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2022-05-23 17:52:01 #artfacts
It seems we know everything about Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. Buuut, we tried to fascinate you with some little known facts about the painting.

Leonardo didn't sign or put a date on the painting, so there is no exact year of its creation.

The painting was attacked numerous times, hence the bulletproof encasement.

Mona Lisa has her own mailbox in the Louvre for fun letters.

Not fact but story: Leonardo hired musicians to play in the background to support the model during long hours of posing. Відкрити / Коментувати

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2022-05-18 11:58:15 #artquiz
This is the most expensive lot from the Sotheby's auction last night. It's a painting by Pablo Picasso from 1932 that was sold for $67.5 million.

Can you guess the title of this work? Відкрити / Коментувати

2022-05-15 15:03:55 #artinspiration
Iris season is upon us

And, if you've thought about van Gogh's still-lifes with irises — so did we. But, art has so much more to offer.
Here are 8 irises paintings not by Vincent.
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2022-05-10 14:07:57 #dayinhistory
Gone With the Wind, Casablanca, King Kong — we're not just listing classic Hollywood movies here. All scopes for these pictures were written by composer Max Steiner. And it's his birthday today (1888).

He wrote his first opera at the age of 12 and started a career at 15.

Steiner gained the name "the father of film music," creating ~300 scores for movies.

He was the first to win Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score (for Life with father).

Today let's listen to one of his signature compositions



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2022-05-02 12:50:41 #arthistory
Today's birthday of the artist Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni (1695), a master of trompe-l'oeil. What's this?
Trompe-l'oeil is a special art technique to create an optical illusion. It means "deceive the eye."
Examples: painted window and out-of-window space to create an illusion of more space, 3 dimensions objects, people stepping out of the painting's frame, etc.
Here are some works from different times with trompe-l'oeil techniques. Відкрити / Коментувати

2022-04-24 14:12:08 #dayinhistory

Today's the birthday of Dutch-American painter Willem de Kooning (1904-1997).
His style was abstract expressionism (abstraction+vivid colors).
His work "Interchange" is the second most pricey painting globally: $343 million.

Quote: "Art should not have to be a certain way. It is no use worrying about being related to something it is impossible not to be related to.” Відкрити / Коментувати

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2022-04-17 10:51:05 #artquiz
Can simple grass be an art piece?

Sure, like on these paintings from one old master. Look at the precise depiction of the plants, with every tiny detail

Who do you think is the artist? Відкрити / Коментувати

2022-04-12 13:53:08 #dayinhistory
Today is the birthday of the outstanding opera singer Montserrat Caballé (1933-2018).

Here are four facts about the artist:
She had an impressive repertoire: 88 roles in operas and ~800 chamber pieces.
She won several Grammy Awards, like for the recording of Puccini’s La bohème in 1968.
She worked in theatres all over Europe and the United States.
She released a duet with Freddie Mercury on the song "Barcelona."

Caballé used to say:
"I feel like a person who has dedicated her whole life to the music she loves."



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