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Artists
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Rogier van der Weyden
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Leonardo da Vinci
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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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José María Velasco
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David Alfaro Siqueiros
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Olga Albizu
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José Guadalupe Posada
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Vincent van Gogh
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Lorenzo de’ Medici
Florentine statesman, ruler, and patron of the arts
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Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador who led soldiers to defeat the Aztec Empire in 1521
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Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala
Indigenous Andean Author and Artist
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Elizabeth I, Queen of England
The last Turdor monarch
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Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
Nun, poet, scholar, and author in New Spain
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