A masterpiece can also refer to an outstanding performance by a very skilled actor. One might appreciate an artist because he’s captive to his knowledge base in whatever art history. But seeing more broadens the understanding and appreciation of the …
Five hundred years ago, this artist and scientist could portray the human mystery with a wonder that is not religious but biological he holds up humanity as a fact of nature. The opinion of the Masterpiece Vetting Committees is given …
The fresco has survived two wartime threats — Napoleon’s troops used the wall of the refectory on which the fresco was painted as target practice. It also was exposed to the air for several years when bombing during World War …
The creative work may be in a literary, artistic, educational, or musical form. Copyright is intended to protect the original expression of an idea in the form of a creative work, but not the idea itself. Although there are many …
Other missing paintings are probably stashed in a thief’s garage because stolen artwork is hard to fence. But every once in a while, the mysteries of these missing masterpieces are solved, sometimes with an unexpected discovery in the craziest of …
The Hebrew religious text, the Torah, is widely seen as a product of the Persian period (539–333 BC, probably 450–350 BC). This consensus echoes a traditional Jewish view which gives Ezra, the leader of the Jewish community on its return …
For the many not of the elite, the masterpieces forming the canon of art may feel at odds with their lived experience and collective history. It is tempting to abandon the idea of the masterpiece as an obsolete concept tailored …
A picture is like a tree or a church; you’ve got to let it grow into a masterpiece. Nobody knows whether they’re all nonsense or a gift from heaven. And the only people who think anything of ’em are a …