As written, this trope is specifically limited to paintings, not all works of art.
The following items have been removed from the page and placed here because they aren't paintings and are thus Not an Example of the trope.
"The Green Hills of Earth": Rhysling, the Blind Singer of the Spaceways, is noted as the author of a number of songs, including "The Grand Canal", "Jet Song", and "The Green Hills of Earth".
The "Flower of Forgetfulness" is a beautiful Ming china bowl with unusual aesthetic qualities.
"It was not that it was beautiful - it was beauty. Its subtle simple curve had no ornamentation, decoration would have sullied it. One spoke softly in its presence, for fear a sudden noise would shatter it."
"...he bent his head over it and stared down into it. It was strangely hard to focus - to allocate - the bottom of the bowl. It seemed as if his sight sank deeper and ever deeper into it, as if he were drowning in a pool of light."
, as well as an unknown waltz by Johannes Brahms. ... , Brahms, ... Flint also has fictional antiques like "The Creation lithographs by Taranullus of Centauri Seven" and "a sten from Marcus Two" (a piece of art, don't ask me what a "sten" is).
As written, this trope is specifically limited to paintings, not all works of art.
The following items have been removed from the page and placed here because they aren't paintings and are thus Not an Example of the trope.
Star Trek: The Original Series
, as well as an unknown waltz by Johannes Brahms. ... , Brahms, ... Flint also has fictional antiques like "The Creation lithographs by Taranullus of Centauri Seven" and "a sten from Marcus Two" (a piece of art, don't ask me what a "sten" is).
Edited by Arivne