Top 10 Enrapturing Paintings

Mona Lisa

• The most famous painting of all time, the Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci during the Renaissance in Florence. He began painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 or 1504 and finished it shortly before he died in 1519.



Mona Lisa

Starry Night

Starry Night

 
• The Starry Night was painted by Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh. The painting shows the village of Saint-Rémy under a swirling sky, in a view from the asylum towards north.

The Last Supper

• The Last Supper is a 15th century mural painting in Milan created by Leonardo da Vinci and covers the back wall of the dining hall at the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.

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  Leonardo da Vinci

The Creation of Adam

• The Sistine Chapel ceiling, painted by Michelangelo between 1508 and 1512, at the commission of Pope Julius II, is one of the most renowned artworks of the High Renaissance. The ceiling is that of the large Chapel built within the Vatican in Rome.

Guernica

• Guernica is one of Pablo Picasso most famous paintings, showing the tragedies of war and the suffering it inflicts upon individuals, particularly innocent civilians.  Picasso completed the painting by mid-June 1937. The painting can be seen in the Museo Reina Sofia in Madrid.

Girl With a Pearl Earring

• Sometimes referred to as “the Dutch Mona Lisa”, the Girl with a Pearl Earring was painted by Johannes Vermeer. Very little is known about Vermeer and his works and this painting is no exception. It isn’t dated and it is unclear whether this work was commissioned, and if so, by whom.

 Scream

Scream

• The Scream is a series of expressionist paintings and prints by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch, showing an agonized figure against a blood red sky.  Edvard Munch created several versions of The Scream in various media.

Night Watch

• Completed in 1642, at the peak of the Dutch Golden Age, The Night Watch is one of the most famous paintings by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.  The painting is on display in the Rijks museum in Amsterdam.

Water Lilies

• Water Lilies (or Nympheas) is a series of approximately 250 oil paintings by French Impressionist Claude Monet.  The paintings are on display at museums all over the world.



The Last Supper

Birth of Venus

• The Birth of Venus is a painting by Sandro Botticelli created around 1485–87. It depicts the goddess Venus (or Aphrodite as she is known in Greek mythology) emerging from the sea upon a shell in accordance with the myth that explains her birth. 

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