Images

Terracotta bell-krater (mixing bowl) attributed to the Sarpedon Painter Obverse: Europa pleading with Zeus for the life of Sarpedon; Hera, Hypnos, Pasithea Reverse: Europa with attendants watching Hypnos and Thanatos bringing the body of...

The interior of the Scrovegni Chapel (aka Arena Chapel) in Padua, northern Italy. The walls are decorated with a cycle of frescoes showing the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. painted by Giotto from c. 1304 to c. 1315 CE.

The Nativity by the Italian artist Giotto (b. 1267 or 1277 - d. 1337 CE). The scene is part of a cycle of frescoes showing the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Scrovegni Chapel (aka Arena Chapel) in Padua, northern Italy. From c...

The Crucifixion by the Italian artist Giotto (b. 1267 or 1277 - d. 1337 CE). The scene is part of a cycle of frescoes showing the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Scrovegni Chapel (aka Arena Chapel) in Padua, northern Italy. From...

A tempera on wood panel showing the Madonna by the Italian artist Giotto (b. 1267 or 1277 - d. 1337 CE). (Borgo San Lorenzo, Florence)

A late 15th century CE tempera panel credited to Masaccio and known as 'The Founders of Florentine Art'. The five portraits in the panel are (left to right): Giotto, Paolo Uccello, Donatello, Manetti and Filippo Brunelleschi. (Louvre, Paris...

The Last Judgement by the Italian artist Giotto (b. 1267 or 1277 - d. 1337 CE). The scene is part of a cycle of frescoes showing the life of the Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. Scrovegni Chapel (aka Arena Chapel) in Padua, northern Italy. From...

Hua Mulan, Chinese and Japanese Gardens, Singapore

Scene of Mulan a with horse. Printed in ink, colour on paper. 1867 CE, Dingmao, China

Hua-Mu Lan enlists as a soldier instead of her father. Dalongdong Baoan Temple, painted by Pan-Li.