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hi this is Anita from Five Minutes with
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Art today I'm going to try to answer the
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question what are the most beautiful
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pieces of art in the world and explain
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to you why this is a very difficult
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question to answer and is very
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subjective you know what makes an art
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great or what makes an artist great this
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actually is a very subjective question
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if you are an artist it is very much
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based upon personal opinion and cultural
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context we in my business we design and
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manufacture home furnishings home decor
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and I can tell you I can show a design
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to one person they might say "Oh that's
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the ugliest thing I've ever seen." I
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could show it to somebody else and might
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say "Oh fantastic i love it." It is so
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subjective what people like and art is
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you know artists often though have a
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unique vision or perspective on the
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world that they can express through
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their art and that's what really makes
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an artist great is that artists have a
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first of all they have a mastery of
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their craft in that they are extremely
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highly technically able to paint and
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master paint they understand the paints
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they understand the brush they
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understand the canvas they understand
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how to be a master by using the
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paintbrush the canvas and the paints to
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convey some type of message the great
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artists are innovators they have a sense
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of innovation the great artists
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throughout history people that consider
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the greatest artists have done somehow
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they've innovated they have created
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something that is not only spectacular
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but shows innovation for their time and
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they're original they have originality
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that they something is original and
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unique to them specifically they might
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draw inspiration from other artists but
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they are able to put their own spin on
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it there's an originality there their
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art has a lasting impact it is something
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that people want to still see today it
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has an impact to still be able
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to to inspire people i've written a blog
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post on this where I've listed out 15 of
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what I consider to be some of the most
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beautiful art in the world i'm just
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going to highlight a few of them if
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you'd like to be able to see all 15 i'm
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going to put a link below into our
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podcast but of course you cannot talk
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about this without talking about Mona
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Lisa you know there's some people say
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like I don't see what the big deal is
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about Mona Lisa why do people love the
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Mona Lisa i think it's kind of an ugly
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painting it doesn't do much for me but
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yet the Mona Lisa is the most visited
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painting in the Louvre in Paris France
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in fact it is the most seen painting in
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world that is why it must be mentioned
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when you're talking about beautiful
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paintings whether you like it or you
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don't like the Mona Lisa to me it's a
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magnificent painting it shows great
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technical skill it it shows you know
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just what a master Leonardo da Vinci was
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and it just just shows how he was able
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to create something that could last for
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so long and inspire people for so long
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of a time that is why number one would
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have to be Mona Lisa number two I'd have
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to put down is The Last Supper by
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Leonard Da Vinci i love The Last Supper
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it shows Leonardo's genius and master as
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not only a painter but as understanding
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human emotion the fact that he painted
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Christ at the exact moment when Christ
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said "One of you is going to betray me."
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And he showed the reactions of all the
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apostles this was very unique and
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different from the way other people were
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painting Christ during his time this is
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also a masterpiece that has withtood the
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test of time another painting which you
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know really has to make it in the top is
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the starry night by Vincent Van Go if
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you've been listening to my podcast you
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know I'm a great fan of Vincent Van Go
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but the Starry Night what makes it such
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a masterpiece is the way he for his time
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the way he saw the night sky the
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swirlings the the you know the way the
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sun is going all of these things are
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like magical the way the cypress tree
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sits out in the front in this um you
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know village below all of these things
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make it a masterpiece and you know where
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it earns its place as one of the most
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beautiful paintings in the world what's
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really unique about this painting is
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that Vincent Mango was in an asylum when
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he painted it another one is a screen by
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Edward Munchch and this of course is
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another classic it's um not a very
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pretty painting there's somebody
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screaming um but it's it's really
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classic painting u for this time and era
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and there's a lot of things that are
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just great about this painting
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itself so you can go on and read some of
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the other ones i've got 15 of them
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listed out here but many of them are
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paintings that you should recognize i
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just want to mention one more is
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Johannes from painting a girl with a
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pearl earring i love that painting i
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love the way the girl looks i love the
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you know turban on her head i love the
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pearl i feel like she's coming out of
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the canvas right at me and that's why I
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consider it one of the most beautiful
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paintings in the world and he was just a
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master artist itself that deserves a
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place as being one of the great artists
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you can go in and you can see these you
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you should recognize many of these
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paintings themselves um some of them you
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might love some you might hate some you
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might think well you know I don't know
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if that deserves it or not but they
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certainly are paintings that are well
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known around the world we'll put a link
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below go on there and check out what we
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consider to be 15 of the most beautiful
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pieces of art in the world this is Anita
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from Five Minutes with Art thank you so
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much for listening where hopefully in
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five minutes a week you can learn
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something new about art that you didn't
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know before we appreciate you our
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audience and we'd like to thank our team
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