Most famous paintings

This select group of most famous paintings will probably continue to echo and leave impressions in the minds of people in the centuries to come.

The "Mona Lisa", "The Last Supper", "Starry Nights", and "Whistler's Mother" are paintings that have inspired and awed people for generations.

one of Klimt's most famous works painted in 1907-1908 and located at the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna.

Artist: Jean-Honoré Fragonard | Year (completed): 1767 | Period: Rococo In The Swing, we can see a young woman fly through the air inside a lovely garden wearing a voluminous pink dress. Her suspension above the ground is made possible by a swing made of a seat cushioned in red velvet and two ropes fastened to the knobby branches of a huge tree. An older man sitting on a stone bench on the far right assists in operating the apparatus. He pulls the swing back to provide the woman the momentum…

More than $850 million — that's the estimated value of the legendary Mona Lisa painting. Nevertheless, one of the most famous paintings and an iconic Renaissance art piece is not for sale. Under French heritage law, an artwork declared priceless is prohibited from being bought or sold. Although you might not be able to take the painting home, you can still take a glimpse at the iconic smiling lady in the Louvre for less than the cost of a meal at Mickey D's.

Limitations stimulate creativity. While that phrasing is credited to business-management scholar Henry Mintzberg, the idea itself has a long history.

Want to see the places Van Gogh painted in real life? Don't miss out on this self-guided art walk when in Arles, France.

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Are you on the Sandro Botticelli Trail in Florence Italy? If so, here's my guide to 12 famous paintings by Botticelli in Florence. I give you an overview of these Botticelli masterpieces and tell you where to find them. Botticelli was the greatest painter of the early Renaissance period.

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