Searching for Bruegel's Tower of Babel? This is the painting: roughly 114 by 155 centimetres of oil on oak, painted in Brussels in 1563 for an Antwerp merchant collector. The biblical tower of Genesis 11 under construction, modelled on the Roman Colosseum. What the painting shows, why a tower, and how to bring the fine print home.

Searching for Botticelli's Primavera? This is the painting: roughly 203 by 314 centimetres of tempera on poplar, painted in Florence around 1480 for the Medici family. Nine figures in a flowered orange grove. What the painting shows, why so many figures, and how to bring the fine print home.

Searching for Hokusai's Great Wave off Kanagawa? This is the print: roughly 25 by 37 centimetres of multi-block colour woodblock, designed in Edo around 1830 to 1832. A giant wave, three small boats, and Mount Fuji holding the centre. What the print shows, how it was made, and how to bring the fine print home.

Searching for Caravaggio's Narcissus? This is the painting: roughly 110 by 92 centimetres of oil on canvas, painted in Rome at the start of his career. A young man kneeling at a dark pool, looking at his own reflection. What the painting shows, why it is so dark, and how to bring the fine print home.

Searching for Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring? This is the painting: 44.5 by 39 centimetres of oil on canvas, called the Mona Lisa of the North. A girl in a yellow jacket and blue-yellow turban turns her head over her shoulder and looks directly at the viewer. What the painting shows, why she is so well lit, and how to bring the fine print home.

Searching for Gustav Klimt's The Kiss? This is the painting: 180 by 180 centimetres of oil and gold leaf, two clothed figures kneeling on a flowering meadow, painted at the peak of Klimt's Golden Phase. What the painting shows, why he used so much gold, and how to bring the fine print home.

Searching for Francisco Goya's The Coven? This is the painting: a Black Painting from 1821-1823, a Devil in goat form presiding over a circle of witches, painted directly onto Goya's own dining-room wall. What the painting shows, why he painted it, and how to bring the fine print home.