Not published in LIFE. Photographer Bernard Sury focuses a camera on cave paintings at Lascaux, 1947. Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images Not published in LIFE. Inside Lascaux, 1947.

Vitor Schietti In addition, while some images are composed of only one photo, some in the series are in fact created by the overlaying and combination of multiple post-processed images into one.

Trees depicted in famous artworks across a range of styles follow the same mathematical rules as their real-life counterparts, scientists have found. The math concept hidden in this tree art ...