The ten most famous paintings in art history

There is no official approved list of the most important and famous 10 paintings in the world, so we had to choose among hundreds of immortal paintings of painting geniuses in the world to choose a final list that represents, according to the opinion of the majority, according to the statistics carried out under the supervision of Anaslawa. Here are the ten most famous paintings:

1. The Mona Lisa (Leonardo da Vinci)

The most important paintings in the world and the most famous at all, painted by Leonardo da Vinci at the beginning of the sixteenth century in the Renaissance, and it represents a lady from Florence called Lisa del Gocondo, the smile of the Mona Lisa baffled art lovers throughout the ages and surrounded her with a legendary aura that no other painting has received The painting is preserved today in the famous Louvre Museum in Paris

2. The Creation of Adam (Michelangelo)

It is one of the paintings that Michelangelo decorated the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican between 1508-1512 and represents the story of Adam's creation as mentioned in the Bible. The painting gained great fame among art lovers because of Michelangelo's ingenuity in depicting the details of the human body.

3. The Birth of Venus (Andrew Botticelli)

The painting represents the birth of the goddess Venus, the goddess of love and beauty as mentioned in ancient Greek myths, and was painted by Botticelli at the request of his patrons from the Medici rulers of Florence around 1486, and it is preserved today in the Uffizi Museum in Florence

4. Guernica (Pablo Picasso)

The painting represents the ravages of the Spanish Civil War by depicting the suffering of the residents of the small Spanish village of Guernica that was bombed by the German Air Force supporting General Franco's right-wing forces, Pablo Picasso painted the painting in 1937 at the request of the government of the Spanish Republic at the time, the painting is today preserved in the Queen Center Museum Sofia National Museum of Art in Madrid, and a copy of the painting adorns the United Nations building in New York

5. The Last Supper (Leonardo da Vinci)

A fresco painted by Leonardo da Vinci in 1498 to decorate the refectory of the Santa Maria delle Grassi monastery in Milan, the painting represents the Last Supper of Christ before the crucifixion as mentioned in the New Testament of the Bible, and the painting raised many questions about the strange details contained in it and which It was elaborated on by Dan Brown in his famous novel, The Da Vinci Code.

6. The Scream (Edvart Monk)

The Scream by the Norwegian painter Edvard Munk is a vivid embodiment of human pain in the face of modern life, the painting represents a tormented man in front of a blood red sky in a general nightmare-like atmosphere. Two of them are preserved in the Monk Museum and the National Museum in Oslo

7. Starry Night (Vincent Van Gogh)

The Dutch impressionist artist Van Gogh painted his famous painting “The Starry Night” while he was contemplating the view from his room in the mental hospital in the French town of Saint-Rémy in 1889, the painting is preserved today in the Museum of Modern Art in New York

8. May XNUMXrd (Francesco Goya)

The painting, drawn by the Spanish artist Francisco Goya in 1814, depicts the execution of Spanish patriots by the French forces that had occupied Spain during the reign of Emperor Napoleon in 1808, the painting is preserved today in the Museo del Prado in Madrid

9. The Girl with the Pearl Earring (Johannes Vermeer)

The Dutch artist Johannes Vermeer painted this painting in 1665 and it has gained wide fame until some people called it the Mona Lisa of the North. The painting is preserved today in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague.

10. Liberty leads the people (Eugène Delacroix)

The French painter Eugène Delacroix completed this painting in 1830 to commemorate the July Revolution of 1830 against the rule of King Charles X, and it represents a bare-breasted woman symbolizing freedom, raising the French flag and leading the people through the barricades, the painting is preserved today in the Louvre Museum in Paris