Campbell's Soup Cans; Andy Warhol: The individual paintings were produced with a semi-mechanized silkscreen process, using a non-painterly style. Campbell's Soup Cans' reliance on themes from popular culture helped to usher in pop art as a major art movement in the USA.

Christina's World; Andrew Wyeth: The woman crawling through the tawny grass was the artist's neighbor in Maine, who, crippled by polio, "was limited physically but by no means spiritually." Wyeth further explained, "The challenge to me was to do justice to her extraordinary conquest of a life which most people would consider hopeless."

Nighthawks; Edward Hopper: "Nighthawks" may be Hopper's take on the term night owl used to describe someone who stays up late. The scene was inspired by a diner (since demolished) in Greenwich Village, Hopper's home neighborhood in Manhattan.

Oranges in Tissue Paper - 1890; William J. McCloskey; During the 19th century many American artists like McClosky made their living by painting still lifes...basically things that sit still and don't move. Flowers and fruits and vegetables were popular subjects.

Hours of Isabella, Queen of Spain - 1497-1500: This work of art shows two pages from a book called "Las Hours de Isabel..." or in english, "The Hours of Isabel." A book of hours was the name for a prayer book in the Middle Ages.

The Family, c. 1892: he figures are arranged in a pyramid shape in the foreground, reminiscent of Renaissance Madonna and child groupings. Both the Mother and older daughter gaze at the baby.

Son of Man: Magritte painted it as a self-portrait. The painting consists of a man in a suit and a bowler hat standing in front of a small wall, beyond which is the sea and a cloudy sky. The man's face is largely obscured by a hovering green apple. However, the man's left eye can be seen peeking over the edge of the apple.

The Scream is the title of expressionist paintings and prints in a series by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, depicting an agonised figure against a blood red sky.

The Daughters of Durand-Ruel, 1882: A double portrait of the two daughters of Jean-Marie-Fortuné Durand and his wife Marie Ruel, owners of a famous art gallery in Paris. Jeanne, the younger girl with her hat off, and Marie-Therese are posed on a garden bench dressed in light-colored summer frocks.

Dancer with Bouquets, ca. 1895-1900: In this oil on canvas painting a prima ballerina takes a bow at the end of a performance. At her feet are bouquets of flowers tossed by an adoring audience. Standing before a painted landscape backdrop, she raises her hand as if to kiss the crowd before her. close