The Creation of Adam
Generally thought to depict the excerpt “God created man in His own image, etc.,” that of Michelangelo is perhaps the best known fresco painting of all time. Despite its importance … Continue Reading The Creation of Adam
The Kiss
The meeting of lips par excellence since 1908, The Kiss is an oil painting, with added silver and gold leaf by the Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt. Love, intimacy, and … Continue Reading The Kiss
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Known as “the Mona Lisa of the North”, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring over the years has become one of the most iconic artworks in history. Very little … Continue Reading Girl with a Pearl Earring
Mona Lisa
Lisa di Antonmaria Gherardini — also called Lisa del Giocondo, after her marriage — was born on 15 June 1479, in Florence. She married in her teens to Francesco del … Continue Reading Mona Lisa
The Scream
I was walking along the road with two friends, the sun was setting. Suddenly the sky turned blood red. I paused, feeling exhausted, and leaned on the fence, there was … Continue Reading The Scream
The Birth of Venus
No need for an introduction, you’d know it as one of the most famous, celebrated and digitalized masterpieces of all time. Probably made in the mid 1480s by Sandro Botticelli, Nascita … Continue Reading The Birth of Venus
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