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Symbolism
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Artemisia at the National Gallery
Overlooked across history in favour of her male peers, discover how the Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi inspires us today
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Cradle of Creativity
From ancient African rock art to contemporary brushstrokes
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Descent of the Serpent
Explore the symbols, culture, and legends of ancient Mesoamerica
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Korean Heritage
Explore stories that have shaped the lives of the people of Korea
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Italy: All Roads Lead to Culture
Explore more than 180 cultural institutions to discover Italy’s unique masterpieces, landscapes, and cultural heritage
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Time Unforgotten: Dialogues from the Pre-Hispanic World
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Histories and Futures: Selected Works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
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BAIANAS
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Four hundred years of Milanese portraits
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A look affirming that everything you have heard about painting is true.
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Batik Stories
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The 25th anniversary of AmigosMAP
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Rian
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Nature, landscapes and panoramas
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Mexichrome: Photography and color in Mexico
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The Gallery of the Four Elements
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Pinacoteca Stuard
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The work of Diego Rivera in the Cárcamo de Dolores
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Map the world. The cartographic collection of the Franz Mayer Museum
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Virtual Gallery: Can You Name #5WomenArtists?
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Plural feminine: women in the MAMBO Collection
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Crimea and its Indigenous People in the Lithographs of Friedrich Gross
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Landscapes of nostalgia and nature
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Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de Argentina
Argentina
The Portuguese Task Force for the Commemorations of the V Centenary of Circumnavigation
Portugal
Numismatic Museum
Greece
Fundación Itaú Argentina
Argentina
Jewish Museum Berlin
Germany
Liptovská galéria Petra Michala Bohúňa
Slovakia
State Ethnographic Collections of Saxony, Dresden State Art Collections
Germany
Lettl Collection
Germany
Symbols of Battle: Civil War Flags
This collection includes flags from several National Park Service sites. Flags serve many purposes. They symbolize a people and represent national pride. Flags convey a shared history. Over the centuries, military units have carried flags and colors. Colors and flags affirm group identity. They build pride and morale, and represent the group's honor. In battle, flags served as a rallying point when a formation was broken. Troops gathered around the flag to regroup, attack or retreat. Flags marked specific individuals, locations and functions such as hospitals and ambulances. Infantry regiments regularly held trooping ceremonies. Colors were paraded up and down the line of assembled soldiers to music to make sure the men remembered the colors. A guard of non-commissioned officers usually protected flags and colors. Held in great reverence, a regiment's honor was embodied in its colors. The entire regiment was humiliated if its colors were lost in battle. From the establishment of the United States Army in 1785, US regular infantry regiments carried colors. Regiments didn't carry the United States flag, as it was felt that no one unit could carry the national honor into battle. By the 1840's, the infantry carried the United States flag with the regimental number or title printed on one of the white stripes. If the flag was lost in battle, only that regiment's honor, and not the national honor, was lost. During the Civil War, a soldier who captured enemy colors or saved his unit's colors frequently was honored. In addition to receiving a medal honor, a soldier was sometimes given a leave of absence. Soldiers who captured enemy colors were often mentioned in dispatches or listed on a role of honor.
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site, National Park Service
United States
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The High-Life: A History of Men in Heels
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Jewellery design with a sense of home
BAYERN TOURISMUS Marketing GmbH
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The Secret History of the Color Blue
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Practical Portals
African Leadership Academy
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Art and the Holocaust
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10 Letters From Art History We'd Love to Read
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Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto
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Batik Motifs
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The Secret History of the Color Black
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Colorful wall decorations for Kaufbeuren's citizens
BAYERN TOURISMUS Marketing GmbH
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Satsuma Ware - A Splendid Japanese Legacy
Salar Jung Museum
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"Shipjangsaengdo" Painted Folding Screen (The 10 Symbols of Longevity)
National Palace Museum of Korea
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Bejewelled: Role and Rank
Museum of Freemasonry
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Gustav Klimt: The Three Ages
La Galleria Nazionale
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Lisboa, the City of St. Vincent - Exploring the Symbols
Lisboa Municipal Archive
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A Maid Asleep
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Klimt & Symbolism - Part 1
Belvedere
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Traditional art and symbolism of Kelaghayi
Heydar Aliyev Center
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Symbols of Australian Sport
Australian Sports Museum
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Do You Know What these Renaissance Animals Mean?
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Korean Symbols of Wishes
Sookmyung Women’s University Museum
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The Poetry of Patterns: Symbols and Motifs used in Maasai Beadwork
Project FUEL
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Nuristani Woodcarving
Turquoise Mountain
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Pawtraits: Our Changing Relationship With Pets Throughout History
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Peonies in Bloom
University of Alberta Museums
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Fun symbolism in Chinese Foods
World Federation of Chinese Catering Industry
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The symbolic art of Huaca 20
Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
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Place and Placement: Symbolic Geographies in the Work of Gilbert “Magu” Luján
University Art Galleries, University of California, Irvine
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Rubem Valentim: A Celebration of Color and Form
Museum of Modern Art of Bahia - MAM
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Enrique Alférez: Symbols of Communication
New Orleans Museum of Art
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The “Grammar” of Manga
Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
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Artists' Early and Late Works Side-By-Side
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A Journey Into The History and Symbolism of Kenyan Ornaments
National Museums of Kenya
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Animals In The Palaces
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Klimt & Symbolism - Part 3
Belvedere
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A Triptych by Jacek Malczewski
National Museum in Wrocław
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Decorative Paintings of the Royal Court
National Palace Museum of Korea
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Ayman Baalbaki's symbolism of Lebanon
Dalloul Art Foundation
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The Magic and Mystery of Black Cats
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Ripa Bayo: The Wayfaring Doodler
Buddhist Digital Resource Center
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Wishes for Prosperity: Decorative Paintings of the Joseon Royal Court
National Palace Museum of Korea
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Explore thematic expressions seen in Bombay's Deco
Art Deco Mumbai
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Look out! Wild animals in the Museum
Musée de l'Armée - Hôtel des Invalides
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Ysoude with the Love Philtre by Frederick Sandys
Museo de Arte de Ponce
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The Ofrenda of Day of the Dead
Museo de Arte Popular
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Kusti - The Sacred Cord
Parzor Foundation
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Pine Trees in Ancient Chinese Paintings
Song Art Museum
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Masimba Hwati
Republic of Zimbabwe - Biennale Arte 2015
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What Was The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood?
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Exploring the Ripley Scroll
The British Library
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Pushpa Kumari & Pradyumna Kumar (India)
Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art (QAGOMA)
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"Portrait of Three Children as Ceres, Ganymede, and Diana" by Nicolaes Maes
Haggerty Museum of Art
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Frida Kahlo's Impact On Music
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Oleksandr Dovzhenko
CFC Big Ideas in association with the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy
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Visual Poetry in Europe
Imago Mundi
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The Spread of Adinkra
World Monuments Fund
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What's Behind the Smile?
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All good, Emolument, and Longevity
Hwajeong Museum
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The Secret History of the Color Red
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Mary Beth Edelson: Small Paintings and Drawings with Various Themes
The Feminist Institute
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Time Unforgotten: Dialogues from the Pre-Hispanic World
Pocket Gallery
Histories and Futures: Selected Works from the Smithsonian American Art Museum
Pocket Gallery
BAIANAS
Pocket Gallery
Four hundred years of Milanese portraits
Pocket Gallery
A look affirming that everything you have heard about painting is true.
Pocket Gallery
Batik Stories
Pocket Gallery
The 25th anniversary of AmigosMAP
Pocket Gallery
Rian
Pocket Gallery
Nature, landscapes and panoramas
Pocket Gallery
Mexichrome: Photography and color in Mexico
Pocket Gallery
The Gallery of the Four Elements
Pocket Gallery
Pinacoteca Stuard
Pocket Gallery
The work of Diego Rivera in the Cárcamo de Dolores
Pocket Gallery
Map the world. The cartographic collection of the Franz Mayer Museum
Pocket Gallery
Virtual Gallery: Can You Name #5WomenArtists?
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Plural feminine: women in the MAMBO Collection
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Crimea and its Indigenous People in the Lithographs of Friedrich Gross
Pocket Gallery
Landscapes of nostalgia and nature
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Latvian National Museum of Art: Marble stairs
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The Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) Gallery of The 19th-Century Polish Art - The Chełmoński Room
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The Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) Gallery of The 19th-Century Polish Art
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The Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) Gallery of The 19th-Century Polish Art - The Siemiradzki Room
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The Sukiennice (Cloth Hall) Gallery of The 19th-Century Polish Art - The Michałowski Room
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