Public-domain oil paintings used as section backdrops, listed by page. Blog entries are unique works across all posts.
- The Great Day of His Wrath (1851), John Martin
- The Architect's Dream (1840), Thomas Cole
- Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (1842), J. M. W. Turner
- The Voyage of Life: Manhood (1842), Thomas Cole
- Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653), Rembrandt
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- Impression, Sunrise (1872), Claude Monet
- The Stages of Life (1835), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Deluge (1834), John Martin
- The Astronomer (c. 1668), Johannes Vermeer
- The Ninth Wave (1850), Ivan Aivazovsky
- The Gulf Stream (1899), Winslow Homer
- A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (c. 1766), Joseph Wright of Derby
- Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (1842), J. M. W. Turner
- Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648), Claude Lorrain
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- The Tower of Babel (c. 1563), Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles (1919), William Orpen
- Peaceable Kingdom (c. 1833–1834), Edward Hicks
- The Congress of Berlin (1881), Anton von Werner
- Woman Holding a Balance (c. 1664), Johannes Vermeer
- The Architect's Dream (1840), Thomas Cole
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- Plato and Aristotle (detail from The School of Athens) (1509–1511), Raphael
- The School of Athens (1509–1511), Raphael
- The Astronomer (c. 1668), Johannes Vermeer
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- Declaration of Independence (1819), John Trumbull
- The Architect's Dream (1840), Thomas Cole
- The Ambassadors (1533), Hans Holbein the Younger
- The Consummation of Empire (1836), Thomas Cole
- Declaration of Independence (1819), John Trumbull
- Twilight in the Wilderness (1860), Frederic Edwin Church
- Impression, Sunrise (1872), Claude Monet
- The Stages of Life (1835), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Congress of Berlin (1881), Anton von Werner
- The Oxbow (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Consummation of Empire (1836), Thomas Cole
- Declaration of Independence (1819), John Trumbull
- The Stages of Life (1835), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles (1919), William Orpen
- The Congress of Berlin (1881), Anton von Werner
- The Great Day of His Wrath (1851), John Martin
- An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768), Joseph Wright of Derby
- Twilight in the Wilderness (1860), Frederic Edwin Church
- Gassed (1919), John Singer Sargent
- The Ninth Wave (1850), Ivan Aivazovsky
- Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648), Claude Lorrain
- The Consummation of Empire (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Heart of the Andes (1859), Frederic Edwin Church
- The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State (1836), Thomas Cole
- Philosopher in Meditation (1632), Rembrandt
- Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648), Claude Lorrain
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- The Night Watch (1642), Rembrandt
- The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599–1600), Caravaggio
- Declaration of Independence (1819), John Trumbull
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- The Night Watch (1642), Rembrandt
- The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599–1600), Caravaggio
- Declaration of Independence (1819), John Trumbull
- The Stages of Life (1835), Caspar David Friedrich
- Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880–1881), Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- The Night Watch (1642), Rembrandt
- Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648), Claude Lorrain
- Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880–1881), Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- The Night Watch (1642), Rembrandt
- Impression, Sunrise (1872), Claude Monet
- The Astronomer (c. 1668), Johannes Vermeer
- The Librarian (c. 1566), Giuseppe Arcimboldo
- The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles (1919), William Orpen
- Philosopher in Meditation (1632), Rembrandt
- Plato and Aristotle (detail from The School of Athens) (1509–1511), Raphael
- The School of Athens (1509–1511), Raphael
- The Astronomer (c. 1668), Johannes Vermeer
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- Philosopher in Meditation (1632), Rembrandt
- Plato and Aristotle (detail from The School of Athens) (1509–1511), Raphael
- The School of Athens (1509–1511), Raphael
- Seaport with the Embarkation of the Queen of Sheba (1648), Claude Lorrain
- The Astronomer (c. 1668), Johannes Vermeer
- The Geographer (c. 1669), Johannes Vermeer
- Woman Holding a Balance (c. 1664), Johannes Vermeer
- Impression, Sunrise (1872), Claude Monet
- The Stages of Life (1835), Caspar David Friedrich
- A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (c. 1766), Joseph Wright of Derby
- The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (1771), Joseph Wright of Derby
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- Aristotle with a Bust of Homer (1653), Rembrandt
- The Librarian (c. 1566), Giuseppe Arcimboldo
- The Ninth Wave (1850), Ivan Aivazovsky
- The Gulf Stream (1899), Winslow Homer
- An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768), Joseph Wright of Derby
- Snow Storm: Steam-Boat off a Harbour's Mouth (1842), J. M. W. Turner
- Declaration of Independence (1819), John Trumbull
- The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles (1919), William Orpen
- Luncheon of the Boating Party (1880–1881), Pierre-Auguste Renoir
- The Congress of Berlin (1881), Anton von Werner
- The Ambassadors (1533), Hans Holbein the Younger
- The Night Watch (1642), Rembrandt
- Among the Sierra Nevada, California (1868), Albert Bierstadt
- The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak (1863), Albert Bierstadt
- Peaceable Kingdom (c. 1833–1834), Edward Hicks
- The Course of Empire: Desolation (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Garden of Earthly Delights (c. 1490–1510), Hieronymus Bosch
- The Tower of Babel (c. 1563), Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- Landscape with the Fall of Icarus (c. 1560), Pieter Bruegel the Elder
- Twilight in the Wilderness (1860), Frederic Edwin Church
- The Great Day of His Wrath (1851), John Martin
- The Deluge (1834), John Martin
- Wanderer above the Sea of Fog (c. 1818), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Voyage of Life: Youth (1842), Thomas Cole
- The Starry Night (1889), Vincent van Gogh
- A Sunday on La Grande Jatte (1884–1886), Georges Seurat
- The Voyage of Life: Manhood (1842), Thomas Cole
- View of Toledo (c. 1599–1600), El Greco
- The Calling of Saint Matthew (1599–1600), Caravaggio
- Plato and Aristotle (detail from The School of Athens) (1509–1511), Raphael
- The Architect's Dream (1840), Thomas Cole
- The Astronomer (c. 1668), Johannes Vermeer
- The Librarian (c. 1566), Giuseppe Arcimboldo
- The Stages of Life (1835), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Geographer (c. 1669), Johannes Vermeer
- An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump (1768), Joseph Wright of Derby
- A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (c. 1766), Joseph Wright of Derby
- The Alchemist Discovering Phosphorus (1771), Joseph Wright of Derby
- The Astronomer (c. 1668), Johannes Vermeer
- The Consummation of Empire (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Architect's Dream (1840), Thomas Cole
- Plato and Aristotle (detail from The School of Athens) (1509–1511), Raphael
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- The Sower (1850), Jean-François Millet
- Impression, Sunrise (1872), Claude Monet
- The Consummation of Empire (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Architect's Dream (1840), Thomas Cole
- The Oxbow (1836), Thomas Cole
- The School of Athens (1509–1511), Raphael
- Seaport at Sunrise (1674), Claude Lorrain
- The Consummation of Empire (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Course of Empire: The Arcadian or Pastoral State (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Heart of the Andes (1859), Frederic Edwin Church
- The Oxbow (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Oxbow (1836), Thomas Cole
- The Consummation of Empire (1836), Thomas Cole
- Young Woman with a Lute (c. 1662–1663), Johannes Vermeer
- The Monk by the Sea (1808–1810), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Angelus (1857–1859), Jean-François Millet
- The Monk by the Sea (1808–1810), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Monk by the Sea (1808–1810), Caspar David Friedrich
- The Angelus (1857–1859), Jean-François Millet
- View of Toledo (c. 1599–1600), El Greco
- A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery (c. 1766), Joseph Wright of Derby