Historical Art
'The Scream:' Facts And Stories About Edvard Munch's Iconic Painting
June 7, 2021
Munch made several versions of his famous painting, including this one in pastels. (Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's most we...
'Hillbilly' Music: Billboard Debuted Country Hits For The First Time
March 25, 2020
Today's country and rock music owe their beginnings to "hillbilly" music. (Photo by D. Corson/ClassicStock/Getty Images) For a long time, country mu...
58 Chilling Sculptures That Show A Different Side To History Than We Already Know
March 9, 2020
Some photos are so chilling, it's just hard to look away. Even more so, a photo of a sculpture carries with it so much mystery that we jus...
Che Guevara Photo: The Iconic Image Explained
March 5, 2020
Taken on March 5, 1960 in Havana, Cuba by photographer Alberto Korda, this famous photo of Latin American revolutionary Che Guevara is one of the most unavoidable photos ...
All I Want For Christmas Is You: History, How Much Mariah Carey Makes Every Year, And More
December 22, 2019
There aren't many artists who had a better year in 1994 than Mariah Carey. After the success of the previous year's Music Box, she...
"Jingle Bells" Is A Thanksgiving Song: What?
December 1, 2019
As one of the best-loved songs of the Christmas season, "Jingle Bells" has become part of our holiday culture, but there is more to this catchy ditty than meets the ear. F...
An Art Critic’s Secret Critique Of Hitler’s Paintings Shown Uncanny Insight
August 22, 2019
Like other world leaders—George W. Bush, Winston Churchill, Jimmy Carter, Francisco Franco, and Queen Victoria, to name a few—Adolf Hitl...
When The Mona Lisa Was Stolen: 1911's Art Theft That Made The Painting World Famous
May 23, 2019
Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vince at the Louvre Museum, Paris, France. Source: (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/UIG via Getty Images...
Leonardo Da Vinci's 'Male Mona Lisa' Sold for $450 Million
November 22, 2017
Last November 15, after 19 minutes of bidding at Christie’s in New York City, a record was broken when a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, called Salvator Mundi, sol...
Real Grasshopper Found In The Paint Of A Van Gogh Masterpiece
November 13, 2017
Art curators at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Mo. discovered the remains of a dead grasshopper on the canvas of Van Gogh’s painting Olive Tre...
15 Impressive Sculptures of the Past and Present
November 11, 2017
Spread your wings | Taken at The Cimitero monumentale di Staglieno. This is an extensive cemetery located on a hillside in Genoa, Italy. Galatea in Acis’ arms | The Medici...
Last Paintings of Some of History's Most Famous Artists
November 9, 2017
Below are the final masterpieces from some of the world's most well-known artists. #1 Claude Monet: Water Lilies Murals (1926) #2 Pablo Picasso's Last Self-Portrait...
Removing 200 Years of Varnish from a Painting
November 8, 2017
A video uploaded by Philip Mould, art dealer and host of BBC’s "Fake or Fortune?", shows the removal of 200 years of varnish from a painting. Check out the incredible video em...
The Story Behind one of the Most Recognizable Paintings in The world
October 14, 2017
The American Gothic House in Eldon Iowa served as the inspiration for Grant Wood’s famous painting American Gothic. In 1930, Wood was visiting Eldon for...
Before Painting the Iconic Mona Lisa, Might Leonardo da Vinci Have Sketched a Nude Version First?
October 11, 2017
Before painting the iconic Mona Lisa, did Leonardo da Vinci have sketched a nude prototype first? This is exactly the quest...
Photographer Recreated Some of History's Iconic Portrait Paintings As Creative Self-Portraits
September 30, 2017
66-year-old photographer Laura Hofstadter came up with a series of black and white self-portraits emulating classical paintings...
Claude Monet's House and Gardens: The Inspiration for Many of His Greatest Works of Art
September 20, 2017
Claude Monet, a leading figure of the Impressionist movement, is also one of the best landscape painters the world has ever seen. Wat...