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:

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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 Pregnancy
1560 Pieter Bruegel de oude / Kinderspelen Idealization of childlike playfulness
1612 Artemisia Gentileschi / Judith and Holofernes The result of me too
1620 Frans Hals / De Rommelpotspeler Idealization of poverty
1621 Peter Paul Rubens / Isabella Brant Idealization of a female smile
1624 Frans Hals / Luitspelende Nar Idealization of a smile
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 Idealization of a child
1659 Pieter de Hooch / Binnenplaats met rokende man en drinkende vrouw The bourgeois addiction to smoking and drinking
1660 Johannes Vermeer / Melkmeisje My favourite painter paints the extra ordinary light on an ordinary milkmaid
1661 Johannes Vermeer / Gezicht op Delft My favourite painter paints the ultimate city view
1664 Frans Hals / De regentessen van het oudemannenhuis Non Idealization of old women
1664 Philips Koninck / Panoramisch Landschap Beauty of clouds
1699 Caspar van Wittel / Piazza Navona City view
1791 Francisco Goya / The Straw Manikin Ultimate joy
1820 Francisco Goya / Desastres della Guerra No.05 Result of human stupidity
1849 Raden Saleh / Javanese Landscape Orient with tigers listening to the sound of a travelling group
1871 William James Webbe / A White Terrier by a Mossy Bank with Flowers Idealization of a dog
1872 Jozef Israëls / Kinderen der Zee The focus of children
1875 Willem Roelofs / The rainbow Power of the rainbow
1876 Gustave Caillebotte / Floor Scrapers Labour
1877 Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Portrait of Jeanne Samary Cuteness of a face
1880 William Stott of Oldham / Prince or Shepherd Idealization of countryside tranquility
1881 Pierre-Auguste Renoir / Luncheon of the Boating Party Party idealization
1885 Jan Veth / Portert van AlbertVerwey The ultimate portrait
1887 Antonio Mancini / Aurelia Idealization of women
1890 Kate Bisschop Swift / Balcony A female Vermeer/Renoir that painted in an out of fashion style but better than Han van Meegeren
1891 Ilja Repin / Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks Anti diplomacy approach ?
1893 Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec / In Bed Sometimes the title says it all
1896 Kate Bisschop Swift / Close up uur A female Vermeer
1899 Claude Monet / Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge Idealization of a garden
1902 Elizabeth Nourse / Meditation Idealization of a moment of mediation
1905 Axel Gallen / Lake Keitele Water surface
1906 Paula Moderson Becker / Self portrait Intimacy of the 6th Wedding Anniversary
1907 Kees van Dongen / Akrobaat Grace of an female acrobat
1907 Laurits_Tuxen / Summer day at the beach of Skagen The ultimate beach feeling
1911 Edvard Munch / The Sun Power of the sun
1913 Bart Van Der Leck / Buiten met de fiets The Dutch bicycle
1914 Jan Mankes / Jonge Witte Geit Essentialization of a goat, see photo essentialization of a donkey and plastic essentialization of a dog
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 Essence of Eve
1923 Alida Pott / Portret of Hilda Idema Essence of female consciousness
1927 Joan Miro / Peinture Poeme (Musique, Seine, Michel, Bataille et Moi) Flow of surrealistic dream patterns
1928 Edward Hopper / Night Windows Idealization of a flow of air expressing the mystery of loneliness
1933 Jeanne Bieruma Oosting / Dame Essence of female nudity from a female perspective
1937 Pablo Picasso / Guernica 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 Suicide in a non appreciated scheme
1943 Willem Gerard Hofker / Ni Goesti Kompiang Mawar Oriental mystic beauty
1944 Piet Mondriaan / Victory Boogie Woogie Abstract ultimo
1953 Francis Bacon / Study After Velazquez Portrait of Pope Innocent X The truth behind a face of the catholic church after 303 years of truth finding
1950-1985? Ovartaci / Untitled Not dated Madness Outsider Art
1967 Marc Chagall / Carnival of Flowers 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 Francoise Gilot / Woman Fixing her Hair 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 Intimacy of an embracement
1977 Philip Guston / Sleeping Uncomfortable sleep
1987 Madi Phala / These Guys Are Heavy Black Artists matter with a view on violence
1988 Ingrid Sikkens / Blauwe Pop Essence of attitude
1991 Siri Beerends / Ballon met vliegende vis Dat kan mijn dochter van 5 ook
1993 Lucian Freud / Self portraits Harsh reality and wearing my favourite brand of ever lasting repairable Timberland shoes
1993 Paul Rebeyrolle / Hommage a Courbet no 6 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 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
2023 Unknown Child in Gaza/ THE END IS NEAR 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