Art
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There are also very old
religious texts that
represent some of the
most published books in
human history. The Bible,
the official holy text of
Christianity, is sometimes
believed to be the
best-selling book ever.
The Koran, the religious
text for Muslims, is also
very popular - obviously
more in Arab countries.
Today, we divide literature
into poetry, prose and
drama. These forms are
further divided into many
other literary genres like
science fiction, crime
fiction and fantasy. The
most popular books these
days sell hundreds of
millions of copies
worldwide, like Harry
Potter, by far the most
popular book series at the
moment
Sculpture is an art that focuses on
creating statues. Statues can have
various shapes, colours and many
other attributes. The most common
commissions for statues have
always been animals, gods, kings
and other extraordinary people.
Like other arts,
sculpture has a
long history and
was very popular
for example in
ancient Greece
and ancient Rome.
The most
interesting
cave paintings
that we can
find on the
European
continent are
in Spain - the
famous Cave of
Altamira - and
France, some
of them are
over 30 000
years old.
In recent years, a few other
discoveries were made in Indonesia,
where at least 40 000 year-old cave
paintings were found.
Prehistoric people mostly portrayed
animals and hunting scenes.
The popularity of painting increased in the
Renaissance era and many famous painters
across Europe were creating their
masterpieces. For example Rembrandt and
Van Gogh from the Netherlands, Sandro
Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci from Italy
and Francisco Goya from Spain became
legends.
Probably the biggest painter of the 20th century was Pablo Picasso,