The authorship of the painting by Leonardo da Vinci himself is in doubt. Caecilia is believed to be the mistress of the Duke of Milan, Ludovico Sforze. Caecilia is depicted half-turned, which was an innovation for the time. She lived quite a long life by the standards of the time - 63 years and died in honor.

He portrayed the harsh Soviet life unvarnished. He never made it to the front, the management decided that capable students should be saved. There is no varnishing of reality, the heroes are harsh and courageous....

He didn't leave many paintings, but he didn't have any outright passable artwork. He wrote many occult plays and novels. His ideas of occultism Jean Delville promoted in every possible way in society.

The people and animals in his paintings are very three-dimensional. It is much easier to paint “like everyone else”.... Botero prefers bright colors and clearly defined shapes. A dream can become reality if you want it very much.

Leighton was popular, his paintings were eagerly bought. Aesthetics in its purest form, the here and now moment, more typical of the Impressionists. This use of the color orange was innovative.

Here everything came together - the British love of classical salon portraits and realism, Lawrence's desire to meet these tastes, the primness of the English and the strict moralism of the Victorian era, and the artist's paintings, in which he painted nude beauties in the historical setting, quite well within the narrow limits of propriety.