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"
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
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
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 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
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
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