Top 10 Controversial Paintings

Paintings are the most divine form of art. Over the time lacs of artists have chosen this profession. The key idea behind a painting is to reflect a thought by portraying situations using sheer creativity of mind. One cannot deny that paintings often cause a lot of trouble for the artists when they take their imagination to a provocative level. Topyaps has listed "Top 10 Controversial Paintings" of all time in their list as follows:

1. Leonardo Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”
2. Leonardo Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper”
3. Gustav Courbet’s “Origin of the New World”
4. Pablo Picasso’s “Les Demoiselles d’Avignon”
5. Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgment”
6. Rembrandt’s “Night Watch”
7. Salvador Dali's "Persistence of Memory"
8. Gustav Courbet's “Burial at Ornans”
9. John Singer Sargent’s “Madame X”
10. Jacques-Louis David's “The Death of Marat”

These are definitely the most controversial paintings of all time. Mona Lisa is the most famous and most controversial painting of all time. The controversial aspect about the painting is that many people believe that it reflects secret messages on the life of Christ. The second rank also goes to a painting created by Leonardo Da Vinci known as "The Last Supper". Other paintings mentioned in this list have aroused controversy on a number of issues such as portrayal of absurd events, naked characters and reflection of outrageous messages.