What is the most famous painting?

Answer 1

In Western art, Manet's 'Olympia' is one painting that was controversial in it's own time. This is a subjective answer because there will always be controversial art. Marcel Duchamp's 'Nude Descending a Staircase #2' was also very controversial when it was first shown in America at the Armory Show in 1912. Courbet's 'Origin of the World' (1866) is also a very controversial painting. In the one hundred forty years since these paintings many more controversial pieces of art have been created. This however does not touch on the numerous other Eastern or Indian pieces of art, and demonstrates the difficulty in choosing one specific piece of art.

Answer 2

The Mona Lisa, it is by far the most recognizable and well known work of art in history. There are others like The Creation of Adam, a work by Michelangelo, which adorns the ceiling of the Sistine chapel.

Answer 3

What exactly do you mean? A painting may be conrtiversal jsut as anything else can - particulary things regarding the Church.

Answer 4

I would say The Mona Lisa
I kind of took this from another answer, but the Mona Lisa.

Answer 5

The most famous painting in the world is arguably Mona Lisa by Leonardo da vinci. This is probably because of the woman's enigmatic smile in the picture.

Answer 6

Some of the most controversial pieces of art include 'Tilted Arc' by Richard Serra in 1989 , 'The South Bronx Bronzes' by John Ahearn in 1988, and 'Forever Marilyn' by Seward Johnson in 2011.