The European continent might be facing a number of challenges, including the ongoing economic and migrant/refugee crisis, as well as political and ideological divisions on the path it has taken, but a Reddit user compiled an amazing map with a collage of some of the iconic works of arts that symbolise each country on the continent, reminding us that Europeans are bound by a common history of beauty and culture. The tread attracted a number of positive comments, while many sites have mirrored the map celebrating European culture.
Greece: Aphrodite of Milos – Alexandria of Antioch
Austria: Gustav Klimt – The Kiss (1908)
Baelgium: Rene Magritte – The son of man
Czech Republic: Viktor Oliva – Absinthe drinker
Denmark: Edvard Eriksen – The Little Mermaid
France: Claude Monet – Impression, Sunrise
Germany: Caspar David Friedrich – Wanderer
Italy: Leonardo da Vinci – Mona Lisa
Netherlands: Johannes Vermeer – Girl with Pearl Earring
Norway: Edvard Munch – The Scream
Spain: Pablo Picasso – Guernica
Britain: William Turner – The Battle of Trafalgar