The Reverberate Hills; or The Apotheosis of the Narwhal

  detail of The Lagoon of Saint Mark, Venice by Paul Signac, seen at the de Young Museum as part of the special exhibit Monet and Venice

  detail of Orchid and Hummingbird by Martin Johnson Heade, now at the de Young Museum

  detail of a Mayan  Vessel with jaguar and fish , now at the de Young Museum

  detail of a nineteenth-century sampler , currently on view at the de Young Museum as part of the special exhibit Embroidered Histories

  detail of The Red Table Cloth by Selden Connor Gile, now at the de Young Museum

  detail of Boatmen on the Missouri by George Caleb Bingham, now at the de Young Museum

  Mayan mural fragment with warrior bird, now at the De Young Museum

  detail of Petunias by Georgia O'Keeffe, now at the de Young Museum

  detail of Cherry Blossoms in a Vase by Grace Fletcher, now at the de Young Museum

  detail of Iris, Lily and Cattail Window , attributed to Lederle and Geissler, now at the de Young Museum

  detail of Still Life with Watermelon by Severin Roesen, now at the de Young Museum

  detail of Tamara de Lampicka's Study for The Round Dance ( La ronde ) after Madonna of the Long Neck by Parmigianino , seen as part of...

  detail of Man Observing Series II by Viola Frey, at the de Young Museum

  detail of one of the Battle of Pavia tapestries, designed by Bernard van Orley & woven in the workshop of Willem & Jan Dermoyen, r...

  detail of one of the prints in Le bonheur du jour; ou Les graces à la mode (Today's Happiness; or, The Graces of Fashion) by Georges B...

  detail of Still Life with Lemons & Plate by Tamara de Lempicka, currently on view at the de Young Museum as part of the special exhibi...

  detail from one of the tapestries on display as part of the de Young Museum's current special exhibit,   Art and War in the Renaissanc...

  detail of The Girls by Tamara de Lempicka, seen at the de Young Museum as part of the special de Lempicka exhibit

  detail from one of the Battle of Pavia tapestries, currently on view at the de Young Museum as part of the special exhibit  Art and War in...

  detail of Still Life by Charles Sheeler in the de Young Museum in San Francisco