When we admire great works of art, we rarely think about who the people depicted on the paintings are. Behind some famous ...

It should come as no surprise that the most famous painting in the world is that mysterious ... an essential part of 20th century culture and history. This intriguing favorite often gets compared ...

Nowdays, said Robert Simon, a Manhattan dealer who specializes in old-master paintings, “It’s become so famous that you ... with the beloved “The Secret History.” Tartt has said, however ...

The greatest paintings usually magnify the beauty and morals of the civilizations that produced them, inspiring countless other artists, writers and satirists for centuries to come. Artists such ...

Some historians have argued that Da Vinci's backdrop ... the Louvre every year to see the Mona Lisa, making it the most famous painting in the world. Perhaps the mystery is what makes the Mona ...

His blending of hyperrealistic imagemaking with surrealistic dream-worlds came later, but Dalí's earliest picture shows the solid art-historical foundation of his singular vision. It also goes some ...

Rudolf Hiller von Gaertringen, an art historian at the University of Leipzig ... has generally been reserved for the world’s most famous art venues, such as the Louvre in Paris, the Metropolitan ...