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Artists
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![A woman casts her eyes downward while holding her hands clasped together]()
Rogier van der Weyden
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![People take pictures of the Mona Lisa]()
Leonardo da Vinci
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![A lady looks at us while holding a unicorn]()
Raphael
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![A vase is filled with many colored flowers and sits on a pedestal]()
Rachel Ruysch
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![Traditional Japanese woodblock print depicting cherry blossom trees in a garden setting with people in blue attire walking in the background, against a sunset sky.]()
Utagawa Hiroshige
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![Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print depicting a street scene with people in traditional clothing. Some individuals are interacting near a building with wooden latticework, while others walk by dressed in patterned kimonos.]()
Hishikawa Moronobu
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![Japanese woodblock print of a large wave with Mount Fuji in the background, featuring dramatic, cascading water and boats.]()
Katsushika Hokusai
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![Two women hold hands and look like Frida Kahlo]()
Frida Kahlo
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![Colorful, polka-dotted lanterns glowing in neon green, pink, and blue hanging in a dimly lit space.]()
Yayoi Kusama
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![A landscape painting depicts rolling hills with sparse trees, a cliff, and a distant lake under a blue sky with clouds.]()
José María Velasco
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![Painting of a person with an intense expression, pointing a gun directly at the viewer, with a dark background.]()
David Alfaro Siqueiros
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![Close-up of an abstract painting with textured, cracked paint in various colors including green, black, blue, purple, and red.]()
Olga Albizu
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![A black and tan colored illustration of a human skull wearing a large, wide-brimmed hat decorated with flowers and feathers, surrounded by clouds, with the skeleton's arm and hand visible at the bottom.]()
José Guadalupe Posada
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![A framed impressionist oil painting of a bouquet of flowers in a vase, with white and purple blooms and green leaves, on a light green background.]()
Vincent van Gogh
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![A traditional Japanese ink painting depicting a crescent moon, mountains, and a branch with leaves and berries on a blue background, alongside a vertical strip of handwritten Japanese text on a reddish-brown background.]()
Katsushika Taito II
Discover Important Historical Individuals
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![Colorful bust of a historical man wearing a hat and a scarf, displayed in a museum]()
Lorenzo de’ Medici
Florentine statesman, ruler, and patron of the arts
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![Historical portrait of a bearded man in military armor with a shield and coat of arms, holding a helmet with feathers, in a museum display.]()
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador who led soldiers to defeat the Aztec Empire in 1521
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![Line drawing of a person dressed in traditional indigenous clothing, holding a staff with a bird figure on top in the left hand and a large bundle or headdress in the right hand. The person is wearing a decorated belt, shorts, and sandals. There are handwritten notes or text below and above the figure, with the text above being large and stylized.]()
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
Indigenous Andean Author and Artist
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![A portrait of a woman dressed in elaborate historical royal clothing, adorned with jewelry, pearls, and a feathered headdress, with a decorative frame.]()
Elizabeth I, Queen of England
The last Turdor monarch
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![A woman with dark hair sitting at a desk with books, a clock, and writing materials, dressed in historical clothing.]()
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Nun, poet, scholar, and author in New Spain
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