Art has been used as a reflection of man’s feeling, his world and civilization. From strict human resemblances at the Early Renaissance to the Apollonian freehandedness of Abstract Expressionism, every period has given birth to staggering, moving and evocative images. Here, we map the routes of some of the most engaging stories represented in several of the most widely recognized artworks globally.
1. Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
It will be difficult to name any other creations that have been as popular as *Mona Lisa *by Leonardo da Vinci. This masterpiece painted in early 16th century represents a subject that has turned her lips into a very mysterious smile Although the smile raises eyebrows, technical innovations given into this trick hold the world record. They both affect the mood of the painting, shading and sfumato that soften the transition between different colours enhances a dream like look. This piece of art work still hangs in the Louvre and is one art master piece that depicts the mystery of art within time.
2. The Starry Night is the painting done by Vincent van Gogh.
The final painted work – The Starry Night was painted in 1889 depict the night sky in French town of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Vincent van Gogh and his style of painting is characterized by heavy texture and splendid colours that remove it from realism and add movement and feeling. Today this painting reflects the strength of the artist’s thought, it encompasses both the aesthetic and the tortured. The very and unique aims of the approaches that Van Gogh artworks made the foundation of the global movement of the modern expressionism and influenced many artistic enthusiasts.
3. Eternal Art and Memory; Salvador Dalí – The Persistence of Memory.
This research analyzes the features of the post-impressionist painting *The Persistence of Memory* created by Salvador Dalí where focuses on the concepts of time, reality and subconsciousness. The better known part of the picture showing melting clocks in the background against the backdrop of a desert has been a source of wonder to most since its creation in 1931. Focusing on dreams and irrationality, this work encourages people to think about the reality and the nature of time. Indeed, since then, the work of Dalí literally became one of the most popular and successfully reproduced images of the 20th-century art.
4. Guernica by Pablo Picasso
The autocratic Picasso churned out the great piece of the anti-war mural in response to the bombing of Guernica in the Spanish Civil War in 1937. Expressive meanings of agony, loss, senselessness of warfare, and the ruined faces of the people can also be depicted from the monochromatic painting. Cubistic manner of Picasso transforms this epoch into a set of gestures, while forcing the audience to face the emotional message in every frame. It is a piece that in the contemporary world still provokes so deep reflections about the use of art that was painted more than 80 years ago.
5. Fear as depicted by Edvard Munch – the Scream.
Fear By Edvard Munch *Il Grido* (1893a the man with his hands placed over his wide opened mouth stands out against a particularly agitated, almost vehement, background. Grunning with personal feelings of oppressiveness, *The Scream* embodies the global sentiments of dread as well as rejection, hence never ageing and always being contemporary. Best exemplifying the directions Munch contributed to Expressionism and having solidified a place in pop culture, this work is this.
6. Girl with a Pearl Earring painted by Johannes Vermeer
Sometimes called the Northern Mona Lisa, this painting by Johannes Vermeer is a masterpiece of simple complexity. The painting, done in the 17th century, the overalls with direct yet coy look is one that continues to baffle art lovers. Girl with pearl earring painting has made woman’s eyes and the changes in the light on her face testifies to chiaroscuro mastery by Vermeer. Unlike most portrait paintings, this work depicts a snapshot of a moment, a strategy which defines portrait painting to this day.
7. American Gothic by Grant wood
One of the most familiar examples of American Art, *American Gothic* by Grant Wood was painted at the zealous height of Great Depression. A farmer holds his daughter’s hand, and both wear the same grim expression: they dwell in a Midwestern house with Gothic-style windows. Although it was first categorized as a satire on the American rural life, the gopher has turned out to symbolize perseverance and’tenacity. Wood’s works remain famous up to date addressing issues to do with identity and culture.
Conclusion
Famous artworks are real art worthy for representing the whole spectrum of human experience and emotions. In that each work contains within it the experience, feeling, thought by the creator. They go on to assert the fact that art is an effective linguistic tool beyond the barriers of political boundaries, time and space, as well as ideologies of the society or world contemporary to the creation of art. The idea here is to go on joyfully ‘recalling’ and ‘saving’ these works so that they can serve as the reminders of what their makers and, in turn, everyone of us is capable of – amazement, thinking, and being close.
