The most iconic symbol of Japanese art ... Katsushika Hokusai: The Great Wave / Fuji Seen through the Waves off Kanagawa (c1830)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PRHaving fun, if not showing off ... Hans Holbein: The Ambassadors (1533)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PRExquisite reliefs ... Indonesian (9th century): Temple of BorobudurPhotograph: Dwi Oblo/Reuters
The extremes of what a portrait can be ... Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres: Napoleon on the Imperial Throne (1806)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PRGolden world ... Gustav Klimt: Judith and Holofernes (1901)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PRScandal of the season ... Edouard Manet: Olympia (1863)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PROverwhelming in its calm eloquence ... Maya Lin: Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982)Photograph: James P Blair/CorbisAn almost metaphysical resonance ... Georges de la Tour: The Magdalene (1640-1645)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PRHindu sculpture: Carving of the God Shiva killing Andhakasura, artist unknownPhotograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PRIslamic art: Fountain in the Court of the Lions, Patio de Los Leones, Alhambra Granada (11th century)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PRIslamic art: Mosaics in the Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem (691)Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PR
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