...that the Royal Fort in Bristol was built with façades in Baroque, Palladian and Rococo styles because it was a compromise between the designs of three different architects?
...that Lil' Pimp was the first feature-length film to be created entirely with Macromedia Flash animation?
...that chocolate box art(pictured) started in the late 19th century as box decorations, though the term 'chocolate box' is now used pejoratively to describe sentimental pictures?
...that Polish painter and critic Józef Czapski was twice sent to the Soviet Union to find missing Polish officers who had been executed by the Soviets?
...that Saturn Devouring His Son, by Spanish artist Francisco Goya, was painted directly onto the wall of his house and never intended for public exhibition?
...that the archaeological cave of Juxtlahuaca contains Mesoamerica's earliest sophisticated painted art, as well as its only known example of non-Mayadeep cave art?
…that the sōsaku hanga (creative prints) art movement in early 20th century Japan, during the Taishō and Shōwa periods, was helped to revitalize ukiyo-e by applying Western concepts of art to the traditional Japanese style?
…that many culturally significant sites of Australian Aboriginal art have been gradually desecrated and destroyed by encroachment of early settlers and modern-day visitors?
…that the original historical meaning of the word cartoon is a full-size drawing made on paper as a study for a further artwork?
…that Vorticism, considered to be the only significant British artistic movement of the early twentieth century, lasted less than three years?
…that cycloramas, a popular 19th century entertainment, were cylindrical paintings of picturesque views designed to provide a viewer, standing in the middle of the cylinder, with a 360° view of the painting?
…that the remaining panels of Duccio’s masterpiece, the Maestà, are divided between five cities?
…that, because the lion is not native to China, many of the guardian lion sculptures outside Chinese imperial palaces are based on Pekingese dogs?
…that the French art thief Stephane Breitwieser was able to recall every one of the 239 artworks he stole, even interrupting the reading of his collection during his trial several times to correct details?
…that the media used by British artist Andy Goldsworthy include twigs, thorns, mud, snow, icicles and leaves?
…that James McNeill Whistler’s death was prematurely reported by a Dutch newspaper, causing Whistler to remark that reading his own obituary gave him “a tender glow of health”?
...that a physician has put forward the claim that background of the figure of God in Michelangelo's Creation of Adam is an anatomically accurate picture of the human brain?
...that Mahatma Gandhi once said that the British art critic John Ruskin had been the single greatest influence in his life?
...that in 1930 stamps depicting Goya's painting The Nude Maja were issued in Spain, but the United States government barred and returned any mail bearing the stamps?
...that in 1832Daumier served six months in prison for the publication of his cartoon depicting the king as Gargantua?
...that manga means "random (or whimsical) pictures". The word first came into common usage after the publication of the 19th centuryHokusai Manga, containing assorted drawings from the sketchbook of the famous ukiyo-e artist Hokusai?
...that some art forgers have actually gained enough notoriety to become famous for their own right such as the works of Elmyr de Hory?
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...that one of the first art galleries to exhibit photographs as fine art was the Terrain Gallery in NYC?