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INSIGHTS THAT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU LOOK AT PAINTINGS

Added on: 21st Nov 2016

 

PICASSO'S FAMOUS PICTURE GUERNICA IS

ABOUT THE GERMAN BOMBING OF THE

SMALL TOWN. WHILE HE WAS LIVING IN PARIS,

A NAZI OFFICER ALLEGEDLY ASKED HIM ABOUT

HIS PAINTING, "DID YOU DO THAT?" AND

PICASSO REPLIED, "NO, YOU DID"

Picasso's famous picture Guernica is about the German bombing of the small town. While he was living in Paris, a Nazi officer allegedly asked him about his painting,

 

 

THANKS TO NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS DURING THE

20TH CENTURY, SCIENTISTS CAN NOW TELL IF A

PIECE OF ARTWORK IS A FORGERY. PRIOR TO

1945 THE ISOTOPES CAESIUM-137 AND

STRONTIUM-90 DIDN'T EXIST IN NATURE SO OLDER

PAINTINGS WOULDN'T CONTAIN THEM

Thanks to nuclear explosions during the 20th century, scientists can now tell if a piece of artwork is a forgery. Prior to 1945 the isotopes caesium-137 and strontium-90 didn't exist in nature so older paintings wouldn't contain them.

 

 

ALTHOUGH MANY PEOPLE THINK THE AMERICAN

GOTHIC PAINTING BY GRANT WOOD IS OF A

HUSBAND AND WIFE, IT IS ACTUALLY OF A

FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTER

Although many people think the American Gothic painting by Grant Wood is of a husband and wife, it is actually of a father and his daughter

 

 

SOME GERMAN CITIES HAVE ART LIBRARIES

WHERE YOU CAN BORROW ART WORK

FROM LOCAL ARTISTS

Some German cities have art libraries where you can borrow art work from local artists

 

 

LEONARDO DICAPRIO'S MOTHER FIRST FELT HIM KICK

WHILE STANDING IN FRONT OF A PORTRAIT OF

LEONARDO DAVINCI IN ITALY. AND THAT'S

HOW HE GOT HIS NAME

Leonardo diCaprio's mother first felt him kick while standing in front of a portrait of Leonardo DaVinci in Italy. And that's how he got his name.

 

 

IN 1883, AFTER THE ERUPTION OF KRAKATOA IN

INDONESIA, THERE WERE BRIGHT RED SUNSETS ALL

AROUND THE WORLD FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE

FAMOUS PAINTING "SCREAM" IS A DEPICTION OF

ONE OF THESE SUNSETS OVER OSLO, NORWAY

In 1883, after the eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia, there were bright red sunsets all around the world for several months. The famous painting

 

 

IN 2010 A MAN IN MUNICH, GERMANY WAS

INVESTIGATED FOR BEING JOBLESS BUT HAVING

LARGE SUMS OF CASH. IT WAS FOUND THAT HIS

APARTMENT WAS FULL OF ARTWORK BELIEVED TO

HAVE BEEN STOLEN BY THE NAZIS

In 2010 a man in Munich, Germany was investigated for being jobless but having large sums of cash. It was found that his apartment was full of artwork believe to have been stolen by the Nazis

 

 

EARLY IN HIS ACTING CAREER, BILLY MURRAY

WAS GOING TO COMMIT SUICIDE BY DROWNING

IN LAKE MICHIGAN BUT HE FIRST MADE A STOP

IN THE ART INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO WHERE HE

SAW THE PAINTING "THE SONG OF THE LARK"

THAT CHANGED HIS MIND

Early in his acting career, Billy Murray was going to commit suicide by drowning in Lake Michigan but he first made a stop in the art institute in Chicago where he saw the painting

 


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