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Mona Lisa still smiling
Critics, historians, collectors and auction houses generally get the call on which which art works are the best.
It’s probably no surprise to the average person, but the “Mona Lisa” still rules, according to a more general system of ranking.
Leonardo Da Vinci’s creation tops the list of the top 10 oil paintings featured in the media in the last decade.
Compiled by overstockart.com, it was measured according to appearances in print publications, on television shows and in films. Data was gathered with “media aggregators and public Google search statistics.”
The rest of the top 10 included:
“Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer,” by Gustav Klimt, which was sold for a record $135 million in 2006.
“Girl with Pearl Earring,” Johannes Vermeer.
“Starry Night,” by Vincent van Gogh, which was the best-selling oil painting of the last decade.
“Le Rêve (The Dream in French),” by Pablo Picasso.
Self-Portrait in a Velvet Dress, by Frida Kahlo.
“The Café Terrace,” by Vincent van Gogh.
“Untitled,” by Mark Rothko.
“The Scream,” by Edvard Munch.
“Poppies near Vetheuil,” by Claude Monet.
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By Andrew Richards
January 25, 2010 3:01 AM | Link to this
Thank you for this great information! There is an interesting correlation between media coverage and the popularity of the paintings…