"This is Niagara, with the roar left out!" --- an enthusiastic art critic about Niagara by Frederic Edwin Church, who was the first to capture this magnificent natural wonder on a grand scale in 1856.

When finished, the painting was an enormous success. It was shown in a one-painting exhibition and within two weeks more than 100,000 people had paid to see this painting.

 "This is Niagara, with the roar left out!" --- an

The tiny house in the foreground shows the magnificence of the Rocky Mountains.

Storm in the Mountains was painted in 1870 by Albert Bierstadt, member of the Hudson River and Rocky Mountains schools of painters.

 The tiny house in the foreground shows the magnificence of

The golden glow of fading sunlight above the water is one of those magical moments that the world has to offer.

The Island of Ischia at Sunset (1857) was painted by Ivan Aivazovsky, who created over 6000 seascapes during his long career.

It shows the Island of Ischia in the Gulf of Naples, one of Aivazovsky's favorite locations to capture the sea. Aivazovsky, however, did not paint these works entirely outside. He had grown up next to the sea and it had intrigued him throughout his life. Because of this, he had such a brilliant memory of how the sea looked like, that he could create these paintings largely from his mind.

 The golden glow of fading sunlight above the water is one

Many list The Swing by Fragonard among their favorites. A naughty painting showing how a young man hiding in the bushes tries to peek under the skirt of his lover on the swing.

 Many list The Swing by Fragonard among their favorites. A

During his first six-month tour of Italy, J.M.W. Turner filled 23 sketchbooks with impressions from Rome. Among them were several ones of the Colosseum. This trip would have a major impact on Turner.

 During his first six-month tour of Italy, J.M.W. Turner

Klimt spent four years to create his incredible Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I.

The hundreds of sketches and hours paid off, as the work sold for $135 million in 2006.

 Klimt spent four years to create his incredible Portrait of

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The Wedding at Cana by Veronese is in the same room as the Mona Lisa and part of our free audio tours in the Amuze app: www.amuzeapp.com