1.
Sistine Chapel Ceiling - Michelangelo
There are few that can look up at this ceiling and not be struck with awe. The beauty and scale of this great work of art is simply unmatched.
141 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
2.
Mona Lisa – Leonardo da Vinci
Long heralded as the finest painting in the world, this masterpiece captures human expression perhaps better than any other.
133 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
3.
The Last Supper – Leonardo da Vinci
Nearly everyone has seen this painting and just about everyone has a copy of it hanging in their home. It is the classic religious painting and it has withstood the test of time.
102 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
4.
The Night Watch – Rembrandt Van Rijn
72 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
5.
Las Meninas – Diega Velazquez
63 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
6.
The Shootings of May 3, 1808 – Francisco de Goya
21 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
7.
Girl With a Pearl Earring – Jan Vermeer
18 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
8.
The Night Cafe-Vincent van Gogh
shows here Van gigh's strong depression,Stress, and sadness.
17 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
9.
Ranuccio Farnese – Titian
17 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
10.
Hunters in the Snow – Peter Brugel the elder
Perhaps more well known as a Christmas Card cover than a great work of art, this painting is one of Peter Brugel’s best.
16 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
11.
Impression, Sunrise – Claude Monet
15 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
12.
Olympia – Edouard Manet
15 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
13.
The Scream – Edvard Munch
15 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
14.
Black Square - Kazimir Malevich
12 points - added 12 years ago by NickDrake -
15.
La Danse – Henri Matisse
11 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
16.
Resurrection – Piero della Francesca
9 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
17.
Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks - Ilya Repin
8 points - added 12 years ago by NickDrake -
18.
The Massacre of Innocents – Peter Paul Rubens
7 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
19.
The Fighting Temeraire – J.M.W. Turner
A painting steeped in artistic talent and history, the colors and the emotion in this painting make it one of the best.
6 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
20.
The descent from the cross - Rogeer Van der Wayden
5 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
21.
Nighthawks – Edward Hopper
5 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
22.
The Ninth Wave - Ivan Aivazovsky
4 points - added 12 years ago by NickDrake -
23.
The Birth of Venus – Sandro Botticelli
4 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
24.
Mabuse. Jan Gossaert - Virgen con el niño
2 points - added 14 years ago by guest -
25.
The Massacre of Scio – Eugene Delacroix
2 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
26.
The Swing – Jean-Honore Fragonard
-5 points - added 15 years ago by kris -
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