Giants of Arts

At the young age of 23, Michelangelo broke all traditions and created his first masterpiece - the Pietà, of Mary cradling the body of Jesus Christ after his death, who looks as if he was sleeping peacefully. Michelangelo's David, carved from a 7-metre-high block of marble, also broke taboos of its time - an anatomically perfect body representing the freedom and sovereignty of the spirit.

His tragic life, his self-inflicted ear injury, his mysterious seizures, his dramatic and premature death, the impact of his distinctive paintings - according to research, these ingredients have made Vincent van Gogh the most famous painter of all time. At the same time, the Dutchman embodied a mad genius like hardly any other artist. But was Vincent van Gogh really insane?