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 dominated by the context. The context in ART has two main modes of operation, Idealization and Essentialization . 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. Literature, like cinematography, is operating in the domain of story telling, taking lots of time. Also story telling has no direct impact on reality while art can have a direct impact in domains like architecture, fashion, etc. or in the design of objects like airoplanes, cars, chairs, plates etc., where it sometimes degrades to decoration. A fast approach can be taken by studying pictures, "a picture is worth a thousand words" and can be interpreted fast, so here we go with a Dutch/Belgian/German (NL, BE, DE) biased view on Reality, Idealization and Essentialization representing the slow change from mimesian to non-mimesian art:

OLDER THAN THE 15Th CENTURY (3)
41900 bc Anonymus / Hunting scenes ID Essentialization of hunting, earliest known cave art representing a daily life reality in Sulawesi Indonesia
30000 bc Anonymus / Hunting scenes FR Essentialization of hunting, early cave art representing a daily life reality in the Ardèche France
1070 Anonymus / Bayeux tapestry FR Essentialization of male dominance, 620 men, 190 horses, 37 trees, 35 dogs, 33 buildings, 32 ships, 6 women, 2 camels
15th CENTURY (2)
1434 Jan van Eyck / Arnolfini portret BE Essentialization of pregnancy
1490 Jheronimus Bosch / Tuin der lusten NL Essentialization of heaven and hell
16th CENTURY (1)
1515 Albrecht Dürer / Rhinoceros DE Essentialization of a rhinoceros and prove that you can essentialize something you have never seen
1528 Albrecht Dürer / Hare DE Idealization of a hare
1560 Pieter Bruegel de oude / Kinderspelen NL/BE Idealization of childlike playfulness
17th CENTURY (14)
1612 Artemisia Gentileschi / Judith and Holofernes IT Essentialization of the result of me too
1620 Frans Hals / De Rommelpotspeler NL Idealization of poverty
1621 Peter Paul Rubens / Isabella Brant BE Idealization of a female smile
1624 Frans Hals / Luitspelende Nar NL Idealization of a male smile
1648 Gerard ter Borch / Het sluiten van de Vrede van Munster NL Essentialization of signing piece
1628-1669 Rembrandt van Rijn / Self portaits NL Essentialization of the selfie
1650 Diego Velázquez / Pope Innocent X ES Essentialization of a pope that hides a truth that was revealed in 1953 and beyond
1656 Diego Velázquez / Infanta Margarita ES Idealization of a child
1659 Pieter de Hooch / Binnenplaats met rokende man en drinkende vrouw NL Essentialization of the bourgeois addiction to smoking and drinking
1660 Johannes Vermeer / Melkmeisje NL Idealization of a milkmaid
1661 Johannes Vermeer / Gezicht op Delft NL Idealization of Delft
1664 Frans Hals / De regentessen van het oudemannenhuis NL Non Idealization of old women
1664 Philips Koninck / Panoramisch Landschap NL Idealization of clouds
1699 Caspar van Wittel / Piazza Navona NL Idealization of a town square
18th CENTURY (2)
1713 Arnold Boonen / Portrait of Catharina Backer NL Idealization of female grace
1791 Francisco Goya / The Straw Manikin ES Essentialization of joy
19th CENTURY (22)
1800ca Marguerite Gérard / Music lesson FR Essentialization of teaching music
1818 Caspar David Friedrich / Wanderer above the sea of fog DE Idealization of the walker
1820 Francisco Goya / Dog ES Idealization of a dog
1820 Francisco Goya / Desastres della Guerra No.05 ES Essentialization of human stupidity
1832 Katsushika Hokusai / The Great Wave JP Essentialization of the power of a wave
1849 Rosa Bonheur / Ploughing in Nevers FR Essentialization of ploughing
1849 Raden Saleh / Javanese Landscape ID Idealization of the Orient with tigers listening to the sound of a travelling group
1871 William James Webbe / A White Terrier by a Mossy Bank with Flowers GB Idealization of a dog
1872 Jozef Israëls / Kinderen der Zee NL Idealization of the focus of children
1875 Willem Roelofs / The rainbow NL Essentialization of the power of a rainbow
1876 Gustave Caillebotte / Floor Scrapers FR Essentialization of labour
1877 Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Portrait of Jeanne Samary FR Essentialization of the cuteness of a face
1880 William Stott of Oldham / Prince or Shepherd GB Idealization of countryside tranquility
1881 Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Luncheon of the Boating Party FR Idealization of a party
1885 Jan Veth / Portret van AlbertVerwey NL The ultimate portrait
1886 Bernard Blommers / Het Breistertje NL Idealization of knitting
1887 Antonio Mancini / Aurelia IT Idealization of a resting woman
1890 Kate Bisschop Swift / Balcony NL Essentialization of the balcony, a female Vermeer/Renoir painting in an out of fashion style but of higher quality than paintings from Han van Meegeren
1890 Vincent van Gogh / Amandelbloesem NL Essentialization of almond blossom
1891 Ilja Repin / Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks RU Essentialization of anti diplomacy
1893 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / In Bed FR Essentialization of lying in bed
1896 Kate Bisschop Swift / Close up uur NL A female Vermeer
1899 Claude Monet / Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge FR Idealization of a garden
20th CENTURY (59)
1902 Elizabeth Nourse / Meditation US Idealization of a moment of mediation
1905 Akseli Gallen-Kallela / Lake Keitele FI Essentialization of a water surface
1906 Paula Moderson Becker / Self portrait DE Essentialization of the intimacy of a wedding anniversary
1907 Kees van Dongen / Akrobaat NL Essentialization of the grace of an female acrobat
1907 Laurits Tuxen / Summer day at the beach of Skagen DK Essentialization of the beach feeling
1911 Edvard Munch / The Sun NO Essentialization of the power of the sun
1913 Bart Van Der Leck / Buiten met de fiets NL Essentialization of the Dutch bicycle
1914 Jan Mankes / Jonge Witte Geit NL Essentialization of a goat, see photo Essentialization of a donkey
1915 Amedeo Modigliani / Testa rossa IT Essentialization of a womans face
1915 Egon Schiele / Sitzendes Paar (Egon und Edith Schiele) AT Essentialization of an aging couple (We zien er al bijna zo uit maar is niet erg hoor !)
1918 Gustav Klimt / Portrait of Johanna Staude AT Essentialization of one of the many women he loved
1918 Thérèse Schwartze/ Portrait of Johanna Theadora Van Hoorn Schouwe NL Essentialization of a class woman
roaring twenties (6)
1921 Paul Klee / Adam and Little eve DE/CH Essentialization of Adam and Eve
1923 Alida Pott / Portret of Hilda Idema NL Essentialization of female consciousness
1924 Gerrit Rietveld & Truus Schröder / RietveldSchröder huis NL Idealization in architecture somtimes plays a questionable role, but it can become Art
1927 Joan Miro / Peinture Poeme (Musique, Seine, Michel, Bataille et Moi) ES Essentialization of the flow of a surrealistic dream
1928 Edward Hopper / Night Windows US Idealization of a flow of air expressing the mystery of loneliness
1929 Paul Klee / The balloon in the window DE/CH Essentialization of a balloon flight
thirties (4)
1933 Jeanne Bieruma Oosting / Dame NL Essentialization of female nudity from a female perspective
1937 Pablo Picasso / Guernica ES Essentialization of human stupidity
1937 Rene Magritte / The Therapeutist BE Would you cancel a painting from a sadist who tries to make money with forgeries
1938 Frida Kahlo / The Suicide of Dorothy Hale MX Essentialization of suicide in a non appreciated scheme
forties (3)
1943 Willem Gerard Hofker / Ni Goesti Kompiang Mawar NL Essentialization of the oriental mystic beauty
1944 Piet Mondriaan / Victory Boogie Woogie NL Essentialization of the abstraction, note the tension between the squares and the triangles, the simplest 2d figures in math
1948 Karel Appel / Cry of Freedom NL Essentialization of freedom
fifties (4)
1950-1985? Ovartaci / Untitled Not dated DK Essentialization of the madness in outsider art
1950 Otto Djaya / The Battle ID Essentialization of a battle
1953 Francis Bacon / Study After Velazquez Portrait of Pope Innocent X IE Essentialization of finding the truth behind a face of the catholic church after 303 years of truth finding
1955-2024 Olga Ondreickova and Pavel Ondreicka / PLAY Trailer SI Essentialization of the question if architecture can become art
sixties (3)
1966 Else Afelt Flower of the universe no 20 NL Undersestimated COBRA member
1967 Lotti van der Gaag / Festival d'Amour NL Te speels voor COBRA, ja alleen een vrouw kan op deze manier knopen gebruiken
1967 Marc Chagall / Carnival of Flowers RU Essentialization of the intimacy of love
seventies (7)
1970 Jamie Wyeth / Pig US Essentialization of a pig
1971 Frans Zwartjes / Living NL Van de man die de tekeningen van Rembrandt kunst vond maar de nachtwacht kunstig
1971 Sjoerd de Vries / Portret van Adriaan Anne Marie van der Meulen NL Verboden voor publikatie door Van Der Meulen, de waarheid is soms hard, the Churchill equivalent was burned
1976 Francoise Gilot / Woman Fixing her Hair FR After publication "Life with Picasso" he did want to see his children he got with her; this painting was sold for 1.584 EUR in feb 2023, amazing price difference between the male pig and female piglet artist
1976 Wolfgang Mattheuer / Kuss in Kahn DE Essentialization of the intimacy of an embracement
1977 Philip Guston / Sleeping CA Essentialization of an uncomfortable sleep
1977 Marina Abramovic and Ulay / Relation In Time DE/RS/NL(where they met) Essentialization of the love connection
eighties (9)
1980 Ingrid Sikkens / Konijn Fredje NL Essentialization of a rabbit
1983 Moniek Toebosch / Aanvallen van Uitersten, Holland Festival 1983 NL Geluk, geluk, bijna had ik hem, je ne regrette rien
1983 Ingrid Sikkens / Glass contructed object NL Essentialization of catching light
1984 Ingrid Sikkens / Plastic dog NL Essentialization of a dead dog
1985-2010 Lichel van den Ende / Dress NL Idealization in fashion sometimes plays a questionable role, but it can become Art (number 1)
1986 Ingrid Sikkens / Dress NL Idealization in fashion sometimes plays a questionable role, but it can become Art (number 2)
1986 Ingrid Sikkens / Fragile Bird NL Essentialization of fragility
1987 Madi Phala / These Guys Are Heavy ZA Essentialization of the fact that black artists matter with a view on violence
1988 Ingrid Sikkens / Blauwe Pop NL Essentialization of attitude
nineties (11)
1990 Siri Beerends / Ballon met vliegende vis NL Dat kan mijn dochter van 5 ook
1990 Ingrid Sikkens en Siri Beerends / Strand zee zon NL Cooper pair co-operation?
1993 Lucian Freud / Self portraits GB Harsh Reality and wearing my favourite brand of ever lasting repairable Timberland shoes
1993 Paul Rebeyrolle / Hommage a Courbet no 6 FR Essentialization of female nudity from a male perspective
1994 Azzedine Alaïa.jpg / Dress FR Idealization in fashion sometimes plays a questionable role, but it can become Art (number 3)
1995 Anselm Kiefer / Sternenfall DE Is this heaven or is this hell ?
1997 Derk Wessels / /BloemenVaas NL Essentialization of a flower vase (down syndrome outsider art brut)
1997 Pipilotti Rist / Ever is Over All CH Essentialization of agression
1998 Gerhard Richter / Orchid1|Bouquet DE Idealization of an orchid (1998) | Essentialization of a flower bouquet (2009)
1998 Paula Rego / Triptych GB/PT The most fascinating women
1999 Francis Alÿs / El Ensayo BE Sisyphean Essentialization, should be experienced in surround for maximum immersion
21th CENTURY (22)
zero's (6)
2000ca Peter Klashorst / Black Beauty NL Essentialization of black beauty
2000 Bill Viola / Ascension US Essentialization of slow disappearance
2000 Ingrid Sikkens / Chimney decoration NL Can a decoration be art?
2001 Chu Teh-Chun / Complexité CN Essentialization of light and colour
2002 Peter Vos / Air Valentin NL Essentialization of bird joy, unfortunately drawings have a lower status than paintings
2008 James Morrison / Low water GB Essentialization of Water and the weather
tens (7)
2010 Levi van Veluw / Family / Origin of the Beginning NL Essentialization of alienation
2012 Wikipedia Kleuterschool / Compilatie NL Dat kan mijn kind ook
2012 Pierre Huyghes / Untitled FR
2013 Lotta Blokker / The Hour of the Wolf NL
2015 Tereza Rullerova / Playbour Supersonik CZ Essentialization of playfull work
2015 Laurie Anderson / Heart of a Dog US With a touch of Kierkegaard and Wittgenstein (see last page of my PhD)
2017 Matthew Wong / The journey home CA Essentialization of a sunny trip home
twenties (but not roaring) (9)
2012 Miriam Cahn / Weinen Müssen CH Essentialization of grief
2018 Aline Thomassen / Untitled NL Essentialization of the female look on a woman
2020 Jacqueline De Jong / Border Line NL Essentialization of a border line
2020 Abdoulaye Konaté / Coucher de Soleil au Sahel ML Essentialization of sunny colors
2021 Ingrid Sikkens et al./ HET EINDE NL Essentialization of THE END (1)
2022 Iris van Herpen / Dress NL Idealization in fashion sometimes plays a questionable role, but it can become Art (number 4)
2023 Unknown Child in Gaza / THE END IS NEAR PS Essentialization of THE END (2)
2023 Ronald Zuurmond / Vertrokken Onbekend Waarheen NL Essentialization of fleeing refugees
2024 Birgit Osten (Albrecht Dürer) / I love Nürenberg and Standards DE Essentialization of the three way Cooper pair co-operation between TNO, OPTICOM and SwissQual, allowing to set a wide perspective ITU standard on speech quality. Farewell gift from OPTICOM.


And what about music? It is not clear if TRUTH can be found in this domain, 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.