This frighteningly named coastline is appropriately named. Not only does the lethal Benguela Current regularly cause ship wrecks, but the surrounding waters are home to 11 species of shark.
Oh, and predators including lions and hyenas can be found patrolling the beach. It’s little wonder that Portuguese navigators used to have another name for this coast as well: “The Gates of Hell.”
Painting is an ancient medium and even with the introduction of photography, film and digital technology, it still has remained a persistent mode of expression. So many paintings have been limned over dozens of millennia that only a relatively small percentage of them could be construed as "timeless classics" that have become familiar to the public—and not coincidentally produced by some of the most famous artists of all time. We, of course, have our opinion of what makes the grade and we present them here in our list of the best paintings of all time.
