Painting
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Painting is a visual art, characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color, or other medium to a solid surface. The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements
Mona Lisa (1503–1519) by Leonardo da Vinci is one of the world's most recognizable paintings.
Cave paintings depicting a wild boar hunt in the Maros-Pangkep karst of Sulawesi are estimated to be at least 43,900 years old (2014). This finding was recognized as "the oldest known depiction of storytelling and the earliest instance of figurative art in human history."
The depiction of a bull found in the Lubang Jeriji Saleh, Indonesia, in 2018, is the world's oldest known figurative painting. The painting is estimated to have been created around 40,000 to 52,000 years ago, or even earlier.
In 2021, researchers discovered ancient cave art in Leang Tedongnge, Sulawesi, Indonesia, estimated to be at least 45,500 years old. Depicting a warty pig, this artwork is recognized as the world's oldest known example of figurative or representational art.
Modern art
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Modern art includes artistic work produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s, and denotes the styles and philosophies of the art produced during that era. The term is usu
Vincent van Gogh, Country Road in Provence by Night, May 1890, Kröller-Müller Museum
Paul Cézanne, The Large Bathers, 1898–1905
Georges Seurat, Models (Les Poseuses), 1886–88, Barnes Foundation
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing, 1892