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

When we're looking at a painting of a naked body we don't say, "Oh, that's a naked body."

当我们看到裸体画像时，我们不会说：,“看呐，这人没穿衣服“

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Of course you will notice some of the continents are painted incorrect, 'cause when they got paint in their hands, they start painting areas that should be water lands or lands that ended up to be water.

你肯定会发现,有些大陆画得不够准确，因为他们拿起刷子后，就会把,海洋画成陆地,而把陆地画成海洋。

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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