The encyclopedia presents the best works in the history of painting, from the early Renaissance (XIII century) to the second half of the XX century. These masterpieces are admired by millions of people, they are inexhaustible sources of inspiration, the basis of the cultural and creative education of any person. Some of them became milestones in the development of world art, forever changing the generally accepted ideas about beauty, while others have been considered a measure of public taste for many centuries to this day.