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Paris exhibit showcases Picasso's masters (AP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/entertainment/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_en_ot/france_picasso_s_masters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081006/capt.80be050cc30846789cfe9eda1e1194e8.france_picassos_masters_xjb101.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=_QdQ0QCB.Kk2d6togMsXow--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="A visitor looks at Pablo Picasso's 1937 oil on canvas 'Portrait de Lee Miller en Arlesienne', left, next to Vincent Van Gogh's 1888 oil on canvas 'l'Arlesienne' exhibited at the Grand Palais museum in Paris, Monday, Oct. 6, 2008. The exhibit matches Picasso paintings alongside the original works that may have inspired them. It cost a total of euros4.3 million (US$5.8 million) to cover fees like insurance and transport for works on loan from other museums, making it one of France's most expensive, and ambitious, exhibits ever. Picasso's masters will be on exhibit from Oct. 8, 2008 until Feb. 2, 2009. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)" border="0" /></a>AP - When Velazquez painted a 17th century Spanish princess, he gave her wispy hair, pale skin and a cautious gaze. Three centuries later, Picasso turned the girl's face into a Cubist maze of green and purple, yet he captured her essence — that same mysterious gaze.</p><br clear="all"/>