Art

Look closely at Two Sisters (On the Terrace). Impressionist painting of two girls on balcony, bright flower hat, knitting basket.

Look closely at Flower Clouds. Pastel drawing of two figures in a sailboat, bright multi-colored clouds.

Look closely at A18: Shaker Living Room, c. 1800. Miniature room featuring wide-plank hardwood floors, round hooked rugs, simple wooden furnishings, and a wood-burning stove.

Caligula issued this copper-alloy dupondius after Germanicus had died. Its two faces turn the emperor’s popular father into a triumphing commander: one drives a four-horse chariot, while the other raises an arm beside a recovered legionary eagle.

Look closely at Single Spout Vessel with Molded Abstract Figure. An orange-red ceramic vessel in the shape of an abstract figure with wide-set eyes and short arms, a handle at back.

Look closely at Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook. Inside the form of a letter D are seven men in red and blue robes, one with a triangular hat, at a long table covered in white cloth.

Look closely at Fisherman's Cottage. Dark twilight scene of a a brightly illuminated white cottage along the shore of an expansive body of water, seen through a thick of silhouetted trees.

Look closely at Panel. Cream-colored weaving featuring a floral motif in reddish brown, one main flower in the middle with others surrounding it.

Look closely at A Mounted Officer. A man sits on a brown horse at center wearing a soldier's uniform, red pants, and blue and gray jacket, with other soldiers in the background.

Look closely at A Mother Feeding her Child (The Happy Mother). Painting of a scene in a dimly-lit, cavernous room with a bassinet and small table.

Look closely at Ballet Dancers. A diagonal line of leaping ballet dancers recedes from a starkly lit dancer partially visible at bottom left.

Look closely at Merahi metua no Tehamana (Tehamana Has Many Parents or The Ancestors of Tehamana). A young girl with medium skin wears a striking dress of black and white stripes with a short lace collar.

Look closely at Ballet at the Paris Opéra. Color pastel drawing of ballerinas in tutus on stage, watched by audience.

Look closely at Stela of Amenemhat and Hemet. A rectangular stone slab is painted with two large figures with medium-dark skin in profile, a man and a woman.

Look closely at Shawl Border Fragment. Tapestry with paisley design throughout in reds, purples, blues, and beiges, with fringe on top and bottom.

Look closely at Kantharos (Wine Cup). Terracotta cup with handles that appear tied in knots, a simple design around the middle, and a fluted section at the foot.

Look closely at Landscape. Painting of linens drying on a fence in a field under a dark, overcast sky, a dirt road at left leading to a small village.

Look closely at Triptych. A three-part panel featuring a variety of scenes, vertically stacked and richly painted.

Look closely at The Drinkers. Painting of three male figures, two older men in top hats and a younger man with red hair, standing outdoors around a wooden table with a pitcher on it, drinking from glasses.

Look closely at Étretat: The Beach and the Falaise d'Amont. At seascape rendered in pastel tones. At right, boats line a pink shore underneath a tall cliff.

Look closely at Panel. Textile with a cream-colored floral motif on red fabric, vines arranged in repeating diamond shapes, a large flourish or blossom within each one.

Mariano Fortuny y Marsal made this figure look like a quickly observed portrait. The Art Institute identifies it as an invented scene assembled in Paris from travel sketches and objects Fortuny collected in North Africa.

Look closely at The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist. A headless figure leans out of the first-floor window of a light-colored stone building from which two iron bars have been detatched, his blood spurting to the ground.

Look closely at The cannon 'Mons Meg' at Edinburgh Castle, and a private in the 2nd battalion of Royal Scots who garrisoned the Castle i. Sepia-colored, blurry photo of a grim-faced man in a flat-topped hat posing next to a cannon.