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Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. Considered an archetypal masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance, it has been described as "the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, [and] the most parodied work of art in the world." The painting's novel qualities include the subject's enigmatic expression, monumentality of the composition, the subtle modelling of forms, and the atmospheric illusionism.
Cultural Revolution
1966–1976 Maoist sociopolitical movement in China
Buddhas of Bamiyan
sculptures in Afghanistan before 2001
Kristallnacht
' ( ) or the Night of Broken Glass, also called the November pogrom(s)' (, ), was a pogrom against Jews carried out by the Nazi Party's (SA) and (SS) paramilitary forces along with some participation from the Hitler Youth and German civilians throughout Nazi Germany on 9–10 November 1938. The German authorities looked on without intervening. The euphemistic name comes from the shards of broken glass that littered the streets after the windows of Jewish-owned stores, buildings, and synagogues were smashed. The pretext for the attacks was the assassination, on 9 November 1938, of the German dipl
The Little Mermaid
1913 bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen in Copenhagen, Denmark
Liberty Leading the People
painting by Eugène Delacroix, Louvre
The Night Watch
1642 painting by Rembrandt, Rijksmuseum
Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Memorial in Berlin for the Jews murdered under the National Socialist regime
We Are Our Mountains
sculpture in Stepanakert
Soviet War Memorial
war memorial and military cemetery in Berlin's Treptower Park
Fountain
readymade sculpture attributed to Marcel Duchamp consisting of a porcelain urinal signed “R. KELLY » z’l
My God, Help Me to Survive This Deadly Love
graffiti painting on the eastern side Berlin wall
Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
Soviet World War II war memorial in Tallinn, Estonia
Danaë
painting by Rembrandt
Beeldenstorm
thumb|Print of the destruction in the Cathedral of Our Lady (Antwerp)|Church of Our Lady in Antwerp, the "signature event" of the Beeldenstorm, 20 August 1566, by [[Frans Hogenberg]]
Monument to the Sun
monument in Zadar, Croatia
The Angelus
painting by Jean-François Millet in the Musée d'Orsay
Pillar of Shame
sculpture series by Jens Galschiøt
Erawan Shrine
shrine Dedicated to Brahma in Bangkok
Memorial to the Victims of Communism
Memorial designed by Olbram Zoubek in Prague, Czech Republic
Memorial to Homosexuals Persecuted Under Nazism in Berlin
memorial in Berlin, Germany
Piss Christ
1987 photograph by Andres Serrano; depicts a small plastic crucifix submerged in a small glass tank of the artist's urine
Dormition Abbey
Catholic church in Jerusalem
Soviet War Memorial
memorial in Landstraße, Austria
Well of Moses
sculpture by Claus Sluter
Nicolaus Copernicus Monument in Warsaw
monument in Warsaw, Poland
Paumgartner altarpiece
early triptych painting by Albrecht Dürer at the Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
The Fall of the Damned
painting by Peter Paul Rubens, Alte Pinakothek
Leda and the Swan
painting by Antonio da Correggio
Frenzy of Exultations
painting by Władysław Podkowiński at the Sukiennice Museum
Mousallah Complex
Islamic religious complex
Grunwald Monument
monument in Krakow, Poland
Tęcza
installation artwork in Warsaw
Monument to the Soviet Army
monument located in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria
Statue of Bruce Lee
statue in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Memorial to Polish Soldiers and German Anti-Fascists
Memorial in Berlin, Germany
Rhodes Memorial
memorial to English-born, South African politician Cecil John Rhodes
vandalism of art
purposely damaged art
Monument of Gratitude to France
monument and immovable cultural property in the city municipality of Stari grad, Serbia
Ain El Fouara Fountain
monument in Sétif, Algeria
Firdos Square statue destruction
Media event
Gawhar Shad Mausoleum
Islamic burial site in Herat, Afghanistan
Synagogue du Quai Kléber
synagogue located in Bas-Rhin, in France
Las Incantadas
Ancient Roman monument in Thessaloniki
Oscar Wilde's tomb
tomb of Oscar Wilde
Saint George
sculpture by Donatello
The Son of a Migrant from Syria
2015 mural by graffiti artist Banksy
Statue of Paul Kruger
statue in Pretoria, South Africa
La Danse
sculpture by Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux
Hong Kong Statue of Democracy
2019 Hong Kong statue
Memorial of Rebirth
heritage site in Bucharest, Romania
statue of Leopold II
statue in Ekeren, Antwerp, Belgium
The Justice of Trajan and Herkinbald
destroyed paintings by Rogier van der Weyden
Čukur Fountain
Serbian monument
Statue of Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
sculpture of the South African journalist and politician Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr
Statue of Ivan Konev
former public statue in Prague
Gawhar Shad Mosque
Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan
Arusha Declaration Monument
monument in Arusha, Tanzania
Destruction of Albanian heritage in Kosovo
Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue
painting series