The most famous paintings of all time, ranked
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The most famous paintings of all time, ranked
A history of heists
This was not the first high-profile heist at the famous museum. In fact, over a hundred years ago, in 1911, a former Louvre employee named Vincenzo Perugia stole the famous “Mona Lisa” in the hopes of returning it to its original home country of Italy. Painter Pablo Picasso and poet Guillaume Apollinaire were questioned by the... See more
This was not the first high-profile heist at the famous museum. In fact, over a hundred years ago, in 1911, a former Louvre employee named Vincenzo Perugia stole the famous “Mona Lisa” in the hopes of returning it to its original home country of Italy. Painter Pablo Picasso and poet Guillaume Apollinaire were questioned by the... See more
How Thieves Carried Out Heist of ‘Priceless’ Louvre Jewels
Art is so much more than one thing. It’s aesthetics, beauty and creativity. But it’s also history, economics, anthropology, spirituality, sociology, math, science. Every artwork is a snapshot of its time, often shaped by trade, politics, scarcity, and belief.
the purpose of art is to make the invisible visible
What Great Artworks Say: How to read masterpieces of art history (Looking at Art)
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