Opposed to finding TRUTH in SCIENCE, which is a general problem (universal rational path based on definitions, facts or average opinions) that can largely be defined independent of the context, TRUTH finding in ART (private emotional path based on personal opinions) 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. Below a Dutch/Belgian/German (NL, BE, DE) biased view on Essentialization and Idealization:
| 15th century (3) | |
| 1410CA Gebroeders Van Lymborch / Duc de Berry | NL Essentialization of the elite |
| 1434 Jan van Eyck / Arnolfini portret | BE Essentialization of pregnancy |
| 1490 Jheronimus Bosch / Tuin der lusten | NL Essentialization of heaven and hell | 16th century (2) |
| 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 | 17th century (9) |
| 1621 Peter Paul Rubens / Isabella Brant | BE Idealization of a female smile |
| 1624 Frans Hals / Luitspelende Nar | NL Idealization of a male smile |
| 1628-1669 Rembrandt van Rijn / Self portaits | NL Essentialization of the selfie |
| 1648 Gerard ter Borch / Het sluiten van de Vrede van Munster | NL Essentialization of signing piece |
| 1654 Meester I.S. / Portret Man met Blind Oog | NL Essentialization of a blind eye |
| 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 |
| 1662 Samuel Van Hoogstraten / View of a corridor | NL Idealization of a Dutch corridor |
| 1664 Frans Hals / De regentessen van het oudemannenhuis | NL (non?)Idealization of old women | 18th century (1) |
| 1713 Arnold Boonen / Portrait of Catharina Backer | NL Idealization of female grace | 19th century (6) |
| 1818 Caspar David Friedrich / Wanderer above the sea of fog | DE Idealization of the walker |
| 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 |
| 1885 Jan Veth / Portret van AlbertVerwey | NL The ultimate portrait |
| 1886 Bernard Blommers / Het Breistertje | NL Idealization of knitting |
| 1890 Vincent van Gogh / Amandelbloesem | NL Essentialization of almond blossom | 20th century (40) |
| 1906 Paula Moderson Becker / Self portrait | DE Essentialization of a non-pregnant wedding anniversary intimacy |
| 1909 Leo Gestel / Herfst | NL Essentialization of autumn |
| 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 |
| 1918 Thérèse Schwartze/ Portrait of Johanna Theadora Van Hoorn Schouwe | NL Essentialization of a class woman |
| 1937 Rene Magritte / The Therapeutist | BE Would you cancel a painting from a sadist who tries to make money with forgeries |
| 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 |
| 1951 Kees Verwey / Portret van Jeanne Verwey Tilbuscher | NL Essentialization of female conscience |
| 1960ca Dora Tuynman / Abstract | NL Essentialization of the colorful tension between the rectangle and circle |
| 1961 Eugene Brands / Tuin In De Zomer | NL Essentialization of a summer garden |
| 1961 Gerhard Richter / Tante Marianne | DE Indirect Essentialization of the Holocaust horror |
| 1976 Wolfgang Mattheuer / Kuss in Kahn | DE Essentialization of the intimacy of an embracement |
| 1977 Marina Abramovic and Ulay / Relation In Time | DE/RS/NL(where the met) Essentialization of the love connection |
| 1977ca Rob Lieveloo / Déjeuner sur l'herbe, Mieke, Karel, John, Ineke | NL Essentialization of the lost past |
| 1980 Ingrid Sikkens / Konijn Fredje | NL Essentialization of a rabbit |
| 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 |
| 1988 Ingrid Sikkens / Blauwe Pop | NL Essentialization of attitude |
| 1988 Anton Heyboer / Oervogel | NL Essentialization of a chicken |
| 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? |
| 1995 Anselm Kiefer / Sternenfall | DE Idealization of a starry night inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's Sterrennacht, see also Van Gogh / Kiefer |
| 1997 Derk Wessels / /BloemenVaas | NL Essentialization of a flower vase (down syndrome outsider art brut) |
| 1998 Gerhard Richter / Orchid1|Bouquet | DE Idealization of an orchid | Essentia lization of a flower bouquet (2009) |
| 1999 Francis Alÿs / El Ensayo | BE Sisyphean Essentialization, should be experienced in surround for maximum immersion |
| 1999 Ruud van de Wint / Depressie | NL Essentialization of a depression on OSI layer 1 and 7 | 21th century (15) |
| 2000ca Peter Klashorst / Black Beauty | NL Essentialization of black beauty |
| 2000 Ingrid Sikkens / Zonder Titel | NL |
| 2000 Ingrid Sikkens / Chimney decoration | NL Can a decoration be art? |
| 2002 Peter Vos / Air Valentin | NL Essentialization of bird joy, unfortunately drawings have a lower status than paintings |
| 2010 Levi van Veluw / Family / Origin of the Beginning | NL Essentialization of alienation |
| 2012 Wikipedia Kleuterschool / Compilatie | NL Dat kan mijn kind ook |
| 2013 Mark Manders / Biënnale Venetië Zonder Titel | NL Essentialization of a DOGFOXdogfoxmouse |
| 2013 Lotta Blokker / The Hour of the Wolf | NL Essentialization of lying on the floor |
| 2014 Iris Van Herpen, PhilipBeesley / Tensegrity Dress | NL Idealization in fashion sometimes plays a questionable role, but it can become Art (number 3) |
| 2016 Iris van Herpen / Seijaku Dress | NL Idealization in fashion sometimes plays a questionable role, but it can become Art (number 4) |
| 2018 Aline Thomassen / Zonder Titel | NL Essentialization of the female look on a woman |
| 2021 Ingrid Sikkens et al./ HET EINDE | NL Essentialization of THE END |
| 2021 Jemima de Jonge / Uprooted | NL Essentialization of ? |
| 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. |