Album art dimensions?

What are the ideal dimensions of iTunes album art?
After hours of searching, I'm still convinced someone in the world must know the ideal dimensions of album art is. After all, someone designed the app.
I'm sure when I first began publishing a video podcast, I spent hours of trail and error getting artwork the proper WxH dimensions, as well as the ideal size. I resolved it was 640x480. But with a newer version of iTunes, all the album art I created is smaller than all the other album art in my collection.
What I really want to know:
1. What are the ideal WxH dimensions?
2. What is the ideal size?
3. Does iTunes resize album art when added?
4. Does iTunes scale the display of album art? (It seems it does.)
5. Why won't Apple share this info to preserve the sanity of podcast publishers, at least?
6. How many man-years were wasted by people trying to figure it out?
(My searches suggest decades.)

I did find this at http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcastingfaq.html
+Why do I need cover art?+
+Attractive and interesting cover art attracts new subscribers to your podcast. Podcasts must have good cover art to be featured on the Podcast main page or the Store main page. Most good podcast images include an image as well as a title, brand, or source name. A 300x300-pixel JPG is the recommended size and format. Using this relatively large format, the iTunes Store automatically generates the various smaller images you see in the podcast directory. Before you settle on the art for your podcast, you may want to review the Top Podcasts page and note the various elements that contribute to compelling art.+
Hope this helps.
Diane Wordsmith

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