The World According to Art

Jean Fouquet: The Building of a Cathedral (c. 1465); Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris

Tomb of Pakal (615-683 AD); Pyramid of the Inscriptions, Palenque, Mexico

William Bouguereau: Nymphs and Satyr (1873); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown MA

Adriaen Brouwer: The Bitter Potion (ca. 1630); Städel Art Museum, Frankfurt

Ansel Adams: Richard Kobayashi, farmer with cabbages, Manzanar Relocation Center, California (1943); Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-DIG-ppprs-00453.

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff: Dangast Landscape (1910); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

ohannes Vermeer: The Milkmaid (c. 1658); Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: The Valpinçon Bather (1806); Musée du Louvre, Paris

Aristide Maillol: L'air (Air) 1939; Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo,Netherlands

Limbourg Brothers: ‘October’, in: Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (15th century); Musée Condé, Chantilly

— met Antonio Canova: Napoleon as Mars the Peacemaker (1802); Apsley House, London.

Limbourg Brothers: ‘October’, in: Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (15th century); Musée Condé, Chantilly, France

Jan Mankes: Big Owl on Screen (1913); Private collection.

James McNeill Whistler: Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room (1876-1877 - 1877); Freer Gallery of Art, Washington

Anonymous: Chludov Psalter (9th century); Historical Museum, Moscow

Anonymous: Seated Scribe (2620–2500 BC); Louvre Museum, Paris.

Adriaen van der Werff: Amorous Couple Spied upon by Children (1694); Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Henri Rousseau: The Football Players (1908); Guggenheim Museum, New York

Adriaen Coorte: Still Life with Strawberries (1705); Mauritshuis, The Hague

Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec: At the Moulin Rouge (1892); Art Institute of Chicago.

Walter Leistikow (1865-1908): Evening Mood at Schlachtensee (circa 1895); Stadtmuseum, Berlin.

The Antikythera Ephebe (4th century BC); National Archaeological Museum, Athens

Rembrandt van Rijn: Self-portrait as Zeuxis Laughing (1662); Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

Leng Mei: Spring Evening Banquet at the Peach and Pear Blossom Garden (c. 1700) ; National Palace Museum, Taipei

Pieter Bruegel the Elder: Dulle Griet (1561); Museum Mayer van den Bergh, Antwerp.

The Alhambra (from the 9th century onwards); Granada, Spain

Paolo Veronese: The Feast in the House of Levi (1573); Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.