The Great London [05/08/24] 

  • UK: New light for old master paintings

    A painting hanging on the wall in an art gallery tells one story. What lies beneath its surface may tell quite another.After Raphael 1483 - 1520, probably before 1600. It is an oil on wood, 87 x 61.3 cm. (Wynn Ellis Bequest, 1876) [Credit: Copyright National Gallery, London]Often in a Rembrandt, a Vermeer, a Leonardo, a Van Eyck, …

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  2. Walk the ruins of Machu Picchu on Google Street View
  3. Xinjiang Khotanese Buddhist wall paintings displayed in Shanghai
  4. Making heads or tails of Ancient Greece
  5. Johns Hopkins opens new museum housing archaeological collection