The most sophisticated Christmas lights in Europe – swaths of chandeliers and crystals rather than flashing reindeer – illuminate avenues of palaces and cathedrals,
…around the Austrian capital, and the grand buildings of the tree-lined Ringstrasse around the old center. Click the next ARROWÂ to see the next image!
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.