This page groups artworks by what they actually show. Wikipedia notes that "images can often be divided into 'iconic images,' just showing one or more figures, and 'narrative images' showing moments from an episode or story involving sacred figures." Browsing by object-type lets a visitor tell a single-figure image from a story scene.
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Primary Academic Discipline Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
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Hezekiah, King of Judah (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1985.246.1)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
Joseph Sold by His Brothers into Egypt (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1996.415)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
Levi Avenging the Honor of his Sister Dinah (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001.87)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
Saint Augustine on Clouds Surrounded by Angels (Johann Jacob Eybelwieser, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2010.160)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
The Fall of Simon Magus (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 66.77)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
The Prophetess Deborah Ordering Barak to Take Arms against Sisera (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 63.98.1)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
The Raising of Lazarus (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994.209)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
The Seven Works of Mercy (Caravaggio, 1606-1607)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
The Shade of the Prophet Samuel Invoked by King Saul and Conjured by the Witch of Endor (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.310)
Drawing (Pencil, Chalk, Ink or Wash)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Art history
WikipediaArt history, opening definitionQuote, Art history, opening definition
Art history is an academic discipline devoted to the study of artistic production and visual culture throughout human history.
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