Portal:Visual arts/Did you know/Archive/2

September 2020

 * ... that Bathsheba at Her Bath has been called "Rembrandt's greatest painting of the nude"?
 * ...that Ananthabhadram, a film by Indian director Santhosh Sivan, was inspired by classical Kathakali dancing and paintings of Raja Ravi Varma?
 * ...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 the world's tallest statue of Hindu god Lord Shiva (pictured) is located in Murudeshwara, a coastal town in Karnataka, India?
 * ...that the Mona Lisa has no eyebrows?
 * ...that Henri Le Secq was a founding member of the short-lived, first ever photographic organization Société héliographique?