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• Petrus Christus (active by 1444, died 1475/76)
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Noh Costume
• Asian Art, Japan
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• Carolingian Art
• Medieval Art
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• Paintings of Love and Marriage in the Italian Renaissance
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Weddings in the Italian Renaissance
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Nuptial Furnishings in the Italian Renaissance
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Birth and Family in the Italian Renaissance
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Courtship and Betrothal in the Italian Renaissance
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Art and Love in the Italian Renaissance
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Profane Love and Erotic Art in the Italian Renaissance
• European Art, Renaissance
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• James Cox (ca. 1723–1800): Goldsmith and Entrepreneur
• European Art, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
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• Wang Hui (1632–1717)
• Asian Art, China
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• Ivory and Boxwood Carvings, 1450–1800
• European Art, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
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• Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828)
• European Art, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
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• Anselm Kiefer (born 1945)
• European Art, Twentieth Century
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• Women Artists in Nineteenth-Century France
• European Art, Nineteenth Century
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• Ottonian Art
• Medieval Art
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• The Rise of Paper Photography in 1850s France
• European Art, Nineteenth Century
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• Ethiopia's Enduring Cultural Heritage
• African Art, Eastern Africa
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• Nudity and Classical Themes in Byzantine Art
• Byzantine Art
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• Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri) (1581–1641)
• European Art, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
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• Italian Renaissance Frames
• European Art, Renaissance
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• Popular Religion: Magical Uses of Imagery in Byzantine Art
• Byzantine Art
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• Paul Poiret (1879–1944)
• European Art, Twentieth Century
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• Cameo Appearances
• European Art
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• Great Plains Indians Musical Instruments
• Art of the Americas
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• Still-Life Painting in Southern Europe, 1600–1800
• European Art, Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries
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• The Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp
• Islamic Art, Later Period
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• The Crucifixion and Passion of Christ in Italian Painting
• European Art
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• The Birth and Infancy of Christ in Italian Painting
• European Art
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• Painting the Life of Christ in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
• European Art
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