Centering a background image, using CSS

Question

I want to center a background image. There is no div used, this is the CSS style:

body{
    background-position:center;
    background-image:url(../images/im         


        

Answer 1

Like this:

background-image:url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg/481px-Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;

html{
height:100%
}

body{
background-image:url(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg/481px-Dore_woodcut_Divine_Comedy_01.jpg);
background-repeat:no-repeat;
background-position: center;
background-size: cover;
}