New Delhi: Art delves with creativity, cultural diversity, and innovation. It provides an opportunity to disseminate information across the globe of perspectives. It raises inquisitiveness to explore and challenge prejudices. Art transcribes the past and supports sustainable development. Thus, April 15, is celebrated as World Art Day. It signifies unity or connects people together through varied artistic creations that help drive an equitable and inclusive education setup.
Its mere brush strikes engulf a power of understanding human minds. To understand, the pandemic gave them an opportunity for artists to connect with humans and boost their confidence. Apart from that, there are numerous artists and their creations which help us widen the spectrum of our thinking power.
Here are some art paintings that are recognized across the globe:
- Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa smile has nothing to do with the importance of this painting. ~ Leonardo da Vinci. pic.twitter.com/3uuWYm59Wi
— Rain (@ryangrainger72) April 15, 2023
The most recognized painting that almost everyone has come across is a painting by a famous Italian artist named Leonardo Da Vinci. Mona Lisa has been considered the most written about painting. Not just this, it has been the most sung, visited, and best-known piece of art.
2. Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring is an oil painting by Dutch Golden Age painter Johannes Vermeer, dated c. 1665. (Mauritshuis, The Hague, Netherlands). #art pic.twitter.com/WdVCbMG1kU
— EUROPEAN ART (@EuropeanArtHIST) October 11, 2020
It’s a beautiful piece of art depicting a young girl with a head scarf and a pearl earring which has been laid down by the Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer. Interestingly, a novel with the same title was written by Tracy Chevalier which too grabbed huge attention just like the painting achieved the status of a most famous painting by almost every country it traveled.
3. The Last Supper
The Last Supper (Il Cenacolo or L’Ultima Cena) by Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1495–1498. Housed in the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan. The painting specifically depicts the moment after Jesus announces that one of his apostles will betray him. pic.twitter.com/Olp5fqlndd
— ?_ (@rebeca6169) April 6, 2023
Leonardo Da Vinci’s painted art has been in existence for around 500 years now. The painting provides a glimpse of Jesus before his arrest, betrayal, and death. To believe, it is apparently located at a monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan.
4. The Starry Night
#artnews There is a never-ending intrigue with Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ and for good reason.
James Hall, an art historian, theorises that the Eiffel Tower had a significant influence “on the artist’s series of paintings of cypress trees based on how the monument was unveiled”. pic.twitter.com/CoecrA7DVo
— Canvas Gallery (@CanvasGallery) April 12, 2023
It’s a Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh’s painting depicting a view of the window facing east with an imaginary village. Reportedly, it is located at the New York Museum of Modern Art.
5. Guernica
#OTD in 1937, the Basque town of Guernica was bombed by the German Luftwaffe’s Condor Legion and Italy’s Aviazione Legionaria. This bombing of civilians immediately caused international outrage, later amplified by Pablo Picasso’s large anti-war painting ‘Guernica’. pic.twitter.com/fQXwtjuF5n
— Katja Hoyer (@hoyer_kat) April 26, 2022
The painting is a great creation by a Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso. The art piece has been regarded as history’s most powerful anti-war painting, by some. It is located at the Museo Reina Sofia of Madrid.