It was initially a style of courtly sophistication, but somewhat more robust versions spread to art commissioned by the emerging mercantile classes and the smaller nobility.

Generally, in post-reformation Germany, religious art commissioned by nobility was spared if it was taken into private collection.

Ten of the full-color posters feature Depression-era art commissioned by the Federal government during the 1930's, including Work Projects Administration art.

Artists such as painter Sabin Bălașa depicted Ceaușescu in works of arts commissioned by the state.

It begins in midtown Manhattan with an examination of art commissioned for subway stations.

These albums were often created as souvenirs of European tours and would contain local memorabilia including coats of arms or works of art commissioned by local artisans.

But the $2 million works of art being commissioned now have walls, floors and roofs, and instead of being done by painters they're designed by architects.

The four works of art commissioned by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, which opens to the public here on Monday, are attempts to meet that challenge.

He has brought together, in many cases for the first time since they adorned the cardinal's palaces, paintings and works of art commissioned by Richelieu or his close associates.

The square is filled with numerous works of art commissioned by the CADC for the project.