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,...
Painted by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1889, Starry Night is one of the most well-known paintings in modern culture. The painting is part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. The painting was the inspiration for the song “Vincent” (also known as “...
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 ...
However, because she was a priestess of Aphrodite, Hero had to remain a virgin and was forbidden to marry. The two lovers decided to see each other secretly. Each night Hero would leave a lamp burning in a window of the tower in which she lived, and Leander would swim across the ...
nine scenes from the Book of Genesis. Among the last to be completed was the Creation of Adam in which God the Father breathes life into Adam, the first man. The Creation of Adam is one of the famous paintings of all time and has been the subject of countless of references and ...
(French, an upstate native, was gay, and his work stands in sharp contrast to the exuberant if jaded paintings of Paul Cadmus, a former lover and lifelong friend.)—Howard Halle Photograph: Courtesy Whitney Museum of American Art; New York/Sheldan Collins...
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...