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Gilbert Stuart, The Skater

Gilbert Stuart, The Skater (Portrait of William Grant), 1782, oil on canvas, 245.5 x 147.4 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.) speakers: Dr. Bryan...

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life

Thomas Cole, The Voyage of Life (Childhood, Youth, Manhood, Old Age), 1842, oil on canvas, Childhood 134.3 x 195.3 cm; Youth 134.3 x 194.9...

George Inness, The Lackawanna Valley

George Inness, The Lackawanna Valley, c. 1856, oil on canvas, 86 x 127.5 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.). A conversation between Dr....

John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark

John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778, oil on canvas, 182.1 x 229.7 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.). A...

Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium

Rembrandt Peale, Rubens Peale with a Geranium, 1801, oil on canvas, 71.4 x 61 cm (National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. ) A conversation between...

Situ Panchen

Situ Panchen (hanging scroll from a Pelpung Set of Masters of the Combined Kagyu Lineages, Kham Province, Eastern Tibet), c. 1760s, pigments on cloth,...

Mahabodhi Temple Model

Model of the Mahabodhi Temple, eastern India, probably Bodhgaya, c. 11th century, stone (serpentinite), 17.5 x 8.9 x 10.2 cm (Rubin Museum of Art)....

Handheld Prayer Wheel

Handheld Prayer Wheel, early 20th century (central Tibet), silver, wood, semi-precious stones, 19.6 x 5 x 4.5 inches (Rubin Museum of Art, New York) speakers:...

Wheel of Existence

Wheel of Existence, Tibet, early 20th century, pigments on cloth, 81 x 58.7 cm (Rubin Museum of Art). A conversation with Dr. Elena...