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The 10 Most Famous Renaissance Artists
Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli and six more: the 10 famous Renaissance artists people search for most, with their faces, one great…
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The 10 Most Famous Renaissance Paintings
The 10 famous Renaissance paintings people search for most, from the Mona Lisa and The Last Supper to The Birth of Venus, with the story behind…
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The 10 Most Famous Impressionist Artists
Monet, Renoir, Degas, Manet, Cassatt and five more: the 10 famous Impressionist artists people search for most, with their faces, one great…
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The 10 Most Famous Impressionist Paintings
Explore ten famous Impressionist paintings, with full stories, detail crops, artist profiles and museum references, from Monet and Renoir to…
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Living Room Decor Ideas
Living room decor ideas built around wall art: one large painting above the sofa, dark walls, gallery walls and lighting, plus how high to hang…
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15 Most Famous Scary Paintings in Art History, Ranked by How Often People Look for Them
Saturn eating his son, a demon crouched on a sleeping woman, a scream under a blood-red sky. The 15 creepiest paintings in art history and their…
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The Trojan Horse and the Fall of Troy
Explore Trojan Horse paintings and the fall of Troy, from the hidden Greek soldiers to the burning city and Aeneas’s escape. Includes audio narration.
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Achilles in Paintings
The famous Achilles paintings in story order: Chiron, the girls of Skyros, the wrath of Achilles, the forge of Vulcan, the death of Hector and…
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Helen of Troy and the Judgement of Paris
The Trojan War before the war, painting by painting: the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, the golden apple, the Judgement of Paris in Rubens, Cranach…
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Penelope, Argus and the Bow
The Penelope paintings and the homecoming of Odysseus: the dog Argus, the nurse and the scar, the loom, the bow no suitor could string and the bed…
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Circe, the Sirens and Calypso
The Circe paintings, the Sirens paintings and Calypso's island, painting by painting: Waterhouse, Rivière, Draper, Fuseli, Böcklin, Rubens and…
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The Odyssey in Paintings
Every famous painting of Homer's Odyssey, in story order. Part 1: the sacrifice of Iphigenia, Achilles, the Trojan Horse, the bag of winds and the…
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Marriage A-la-Mode Explained
Hogarth's Marriage A-la-Mode explained as one story in six rooms: the settlement, the morning after, the doctor, the levée, the bagnio and the…
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Stories Behind 20 Famous Paintings
Discover the stories and meanings behind 20 famous paintings, from the Mona Lisa to Guernica, with close-up details, artist links and museum sources.
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Curated collectionsOdyssey, Magic and Witchcraft, Famous Women, Landscapes and more.Artists A to ZEvery painter in the catalogue, with an archive of their works.Art movementsRenaissance to Expressionism: what defines each and who led it.Top 100 most famous paintingsThe ranked list, with the story behind every entry.
