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Published on December 7, 2008
Artists have explored their creative sides to share their visions since prehistoric men painted on cave walls with berries. Many modern artists have produced some incredible pieces using atypical and unusual media and presented here is just a small sampling of...
Published on March 1, 2008
This is a list of amazing illustrations painted directly on to feathers. Many thanks to heavybison for forwarding me the email of these! So, here are the top 10 amazing paintings on feathers. As usual, click on the image for a larger view. These paintings were...
Published on November 7, 2007
Great art usually comes with a high price - and sometimes unbelievably so. This is a list of the most expensive paintings sold to date. The prices quoted are inflation adjusted to 2007 US dollars. Prices are in millions of dollars. 10...
Published on October 19, 2007
There is such a plethora of images of this type out there that I had to set a restriction; the restriction is that the images must include a planet - either a surface or from space. So, here they are - the top 15 stunning images from Science Fiction - in no...
Published on August 29, 2007
The theft of treasure is nothing new - it is one of folklore's most persistent themes - but thanks to novels, films and the newspaper headlines, art theft has captured the public's imagination like few other types of crime have. Below is a list of the top 10 (plus...
Published on August 11, 2007
WARNING: Some adult and shocking content is featured here. This article shows some of the most bizarre art in modern history. Art has progressed well past the concept of recognisable structures to completely outlandish (and often nightmarish) images. Seeing is...
Published on June 30, 2007
This is a list of 8 great works of art (well - maybe one is only nominally so) that were found in unusual places. It makes you wonder how many great works of art are lost to the world simply because no one is looking in the right place! 1. In...
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