Be fooled by incredible body paint that transforms reality. Iran Reacts to Trump Renaming "Persian Gulf" How to hard boil eggs without using water U.S. Issues 'Serious' Travel Warning on May 7 ...

Self-taught wildlife artist Deeksha Chauhan creates stunning hyper-realistic art that supports animal conservation across ...

And this one isn't either. They're actually oil paintings that are so incredibly detailed that they look real. Hyper-realism is a relatively new art form dating back to the early '70s.

What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick?

If you were painting the face of Jesus in Rembrandt’s time — the 17th century — you had three sources to turn to: the Veil of Veronica, the Mandylion of Edessa and the Lentulus Letters.

These artists' efforts are on display at the seventh annual Realism Exhibition at the National Art Museum in Beijing from Dec. 21 to 29. Paintings such as innocent Tibetan girls by Ai and photo ...