A curiosity-driven journey
Explore history through art.
43 artworks imported from The Met, the Art Institute of Chicago, and curated picks from museums across Europe and Southeast Asia. Wander between eras, follow influences, let one painting lead you to the next.
43
Artworks
28
Artists
14
Museums
Curiosity Trail
One painting always leads to another.
→ Post-Impressionism→ Van Gogh→ Self-portrait→ Ukiyo-e→ Hokusai→ Woodblock→ Dutch Golden Age→ Vermeer→ Rembrandt→ Impressionism→ Monet→ History painting→ Leutze→ Degas
Time Travel
Explore by Era
Ancient
3000 BCE – 500 CE
2 works
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Classical
500 BCE – 500 CE
1 works
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Medieval
500 – 1400
4 works
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Renaissance
1400 – 1600
2 works
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Baroque
1600 – 1750
4 works
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Modern
1860 – 1970
28 works
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Contemporary
1970 – Now
0 works
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Featured Artworks
Wheat Field with Cypresses
Vincent van Gogh · 1889
Post-Impressionism
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler)
Vincent van Gogh · 1887
Post-Impressionism
Storm below Mount Fuji (Sanka no haku u), from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjūrokkei)
Katsushika Hokusai · ca. 1830–32
Ukiyo-e
Olive Trees
Vincent van Gogh · 1889
Dutch Golden Age
Aristotle with a Bust of Homer
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn) · 1653
Dutch Golden Age
Cultures of the world
Explore by Region
Europe
26 works · From Renaissance Italy to Post-Impressionist France.
Southeast Asia
9 works · Majapahit, Angkor, Nanyang and modern voices.
East Asia
3 works · Ukiyo-e, Song landscapes, Buddhist sculpture.
Americas
3 works · American Realism, Modernism and revolution.
Africa
2 works · Ancient Egypt to contemporary practice.
Galleries worldwide
Explore by Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
14 works in this archive
The Art Institute of Chicago
11 works in this archive
Musée du Louvre
3 works in this archive
Musée d'Orsay
2 works in this archive
Museo del Prado
2 works in this archive
The British Museum
1 works in this archive
Museo Reina Sofía
1 works in this archive
National Gallery Singapore
3 works in this archive
Istana Kepresidenan / Galeri Nasional Indonesia
1 works in this archive
Borobudur Temple Compound (UNESCO) / Museum Nasional Indonesia
1 works in this archive
Balai Seni Negara (National Art Gallery Malaysia)
1 works in this archive
Bangkok National Museum
1 works in this archive
National Museum of Fine Arts, Manila
1 works in this archive
Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
1 works in this archive
Southeast Asian Heritage
Kingdoms, temples, and the Nanyang gaze.
Wander through Majapahit, Srivijaya, Borobudur, Angkor, Ayutthaya — and the modern voices of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam.