Irrespective of whether you like art or not, you would have wondered what are the most famous paintings in the world. Well, I created this list of the most famous paintings for art lovers and general audiences. We know that certain paintings attract huge bids at auctions. But what is inter...
Completed in 1642, at the peak of the Dutch Golden Age, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It depicts a city guard moving out, led by Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch. For much of its existence,...
Completed in 1642, at the peak of the Dutch Golden Age, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn. It depicts a city guard moving out, led by Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburch. For much of its existence,...
There are additional paintings which depict Greek gods, myths, and heroes. Some paintings use the Roman names of these characters, rather than the Greek name. For example, the painting Aphrodite and Ares is often referred to as their Roman names, Venus and Mars. Greek mythology has been an ...
People distrust that they can actually read a painting. It seems like you have to know a lot about what’s outside of the painting in order to understand why you’re even looking at it. The great thing about Max Beckmann’s paintings is that no si...
a team of archaeologists conducted a major excavation that brought to light the remains of a fabulous city of the Minoan civilization dating from 1600 BC. Large quantities of artifacts, including frescoes, paintings, ancient utensils, clay, and metal objects were discovered at the site of Akrotiri...
Roman historiography and Latin poetry produced a generally critical view of the queen that pervaded later Medieval and Renaissance literature. In the visual arts, her ancient depictions include Roman and Ptolemaic coinage, Roman sculptures, busts, and paintings, as well as reliefs and cameo glass ...
One of the most famous paintings of the Graces is Primavera by Botticelli, an Italian artist of the late 1400s. See also Apollo ; Greek Mythology ; Muses ; Roman Mythology . Titan one of a family of giants who ruled the earth Until overthrown by the Greek gods of Olympus lyre string...
One of the most famous paintings in the world, theLast Supperwas commissioned byLudovico Sforza, duke of Milan and Leonardo’s patron during his first stay in that city, for the Dominican monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie. Depicting a sequential narrative, Leonardo illustrates several closely...
“Modern paintings are like women, you'll never enjoy them if you try to understand them. ” — Freddie Mercury British singer, songwriter and record producer 1946–1991 Understanding, Painting 18 “In my first video diary I explained my love for women who have a taste in carrots.” — Lo...