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| Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Watkin Building. Houston, TX. | Watkin Building (1924-6) (1001 Bissonnet) of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. Style: Neo-classical. Architect: William Ward Watkin. | Song of Strength granite sculpture (1966) by Eduardo Chillida at Watkin Building of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe facade of Caroline Wiess Law Building at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Entrance hall staircase of original Watkin building at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Passageway from old to new buildings at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe details in Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Barcelona chairs (1929) by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in lobby at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Audrey Jones Beck Building (2000) of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. Architect: Rafael Moneo. | Facade details of Beck Building of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Audrey Jones Beck Building (2000) of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. Architect: Rafael Moneo. | Museum of Fine Arts, Houston sign on Moneo's Beck Building (2000). Houston, TX. |
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| Moneo's Beck Building interior of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Roman & Greek antiquities at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Roman marble sarcophagus showing battle between soldiers & amazons (140-170) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Detail of Roman marble sarcophagus showing battle between soldiers & amazons (140-170) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Marble Phoenician sarcophagus of a youth (5th-4thC BCE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Roman marble torso of Aphrodite (1stC BCE-1stC CE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Marble Roman goddess (1stC CE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Ancient Greek pottery at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Egyptian mummy mask (c305 BCE-100 CE) with companion statues (300-30 BCE) & coffin painted with sacred ibis of Thoth (305-30 BCE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Egyptian wooden coffin painted with sacred ibis of Thoth (305-30 BCE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Egyptian painted wooden model boat (c2055-1784 BCE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Egyptian Thoth, god of writing & knowledge as a baboon faience statue (664-525 BCE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Painted wooden Egyptian mummy portrait of young girl (30 BCE-200 CE) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Architecture of paintings gallery at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | European paintings at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | European paintings at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Impressionist era paintings at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Lamentation painting (c1520) attrib. Quinten Metsys of Netherlands at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | St Christopher Carrying Christ Child through Sinful World (c1520) by circle of Hieronymus Bosch at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Carp & Pike painting (1652) by Pieter van Boucle (aka Van Boeckel) of Netherlands at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Archangel St Michael painting (1660s) by Claudio Coello of Spain at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Pan & Syrinx painting (c1688) by Pierre Mignard of France at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Still life with Golden Bream painting (1808-12) by Francisco de Goya of Spain at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Madame la Maréchale Lannes, Duchesse de Montebello, with her Children portrait (1814) by François Pascal Simon Gérard (aka Baron Gérard) of France at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Meeting of Lawyers painting (c1860) by Honoré Daumier of France at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Toilers of the Sea painting (1873) by Édouard Manet at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Windmill on the Onbekende Gracht, Amsterdam painting (1874) by Claude Monet at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Bottom of the Ravine painting (c1879) by Paul Cézanne at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Susan Comforting the Baby painting (c1881) by Mary Cassatt at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Native American Art of the Southwest gallery at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Lord Itzam K'an Ahk II limestone stela (731) from Petén, Guatemala at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Ceramic Acoma jar with parrot (c1925) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Ceramic Hopi jar with abstract birds (c1925) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Wooden Hopi Kachina doll (1910-40) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Wooden Hopi Kachina dolls (1920-40) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Collection of South American native ceramics at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Moché ceramic owl jar (100-800) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Moché ceramic hawk vessel (100-800) at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Calima gold masks & objects (1000 BCE-800 CE) from southwest Colombia at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Sicán gold ornaments & beakers (800-1350) from Lambayeque, Peru at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Sicán gold Janus-faced beaker (800-1350) from Lambayeque, Peru at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Chimú silver beakers (1100-1450) from North Coast, Peru at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Moché silver headdress ornament (100-800) from North Coast, Peru at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Sicán gold mask from Peru at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Collection of Quimbaya culture gold figures from Colombia at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Chiriqui stingray bell pendant (400-1550) from Panama at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Kwakiutl sea lion feast bowl (mid 19thC) from BC, Canada at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Yup'ik Inuit wolf sprit mask (1850-75) from Kuskokwim River, AK at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Gold & jeweled crowns (19th-20thC) from Island of Bali at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Gold royal jewelry (19th-20thC) from Island of Bali at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Gold royal jewelry necklace (c1890) from Island of Bali at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Royal Kris (sword) (19th-20thC) from Island of Bali at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Kris (19thC) from Sumatra & Kris (17th-early 18thC) from Sulawesi at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Gallery of Javanese art with head of deity (9thC) carved from volcanic stone at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Gold king's crown (19thC) from Island of Bali at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Gold ornaments (19thC) from Island of Sumba, Indonesia at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Kente Cloth by Akan people of Ghana at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Leather & gold leaf sandals (c1900) by Akan people of Ghana at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Wooden elephant mask (20thC) from Cameroon at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Royal stool (early-mid 19thC) & royal palace posts (late 19th-early 20thC) from Cameroon at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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| Headdresses (20thC) from Democratic Republic of Congo at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | King's Ceremonial Hat (early 20thC) from Cameroon at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. | Chief's chair (early 20thC) from Angola or Democratic Republic of Congo at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, TX. |
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