The world's most famous paintings: 'Mona Lisa,' 'Starry Night' and more ... The religious meaning and symbolism behind the painting have made it a masterpiece in Western art history.

50 famous paintings and the stories behind them. By Stacker. ... Heavy on symbolism, the painting demonstrates a Cubist influence, to which the young Chagall was exposed while living in Paris.

Gustav Klimt, an Austrian painter, was one of the most famous and respected members of the Vienna Secession movement. He had mastery in symbolism and art, and a majority of his paintings feature a ...

Art is timeless and these 25 most famous paintings in the world are testaments to ... This Da Vinci formula has since been copied and became the standard for artists creating symbolic paintings. 2.

The eerie stencil paintings of human hands in Spanish caves might not be from humans at all. New dating methods of the paintings suggest some of the cave art could have been drawn by Neanderthals.

This European cave art isn’t the oldest evidence of symbolic behavior, but it is the best-studied and largest collection. Most European cave art dates to between 40,000 and 10,000 years ago.

A major new Vermeer exhibition displays the artist's evocative and serene paintings of daily life – but they harbour secret, symbolic messages, writes Matthew Wilson.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — One of the world’s most famous paintings is now on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum. Called “Under the Wave off Kanagawa,” this painting has inspired countless ...