Cultural depictions of Cleopatra
Cleopatra has been the subject of literature, films, plays, television programs, and art. Only those with Wikipedia articles are cited.
Depictions of Jesus
The depiction of Jesus in pictorial form was controversial in the early Church. The depiction of him in art took several centuries to reach a conventional standardized form for his physical appearance...
Depictions of Muhammad
The permissibility of depictions of Muhammad in Islam has been a contentious issue. Oral and written descriptions are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, but there is disagreement about visua...
Mike Tyson in popular culture
Mike Tyson is an American former World Heavyweight boxing Champion. Tyson, ranked by ESPN as the #1 Most Outrageous Character in modern sports history has appeared in numerous popular media in either ...
Mark Twain in popular culture
Mark Twain has appeared in popular culture as a character in books, films and comics:
Christophe Colomb
Christophe Colomb (Christopher Columbus) is an opera in two parts by the French composer Darius Milhaud. The poet Paul Claudel wrote the libretto based on his own play about the life of Christopher Co...
St Paul (Velázquez)
Saint Paul is a painting by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez painted between 1618 and 1620, now in the National Art Museum of Catalonia.The painting is from the early stage of Velazquez's career, when ...
Discovery of America (statue)
Discovery of America (1837–50) is a large marble sculpture group, by Luigi Persico, assembled in front of the east façade of the United States Capitol building.
It was commissioned in 1837, modele...
Lust for Life (novel)
Lust for Life (1934) is a biographical novel written by Irving Stone based on the life of the famous Dutch painter, Vincent van Gogh, and his hardships.It was adapted into a film of the same name star...
Nativity of Jesus in art
The Nativity of Jesus has been a major subject of Christian art since the 4th century. The artistic depictions of the Nativity or birth of Jesus, celebrated at Christmas, are based on the narratives i...