Everything You Know About Art is Wrong

Intro
 Title
 Contents
 Introduction
 The World of Art
 All artists are tortured geniuses who live Bohemian but impoverished lifestyles
 Art is a young personâ#x80
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 Art is useless, a waste of money
 Primitive art is inferior to Western art
 A true work of art must be unique
 Between the ancient world and the Renaissance, art was effectively dead
 Art is all about wandering around galleries
 Women couldnâ#x80
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t make a career out of art until the 20th century
 True artists should do the work themselves
 Painting
 The oldest art in the world can be found in the caves of Lascaux in France. Still-life paintings are dull and unimaginativeCaravaggio changed painting forever with his candlelit scenes
 The Impressionists were the first to truly paint outdoors
 Van Gogh only sliced off part of his ear
 Kandinsky invented Abstract art
 Painting is dead â#x80
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 nobody does it anymore
 Sculpture
 Ancient sculptures are plain and boring
 The Statue of Liberty is the largest sculpture in the world
 Equestrian statues contain a hidden code showing how the subject died
 Easter Island contains hundreds of mysterious stone heads
 Architecture
 There are three classical orders of architecture. The keystone is the most important stone in an archNobody built in concrete before the 20th century
 Modern architecture is all just monotonous glass and steel
 Stonehenge was built by druids (and other landmark lies)
 Other Art Forms
 The invention of photography was seen as a major threat to artists
 Walt Disney designed Mickey Mouse, who first appeared in Steamboat Willie
 The famous tapestry made in Bayeux shows how King Harold took an arrow in the eye at the Battle of Hastings
 Most street artists are teenage boys who illegally spray on walls. Conceptual art is a load of rubbish that anyone could put togetherArtâ#x80
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s Daftest Conspiracy Theories
 The Mona Lisa is actually a hidden self-portrait of Leonardo
 Michelangelo hid anatomical sketches in the Sistine Chapel
 Van Gogh was colour-blind
 Goyaâ#x80
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s Black Paintings were forgeries, made after his death
 Rembrandt used mirrors and lenses to paint his masterpieces
 Walter Sickert was Jack the Ripper
 Leonardoâ#x80
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s Last Supper is full of secret codes
 Further misquotes and minor misconceptions
 Are you pronouncing it wrong?
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s start a new wave of false facts
 Further information. IndexAcknowledgments
 About the author
 Copyright.