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7 Misconceptions About the Renaissance

The Creation of Adam by Michelangelo.

7 Misconceptions About the Renaissance

12 Illuminating Facts About Mary Cassatt

Mary Cassatt, Portrait of the Artist

12 Illuminating Facts About Mary Cassatt

15 Things You Should Know About The Raft of the Medusa

Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault's The Raft of the Medusa

15 Things You Should Know About The Raft of the Medusa

A Painting by David Bowie Bought at a Thrift Store for $4 Will Sell for More Than $60,000

David Bowie at his first solo art exhibition in London in the 1990s.

A Painting by David Bowie Bought at a Thrift Store for $4 Will Sell for More Than $60,000

How the FBI's National Stolen Art File Reunites Lost Works With Their Rightful Owners

N.C. Wyeth's The Duel was recovered from a Beverly Hills, California pawn shop in 2014, thanks to the FBI's National Stolen Art File database.

16 Priceless Things We've Lost Forever

A reconstruction of the skull of Peking man (Homo erectus pekinensis)

11 Surprising Stories Behind Amazing Artworks

One of Claude Monet's Water Lilies pieces, circa 1925.

You Can Plant Trees and Paint Like Bob Ross as Part of Michigan’s 'Happy Little Getaway' Vacation Package

The Cut River off Higgins Lake in Roscommon, Michigan.

The Louvre Just Launched a New Online Database With Its Entire Collection—More Than 480,000 Artworks

The Louvre by night.

When Picasso’s Weeping Woman Was Stolen By Art Terrorists

Sam Boswell, Flickr // CC BY-SA 2.0

The Reason a Grasshopper Wound Up Stuck in Vincent van Gogh's Painting Olive Trees

Vincent van Gogh painted Olive Trees in 1889 perhaps without realizing it contained a dead grasshopper.

Vincent van Gogh’s Rarely Seen Scène de rue à Montmartre to Be Put on Public Display for First Time Ever

Scène de rue à Montmartre, painted by Vincent van Gogh in 1887.

8 Facts About Fanny Eaton, Jamaican Muse to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

Fanny Eaton, as painted by Joanna Boyce Wells.

Bob Ross Jigsaw Puzzles Are a Happy Little Way to Relax

Discover the joy of puzzling.

Portraits of All the U.S. First Ladies Are Featured in New Book From Smithsonian

Smithsonian Books, The National Portrait Gallery

Bob Ross Monopoly Has Arrived for Your Happy Little Game Night

This might be the first relaxing game of Monopoly you've ever played.