In what A. E. Housman called the ‘valiant air of dawn’, the sky becomes a painting; rose is both colour and verb. Day breathes in. Colour surges forward – lilac, crimson, orange and tawny – and ...

And here we mention some of the most famous artists in the world and the painting that shot them to fame. A true genius of the Renaissance era, Leonardo da Vinci is undoubtedly one of the most famous ...