Opposed to finding TRUTH in SCIENCE, which is a general problem (universal rational path) that can largely be defined independent of the context, TRUTH finding in ART is a personalized problem (private emotional path) that is fully dominated by the context. In the ART approach we could start with literature in which case one has to read a large set of books and starting points are difficult to give. In general Shakespeare and Proust are accepted as top but not of the pops. In music it is not clear if TRUTH can be found, but listening to music will contribute to understanding the world of emotions, as a start listen to my 100 seconds (1 hs) tastelinkers or my top of the pops selection. However, reading and listening will take a lot of time, a better alternative is to study pictures, "a picture is worth a thousand words" and can be interpreted fast, so here we go with a Dutch bias view on reality:

41900 bc Anonymus / Hunting scenes Earliest known cave art by modern humans, representing a daily life truth
1070 Anonymus / Bayeux tapestry 620 men, 190 horses, 37 trees, 35 dogs, 33 buildings, 32 ships, 6 women, 2 camels, from a time when women were of lower status
1434 Jan van Eyck / Arnolfini portret Paint the pregnancy
1560 Pieter Bruegel de oude / Kinderspelen Paint the children playing
1612 Artemisia Gentileschi / Judith and Holofernes The result of me too
1621 Peter Paul Rubens / Isabella Brant Paint the smile of a woman
1648 Gerard ter Borch / Het sluiten van de Vrede van Munster More than 50 men signing the piece treaty of Munster
1650 Diego Velazquez / Pope Innocent X Portrait of a pope that hides a truth that was revealed in 1953 and beyond
1656 Diego Velazquez / Infanta Margarita Paint the child
1658 Johannes Vermeer / Melkmeisje Paint the light
1659 Pieter de Hooch / Binnenplaats met rokende man en drinkende vrouw Paint the bourgeois addiction to smoking and drinking
1664 Philips Koninck / Panoramisch Landschap Paint the clouds
1699 Caspar van Wittel / Piazza Navona Paint the cityview
1791 Francisco Goya / The Straw Manikin Paint the joy
1820 Francisco Goya / Desastres della Guerra No.05 Draw the worst result of human stupidity
1849 Raden Saleh / Javanese Landscape Paint the Orient with Tigers Listening to the Sound of a Travelling Group
1872 Jozef Israëls / Kinderen der Zee Paint the focus of children
1876 Gustave Caillebotte / Floor Scrapers Paint the labour
1877 Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Portrait of Jeanne Samary Paint the cuteness of a face
1880 William Stott of Oldham / Prince or Shepherd Paint the tranquility of the countryside
1885 Jan Veth / Portert van AlbertVerwey The ultimate portrait
1887 Antonio Mancini / Aurelia Paint the Women
1891 Ilja Repin / Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Paint the anti diplomacy approach
1893 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / In Bed Sometimes the title says it all
1899 Claude Monet / Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge Paint the ideal garden
1905 Axel Gallen / Lake Keitele Paint the water surface
1906 Paula Moderson Becker / Self portrait Paint the intimacy of the 6th Wedding Anniversary
1907 Kees van Dongen / Akrobaat Paint the grace of an female acrobat
1911 Edvard Munch / The Sun Paint the power of the sun
1913 Bart Van Der Leck / Buiten met de fiets The Dutch bicycle
1914 Jan Mankes / Jonge Witte Geit Paint the essence of a goat
1915 Egon Schiele / Sitzendes Paar (Egon und Edith Schiele) We zien er al bijna zo uit maar is niet erg hoor !
1918 Gustav Klimt / Portrait of Johanna Staude He loved women too much
1921 Paul Klee / Adam and Little eve Paint the essence of Eve
1923 Alida Pott / Portret of Hilda Idema Paint the essence of consciousness
1927 Joan Miro / Peinture Poeme (Musique, Seine, Michel, Bataille et Moi) Paint the flow of surrealistic dream patterns
1928 Edward Hopper / Night Windows Paint the flow of air
1933 Jeanne Bieruma Oosting / Dame Paint the essence of female nudity from a female perspective
1937 Pablo Picasso / Guernica Paint the worst result of human stupidity
1937 Rene Magritte / The Therapeutist Would you cancel a painting from a sadist who tries to make money with forgeries
1938 Frida Kahlo / The Suicide of Dorothy Hale Paint the suicide in a non appreciated scheme
1943 Willem Gerard Hofker / Ni Goesti Kompiang Mawar Paint the oriental mystic beauty
1944 Piet Mondriaan / Victory Boogie Woogie Abstract ultimo
1953 Francis Bacon / Study After Velazquez Portrait of Pope Innocent X Paint the truth behind a face of the catholic church
1950-1985? Ovartaci / Untitled Not dated Madness Outsider Art
1967 Marc Chagall / Carnival of Flowers Paint the intimacy of love
1971 Sjoerd de Vries / Portret van Adriaan Anne Marie van der Meulen Verboden voor publikatie door Van Der Meulen, de waarheid is soms hard, the Churchill equivalent was burned
1976 Wolfgang Mattheuer / Kuss in Kahn Paint the intimacy of an embracement
1987 Madi Phala / These Guys Are Heavy Black Artists matter with a view on violence
1988 Ingrid Sikkens / Blauwe Pop Picture the essence of attitude
1991 Siri Beerends / Ballon met vliegende vis Dat kan mijn dochter van 5 ook
1993 Paul Rebeyrolle / Hommage a Courbet no 6 Paint the essence of female nudity from a male perspective
1995 Anselm Kiefer / Sternenfall Is this heaven or is this hell ?
1998 Paula Rego / Triptych The most fascinating women
2008 James Morrison / Low water Paint the water and the weather
2012 Wikipedia Kleuterschool / Compilatie Dat kan mijn kind ook
2020 Abdoulaye Konate / Coucher de soleil Display the sunny colors
2021 Ingrid Sikkens et al./ HET EINDE THE END will get us in the end


If we start to use moving pictures the world becomes too complex and binging Netflix can be time consuming and tiresome. Two short moving picture examples that may inspire you outside the standard movies and series:
Francis Alÿs / El Ensayo (Should be experienced in surround) 1999
Pierre Huyghes / Untilled 2012
Tereza Rullerova / Playbour Supersonik 2015
Lotta Blokker / The Hour of the Wolf 20xx