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Piazza San Marco, Venice by Renoir
An 1881 oil on canvas, Piazza San Marco, Venice, by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) the French impressionist painter. As the artist was experimenting with a new style, this work was painted with very loose brushstrokes and largely unmixed...
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The Maya "Columns" Structure at San Gervasio
This Maya structure located on the Mexican island of Cozumel at the archaeological site of San Gervasio has seven columns, a bench running along the inner walls, and a throne or altar in the middle of the room. The chambers along the side...
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San Giorgio dei Greci Church, Venice
The San Giorgio dei Greci Church in Venice. Its present form dates to the 16th century CE. The church contains the tomb of the Byzantine scholar Arsenios (or Aristoboulos) of Monemvasia (1465-1535 CE).
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The "Little Hands" Structure at San Gervasio
This Maya building located on the island of Cozumel, in Mexico, at the archaeological site of San Gervasio is named because of the red-colored hand prints, which mark the wall. The building is comprised of two rooms in which a small temple...
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Portico of the Peristyle of Villa San Marco, Stabiae
The walls of the portico of the peristyle of Villa San Marco in Stabiae (Italy) are decorated in the Fourth Pompeian Style with red panels on black background above a lower black frieze. Mid-1st century CE.
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Mesita B near San Agustín
Megalithic funerary statues at Mesita B near San Agustín, Huila Department, Colombia. Created c. 1st to 10th century CE.
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Upper Peristyle of Villa San Marco in Stabiae
The upper peristyle of Villa San Marco in Stabiae (Italy), with its surrounding portico and spiral-fluted columns, was added to the villa in the later years of its existence (just before 79 CE). The ceiling of the portico was lavishly decorated...
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View of the "Little Hands" Structure at San Gervasio
This is another view of the "Little Hands" structure at San Gervasio, which is located on the island of Cozumel in Mexico. This building was constructed in two phases between c. 1000-1650 CE by the Maya.
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Entrance to Villa San Marco in Stabiae
Covering an area of 11,000 sq metres (118,000 sq. feet), the Villa San Marco at Stabiae (modern Castelammare di Stabia) is among the largest Roman residential villas in the Vesuvian area (southern Italy). It was built in the 1st century BCE...
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The Maya "Murals" Structure at San Gervasio
Aptly named, this Maya structure contains fragmented murals that were painted with vivid colors of red, blue, ochre, and black. They were originally covered with geometric motifs, stepped lines, Grecians frets, and spirals. This structure...