When the large painting was shown to the public, thousands of people paid money to see its strikingly real style.

VOA: special.2009.05.01

The waters can look so still and blue, like a painting, though they can also become rough with waves when the wind blows.

VOA: special.2009.01.05

When this painting was first shown to the public, one critic wrote that all other works were paintings, but this one represented truth.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

John Singer Sargent's painting known as "Madame X" was disputed when it was shown in eighteen eighty-four.

VOA: special.2010.08.04

When she started painting she discovered she could express herself with color and canvas.

VOA: special.2009.07.31

One story says that when Verrocchio saw Leonardo's addition to the painting, he was so amazed by his student's skill, that he said he would never paint again.

VOA: special.2010.09.15