
 | Kha and His Wife Meryt Before Osiris (detail) from the Book of the Dead | Unknown artist, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1567 BCE–320 BCE | Pigment on papyrus |
 | Realm of Hungry Ghosts (from The Six Realms of Rebirth) | School of/Style of Hirotaka, Japan | Edo period, 19th century copy of 13th century original | Ink and color on paper |
 | Coffin of Henettawy | Unknown Artist, Deir el-Bahri, western Thebes, Egypt | Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dynasty, ca. 1040 BCE–992 BCE | Gessoed and painted wood |
 | Ancestral Effigy (Rambaramp) | Vanuatu artist(s), Tomman Island, Vatbuyang Village, Vanuatu | Mid-20th century | Fiber, bamboo, bone, paint |
 | Funeral Portrait of a Woman | Unknown Artist, Egypt | Roman Period, 1st – 3rd century | Encaustic wax painting on wood |
 | Bag (taghrek) | Andi Ouhoulou (Tuareg, Kel Ewey, n.d.), Agadez, Niger | 2004 | Leather, pigment, metal |
 | Tar Beach 2 | Faith Ringgold (American, b. 1930) | 1990 | Silkscreen on silk |
 | Blocks, Strips, Strings, and Half-Squares Quilt | Mary Lee Bendolph (American, b. 1935), Gee’s Bend Quilter’s Collective, Gee’s Bend, AL | 2005 | Cotton |
 | Brush Holder | Korean artist | Chosôn Dynasty, late 18th–19th century | Porcelain |
 | Grapevine in the Wind | Korean artist | Chosôn Dynasty, 16th century | Ink on silk |
 | Bud (William) Fields, Lily Rogers Fields, and Lilian Fields | Walker Evans (American, 1903–1975) | 1935–36 | Gelatin silver print |
 | “Wassily” Chair | Marcel Breuer (American, born Hungary, 1902–81). Manufactured by Standard Möbel, Germany | 1927–28 | Chrome-plated tubular steel, canvas upholstery |
 | Theatrical decoration with figures | Unknown artist, Pompeii, Italy | ca. 1st century | Fresco |
 | Table | Philip Speakman Webb (British, 1831–1915)(designer) | ca. 1865 | Oak |
 | The Orchard (also called The Seasons) | William Morris (British, English, 1834–1896) and John Henry Dearle (British, 1860–1932) (designers) | ca. 1890 | Tapestry woven in wool, silk and mohair on a cotton warp |
 | Dutch Family in an Interior | Jan Olis (Dutch, ca.1610–76) | 1634 | Oil on panel |
 | Fallingwater (exterior) | Frank Lloyd Wright (American, 1867–1959) | 1936–38 | Concrete, steel, stone, and glass |
 | Villa Savoye | Le Corbusier (Charles-Édouard Jeanneret) (Swiss, 1887–1965) | 1929–1931 | Concrete and masonry |
 | Tent Door Cover (ensi) | Turkmen (Turkoman) artist | 19th century | Wool |
 | Kirghiz Yurt | Kirghiz maker(s) | 20th century | Felted-wool with appliqué, animal hair, wooden reed supports |
 | Honeycomb Quilt | Elizabeth Van Horne Clarkson (American, 1771–1852) | ca. 1830 | Cotton |
 | Prato Haggadah, Folio 11r | Unknown artist, Spain | ca. 1300 | Ink, gesso, paint, and gold leaf on parchment |
 | For the Guggenheim | Jenny Holzer (American, b. 1950) | September 26–December 31, 2008 | (Photograph of) light projection |
 | Poems with Floral Decoration | Kojima Soshin (Japanese, 1580–ca. 1656) | Edo period, 1652 | Handscroll; ink and color on gold-decorated paper |
 | Lindisfarne Gospels, fol. 29 (Cotton MS, Nero D.IV) | Attr. to Bishop Eadfrith of Lindisfarne (698–721), Northumbria (England) | ca. 680–720 | Ink, pigments and gold on vellum |
 | Venus Table from the Dresden Codex | Maya artist, Yucatán Peninsula probably, Mesoamerica | Pre-Columbian, ca. 13th–14th century | Paint and lime plaster on Amate (ficus) fiber paper |
 | Leaf from a Qur’an Manuscript | Unknown artist, attr. to Spain | 13th–14th century | Ink, colors, and gold on vellum |
 | OOF | Ed Ruscha (American, b. 1937) | 1962, reworked 1963 | Oil on canvas |
 | Stela of Mentuwoser | Egyptian artist, Abydos possibly, Northern Upper Egypt | Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1954 BCE | Painted limestone |
 | Quotations from Chairman Mao | Xu Bing (Chinese, b. 1955) | 2001 | Ink on paper, Japanese silk backing |
 | One and Three Chairs | Joseph Kosuth (American, b. 1945) | 1965 | Wood chair, black and white photograph, and text |
 | Book Cover for Zang Tumb Tumb | Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (Italian, 1876–1944) | 1914 | Type on colored paper |
 | Graffiti Tag | Faro (Egyptian, active early 21st century) | ca. 2006–2009 | Spray paint |
 | La Trahison des images (Ceci n’est pas une pipe) | René Magritte (Belgian, 1898–1967) | 1929 | Oil on canvas |
 | Bamboo in the Wind | Wu Zhen (Chinese, 1280–1354) | Yuan Dynasty, 1350 | Ink on paper |
 | The Five Scrolls | Aaron Wolf Herlingen (Austrian, ca. 1700–ca. 1757) | 1748 | Ink and gold leaf on paper |
 | Abstract Figures on Paper | John J.B. Murry (Murray) (American, 1908–1988) | 1984 | Tempera and felt-tip pen on paper |
 | Biblia Latina (Latin Bible) | Johann Gutenberg (German, ca. 1400–1468) (publisher) | ca. 1455 | Type on vellum |
 | Portrait of Fath ‘Ali Shah | Mirza Baba (Persian, active 1789–1810) | 1798–99 | Oil on canvas |
 | James, Seventh Earl of Derby, His Lady and Child | Sir Anthony van Dyck (Flemish, 1599–1641) | 1632–1641 | Oil on canvas |
 | The Thinker: Portrait of Louis N. Kenton | Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916) | 1900 | Oil on canvas |
 | Standing Statue of Hatshepsut | Unknown artist, Thebes, Egypt | New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, ca. 1479–1458 BCE | Granite (originally with paint) |
 | Kuya-Shonin (Saint Kuya) | Kosho (Japan, active late 12th–early 13th century) | Kamakura Period, early 13th century | Wood |
 | Henry VIII, King of England | Hans Holbein the Younger (German, 1497–1543) or Workshop | ca. 1540 | Oil on panel |
 | Andy Warhol | Alice Neel (American, 1900–1984) | 1970 | Oil on canvas |
 | Gertrude Stein | Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881–1973) | 1906 | Oil on canvas |
 | Portrait Head | Moche artist, Peru | ca. 200–800 CE | Clay with paint |
 | Kennedy Family on beach, Hyannis Port, 1959 (Caroline overhead) | Mark Shaw (American, 1922–1969) | 1959 | Vintage gelatin silver print |
 | Don Gaspar de Guzmán (1587–1645), Count-Duke of Olivares | Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (Spanish, 1599–1660) | ca. 1635 | Oil on canvas |
 | Diane von Furstenberg | Andy Warhol (American, 1928–1987) | 1974 | Screenprint |
 | Equestrian Portrait of the Count-Duke Olivares | Kehinde Wiley (American, b. 1977). | 2005 | Oil on canvas |
 | Royal Portrait Head (“Head of Sargon the Great”) | Unknown artist, Nineveh | Akkadian Period, ca. 2300–2200 BCE | Bronze |
 | Lady with Mink and Veil | Otto Dix (German, 1891–1969) | 1920 | Oil and tempera on canvas mounted on cardboard |
 | Napoleon I on His Imperial Throne | Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (French, 1780–1867) | 1806 | Oil on canvas |
 | Memorial Head | Akan artist, Twifo region, Hemang city, Ghana | 17th century | Terracotta, roots, quartz fragments |
