Green: Did you mean...?

The history of green tea in Japan goes back to the 8th century when it was a popular stimulant for meditating monks. In this article, we examine tea's origins and cultivation, how it became an integral part of Japanese culture, the symbolism...

Green Corn Dance - Minatarrees, oil on card mounted on paperboard by George Catlin, 1861. National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

Bust of Hadrian in dark green basalt, 120 - 130 CE. (Altes Museum, Berlin)

An 1866 oil on canvas, Woman in a Green Dress (aka Camille in a Green Dress), by Claude Monet (1840-1926), the French impressionist painter. This work was accepted by the Paris Salon and was well received by the critics for mixing the traditional...

A c. 1867-9 painting in oils, Still Life with Green Pot and Pewter Jug, by Paul Cézanne (1839-1906), the French post-impressionist artist. This is an excellent example of Cézanne's approach to still life in the first part of his career where...

An 1871 oil on wood, Nocturne in Blue and Green: Chelsea, by James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), the American painter.

White Tara and Green Tara, distemper on cloth painting, 1450-1500, Guge, Western Tibet. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

An 1877-9 pastel and gouache on paper, The Green Dancer, by Edgar Degas (1834-1917), the French impressionist painter. A work which shows the artist's preoccupation with capturing form and the effect of stage lights on performers. (Thyssen-Bornemisza...

A bowl of whisked green tea (matcha), typical of the traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

Lear Green (c. 1839-1860), a former slave who had herself shipped in a crate from Baltimore, Maryland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvannia to escape slavery, by William Still, 1872.