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Art Subject list
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for the Visual Art domain
The Art Subject type is for describing the content of an artwork. It can include people, objects, or events. For example, the subjects of Caravaggio...
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| Annunciation |
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Annunciation |
In Christianity, the Annunciation (, Evangelismós tēs Theotókou in Greek) is the revelation to Mary, the mother of Jesus by the angel Gabriel that she would conceive a child to be born the Son of God. Some Christian churches celebrate this with the...
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| Last Judgment |
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The Last Judgment |
In Christian eschatology, the Last Judgment or Day of the Lord is the judgment by God of every human who ever lived. It will take place after the resurrection of the dead and the Second Coming (Revelation ). This belief has inspired numerous...
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| Battle of Trafalgar |
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Event | The Battle of Trafalgar |
The Battle of Trafalgar was a historic sea battle between the British Royal Navy fleet of 27 ships of the line which defeated the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy of 33 ships of the line. It was fought on 21 October 1805 west of...
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| Spanish Civil War |
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Book Subject | Guernica |
The Spanish Civil War was a major conflict in Spain that started after an attempted coup d'état committed by parts of the army against the government of the Second Spanish Republic. The Civil War devastated Spain from July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939,...
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| Cupid |
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Roman mythology | Cupid |
In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido) is the god of erotic love and beauty. He is equated with the Greek god Eros, and another one of his Latin names is Amor (cognate with Kama). In popular culture Cupid is frequently shown shooting his bow to...
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| Opera Character | Sleeping Cupid | ||||
| Fictional Character | Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time | ||||
| Roman deity | Cupidon | ||||
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| Washington's crossing of the Delaware |
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Event | Washington Crossing the Delaware |
Washington's crossing of the Delaware, occurring on December 25, 1776 during the American Revolutionary War, was the first move in a surprise attack against the Hessian forces in Trenton, New Jersey at the Battle of Trenton.
With the army safely in...
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| Boudica |
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Person | Boudica and Her Daughters |
Boudica (also spelled Boudicca, formerly better known as Boadicea, and known in Welsh culture and legends as "Buddug") (d. AD 60 or 61 ) was a queen of the Iceni tribe of what is now known as East Anglia who led an uprising of the tribes against the...
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| Madonna and Child |
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The Madonna and Child |
The Madonna and Child is one of the central icon of Christianity, representing the Madonna or Mary, mother of Jesus and her son. After some initial resistance and controversy, the formula "Mother of God" (Theotokos) was adopted officially by the...
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| Madonna of Bruges | |||||
| Madonna and Child | |||||
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| Venus |
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Opera Character | The Birth of Venus |
Venus was a major Roman goddess principally associated with love, beauty and fertility, the equivalent of the Greek goddess Aphrodite.
Venus was the consort of Vulcan. She was considered the ancestor of the Roman people by way of its legendary...
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| Roman mythology | Venus of Urbino | ||||
| Roman deity | The Rokeby Venus | ||||
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| David |
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Person | David |
David , Arabic: داوود or داود, , "beloved"), was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. He is depicted as a righteous king—although not without fault—as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and...
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| Book Subject | David | ||||
| David and Goliath | |||||
| David with the Head of Goliath | |||||
| David with the Head of Goliath | |||||
| Goliath |
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David with the Head of Goliath |
Goliath (גָּלְיָת, Standard Hebrew Golyat, Tiberian Hebrew , Arabic: جالوت Jalut , جليات Julyat ), known also as Goliath of Gath (one of five city states of the Philistines), is a Philistine warrior, famous for his battle with the young David, the...
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| Socrates |
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Person | The Death of Socrates |
Socrates (Greek: , Sōkratēs; c. 469 BC–399 BC) was a Classical Greek philosopher. Credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy, in reality he is an enigmatic figure known only through other people's accounts. It is Plato's dialogues that...
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| Deceased Person | Socrates | ||||
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| Apple |
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Book Subject | The Basket of Apples |
The apple is the pomaceous fruit of the apple tree, species Malus domestica in the rose family Rosaceae. It is one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. The tree is small and deciduous, reaching 5 to 12 m tall, with a broad, often densely...
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| Organism Classification | Pommes et Serviette | ||||
| Ingredient | Young Man with an Apple | ||||
| Fruit | Still Life with Apples, Pears, Lemons and Grapes | ||||
| Fermentation base | Still Life with Apples | ||||
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| Hell |
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Quotation Subject | The Gates of Hell |
Hell, according to many religious beliefs, is a location in the afterlife, which may be described as a place of suffering. Hell is usually depicted as underground. Within Christianity and Islam, Hell is traditionally depicted as fiery and painful,...
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| Jack Pine |
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Organism Classification | Jack Pine |
The Jack Pine (Pinus banksiana) is a North America pine with its native range in Canada east of the Rocky Mountains from Northwest Territories to Nova Scotia, and the northeast of the United States from Minnesota to Maine, with the southernmost part...
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| Lady Jane Grey |
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Person | The Execution of Lady Jane Grey |
Lady Jane Grey (1536/1537–12 February 1554), also referred to as Queen Jane, a greatniece of Henry VIII of England, was a claimant to the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Ireland. Her claimed rule of nine days in July 1553 is the shortest rule of...
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| Deceased Person | Lady Jane Grey Preparing for Execution | ||||
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| John the Baptist |
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Person | John the Baptist |
Saint John the Baptist (heb. Jochanan ben Sacharja, arab. يحيى Yaḥyā or يوحنا Yūḥanna, aram. Yohanoun) (died c. 30) was a Jew preacher and ascetic. He drew large crowds on the banks of the Jordan River, demanding from them repentance and baptism in...
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| Quotation Subject | St. John the Baptist | ||||
| Saint | The Beheading of Saint John the Baptist | ||||
| NNDB Person | The Virgin and Child with St Anne and St John the Baptist | ||||
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| Holofernes |
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Deceased Person | Judith Beheading Holofernes |
Holofernes (Hebrew, הולופרנס) was an Assyrian invading general of Nebuchadnezzar, who appears in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith. It was said that the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar dispatched Holofernes to take vengeance on the nations of the...
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| Person | Judith and Holofernes | ||||
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| Le Havre |
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Location | Impression, Sunrise |
Le Havre is a city in the northwest region of France situated on the right bank of the mouth of the Seine River. It is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department and the Haute-Normandie region. The inhabitants of the city are called Havrais or...
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| Alyscamps |
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Les Alyscamps |
The Alyscamps is a large Roman necropolis, which is a short distance outside the walls of the old town of Arles, France. It was one of the most famous necropolises of the ancient world. The name is a corruption of the Latin Elisii Campi (that is,...
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| Autumn leaf color |
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Les Alyscamps |
Autumn leaf color is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous tree and shrub by which they take on, during a few weeks in the autumn months, one or many colors that range from red to yellow. The phenomenon is commonly...
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| Arles |
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Location | Starry Night Over the Rhone |
Arles (; Provençal Occitan: Arles in both classical and Mistralian norms) is a city in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence.
The Rhône river forks into two...
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| City/Town | View of Arles, Flowering Orchards | ||||
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| Rhône River |
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Location | Starry Night Over the Rhone |
The Rhone, or the Rhône is one of the major river of Europe, running through Switzerland and France.
Before railroads and highways were invented, the Rhone was an important inland trade and transportation route, connecting the cities of Arles,...
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| Auvers-sur-Oise |
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Location | Wheat Field with Crows |
Auvers-sur-Oise is a commune in the northwestern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 27.2 km. (16.9 miles) from the center of Paris. It is associated with several famous artists, the most prominent being Vincent van Gogh.
Throughout the 19th...
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| Wheat |
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Organism Classification | Wheat Field with Crows |
Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Globally, after maize, wheat is the second most produced food among the cereal crops; rice ranks third. Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour...
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| Cereal grain | The Wheat Field | ||||
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| Peasant |
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The Potato Eaters |
A peasant is an agricultural worker who subsists by working a small plot of ground. The word is derived from 15th century French païsant meaning one from the pays, or countryside. The term peasant today is sometimes used in a pejorative sense for...
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| The Irish Peasant (Mary Ryan) | |||||
| A Peasant Woman Digging in Front of Her Cottage | |||||
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| Egon Schiele |
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Person | Self Portrait with Black Vase |
Egon Schiele (12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) (, approximately SHEE-luh) was an Austria painter, a protégé of Gustav Klimt, and a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. Schiele's body of work is noted for the intensity and the large...
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| Raphael |
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Person | Self-portrait with a friend |
Raphael Sanzio, usually known by his first name alone (in Italian Raffaello) (April 6 or March 28, 1483 – April 6, 1520) was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance, celebrated for the perfection and grace of his paintings and...
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