Art Facts!!

 Art Fact #1: The heads of the Roman statues were detachable so they could be interchangeable. 


Fact 2: Vincent van Gogh made two starry nights; 

 The first is the one we all know: 


The second one is called Starry Night Over the Rhone. This is what it looks like:


Fact #3: It is a common myth for people to think that Michelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel while lying down, but he actually painted it while standing up. He stood on a scaffold that he made himself.


Fact #4: The Easter Island Heads actually have bodies! The bodies are buried beneath the ground and are hidden from view.

Fact #5: The American Gothic is actually a portrait of a father and a daughter, not a wife and a husband. 




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