Renaissance Artists Popularized Linear Perspective in the 1400s

Found in Austria in 1908, the small limestone figure is one of the best-known prehistoric artworks.

Despite producing around 2,000 works, Van Gogh gained little recognition before his death in 1890.

Vincenzo Peruggia took the painting, and it was missing for more than two years. The theft made the portrait far more famous.

Teenagers found the painted cave in southwestern France in 1940. Its walls hold hundreds of animal images, including horses, deer and bulls.