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Modern and Contemporary Art, Abstract Art
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American Art, Twentieth Century, Abstract Expressionism [Gestural Painting]
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Modern and Contemporary Art, Abstract Expressionism [Gestural Painting]
Academic Painting
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European Art in the Nineteenth Century, Academic Painting
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Clothing, Accessories
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Painting, Acrylic
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,
See
West Asia, Anatolia and the Caucasus
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Figure, Deity, Greek and Roman, Athena/Minerva
Athlete
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Figure, Athlete
Augustan
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Greek and Roman Art, Rome, Early Imperial, JulioClaudian, Augustan
Augustine
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Figure, Saint, Augustine
Australia
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Oceania, Australia
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Europe, Central Europe (including Germany)
Autochrome
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Photograph, Autochrome
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Figure, Deity, Buddhist, Bodhisattva, Avalokiteshvara
AvantGarde
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European Art in the Twentieth Century, AvantGarde
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Modern and Contemporary Art, AvantGarde
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Arms and Armor, Axe
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West Asia, Anatolia and the Caucasus
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