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All in the detail

Although Laocoön's facial expression has been criticised for inaccuracy, it could in fact allow the sculpture to reveal conflicting emotions simultaneously (Credit: Alamy)
Art

The revealing detail in an ancient find

By Kelly Grovier

(Credit: Alamy)
Art

A coded symbol hidden in a masterpiece

By Kelly Grovier
(Credit: Alamy)
Art

The ultimate forbidden fruit? A lemon

By Kelly Grovier
Angelico used the illusion of a vanishing point to draw our eyes towards a barred window behind Mary (Credit: Getty Images)
Art

The hidden meaning of a barred window

By Kelly Grovier
The sculpture carefully delineates an earring that attracts our attention (Credit: Alamy)
All in the detail

The 2700-year-old 'fake news'

By Kelly Grovier
(Credit: Alamy)
All in the detail

The detail that unlocks the Mona Lisa

By Kelly Grovier
(Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
Art

The detail that decodes a masterpiece

By Kelly Grovier
(Credit: Alamy)
Art

A detail hidden in a masterpiece

By Kelly Grovier
(Credit: National Gallery)
Art

The toilet humour in an art masterpiece

By Kelly Grovier
The Birth of Venus (Credit: Getty)
Art

Odd details hidden in masterpieces

By Kelly Grovier
(Credit: The Samuel Courtauld Trust, The Courtauld Gallery, London)
Art

A symbol planted in a woman’s cleavage

By Kelly Grovier
(Credit: Louvre)
Art

A subversive message hidden by Da Vinci

By Kelly Grovier
American gothic crop 2
Art

Seven surprising hidden meanings in art

By Kelly Grovier

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