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Recommendations and suggestions welcome. For MY CRITERIA FOR ART page, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...hp?t=15503

Scroll down to the post below this one for my "Great Paintings - Extended List". Or, CLICK HERE: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...089#465089

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Sculpture / Architecture: Brackets with [Sculpture] and/or [Architecture] to the right of an entry are singling out that this work is sculpture and/or architecture PLUS that these ratings and rankings are tentative and likely need more study and evaluation of these art forms. Though I've made cursory or initial evaluations of many famous works of sculpture and architecture going back a few years or sometimes more, I am only just now starting to arrive at ratings and rankings for them that are worth posting in comparison to those for paintings. While additions that you see ranked here are more confident than other sculpture or architecture that I have yet to rate so far, they are nevertheless in an earlier (lesser) stage of confidence than the listed paintings. Furthermore, architecture is an especially difficult art form to rate as it is almost never as entirely devoted to "art", but also in most cases must be (to varying degrees) more "practical" too, whether it be to serve as a living space, house a museum, church space, etc. This inherently imposes some limitation on its visionary and imaginative potential more so than a comparatively ambitious painting. Sculpture too, is limited by the fact that it requires so much work per figure, relative to similar undertakings in other arts. For instance, it can take several months, even years, to compose a single figure, whereas the same or similar figure could be painted in a matter of days or weeks. This tends to impose some limitation on the scope or ambition of most sculptural projects down to smaller scenes or single figures, even if these single figures or scenes tend to still be highly impressive feats plus for the fact that they are (often) "in the round", wholly three-dimensional (compared to painting, which tends to be more of a suggested or fictive three-dimensional figure or space).

For the time being, I am only (very gradually) incorporating these into this list. I may sooner or later create a separate list for sculpture/architecture once I've rated and ranked a larger variety of works, or I might expand the title and purpose for this one to permanently include them.


Greatest Paintings of All Time (Incomplete / In Progress)

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The following key applies solely to this "text-only" list (not applicable to the "Images and Links" version below)
BOLD = Recently added to this list
BOLD + Italics = Recently was upgraded or downgraded from prior rating/ranking

10/10
Sistine Chapel: Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)

9.1/10
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1490-1515)

8.9/10
Angkor Wat - Started by Suryavarman II; Completed by Jayavarman VII (circa 1122 - 1150; Note: there are various anomalies that may suggest an earlier date of construction -- perhaps even much earlier) [Architecture]
The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (1497)
Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Peasants' War Panorama"]

8.8/10
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)

8.7/10
Alhambra - Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar; later additions overseen by Yusuf I and Muhammad V - Granada, Spain (initial structure: 1250; several alterations thereafter through the 1600s) [Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist<<<<<

8.6/10
Monreale Cathedral - Begun by William II of Sicily in 1174; various modifications thereafter (1267) [Architecture]

8.5/10
Borobudur - Gunadharma (circa 842?) [Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<

8.4/10
Registan Square [Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
Taj Mahal - Ustad Ahmad Lahauri (1653) [Architecture]
St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1629 - 1676) (Building completed and opened 1626; various additions thereafter) [Architecture]

8.3/10
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)
Metamorphose de Narcisse - Salvador Dali (1937)
Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches Complex [Sculpture/Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<

8.2/10
Europe After The Rain II - Max Ernst (1942)
Sagrada Família - Antoni Gaudí (Gaudi: 1883 - 1926, unfinished; Still under construction) [Architecture]
The Last Judgment - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1482-1508) [Vienna Version]

8.1/10
The Night Watch - Rembrandt van Rijn (1642)
Psicostasia - Dino Valls (2005)
David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504) [Sculpture]
The Parthenon - Iktinos and Callicrates (Architecture); Phidias (Sculpture) (432 BC) [Architecture and Sculpture]
Sydney Opera House - Jørn Utzon (1973) [Architecture]
Chartres Cathedral - Master of Chartres (Anonymous French Architect) (Mostly constructed 1194-1220; Completed 1252; Various modifications and additions thereafter) [Architecture]
Isenheim Altarpiece - Matthias Grunewald (circa 1512-1516) [includes sculpture by Nikolaus Hagenauer]
Piazza dei Miracoli: Pisa Cathedral - Buscheto (Architect, 1064 - 1092) and Rainaldo (Facade, circa 1100); Pisa Baptistery of St. John - Diotisalvi (1152 - 1353, Pulpit: Nicolas Pisano, 1255 - 1260); Campinile (aka, "Leaning Tower of Pisa", 1173 - 1372) - Diotisalvi, then Benenato (1233 - 1259), Guido Speziale (1260 - 1272), Giovanni di Simone (1272 - 1284), Tommaso di Andrea Pisano (Bell Chamber, 1372); Camposanto Monumentale di Pisa - Giovanni di Simone (1278 - 1284, completed posthumously, 1464) [Architecture]
Seville Cathedral - Alonso Martínez; Pedro Dancart; Carles Galtés de Ruan; and Alonso Rodríguez (1528) [Architecture]

8.0/10
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499) [Sculpture]
The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1908)
Medici Chapel: The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture and Architecture]
The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1652) [Sculpture, Architecture and Painting]
Shah Mosque (of Isfahan) - Ali Akbar Isfahani (1629) [Architecture]

7.9/10
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) - Salvador Dali (1954)
Stanza della Segnatura - Raphael Sanzio (1511)
Sarajevo - Omar El-Nagdi (1992)
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)
Florence Cathedral - Arnolfo di Cambio (1294-1302); Giotto (Bell Tower: 1334-1337); Filippo Brunelleschi (Dome: 1420-1436) (Completed 1436; Emilio De Fabris, Marble Facade: 1887) [Architecture]

7.8/10
Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright (1939) [Architecture]
The Pantheon - Apollodorus of Damascus (circa 113-125 AD) [Architecture]
The Reminiscences of Judge Schulze (Parts II, III, & VII) - Werner Tubke (1967)
Apollo and Daphne - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1625) [Sculpture]
Pauline Chapel: The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1545; 1550)

7.7/10
Milan Cathedral - Several Architects (Originally: 1386; several developments through 1965) [Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
Moses - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1515) [Sculpture]
Abduction of a Sabine Woman - Giambologna (1583) [Sculpture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
Water Lilies (Orangerie Museum) - Claude Monet (1918) >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
The Gates of Hell - Auguste Rodin (1889 "Expressionist" Version; Unfinished, revised between two main versions, 1880-1917; Bronze cast 1926-1928) [Sculpture]
St. Matthew Cycle: The Calling of St. Matthew; The Inspiration of St. Matthew; The Martyrdom of St. Matthew - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1602)
Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1562)

7.6/10
The Entire City - Max Ernst (1936) [Zurich Version]
The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh (1889)
Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci (1505)
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I - Gustav Klimt (1907)
Virgin of the Rocks - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1483-1486)
Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)
The Virgin - Gustav Klimt (1913)
Golden Gate Bridge - Joseph Strauss - San Francisco, California (1937) [Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)
Ghent Altarpiece - Jan van Eyck (1432)
Sandham Memorial Chapel: The Resurrection of the Soldiers & War Murals - Stanley Spencer (1929)

7.5/10
Lloyd's Building (London) - Richard Rogers (1986) [Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
David - Donatello (circa 1440) [Sculpture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
Death and the Maiden - Egon Schiele (1915)
The Adoration of the Magi - Peter Paul Rubens (1609; revised 1629)
Scrovegni Chapel - Giotto di Bondone (1305) [aka "Arena Chapel"]
Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656)
The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali (1931)
Rondanini Pieta - Michaelangel Buonarroti (1564) >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
City - Michael Heizer (1970 - 2022) [Land Art: Sculpture/Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist page<<<<<
Amiens Cathedral - Robert of Luzarches; Thomas and Regnault de Cormont (1270) [Architecture] >>>>>NOTE: Add pics/links/artist<<<<<
Primavera - Sandro Botticelli (1482)
Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 - James Ensor (1888)

7.4/10
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559)
The Death of Socrates - Jacques-Louis David (1787)
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - Georges Seurat (1886)
The Temptation of St. Anthony - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1501)
Sheats-Goldstein Residence - John Lautner (1963; updated by Lautner between 1972-1994; additional modifications posthumously through 2004) [Architecture]
Laurentian Library - Michelangelo Buonarroti (Begun 1525, completed posthumously, 1571; Tribune of Elci rotunda added by Pasquale Poccianti in 1841) [Architecture]
Netherlandish Proverbs - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559)
The Veiled Christ - Giuseppe Sanmartino (1753) [Sculpture]
Witches Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) - Francisco Goya (circa 1823)
The Holy Trinity - Tommaso Masaccio (circa 1427)
The Crucifixion - Jacopo Tintoretto (1565)

7.3/10
View of Toledo - El Greco (1599)
Wheat Field With Cypresses - Vincent van Gogh (1889)
The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435)
Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1901?) [University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings; Destroyed in 1945]
The Sleeping Venus - Paul Delvaux (1944)
The Resurrection - Piero della Francesca (circa 1460)
The Procession To Calvary - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1564)
Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp - Rembrandt van Rijn (1632)
Rinaldo and Armida - Anthony van Dyck (1629)
Grundtvig's Church - Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1940) [Architecture]
Tower of Babel - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563) [Vienna Version]
The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893)
The Luncheon on the Grass - Edouard Manet (1863)
The Taking of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (circa 1602)
Doni Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1506)
The Raft of the Medusa - Théodore Géricault (1819)
Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss - Antonio Canova (1793) [Sculpture]
Sleeping Venus - Giorgione (1510)
The Deposition - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture] [aka, "Bandini Pietà" or "The Lamentation over the Dead Christ"]
The Entombment of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1603)
Quadrofarius - Artem Ogurtsov (2012)
Sistine Madonna - Raphael Sanzio (circa 1514)
Circus Sideshow - Georges Seurat (1888)
F-111 - James Rosenquist (1965)
The Scroll - Shahzia Sikander (1990)
Sacred Allegory - Giovanni Bellini (circa 1490-1500)
Lucretia - Rembrandt van Rijn (1666) [Minneapolis Institute of Art Version]
Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway - J.M.W. Turner (1844)
Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro - Edgar Fonseca (1979) [Architecture]

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Greatest Paintings of All Time (Incomplete / In Progress)

10/10
Sistine Chapel: Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541)

Ceiling - FULL VIEW:

Ceiling - RIGHT SIDE - NEAREST THE ENTRANCE:

Ceiling - LEFT SIDE - NEAREST THE LAST JUDGMENT:

Altar Wall - The Last Judgment:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914


9.1/10
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1495-1505)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...213#651213


8.9/10
Angkor Wat - Started by Suryavarman II; Completed by Jayavarman VII (circa 1122 - 1150; Note: there are various anomalies that may suggest an earlier date of construction -- perhaps even much earlier) [Architecture]



NOTE: Rating and ranking is very much an estimate due to most of the work being in various stages of deterioration, and some of it being more or less ruined (but with enough evidence to allow one to make very good estimates of what it looked like and to fill in most of the gaps). Estimate is based on a combination of what we have of it today (which is still quite astonishing and well preserved considering its age) and some degree of studied and visualized recreation giving consideration to how it probably looked in its own time. Regardless, it is/was almost certainly a masterpiece (substantially so when new) and it's more likely that these variables in judgment are causing me to hold back on my rating rather than over-rating it.

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The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (1497)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...344#612344

Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Peasants' War Panorama"]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...216#651216


8.8/10
Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...219#651219


8.7/10
Alhambra - Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar; later additions overseen by Yusuf I and Muhammad V - Granada, Spain (initial structure: 1250; several alterations thereafter through the 1600s) [Architecture]



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8.6/10
Monreale Cathedral - Begun by William II of Sicily in 1174; various modifications thereafter (1267) [Architecture]

NOTE: Rating/ranking is based on the interior mosaics being part of or joined with the architecture into "one" work and combined overall value. As I am not sure how this should be counted at this time, this is not a sure thing and makes the current rating/ranking a bit tenuous. If the mosaics and the architecture are "separate", individually counted, then this would split the value a bit, thus dropping the rating/ranking.










FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...643#663643


8.5/10
Borobudur - Gunadharma (circa 842?) [Architecture]



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8.4/10
Taj Mahal - Ustad Ahmad Lahauri (1653) [Architecture]

Note: Rating/Ranking for this work is a rough estimate, very inconclusive at this time; needs further evaluation and analysis



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...648#662648

St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1629 - 1676) (Building completed and opened 1626; various additions thereafter) [Architecture]

Note: Rating/Ranking for this work is an estimate at this time; needs further evaluation and analysis. Its high rating is more due to Michelangelo's extraordinary composition (also inspired in part by Bramante's earlier design, but certainly an improvement) which merges his sculptural tendencies of the human body with the stunning scale and awe-inspiring expressive power and vision of his architecture: essentially the architecture is a monumental pulling of the mid-section/torso (as the "torque" of its power) of the human body together from each point of its giant cross, all converged at the Dome into the massive ascendant centrality of the building (perhaps to represent the spiritual 'body' of God overseeing and embracing the dead St. Peter as well as the whole Basilica and all who enter) causing compositional, "bodily" tension and expansion at and from each connective inter-section (that are like "tendons" to its 'body') of the Basilica.

More difficult to rate, and determine how much they should be included in the overall score, is the multitude of sculptures in the interior (and that line the exterior) and how much one counts the interior design (the imagery) of the walls, columns, ceilings/vaults in conjunction with Michelangelo's incredible architecture (because they weren't his designs upon his architectural plan, but were later and are still part of the overall work). So my current rating may very well be subject to change because I have yet to full account for and determine to what degree these elements should impact it (plus or minus). As a note, I definitely do already include the exterior facade and St. Peter's Square, with colonnade (which symbolizes the embracing arms of God/the Church to all who enter) and probably the keys of St. Peter (the shape of the Basilica, overhead view) and its "keyhole" (the exterior square and colonnade, overhead view) that was given to him by Jesus to enter the Kingdom of Heaven; fitting of his death and burial ground for which the Basilica rests upon (and that this can only be fully captured from above, "a God's eye view").

Central External View:

External View - St. Peter's Square and Colonnade:

Central External View - Facade and Obelisk:

Interior - Central Nave:

Interior - Altar and Dome:

Interior - Dome and Altar:

Interior - South (Left) Transept:

Interior - North (Right) Transept:

Interior - Apse and Chair of St. Peter:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS - Michelangelo Buonarroti: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914
FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS - Gian Lorenzo Bernini: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...232#651232


8.3/10
The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902)






FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...217#651217

Metamorphose de Narcisse - Salvador Dali (1937)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...222#651222


8.2/10
Europe After The Rain II - Max Ernst (1942)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...220#651220

The Last Judgment - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1482-1508) [Vienna Version]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...213#651213


8.1/10
The Night Watch - Rembrandt van Rijn (1642)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

Psicostasia - Dino Valls (2005)


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...235#651235

David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1504) [Sculpture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914

The Parthenon - Iktinos and Callicrates (Architecture); Phidias (Sculpture) (432 BC) [Architecture and Sculpture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...997#663997

Sydney Opera House - Jørn Utzon (1973) [Architecture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...266#664266

Isenheim Altarpiece - Matthias Grunewald (circa 1512-1516) [includes sculpture by Nikolaus Hagenauer]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...225#651225

Sagrada Família - Antoni Gaudí (Gaudi: 1883 - 1926, unfinished; Still under construction as of 2022) [Architecture]

Note: Rating/Ranking for this work is a rough estimate, very inconclusive at this time; needs further evaluation and analysis



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...601#662601

Piazza dei Miracoli: Pisa Cathedral - Buscheto (Architect, 1064 - 1092) and Rainaldo (Facade, circa 1100); Pisa Baptistery of St. John - Diotisalvi (1152 - 1353, Pulpit: Nicolas Pisano, 1255 - 1260); Campinile (aka, "Leaning Tower of Pisa", 1173 - 1372) - Diotisalvi, then Benenato (1233 - 1259), Guido Speziale (1260 - 1272), Giovanni di Simone (1272 - 1284), Tommaso di Andrea Pisano (Bell Chamber, 1372); Camposanto Monumentale di Pisa - Giovanni di Simone (1278 - 1284, completed posthumously, 1464) [Architecture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...344#664344

Seville Cathedral - Alonso Martínez; Pedro Dancart; Carles Galtés de Ruan; and Alonso Rodríguez (1528) [Architecture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...596#663596


8.0/10
Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1499) [Sculpture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914

The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1908)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...217#651217

Medici Chapel: The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture and Architecture]








FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914

The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1652) [Sculpture, Architecture and Painting]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...232#651232

Shah Mosque (of Isfahan) - Ali Akbar Isfahani (1629) [Architecture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...604#663604

Chartres Cathedral - Master of Chartres (Anonymous French Architect) (Mostly constructed 1194-1220; Completed 1252; Various modifications and additions thereafter) [Architecture]




FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...579#663579


7.9/10
Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) - Salvador Dali (1954)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...222#651222

Stanza della Segnatura - Raphael Sanzio (1511)

The Cardinal Virtues and Disputation of the Holy Sacrament:

The Parnassus and The School of Athens:

Ceiling:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...229#651229

Sarajevo - Omar El-Nagdi (1992)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...999#661999

Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...219#651219

Florence Cathedral - Arnolfo di Cambio (1294-1302); Giotto (Bell Tower: 1334-1337); Filippo Brunelleschi (Dome: 1420-1436) (Completed 1436; Emilio De Fabris, Marble Facade: 1887)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...800#663800


7.8/10
Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright (1939) [Architecture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...603#662603

The Pantheon - Apollodorus of Damascus (circa 113-125 AD) [Architecture]






FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...505#663505

The Reminiscences of Judge Schulze (Parts II, III, & VII) - Werner Tubke (1967)

NOTE: The following 3 parts may or may not constitute the complete work. I have not found Parts I, IV, V & VI and do not know if they exist or if they have ever existed. Did Tubke ever complete them? Therefore, it is not at all certain that I am even accurate in representing this selection, its three (or more?) pieces, as a single or combined work. They may infact be separate, to be separately considered and rated on their own. So consider my rating and ranking very much an estimate at this time, until further information, study and evaluation is possible.

PART II:

PART III:

PART VII:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...216#651216

Apollo and Daphne - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1625) [Sculpture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...232#651232

Pauline Chapel: The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1545; 1550)

The Conversion of Saul:

The Crucifixion of St. Peter:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914


7.7/10
Moses - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1515) [Sculpture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914

Abduction of a Sabine Woman - Giambologna (1583) [Sculpture]



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The Gates of Hell - Auguste Rodin (1889 "Expressionist" Version; Unfinished, revised between two main versions, 1880-1917; Bronze cast 1926-1928) [Sculpture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...233#651233

St. Matthew Cycle: The Calling of St. Matthew; The Inspiration of St. Matthew; The Martyrdom of St. Matthew - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1602)

FULL VIEW:

The Calling of St. Matthew:

The Inspiration of St. Matthew:

The Martyrdom of St. Matthew:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...226#651226

Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1562)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...237#651237


7.6/10
The Entire City - Max Ernst (1936) [Zurich Version]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...220#651220

The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh (1889)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...242#651242

Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci (1505)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...344#612344

Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I - Gustav Klimt (1907)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...217#651217

Virgin of the Rocks - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1483-1486) [Paris/Louvre Version]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...344#612344

Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...229#651229

The Virgin - Gustav Klimt (1913)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...217#651217

Golden Gate Bridge - Joseph Strauss - San Francisco, California (1937) [Architecture]



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The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein the Younger (1533)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...238#651238

Ghent Altarpiece - Jan van Eyck (1432)

Closed:

Open:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...239#651239

Sandham Memorial Chapel: The Resurrection of the Soldiers & War Murals - Stanley Spencer (1929)

Lower North Wall Murals:

Camp at Karasuli - Upper North Wall Mural:

Lower South Wall Murals:

Riverbed at Todorovo - Upper South Wall Mural::

Resurrection of the Soldiers:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...243#651243


7.5/10
Lloyd's Building (London) - Richard Rogers (1986) [Architecture]



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David - Donatello (circa 1440) [Sculpture]



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Death and the Maiden - Egon Schiele (1915)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...245#651245

The Adoration of the Magi - Peter Paul Rubens (1609; revised 1629)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...246#651246

Scrovegni Chapel - Giotto di Bondone (1305) [aka "Arena Chapel"]




FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...248#651248

Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...249#651249

The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali (1931)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...222#651222

Rondanini Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1564)

Primavera - Sandro Botticelli (circa 1482)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...250#651250

Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 - James Ensor (1889)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...251#651251


7.4/10
The Fight Between Carnival and Lent - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...237#651237

The Death of Socrates - Jacques-Louis David (1787)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...252#651252

Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - Georges Seurat (1886)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...254#651254

The Temptation of St. Anthony - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1501)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...213#651213

Sheats-Goldstein Residence - John Lautner (1963; updated by Lautner between 1972-1994; additional modifications posthumously through 2004) [Architecture]










FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...794#663794

Laurentian Library - Michelangelo Buonarroti (Begun 1525, completed posthumously, 1571; Tribune of Elci rotunda added by Pasquale Poccianti in 1841) [Architecture]







FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914

Netherlandish Proverbs - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...237#651237

The Veiled Christ - Giuseppe Sanmartino (1753) [Sculpture]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...892#661892

Witches Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) - Francisco Goya (circa 1823)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...255#651255

The Holy Trinity - Tommaso Masaccio (circa 1427)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...256#651256

The Crucifixion - Jacopo Tintoretto (1565)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...244#651244


7.3/10
View of Toledo - El Greco (1599)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...259#651259

Wheat Field With Cypresses - Vincent van Gogh (1889)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...242#651242

The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...261#651261

Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1901) [University of Vienna Ceiling Paintings; Destroyed in 1945]

NOTE: As these were destroyed and are only available in black and white photographs, it is impossible to give a truly accurate rating of the originals (among the saddest losses in all of art). Therefore, they can only be evaluated based on what we have photographically and through the assistance of reproductions, which essentially distill them to Klimt's extraordinary draughtsmanship, instead of paintings with the added expression of his colors and gold and ornamentation. I personally think the original work was probably his masterpiece, the greatest work of his career, and I will admit that it is difficult to remove oneself from this notion when evaluating and rating them as is. But that is what I've attempted to do, even if, ultimately it is probably not truly able to be done with certainty. Fwiw (though we'll never know for sure) I estimate that this work would rate around 8.5/10 or higher, if we could see the originals in color.



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...217#651217

The Sleeping Venus - Paul Delvaux (1944)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...262#651262

The Resurrection - Piero della Francesca (circa 1460)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...263#651263

The Procession To Calvary - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1564)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...237#651237

Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp - Rembrandt van Rijn (1632)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

Rinaldo and Armida - Anthony van Dyck (1629)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...264#651264

Grundtvig's Church - Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1940) [Architecture]















FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#662914

Tower of Babel - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563) [Vienna Version]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...237#651237

The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...265#651265

The Luncheon on the Grass - Edouard Manet (1862)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...266#651266

The Taking of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (circa 1602)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...226#651226

Doni Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1506)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914

The Raft of the Medusa - Theodore Gericault (1818)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...267#651267

Sleeping Venus - Giorgione (1510)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...268#651268

Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss - Antonio Canova (1793) [Sculpture]



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The Deposition - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1555) [Sculpture] [aka, "Bandini Pietà" or "The Lamentation over the Dead Christ"]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...914#611914

The Entombment of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1603)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...226#651226

Quadrofarius - Artem Ogurtsov (2012)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...211#662211

Sistine Madonna - Raphael Sanzio (circa 1514)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...229#651229

Circus Sideshow - Georges Seurat (1888)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...254#651254

F-111 - James Rosenquist (1965)




FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...269#651269

The Scroll - Shahzia Sikander (1990)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...270#651270

Sacred Allegory - Giovanni Bellini (circa 1490-1500)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...271#651271

Lucretia - Rembrandt van Rijn (1666) [Minneapolis Institute of Art Version]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway - J.M.W. Turner (1844)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...272#651272

Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro - Edgar Fonseca (1979) [Architecture]





FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...598#663598
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Special Note: For many entries, certain notes, insights, analysis, and eventual determinations have not been made alone. In addition to my own observations, I have used many resources over the years to assist me in arriving at my conclusions or in better substantiating them, which would be too numerous to list the entirety of here. I share several resources with those listed in Piero Scaruffi's artist bios (Greatest Painters). Here: https://www.scaruffi.com/art/artists.html ... Additional/special thanks goes to Visual Arts Cork, Mark Harden's ArtChive, Leo Steinberg, William E. Wallace, Martin Kemp, Lee van Laer, Pierre Beaudry, Byron Thomas, Piero Scaruffi's Visual Arts History Parts 1-3 ... add more... Some useful tips were assisted by NerdWriter, Exploring Art with Alessandro, Art History with Alder ... add more...[/img][/img]

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IN-PROGRESS ON REVISING / RE-CREATING THIS LIST

Great Paintings - Extended List (Incomplete / In-Progress)

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7.2/10
Hide and Seek - Pavel Tchelitchew (1942)
The Great Last Judgment - Peter Paul Rubens (1617)
The Descent from the Cross Triptych - Peter Paul Rubens (1614) [Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium Version]
Massacre of the Innocents - Peter Paul Rubens (1612) [Art Gallery of Ontario Version]
Belshazzar's Feast - Rembrandt van Rijn (1638)
Fall of the Damned - Peter Paul Rubens (1620)

7.1/10
The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth, Mexico, Myself, Diego and Senor Xolotl - Frida Kahlo (1949)
Cypresses - Vincent Van Gogh (1889)
Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya (1823)
The Battle of Alexander at Issus - Albrecht Altdorfer (1529)
New York Interpreted (The Voice of the City) - Joseph Stella (1922)
Metropolis - George Grosz (1917)

7.0/10
The Marriage of the Virgin - Raphael Sanzio (1504)
Legend of the True Cross - Piero della Francesca (1466)
Il Grande Metafisico - Gregorio De Chirico (1917)
The Art of Painting - Johannes Vermeer (1668)
Christina's World - Andrew Wyeth (1948)
Nighthawks - Edward Hopper (1942)
Delivery of the Keys - Pietro Perugino (1482)
Supper at Emmaus - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1602)
The Church at Auvers - Vincent Van Gogh (1890)
The Haywain Triptych - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1516)
The Family - Egon Schiele (1917)
The Stoclet Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1911)
The Pilgrimage to San Isidro - Francisco Goya (1823)
Triumph Over Mastery - Mark Tansey (1986)
Sunflowers - Vincent Van Gogh (1888) [3rd Version, Munich]
The Annunciation - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1475)
Return of the Prodigal Son - Rembrandt van Rijn (circa 1669)
The Death of the Virgin - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1606)
The Funeral (Dedicated to Oskar Panizza) - George Grosz (1918)
The Denial of Saint Peter - Rembrandt van Rijn (1660)
The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild - Rembrandt van Rijn (1662)
The Jewish Bride - Rembrandt van Rijn (1665)

6.9/10
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Marcel Duchamp (1912)
Wheatfield with Crows - Vincent van Gogh (1890)
The Eve - Luis Jose Estremadoyro (1996)
Triumph Over Mastery II - Mark Tansey (1987)
La Columna Rota - Frida Kahlo (1944)
Pregnant Woman and Death - Egon Schiele (1911)
Judgement of Paris - Peter Paul Rubens (1636) [National Gallery, London Version]
The Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus - Peter Paul Rubens (1618)
Prometheus Bound - Peter Paul Rubens (circa 1612)

6.8/10
The Last Supper - Jacopo Tintoretto (1594)
The Night Cafe - Vincent Van Gogh (1888)
Agony - Egon Schiele (1912)
Mother With Two Children III - Egon Schiele (1917)
Mother With Two Children II - Egon Schiele (1915)
Self-Portrait with a Straw Hat (obverse: The Potato Peeler) - Vincent Van Gogh (1887)
Irises - Vincent Van Gogh (1889)

Great Paintings - Extended List (Incomplete / In-Progress)

7.2/10
Hide and Seek - Pavel Tchelitchew (1942)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...303#651303

The Great Last Judgment - Peter Paul Rubens (1617)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...246#651246

The Descent from the Cross Triptych - Peter Paul Rubens (1614) [Cathedral of Our Lady, Antwerp, Belgium Version]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...246#651246

The Massacre of the Innocents - Peter Paul Rubens (circa 1612) [Art Gallery of Ontario Version]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...246#651246

Belshazzar's Feast - Rembrandt van Rijn (1638)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

Fall of the Damned - Peter Paul Rubens (1620)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...246#651246


7.1/10
The Love Embrace of the Universe, the Earth (Mexico), Myself, Diego, and Señor Xolotl - Frida Kahlo (1949)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...304#651304

Cypresses - Vincent Van Gogh (1889)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...242#651242

Saturn Devouring His Son - Francisco Goya (1823)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...255#651255

The Battle of Alexander at Issus - Albrecht Altdorfer (1529)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...311#651311

New York Interpreted (The Voice of the City) - Joseph Stella (1922)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...321#651321

Metropolis - George Grosz (1917)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...305#651305


7.0/10
The Marriage of the Virgin - Raphael Sanzio (1504)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...229#651229

Legend of the True Cross - Piero della Francesca (1466)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...263#651263

Il Grande Metafisico - Gregorio De Chirico (1917)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...306#651306

The Art of Painting - Johannes Vermeer (1668)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...320#651320

Christina's World - Andrew Wyeth (1948)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...312#651312

Nighthawks - Edward Hopper (1942)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...314#651314

Delivery of the Keys - Pietro Perugino (1482)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...341#651341

Supper at Emmaus [London Version] - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1602)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...226#651226

The Church at Auvers - Vincent van Gogh (1890)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...242#651242

The Haywain Triptych - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1516)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...213#651213

The Family - Egon Schiele (1917)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...245#651245

The Stoclet Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1911)

Left Panel:

Right Panel:


FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...217#651217

The Pilgrimage to San Isidro - Francisco Goya (circa 1823)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...255#651255

Triumph Over Mastery - Mark Tansey (1986)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...310#651310

Sunflowers - Vincent Van Gogh (1888) [3rd Version, Munich]



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...242#651242

The Annunciation - Leonardo Da Vinci (circa 1475)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...344#612344

Return of the Prodigal Son - Rembrandt van Rijn (circa 1669)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

The Death of the Virgin - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1606)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

The Funeral (Dedicated to Oskar Panizza) - George Grosz (1918)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...305#651305

The Denial of Saint Peter - Rembrandt van Rijn (1660)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild - Rembrandt van Rijn (1662)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223

The Jewish Bride - Rembrandt van Rijn (1665)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...223#651223


6.9/10
Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 - Marcel Duchamp (1912)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...323#651323

Wheatfield with Crows - Vincent van Gogh (1890)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...242#651242

The Eve - Luis Jose Estremadoyro (1996)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...316#651316

Triumph Over Mastery II - Mark Tansey (1987)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...310#651310

La Columna Rota - Frida Kahlo (1944)



FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/v...304#651304

Pregnant Woman and Death - Egon Schiele (1911)



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The Night Cafe - Vincent Van Gogh (1888)



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Mother With Two Children III - Egon Schiele (1917)



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Mother With Two Children II - Egon Schiele (1915)



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Photographs don't do it justice, but the best painting I've seen (or at least the one that has most impressed and fascinated me) is Boccioni's The City Rises. Some of these are OK too.
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Photographs don't do it justice, but the best painting I've seen (or at least the one that has most impressed and fascinated me) is Boccioni's The City Rises. Some of these are OK too.


That's actually a pretty great choice. The only Boccioni I've ever seen is Dynamism of a Cyclist, and it's a pretty fantastic bit of art. Hoping to go to the MoMa one day.

I'm not sure how your grading system works AfterHours Laughing Not that you don't have great picks on there (some not my style...), but surely Vermeer, Monet, Schiele, Rubens, Caravaggio, Lichtenstein, Magritte, de Kooning, Basquiat, Kandinsky and Matisse have some 7.3+/10 paintings? Laughing

Won't list off my favourite paintings, mainly because I don't have a list of that, but my favourite painters consist of Basquiat, Miro, Signac, Pissarro, Seurat, Petitjean, Pollock, Schiele, Botticelli, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, Vermeer, Matisse, Picasso, Klimt, Lichtenstein, Cezanne Rothko, Van Gogh, Dali, Chagall, Bacon, Gorky and Klee.

Post-expressionism and post-impressionism are by quite a bit my favourite styles. For the most part I'm not too big on baroque or renaissance art apart from what was going in in The Netherlands (some exclusions obviously, but it's just not usually what I seek out).
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Photographs don't do it justice, but the best painting I've seen (or at least the one that has most impressed and fascinated me) is Boccioni's The City Rises. Some of these are OK too.


Thank you, Boccioni's City Rises is a great one that I did have in my 7.3-7.7 section a couple years ago. Upon last evaluation it fell below these choices for me but I will add it to my recommendations and give it another eval soon. If not 7.3+, it will likely be featured on the "extended" list I'll be putting together and posting. Some works that are in a somewhat similar vein (only superficially) that are already listed are George Grosz's anarchic, apocalyptic Expressionist masterpieces (upon which Boccioni was probably an influence):

Metropolis - George Grosz (1917) http://cultura.biografieonline.it/wp-co...-Grosz.jpg
The Funeral (Dedicated to Oskar Panizza) - George Grosz (1918) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/...anizza.jpg
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No worries, check out my criteria page and if you want me to clarify, feel free: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/vi...hp?t=15503

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Not that you don't have great picks on there (some not my style...), but surely Vermeer, Monet, Schiele, Rubens, Caravaggio, Lichtenstein, Magritte, de Kooning, Basquiat, Kandinsky and Matisse have some 7.3+/10 paintings? Laughing

Won't list off my favourite paintings, mainly because I don't have a list of that, but my favourite painters consist of Basquiat, Miro, Signac, Pissarro, Seurat, Petitjean, Pollock, Schiele, Botticelli, Monet, Degas, Gauguin, Vermeer, Matisse, Picasso, Klimt, Lichtenstein, Cezanne Rothko, Van Gogh, Dali, Chagall, Bacon, Gorky and Klee.

Post-expressionism and post-impressionism are by quite a bit my favourite styles. For the most part I'm not too big on baroque or renaissance art apart from what was going in in The Netherlands (some exclusions obviously, but it's just not usually what I seek out).


Great selections, thank you! Of those, Boticelli, Monet, Rubens, Miro and Matisse are the most likely to be included when I get back around to them -- each had multiple 7.3+ on my previous list that I was mid revising when listology.com crashed, the content of which I am transferring over to BEA. And just below those (or perhaps equal) could be Vermeer, Schiele and Caraveggio, Picasso (addition to Guernica which is already listed) each of which have several great works that might be included. Aside from Lichtenstein and Rothko, the rest all have works that were at least in my Extended list upon my last evaluations. Except maybe Signac and Pissarro, which I'm not sure about. And I haven't studied much of Petitjean (just cursory observations), though immediate impression is that he captures nostalgia quite well and seems more significant than Signac and Pissaro, who for me (at least by memory) were technically impressive but probably not to the extent to be added -- unless I'm missing something (entirely possible). Each of the others have multiple works that were right on the cusp of this list and worthy of re-evaluation. Do you have particular works you'd most recommend by them -- that you feel the most strongly should be 7.3+?

I've never taken to Lichtenstein or Rothko. Can you explain their greatness in your view?
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I've never taken to Lichtenstein or Rothko. Can you explain their greatness in your view?


Sure, but personally, I think their greatness stands for itself. Both artists have extremely unique and recognizable styles, and they're both at the technical height of both their games. Have you ever seen any of Lichtenstein's paintings up close? They're insane. They're usually a lot bigger than you'd ever expect them to be too (which, due to his style, makes sense I guess). Everything is so pristine that it looks like a machine did them. The colours are perfectly monochromatic, and the lines and circles are as flawless as it gets. Also, he brought actual humour into his work. It was okay for his paintings to have jokes in them, one-line stories, metaphors, etc... The thought of having speech bubbles in paintings was absurd before he did it. His more 'comic book' style work aside, he has some stellar masterpieces. The satirical quality of Little Big Painting comes to mind. It was his 'fuck you' as well as a major technical achievement. I'm really quite fond of it. Stylistically, it felt like he could do no wrong. 'Peace Through Chemistry' and 'Artist Studio The Dance' also come to mind when thinking of his masterwork. His work defined the 60's far more than Warhol in my opinion (or at least it should have).

Rothko is Rothko, you know? He had his style and played with colours and came up with some pretty awesome stuff. His early works are always worth a shot as looking at, but the real genius was in his ironic mutliforms. He's an incredibly hard artist to praise due to the simplicity of his work. Was it technical? Not really. Yet people are infatuated with it. It's lovely, it's immersive, it's bigger than life. It's forward thinking, it's poetic, and more than anything else it's decorative and poetic. His paintings had whatever meaning you felt like you could give them, and story you wished. You can connect to them just by forcing yourself to.

Last year I was at a gallery in Italy and there was this completely pitch black room, so I was all like "Aight, I think I'm allowed to go in here, I'll check it out", and the only thing in the entire huge room was one of his paintings illuminated in its frame. I'm not sure what number it was, but it was red on red on red. It was on colour, and I thought it was incredible. It was big too, probably 6x5 feet or so. Whatever he did, it manages to swallow you up. I think his work is actually quite special, and deserves recognition of greatness. Repetition of the works was proof of genius, greatness and insanity. It makes you question a lot about art, and as long as it does that, it'll always remain great.

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Do you have particular works you'd most recommend by them -- that you feel the most strongly should be 7.3+?


Well, going by your scale, and your taste, and I'd say these might deserve a place on your list:

Joan Miro - Dutch Interior II (1928)
Joan Miro - Constellations (1959)
Joan Miro - Catalan Landscape (1924)
Joan Miro - Harlequins Carnival (1924)
Claude Monet - Woman with a Parasol/ Ma...Son (1875) (Also, perhaps Nymphéas as a collective)
Basquiat - Philistines (1982)
Basquiat - Glenn (1984)
Matisse - Harmony In Red (1908)(read any analysis on this, they're usually pretty informative)
Rubens - The Fall of Phaeton (1605)
Rubens - The Feast of Venus (1635)
De Kooning - Donna II
De Kooning - Ganesvoort Steet (1949)
Caravaggio - Conversion on the Way to Damascus (1601)
Caravaggio - Saint Jerome Writing (1605)
Caravaggio - Judith Beheading Holofernes (1599)
Caravaggio - The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (1601)
Caravaggio - Supper At Emmaus (1606)
Vermeer - The Music Lesson (1662)
Vermeer - Officer And A Laughing Girl (1657)
Pollock - Number 5 (1948)
Pollock - Alchemy (1947)
Van Gogh - The Bedroom (1888)
Van Gogh - Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun (1889)
Van Gogh - The Night Cafe
Klee - Insula Dulcamara (1938)
Boticelli - La Nascita di Venere (bit obvious, but whatever)
Degas - Ballet Rehearsal (1874)
Degas - The Dance Class (1873)
Schiele - House With Shingles

(not on previously mentioned list)
Jan Van Eyck - Giovanni and His Bride (1434)
Diego Valazquez - Rokeby Venus
Da Vinci - La Belle Ferronnière (1460)
Kees van Dongen - The Corn Poppy (1919)
Orazio Samacchini - Hercules and Antaeus (1565)

I should note that your Klimt choices are spot on. The Beethoven Frieze is my favourite by him as well.
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I've never taken to Lichtenstein or Rothko. Can you explain their greatness in your view?


Sure, but personally, I think their greatness stands for itself. Both artists have extremely unique and recognizable styles, and they're both at the technical height of both their games. Have you ever seen any of Lichtenstein's paintings up close? They're insane. They're usually a lot bigger than you'd ever expect them to be too (which, due to his style, makes sense I guess). Everything is so pristine that it looks like a machine did them. The colours are perfectly monochromatic, and the lines and circles are as flawless as it gets. Also, he brought actual humour into his work. It was okay for his paintings to have jokes in them, one-line stories, metaphors, etc... The thought of having speech bubbles in paintings was absurd before he did it. His more 'comic book' style work aside, he has some stellar masterpieces. The satirical quality of Little Big Painting comes to mind. It was his 'fuck you' as well as a major technical achievement. I'm really quite fond of it. Stylistically, it felt like he could do no wrong. 'Peace Through Chemistry' and 'Artist Studio The Dance' also come to mind when thinking of his masterwork. His work defined the 60's far more than Warhol in my opinion (or at least it should have).

Rothko is Rothko, you know? He had his style and played with colours and came up with some pretty awesome stuff. His early works are always worth a shot as looking at, but the real genius was in his ironic mutliforms. He's an incredibly hard artist to praise due to the simplicity of his work. Was it technical? Not really. Yet people are infatuated with it. It's lovely, it's immersive, it's bigger than life. It's forward thinking, it's poetic, and more than anything else it's decorative and poetic. His paintings had whatever meaning you felt like you could give them, and story you wished. You can connect to them just by forcing yourself to.

Last year I was at a gallery in Italy and there was this completely pitch black room, so I was all like "Aight, I think I'm allowed to go in here, I'll check it out", and the only thing in the entire huge room was one of his paintings illuminated in its frame. I'm not sure what number it was, but it was red on red on red. It was on colour, and I thought it was incredible. It was big too, probably 6x5 feet or so. Whatever he did, it manages to swallow you up. I think his work is actually quite special, and deserves recognition of greatness. Repetition of the works was proof of genius, greatness and insanity. It makes you question a lot about art, and as long as it does that, it'll always remain great.

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Do you have particular works you'd most recommend by them -- that you feel the most strongly should be 7.3+?


Well, going by your scale, and your taste, and I'd say these might deserve a place on your list:

Joan Miro - Dutch Interior II (1928)
Joan Miro - Constellations (1959)
Joan Miro - Catalan Landscape (1924)
Joan Miro - Harlequins Carnival (1924)
Claude Monet - Woman with a Parasol/ Madame Monet and Her Son (1875) (Also, perhaps Nymphéas as a collective)
Basquiat - Philistines (1982)
Basquiat - Glenn (1984)
Matisse - Harmony In Red (1908) (read any analysis on this, they're usually pretty informative)
Rubens - The Fall of Phaeton (1605)
Rubens - The Feast of Venus (1635)
De Kooning - Donna II
De Kooning - Ganesvoort Steet (1949)
Caravaggio - Conversion on the Way to Damascus (1601)
Caravaggio - Saint Jerome Writing (1605)
Caravaggio - Judith Beheading Holofernes (1599)
Caravaggio - The Incredulity of Saint Thomas (1601)
Caravaggio - Supper At Emmaus (1606)
Vermeer - The Music Lesson (1662)
Vermeer - Officer And A Laughing Girl (1657)
Pollock - Number 5 (1948)
Pollock - Alchemy (1947)
Van Gogh - The Bedroom (1888)
Van Gogh - Olive Trees with Yellow Sky and Sun (1889)
Van Gogh - The Night Cafe
Klee - Insula Dulcamara (1938)
Boticelli - La Nascita di Venere (bit obvious, but whatever)
Degas - Ballet Rehearsal (1874)
Degas - The Dance Class (1873)
Schiele - House With Shingles

(not on previously mentioned list)
Jan Van Eyck - Giovanni and His Bride (1434)
Diego Valazquez - Rokeby Venus
Da Vinci - La Belle Ferronnière (1460)
Kees van Dongen - The Corn Poppy (1919)
Orazio Samacchini - Hercules and Antaeus (1565)

I should note that your Klimt choices are spot on. The Beethoven Frieze is my favourite by him as well.


Re: Klimt choices spot-on ... Thank you, I try -- maybe a bit too hard Smile Certainly one of the most profound artists. Of his masterpieces, every line, dot, shape, gold decoration, etc, seems to have been given the utmost attention and sensual, obsessively ornamental care. Completely in addition to the often erotic nature of his works and the startlingly original visual art and color schemes he produces, it is amazing that one can see and feel such obsession down to the simplest of his lines and forms. I think this is due to his expertise as a draftsman, combined with the sensation he imbued in his works from his startling avant-garde concepts and the sensuality and awe he conveyed into his paintings for nature, beauty and his sexual preoccupations. The Virgin is another one of his that could very well be included in my 7.3+ list (at the very least, in a high spot on the Extended one). Also Adele Bloch Bauer 1.

Thank you very much for all the recs! I am familiar with all of them, but I haven't evaluated any in at least a year or two, so will put them on my recommendations page to revisit -- 6 at a time so that I don't get too overwhelmed with too many recommendations at a time. They'll be added in approximate order of how likely they are to be added to my 7.3+ list. Most or all of them will already at least be on my extended list when I post it (which is 300-400 additional entries).

Correction: I am not sure if I'm familiar with: Kees van Dongen - The Corn Poppy (1919)
Orazio Samacchini - Hercules and Antaeus (1565) ... The titles don't immediately ring a bell, but with how many paintings I've observed and/or evaluated, it's possible my memory isn't serving me too. If they're new, they'll be the first to be added to my recommendations to check out.

Thank you for all your insights about Lichtenstein and Rothko! I'll give both of them another go with that in mind. And I'll let you know if I end up agreeing with you on them. You've already convinced me that I probably haven't given them attentive enough consideration, however my 7.3+ list is pretty strict so even if I dig them much more than I did before (which, for Lichtenstein, was mainly "amusing, satirical novelty" and, for Rothko "meditative, interesting choice/combinations of color"), they still have a long shot at making it and that doesn't mean your insights weren't valuable. My Extended list (7/10) would be a pretty big jump for both of them from where I considered them before.
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Re: Klimt choices spot-on ... Thank you, I try -- maybe a bit too hard Smile Certainly one of the most profound artists. Of his masterpieces, every line, dot, shape, gold decoration, etc, seems to have been given the utmost attention and sensual, obsessively ornamental care. Completely in addition to the often erotic nature of his works and the startlingly original visual art and color schemes he produces, it is amazing that one can see and feel such obsession down to the simplest of his lines and forms. I think this is due to his expertise as a draftsman, combined with the sensation he imbued in his works from his startling avant-garde concepts and the sensuality and awe he conveyed into his paintings for nature, beauty and his sexual preoccupations. The Virgin is another one of his that could very well be included in my 7.3+ list (at the very least, in a high spot on the Extended one). Also Adele Bloch Bauer 1.

Correction: I am not sure if I'm familiar with: Kees van Dongen - The Corn Poppy (1919)
Orazio Samacchini - Hercules and Antaeus (1565)

Thank you for all your insights about Lichtenstein and Rothko! I'll give both of them another go with that in mind. And I'll let you know if I end up agreeing with you on them. You've already convinced me that I probably haven't given them attentive enough consideration, however my 7.3+ list is pretty strict so even if I dig them much more than I did before (which, for Lichtenstein, was mainly "amusing, satirical novelty" and, for Rothko "meditative, interesting choice/combinations of color"), they still have a long shot at making it and that doesn't mean your insights weren't valuable. My Extended list (7/10) would be a pretty big jump for both of them from where I considered them before.


Everything you said about Klimt is correct, without a doubt. Very well put. Adele Bloch Bauer 1 is fantastic too obviously, but I far prefer The Kiss, which is notably on your list. I'm also quite fond of The Tree of Life and Lake Attersee. He diverted from his typical style and really nailed the outcomes for both.

Curious simply on your inclusion of Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence. How did you analyze it? Is there any detailed account as to how it was coloured or what materials were used? I've only ever seen the b&w photographs. I've never researched to heavily into the pieces.

Corn Poppy (and Kees van Dongen in general) is just a personal inclusion. One of my favourite portrait artists. His landscapes are pretty nice too though, something along the lines of Van Gogh meets Matisse meets Monet.

Hercules and Antaeus was a favourite of an old art professor I had. I had to go dig up my notes to remember what it was called. I was really floored when I saw it for the first time (in picture), it's extremely forward thinking for the time.

For the record, Lichtenstein's work is amusing and satirical, but I would definitely disagree with calling it novelty. There's a lot going for them. Make sure to look a bit into who Lichtenstein was as a person as well. I like to separate the art from the artist, but I find that in this case it adds a bit of insight. And keep in mind that Rothko's work isn't always meditative. Sometimes it's very harsh and unsettling.

But yeah, cool, all good. I don't think I'll ever make a comprehensive list of my favourite paintings, but I'm definitely hoping to see them one day.
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