;

By Jackson Pollock

Mural is a large painting by American artist Jackson Pollock.

Although signed and dated 1943, the signature and date were not
added until 1947, and the work was probably completed around the
fall of 1943. It was made with oil paint (and an off-white water-
based paint) on linen, and is Pollock's largest canvas, measuring 2.43
by 6.04 metres (8 ft 0 in × 19 ft 10 in). The work was commissioned
by Peggy Guggenheim for the long entrance hall of her townhouse at
155 East 61st Street in New York City.

The work marks an important transitional moment in Pollock's

artistic career, from his earlier works of surrealist abstraction
towards action painting. It has been held by the University Of Iowa
Museum Of Art since 1951.
 By Vincent Van Gogh

The Church at Auvers is an oil painting created by Dutch post-

impressionist artist Vincent van Gogh in June 1890 which now hangs
in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, France.

The actual church is in Place de l'Eglise, Auvers-sur-Oise, France, 27

kilometres (17 mi) north-west of Paris.
 By MichaelAngelo

Moses (Italian: Mosè [moˈzɛ]; c. 1513–1515) is a sculpture by the

Italian High Renaissance artist Michelangelo Buonarroti, housed in
the church of San Pietro in Vincoli in Rome. Commissioned in 1505
by Pope Julius II for his tomb, it depicts
the biblical figure Moses with horns on his head, based on a
description in chapter 34 of Exodus in the Vulgate, the Latin
translation of the Bible used at that time.
 By Leonardo Da Vinci

The Vitruvian Man (Italian: Le proporzioni del corpo umano secondo Vitruvio,
which is translated to "The proportions of the human body according to
Vitruvius"), or simply L'Uomo Vitruviano (Italian pronunciation: [ˈlwɔːmo
vitruˈvjaːno]), is a drawing made by the Italian polymath Leonardo da
Vinci around 1490. It is accompanied by notes based on the work of the Roman
architect Vitruvius. The drawing, which is in ink on paper, depicts a man in two
superimposed positions with his arms and legs apart and inscribed in a circle and
square. The drawing and text are sometimes called the Canon of Proportions or,
less often, Proportions of Man. It is kept in the Gabinetto dei disegni e stampe
of the Gallerie dell'Accademia, in Venice, Italy, under reference 228. Like most
works on paper, it is displayed to the public only occasionally, so it is not part of
the normal exhibition of the museum.

The drawing is based on the correlations of ideal human body proportions with
geometry described by the ancient Roman architect Vitruvius in Book III of his
treatise De architectura. Vitruvius described the human figure as being the
principal source of proportion among the classical orders of architecture.
Vitruvius determined that the ideal body should be eight heads high. Leonardo's
drawing is traditionally named in honor of the architect.
 By Vincent van Gogh

The Starry Night is an oil on canvas by the Dutch post-

impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. Painted in June 1889, it
describes the view from the east-facing window of his asylum room
at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, just before sunrise, with the addition of
an ideal village. It has been in the permanent collection of
the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1941, acquired
through the Lillie P. Bliss Bequest. Regarded as among Van Gogh's
finest works, The Starry Night is one of the most recognized
paintings in the history of Western culture.