Greatest Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture of All Time - Lounge

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Recommendations and suggestions welcome. For MY CRITERIA FOR ART page, go here: http://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15503 Scroll down to the post below this one for my "Great Paintings - Extended List". Or, CLICK HERE: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=465089#465089 Greatest Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture of All Time SCROLL DOWN for the version with IMAGES AND LINKS DUE TO THE NUMBER OF IMAGES ON THIS PAGE, I RECOMMEND LETTING IT SIT AND LOAD FOR ABOUT A MINUTE OR TWO BEFORE SCROLLING IF YOU WANT THEM MOST/ALL TO BE AVAILABLE. THIS IS OF COURSE AN ESTIMATE AND WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF YOUR COMPUTER/DEVICE RATINGS NOTE: For Architecture ratings I include any "structural" sculpture and/or primarily decorative (not stand alone) sculpture that is still essentially among its "structure" (most obviously this would mean relief sculptures that make up the walls, as in Borobodur or Angkor Wat or Kailasa Temple, or as with any Gothic church oftentimes with sculpture on its walls, roof, portals, or as with the facade of the Florence Duomo...etc). I also include any primarily decorative mosaics, stained glass or similarly structural art that are primarily for the purpose of decorating the building interior or exterior and not intended so much as a stand alone work by a singular artist making a more personalized statement. For example, with St. Peter's Basilica all the sculptures along the top of the Facade, lining the roof of the Colonnade, are primarily decorative and an inherent element to its structural expression, far less as stand alone works. As well, there are various angelic and niche sculptures that are part of the interior walls or that float/hang along the upper walls, which are also primarily decorative and inherent elements to its structural expression, far less as stand alone works. More to the contrary, Bernini's Saint Peter's Chair and Baldachinno are much more "stand alone" works by an artist making a singular (not mostly decorative) and personalized stamp on them, even though it is also true that he is also implementing them, compositionally, in to the ensemble of St. Peter's as a whole. So although an argument could be made the other way, these are too artistically idiomatic and of Bernini as a rather singular artist and are not considered part of the overall rating and so would be rated separately. The biggest factor in addition to their stand alone stature as works of art is that they aren't really part of or attached to its architectural structure (the building walls, columns, ceilings...); rather, they were separately and exclusively added later -- the Baldachinno being particularly "stand alone", whereas Saint Peter's Chair was sculpted in part as illusionistically coming "through" and expanding along and out from the Apse end wall (so this one could be more arguable as regards "structural" sculpture). An example of mosaics being treated as part of the architecture rating would be Monreale Cathedral whose mosaics are very similar to other theological mosaic programs across Italy among the same period (hence, primarily decorative, not so much "stand alone" works), are physically embedded in its structure and (as far as I know) were produced by a group of artisans, not by or led by a singularly minded artist putting a more personalized stamp on them. They are more beautiful and elaborate than most or perhaps any, but "artistically" or "technically" were more or less illustrating a similar artistic and theological plan of other such Churches of the same period (Palermo for example). Simply put, these are primarily "decorative" and embedded in as the physical interior of the Church, primarily serving that purpose and not making themselves known so much as stand alone works beyond that program. In a similar sense, stained glass windows (particularly of the Gothic period and most other Churches) would count within the architectural rating/ranking as even in very extraordinary cases (like Sainte-Chapelle) these tend to be primarily decorative and produced by a group of artisans (not so much a singular artistic vision) and are direct, inherent structural and interdependent facets to its walls, verticality, and so on. This can all be a bit of a judgement call of course and sometimes it is very close whether it should count or not, and sometimes I may change my mind later. I do my best to maintain consistency so every work gets its fair due respect as regards their full ratings/rankings. Note that any listing of "Structural" Sculpture also automatically includes any primarily decorative sculpture within that description, especially where such is directly attached to or part of its structure (basically one and the same, "structural" being the overriding requirement, hence the most important descriptor). To further clarify, this would always include such decorative sculpture that is also part of an entrance or gate or causeway of the structure of a work (such as the guardian lions of the causeway to Angkor Wat). I mention this because these can be sometimes be confused as "stand alone" because they seem free or separate from the main structure, but in such a case they are not and are similarly counted. Note that typically all windows, structural glass, counts towards the architectural evaluation and this will usually be assumed without saying (especially with more modern buildings). I only specify this separately where there is an additional visual art added to it as in stained glass so that it is understood that this is being fully included as part of the architectural rating -- as in, the stained glass artistry and design is being included just as the decorative, design and visual artistry of the other building structure, interior and exterior would be. There are of course potential exceptions to separating these, such as where a single artist led or personally produced (as a combined program) all a sites' architecture, sculpture, paintings (and any other accompanying genre). In such cases, it is likely I would count everything together no matter how much any of it should alone be considered decorative, structural, or not. Where I state to the right of a selection (in brackets) that the work is both, for example: , means that all sculpture among that work counts towards the rating/ranking and does not need to be separately specified as to which type (of sculpture). Where I detail this more such as would mean there are other more "stand alone" sculptures on the site of that work that are not being included in the overall rating (with St. Peter's this would include St Peter's Chair and the Baldachinno and Michelangelo's Pieta as the main examples) and I am specifying that what is being counted among its architecture are its structural, primarily decorative sculptures. In the case of, for instance, (or similar "and/or" descriptive in brackets) means it can be counted as either architecture "and/or" sculpture and any or all of this applies to the rating/ranking (for instance, the Lalibela Church complex or Kailasa Temple are simultaneously "architecture" as well as its "architecture" having been "sculpted" out of the depth of its surface, so can be counted as both or each in any given part). WARNING: SOME IMAGES MAY BE NSFW, DISTURBING AND/OR UNSUITABLE FOR CHILDREN Greatest Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture of All Time INCOMPLETE / IN-PROGRESS SCROLL DOWN for the version with IMAGES AND LINKS 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 9.9/10 Sistine Chapel Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1508 - 1512; 1535 - 1541) / Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy 9.1/10 The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (probably circa 1503-1505) / Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain 9.0/10 The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1495 - 1498) / Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy 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) / Siem Reap, Cambodia 8.9/10 Alhambra - Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar; later additions overseen by Yusuf I and Muhammad V (initial structure: 1250; several alterations thereafter through the 1600s) / Granada, Spain Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany - Werner Tubke (1976 - 1987) / Panorama Museum, Bad Frankenhausen, Thuringia, Germany 8.8/10 St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (Original design and began construction of central Greek Cross plan: 1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Revised plan and construction with updated Greek Cross design heavily informing the final result less the later addition of Maderno's Nave and Facade; revision and main design of the central Dome: 1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (Revised to Latin Cross plan with addition of central Nave; addition of Facade: 1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Revision of St. Peter's Square, addition of Colonnade: 1656 - 1667) (Building completed and opened by 1626; various revisions and additions thereafter) / Vatican City, Rome, Italy Notre-Dame de Paris - Main construction principally directed under Bishop Maurice de Sully (1163 - 1260, main construction; various additions, updates, restorations thereafter; reconstruction of fleche and roof from fire damages: 2019 - 2024) / Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France 8.7/10 Taj Mahal - Ustad Ahmad Lahauri (1631 - 1653) / Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India 8.6/10 Registan Square - Ulugh Beg (1417 - 1420); Yalangtoʻsh Bahodir (1619 - 1636; 1646 - 1660) / Samarkand, Uzbekistan 8.5/10 Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937) / Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain 8.4/10 Potala Palace - Lozano Gyatso, 5th Dalai Llama (1645 - 1694; some additions thereafter) / Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China Hagia Sophia - Directed by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I; Designed by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles (Current Main Structure: 532 - 537; various changes, additions thereafter) Sagrada Família - Antoni Gaudí (Gaudi: 1883 - 1926, unfinished; Still under construction) / Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Kailasa Temple - King Krishna I (circa 773) / Ellora Caves (Cave 16), Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India 8.3/10 Borobudur - Gunadharma (circa 842?) / Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey - William of Volpiano (1060; Romanesque Church of the Abbey, Transept); Abbot of Torigni (1100s; structural reinforcement, main facade of Church); various modifications, reinforcements, thereafter (especially 1215 - 1228; various additions through 1390s) / Manche, Normandy, France Sainte-Chapelle - Jean de Chelles or Thomas de Cormont (1242 - 1248) / Paris, France Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches Complex - Gebre Meskel Lalibela (Architects unknown, construction was under the rule of Gebre Meskel Lalibela, circa 1181 - 1221; probably modified at various stages thereafter) / Ethiopian Highlands near Lalibela, Ethiopia 8.2/10 The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902) / Secession Building, Vienna, Austria Metamorphose de Narcisse - Salvador Dali (1937) / Tate Modern, London, England 8.1/10 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) / Florence, Italy The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1542 - 1545; circa 1546 - 1550) / Pauline Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy Europe After The Rain II - Max Ernst (1940 - 1942) / Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA The Last Judgment - Hieronymus Bosch (after 1482; probably circa 1500 - 1503) / Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria 8.0/10 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) / Pisa, Tuscany, Italy Chartres Cathedral - Master of Chartres (Anonymous French Architect) (early phase of construction from 1120s - circa 1165, with only the crypt, towers and West Facade surviving a fire of 1194; thereafter the main Gothic structure as currently seen was largely established structurally from 1194 - 1221; further completion and details from circa 1221 - circa 1250 with consecration in 1260; various modifications and additions thereafter) / Chartres, France https://www.alsace-360.fr/JustePourVoirNet/20110108CathedraleChartres/ Milan Cathedral - Begun by Simone da Orsenigo; Several architects thereafter (Begun 1386; several stages of development through 1965) / Milan, Italy David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501 - 1504) / Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1498 - 1499) / St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy Psicostasia - Dino Valls (2005) 7.9/10 Cologne Cathedral - Master Gerhard of Ryle (1248 - 1560, construction led by various architects after 1271; construction halted in 1560; resumed and completed 1842 - 1880) / Cologne, Germany Sydney Opera House - Jørn Utzon (1959 - 1973) / Bennelong Point, Sydney, Australia Monreale Cathedral - Begun by William II of Sicily in 1174; various modifications thereafter (1267) / Monreale, Sicily, Italy 7.8/10 The Pantheon - Apollodorus of Damascus (circa 113 - 125) / Rome, Italy The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1520 - 1533; final composition completed later: 1559) / Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1907 - 1908) / Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) - Salvador Dali (1954) / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA 7.7/10 St Paul’s Cathedral - Christopher Wren (1675 - 1710) / London, England The Seven Heavenly Palaces 2004-2015 - Anselm Kiefer (2004 - 2015) / Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan, Italy St. Matthew Cycle: The Calling of St. Matthew; The Inspiration of St. Matthew; The Martyrdom of St. Matthew - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1599 - 1600; 1602) / Contarelli Chapel, San Luigi dei Francesi, Rome, Italy The Triumph of Death - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (circa 1562) / Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain Isenheim Altarpiece - Matthias Grunewald (circa 1512 - 1516) 7.6/10 Geghard Monastery - Gregory the Illuminator (Monastery: 4th Century; Main Church: 1215; various additional chapels, architecture/sculpture: 1200s) / Kotayk Province, Armenia https://cyark.org/projects/monastery-of-geghard/panorama-tour Houses of Parliament - Charles Barry and Augustus Pugin (reconstructed: 1840 - 1876) / Westminster, London, United Kingdom Batalha Monastery - Afonso Domingues (1388 - 1402); Huguet (1402 - 1438 in which several Flamboyant Gothic elements were added; changed architects posthumously, continued construction, revisions, additions through completion circa 1517) / Batalha, Portugal Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque - Yusef Abdelki (1996 - 2007) Golden Gate Bridge - Joseph Strauss (1937) / San Francisco, California, USA Salisbury Cathedral - Richard Poore (1220 - 1330) / Salisbury, Wiltshire, England La Fabrica - Ricardo Bofill (1973 - 2022) / Sant Just Desvern, Catalonia, Spain Philosophy, Medicine & Jurisprudence - Gustav Klimt (1899 - 1907) Stanza della Segnatura - Raphael Sanzio (1511) The Night Watch - Rembrandt van Rijn (1638 - 1642) / Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands The Gates of Hell - Auguste Rodin (1889 "Expressionist" Version; Unfinished, revised between two main versions, 1880-1917; Bronze cast 1926-1928) The Virgin - Gustav Klimt (1913) Lloyd's Building - Richard Rogers (1978 - 1986) / London, England, UK Sainte-Cécile Cathedral - Bernard de Castanet (1280–1317); Dominique de Florence (approx. 1397–1410) (Main construction: 1282 - 1410; consecrated 1480) / Place Sainte-Cécile, Albi, France Water Lilies (Orangerie Museum) - Claude Monet (1918) >>>>>Süleymaniye Mosque https://www.360cities.net/bj/image/suleymaniye-mosque-suleymaniye-camii https://www.360cities.net/IT/image/istanbul-suleymaniye-mosque-1 https://www.360cities.net/image/suleymaniye-mosque-suleymaniye-camii-1 https://www.360cities.net/image/suleymaniye-mosque-istanbul https://www.flickr.com/photos/hapephotographix/55000721447/in/photostream/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpU6FtePGek https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=monuments%3BISL%3Btr%3BMon01%3B25%3Ben https://picturearch.com/yeni2.html >>>>>Toledo Cathedral https://www.airpano.com/360article/toledo-spain/ https://www.360cities.net/es/image/ayuntamiento-square-and-cathedral-of-toledo-spain https://www.360cities.net/cs/image/cathedral-place-in-toledo-spain https://www.360cities.net/image/procession-of-corpus-christi-toledo-spain https://www.360cities.net/image/toledo-calle-cardenal-cisneros https://www.360cities.net/image/the-interior-of-the-cathedral-toledo-spain https://www.360cities.net/image/catedral-toledo-interior-1 https://www.360cities.net/image/chapterhouse-of-the-cathedral-toledo-spain https://www.360cities.net/en/image/sacristy-of-the-cathedral-toledo-spain?pano_detail=true&portfolio_view=false https://www.360cities.net/zh/image/toledo-from-san-ildefonso-church-spain >>>>>Strasbourg Cathedral https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=737199#737199 The Starry Night - Vincent van Gogh (1889) 7.5/10 Death and the Maiden - Egon Schiele (1915) The Veiled Christ - Giuseppe Sanmartino (1753) / Cappella Sansevero, Naples, Italy Pena National Palace - Wilhelm Ludwig von Eschwege (1842 - 1854) / Sintra, Portugal Scrovegni Chapel - Giotto di Bondone (1305) Les Espaces d'Abraxas - Ricardo Bofill (1978 - 1983) / Noisy-le-Grand, Paris, France Santiago de Compostela Cathedral (original construction, primarily Romanesque: 1075 - 1211, Pricipal Architect: Bernard the Elder (late 1000s - mid 1100s?); Master Esteban (completed Romanesque Facade: 1103); Pórtico da Gloria, an early work of Romanesque sculpture, Master Mateo (completed 1188); Gothic construction, modifications (especially in the Cloister and some Interior features), more prominently major Baroque construction and modifications, these mainly from 1400s - circa 1770; most notably Fernando de Casas Novoa, constructing the North Tower (aka, da Carraca) and Baroque Facade (circa 1738 - 1760); various other, additions, modifications during that period and thereafter) Imam Mosque - Ali Akbar Isfahani (1611 - 1629) / Naqsh-e Jahan Square, Esfahan, Isfahan Province, Iran Fallingwater - Frank Lloyd Wright (1939) / Mill Run, Pennsylvania, USA The Persistence of Memory - Salvador Dali (1931) The Entire City - Max Ernst (1936) Virgin of the Rocks - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1483-1486) Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci (1505) Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I - Gustav Klimt (1907) Fall of the Angel - Anselm Kiefer (2022 - 2023) >>>>>Westminster Abbey https://www.westminster-abbey.org/learning/virtual-tours >>>>>Hungarian Parliament Building https://www.parlament.hu/web/orszaghaz/az-orszaghaz-tetoszintje >>>>>Lincoln Cathedral https://lincolncathedral.com/virtual-guided-tour/ Reims Cathedral - Jean d'Orbais (Principal Architect: 1210 - 1228; additional architects, construction, modifications thereafter with the main phase of construction from 1211 - 1275; further modifications through 1345, High Gothic, Rayonnant Style) / Reims, France https://www.hdmedia.fr/visite-virtuelle/hd/cbpeepK8d-cathedrale-reims-.html https://www.alsace-360.fr/JustePourVoirNet/20110308CathedraleReims/ Amiens Cathedral - Robert of Luzarches (1220 - 1228; Building Plan and Principal Architect); Thomas and Regnault de Cormont (1228 - 1258); Renaud de Cormont (1258 - 1288; Mostly constructed 1220 - circa 1270; modifications thereafter) / Amiens, France https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/amiens-arthum/map/panorama-tour Transfiguration - Raphael Sanzio (1519) Les Demoiselles d'Avignon - Pablo Picasso (1907) David - Donatello (circa 1440s) / Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence, Italy Sacré-Cœur Basilica - Paul Abadie (1875 - 1914) / Paris, France Ulm Minster - Heinrich Parler (Main Design and Principal Architect, mainly 1387 - 1391; continued construction and modification thereafter over centuries; first major construction phase: 1377 - 1543; further construction, modifications thereafter until 1890) / Ulm, Germany Dome of the Rock - Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (circa 685 - 692) / Jerusalem, Israel Metropolitan Cathedral of Rio de Janeiro - Edgar Fonseca (1979) / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Basilica of Saint-Denis - Abbot Suger (Principal Architect, Main Construction including the Gothic innovations: 1135 - 1144; key Nave and Transept additions thereafter, mainly 1230 - 1280 with modifications thereafter) / Saint-Denis, France https://kuula.co/share/7JcFb/collection/7lFlw?fs=1&vr=1&zoom=1&sd=1&autorotate=0.04&autop=10&autopalt=1&thumbs=1&margin=4&inst=fr&info=1&logo=1&logosize=88&gcl=1 7.4/10 The Ecstasy of Saint Teresa - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1647 - 1652) / Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy Apollo and Daphne - Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1625) Moses - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1513 - 1515) / San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy Primavera - Sandro Botticelli (1482) Ghent Altarpiece - Jan van Eyck (1432) Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception - McGinnis & Walsh (Architects); Jan Henryk De Rosen (Interior Design) (1920 - 2017) / Washington, D.C., USA The Worship of the Golden Calf and The Last Judgment - Jacopo Tintoretto (1560 - 1563) / Madonna dell'Orto, Venice, Italy The Fight Between Carnival and Lent - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria The Temptation of St. Anthony - Hieronymus Bosch (circa 1501) / Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga, Lisbon, Portugal Sarajevo - Omar El-Nagdi (1992) Portrait of the Bourgeoisie - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1939 - 1940) / Mexican Electricians Union, Mexico City, Mexico Sarajevo - Omar El-Nagdi (1992) >>>>>Jeronimos Monastery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerónimos_Monastery https://artsandculture.google.com/story/OAVRGVd0mefOLA https://visitasvirtuais.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt/mj/ Aschenblume - Anselm Kiefer (1983-97) / Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA F-111 - James Rosenquist (1964 - 1965) / The Museum of Modern Art, New York , USA Eiffel Tower - Stephen Sauvestre (1887 - 1889) / 7th arrondissement, Paris, France City - Michael Heizer (1970 - 2022) / Garden Valley, Nevada, USA >>>>>Winchester Cathedral https://www.360cities.net/image/winchester-cathedral-grounds-in-springtime-april-2021 https://www.360cities.net/dh/image/winchester-cathedral-west-front https://www.360cities.net/image/winchester-cathedral-nave https://www.airvuz.com/video/Winchester-Cathedral-from-above?id=5f2062f834071f0f9e1fc48d https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgeqkvRi7Oo https://www.airvuz.com/video/flying-through-winchester-cathedral?id=66cf58be78267900083a345b https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tbf9e5BE_EY >>>>Canterbury Cathedral https://virtualtour.canterbury-cathedral.org/ Gloucester Cathedral - Abbot Serlo (Original Architect; Norman (Romanesque) foundations: 1089 - 1120); possibly William de Ramsey or Thomas of Canterbury on various Gothic transformations; Abbot Frouster on the Great Cloister and Fan Vaulting (Gothic transformations: 1242 - 1457; this Gothic period is what shaped the Cathedral the most as we see it today: Early English Gothic Phase: 1242 - 1311, and Perpendicular Gothic Phase: 1351 - 1457; Cloisters: 1351 - 1412; Construction of Cathedral completed 1482; various modifications thereafter) Saint-Nicolas Church - Walter Maria Förderer (1971) / Heremence, Switzerland https://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/leglise-saint-nicolas-by-walter-maria-fa-rderer/ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Chiesa+cattolica+di+San+Nicola/@46.1809078,7.404781,3a,75y,204.86h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sHNcfkrr7vbB0a08w-5E9Dw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D0%26panoid%3DHNcfkrr7vbB0a08w-5E9Dw%26yaw%3D204.856!7i16384!8i8192!4m6!3m5!1s0x478ed904cae038ed:0x4eaa14598a56497!8m2!3d46.1804809!4d7.4044932!16s%2Fg%2F11g0mhfjhc?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D https://www.google.com/local/place/fid/0x478ed8dffeae9973:0x968ac26e08db42a5/photosphere?iu=https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gps-cs-s/AHVAweqEF285kHjhef-MX-3Uq31QZs0Gn61hJh9vYyF7vy1DKRKTsfhEP0-v_9qfZPk0Kop0uI1NhudPZ72na-njvZBWc8mWYEjVSg2uRpb6cUKPHV5px8qh0qQ5Ja7peiNagx7PcPtO-w%3Dw160-h106-k-no-pi-9.745077-ya94.69336-ro-1.7536739-fo100&ik=CAoSF0NJSE0wb2dLRUlDQWdJQ2s3T3VOckFF >>>>>Bourges Cathedral France https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/mapping-gothic/bourges-cathedrale-saint-etienne Seville Cathedral - Alonso Martinez (Lead Architect of Main Structure, peak building period of: 1401 - 1506; after main structure completion, there were several variations and additions across centuries, each main period as follows: Main Gothic structure: 1401 - 1528; Renaissance additions/revisions: 1528 - 1593; Baroque additions/revisions: 1618 - 1758; Academic additions/revisions: 1758 - 1823; Gothic Revival additions/revisions: 1825 - 1928) / Seville, Andalusia, Spain The Crucifixion of Saint Peter and The Conversion of Saint Paul on the Road to Damascus - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1600 - 1601) / Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome, Italy Legend of the True Cross - Piero della Francesca (1447 - 1466) / Basilica of San Francesco, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy >>>>>Laon Cathedral https://www.flickr.com/photos/aengineer/albums/892644/ https://www.360cities.net/image/laon-cathedral-london https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/cathedrale-notre-dame-laon-france-7bb2abd7c8184170b090ce3e7624bd57 https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/work/w0000534 https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/mapping-gothic/laon-cathedrale-notre-dame https://mcid.mcah.columbia.edu/mapping-gothic/laon-cathedrale-notre-dame Abduction of a Sabine Woman - Giambologna (1583) TBD: Cappella Palatine, Palermo https://www.cappellapalatinapalermo.it/fotogallery/virtual-tour/ 7.3/10 Return of the Prodigal Son - Rembrandt van Rijn (circa 1667 - 1669) / Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia View of Toledo - El Greco (1599) Lucretia - Rembrandt van Rijn (1666) Netherlandish Proverbs - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1559) / Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte - Georges Seurat (1886) Christ's Entry into Brussels in 1889 - James Ensor (1888) The Battle of Alexander at Issus - Albrecht Altdorfer (1529) / Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany Belshazzar's Feast - Rembrandt van Rijn (circa 1635 - 1638) / The National Gallery, London, England Cypresses - Vincent van Gogh (1889) Witches Sabbath (The Great He-Goat) - Francisco Goya (circa 1823) Las Meninas - Diego Velazquez (1656) The Descent from the Cross - Rogier van der Weyden (1435) Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp - Rembrandt van Rijn (1632) The Sleeping Venus - Paul Delvaux (1944) >>>>>Wells Cathedral https://exhibitatour.com/WellsCathedral/index.htm Laurentian Library - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1524 - 1534; completed thereafter, posthumously in 1571; Tribune of Elci rotunda added by Pasquale Poccianti in 1841) / Basilica di San Lorenzo di Firenze, Florence, Italy The Resurrection - Piero della Francesca (circa 1460) The Luncheon on the Grass - Edouard Manet (1863) >>>>>Church of Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp https://www.thewoodhouseny.com/journal/2018/6/20/the-chapel-at-ronchamp https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/html/modern https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/panos/Ronchamp/Exterior-1/ https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/panos/Ronchamp/Exterior-2/ https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/panos/Ronchamp/Exterior-3/ https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/panos/Ronchamp/Exterior-4/ https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/panos/Ronchamp/Exterior-5/ https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/panos/Ronchamp/Exterior-6/ https://projects.mcah.columbia.edu/ha/panos/Ronchamp/Chapel-1/ Rinaldo and Armida - Anthony van Dyck (1629) Tower of Babel - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563) / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria The Procession To Calvary - Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1564) / Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria Church of the Holy Spirit - Imre Makovecz (1987 - 1991) / Paks, Hungary Castle in the Pyrenees - Rene Magritte (1959) / Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel The Scream - Edvard Munch (1893) Osiris and Isis - Anselm Kiefer (1985 - 1987) / San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, USA Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows - John Constable (1830 - 1831) / Tate, London, England The Road Ahead is Golden ...Silver ...Bronze - Hernan Bas (2011) / The City Rises - Umberto Boccioni (1910) / Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA Metropolis - George Grosz (1916 - 1917) / Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain Grundtvig's Church - Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (1940) / Copenhagen, Denmark Vicious Circle - Jacek Malczewski (1895 - 1897) / National Museum, Poznań, Poland The War - Otto Dix (1929 - 1932) / Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany The Raft of the Medusa - Théodore Géricault (1819) Wheat Field With Cypresses - Vincent van Gogh (1889) Church of Atlantida - Eladio Dieste (1952 - 1960) / Estación Atlántida, Uruguay Rondanini Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1552 - 1564; possibly unfinished or "an endless beginning") / Sforza Castle, Milan, Italy The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein the Younger (1533) Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque - Mohamed Makiya and Edgard Bali (1994 - 2001) La Muralla Roja - Ricardo Bofill (1968 - 1973) / Calpe, Alicante, Spain Road with Cypress and Star - Vincent van Gogh (1890) Kizhi Pogost: Church of Transfiguration; Church of Intercession - Master Nestor (1694; 1714) Rain, Steam and Speed - The Great Western Railway - J.M.W. Turner (1844) Doni Tondo - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1505 - 1506) / Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy Sacred Allegory - Giovanni Bellini (circa 1490-1500) Church on the Water - Tadeo Ando (1985 - 1988) / Nakatomamu, Shimukappu, Yufutsu District, Japan >>>>>Church of Gesù Nuovo https://www.annesitaly.com/2022/01/21/the-gesu-church-in-naples-the-mystery-of-the-musical-facade/ https://www.gesunuovo.it/English/En_chiesaGN.html https://360stories.com/naples/point/front-of-chiesa-del-gesu-nuovo Luzifer - Anselm Kiefer (2012 - 2023) The Adoration of the Magi - Peter Paul Rubens (1609; revised 1629) The Entombment of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (1603 - 1604) / Pinacoteca Vaticana, Vatican City, Rome, Italy Sleeping Venus - Giorgione (1510) Ash Flower - Anselm Kiefer (2004) The Deposition - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1547 - 1555; unfinished, abandoned) / Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Florence, Italy Vietnam II - Leon Golub (1973) / Tate Modern, London, England, UK Psyche Revived by Cupid's Kiss - Antonio Canova (1793) The Death of Socrates - Jacques-Louis David (1787) Pieta - Titian (1575 - 1576; probably unfinished) / Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy >>>>>St. Stephan’s Cathedral (Vienna) https://tour.discover-culture.com/?prod=6395 >>>>>Kings College Chapel https://www.virtualtour.study.cam.ac.uk/?x=ug&y=colleges&z=kings-college&language=undergraduate https://www.virtualtour.study.cam.ac.uk/?x=ug&y=colleges&z=kings-college&language=undergraduate Il Paradiso - Jacopo Tintoretto (assisted by son Domenico Tintoretto) (1588 - 1594) / Doge's Palace, Sala del Maggior Consiglio, Venice, Italy https://artsandculture.google.com/streetview/doge-s-palace/4QFjjBYv3YHJUA?hl=en-GB&sv_lng=12.340543863599217&sv_lat=45.43371039093834&sv_h=52.89344332939754&sv_p=15.795296644717638&sv_pid=BZ1IuuddVK-3vd1BdD5oTQ&sv_z=1.9595663886406423 Circus Sideshow - Georges Seurat (1888) The Crucifixion - Jacopo Tintoretto (1565) / Scuola Grande di San Rocco, Venice, Italy Laocoön and His Sons - Unknown Artist; suggested Athanadoros, Hagesandros, or Polydoros of Rhodes (circa 200 BC - 70 AD) / Vatican Museum, Vatican City, Rome, Italy Composition VII - Wassily Kandinsky (1913) / Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia The Holy Trinity - Tommaso Masaccio (circa 1427) VERY ROUGH ESTIMATES — TOO RUINED TO RATE MORE CONFIDENTLY 8.8/10+: Petra (especially if the whole is counted in its entirety) 8.0/10+: The Parthenon - Iktinos and Callicrates (Architecture); Phidias (Sculpture) (447 BC - 432 BC) / Athens, Greece In progress… Matthias Church https://www.360cities.net/image/matthias-church-budapest-interior-view https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Church+of+Our+Lady+of+Buda+Castle/@47.5019537,19.0341617,3a,90y,64.57h,109.72t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sCIHM0ogKEICAgIC4w5qk9QE!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh3.googleusercontent.com%2Fgpms-cs-s%2FAFfmt2YqozhHSfr0hLk6_hgqLuYzGjShXPgEL4f0PFwxmVXzX91KN3Kf5fDVLzPrCTcu5Yq6Tj73m9zrVLjQ70uekHDAMbYgsZ5S2PyxX9mLgxaa-QclDcLQnyOHUEBDxZsZuRxZY8hjHQ%3Dw900-h600-k-no-pi-19.724561410733514-ya64.5742706349152-ro0-fo100!7i5376!8i2688!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x4741dc227e9e2bd7:0x62d0728c6f694ad5!2sThe+Church+of+Our+Lady+of+Buda+Castle!8m2!3d47.5019537!4d19.0341617!16zL20vMGJwdHoz!3m5!1s0x4741dc227e9e2bd7:0x62d0728c6f694ad5!8m2!3d47.5019537!4d19.0341617!16zL20vMGJwdHoz?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI2MDQwNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D PROBABLY BEING DOWNGRADED TO THE LOWER LIST (6.8 - 7.2): 7.1/10: The Taking of Christ - Michelangelo Caravaggio (circa 1602) 7.1/10: Christ Cathedral - Philip Johnson and John Burgee (1977 - 1981; interior renovations in 2013) / Garden Grove, California, USA 7.1/10: Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption - Pier Luigi Nervi, Pietro Belluschi, John Michael Lee, Paul A. Ryan and Angus McSweeney (1971) / San Francisco, California, USA 7.1/10: MIT Stata Center - Frank Gehry (2001 - 2004) / Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 7.1/10: Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health - Frank Gehry (2007 - 2010) / Las Vegas, Nevada, USA 7.1/10: Habitat 67 - Moshe Safdie (1964 - 1967) / Cité du Havre, Montreal, Quebec 7.1/10: Group X, Altarpieces, Nos. 1-3 - Hilma af Klint (1915) 7.1/10: Sistine Madonna - Raphael Sanzio (circa 1513 - 1514) / Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany 7.1/10: Guggenheim Museum - Frank Gehry (1991 - 1997) / Abando, Bilbao, Spain 7.0/10: Chemosphere - John Lautner (1960) / Los Angeles, California, USA 7.0/10: Ennis House - Frank Lloyd Wright (1924) / Los Angeles, California, USA 7.0/10: Sheats-Goldstein Residence - John Lautner (1963; updated by Lautner between 1972-1994; additional modifications posthumously through 2004) 7.0/10: Basilica of the Sacred Heart - Albert Van Huffel (1919 - 1970) / Koekelberg, Brussels, Belgium 7.0/10: Quadrofarius - Artem Ogurtsov (2012) 7.0/10: Sandham Memorial Chapel: The Resurrection of the Soldiers & War Murals - Stanley Spencer (1929) 6.9/10: The Scroll - Shahzia Sikander (1990) 6.9/10: The Main Cathedral of the Russian Armed Forces - Mikhail Fayantsev (2018 - 2020) / Patriot Park, Kubinka, Odintsovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia 6.8/10: Robie House - Frank Lloyd Wright (1910) / Chicago, Illinois, USA Virtual Tours: https://maphub.net/potdom/3d-virtual-museums ____________________ Greatest Paintings, Sculpture and Architecture of All Time INCOMPLETE / IN-PROGRESS 9.9/10 Sistine Chapel Ceiling and The Last Judgment - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1508 - 1512; 1535 - 1541) / Sistine Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy Ceiling: Altar Wall - The Last Judgment: FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=611914#611914 9.1/10 The Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch (probably circa 1503-1505) / Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651213#651213 9.0/10 The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (circa 1495 - 1498) / Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=612344#612344 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) / Siem Reap, Cambodia FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=703270#703270 8.9/10 Alhambra - Muhammad I Ibn al-Ahmar; later additions overseen by Yusuf I and Muhammad V (initial structure: 1250; several alterations thereafter through the 1600s) / Granada, Spain FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=730150#730150 Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany - Werner Tubke (1976 - 1987) / Bad Frankenhausen, Thuringia, Germany FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651216#651216 8.8/10 St. Peter's Basilica - Principal Architects: Donato Bramante (Original design and began construction of central Greek Cross plan: 1503 - 1514); Michelangelo Buonarroti (Revised plan and construction with updated Greek Cross design heavily informing the final result less the later addition of Maderno's Nave and Facade; revision and main design of the central Dome: 1546 - 1564); Carlo Maderno (Revised to Latin Cross plan with addition of central Nave; addition of Facade: 1603 - 1629); Gian Lorenzo Bernini (Revision of St. Peter's Square, addition of Colonnade: 1656 - 1667) (Building completed and opened by 1626; various revisions and additions thereafter) / Vatican City, Rome, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS - Michelangelo Buonarroti: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=611914#611914 FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS - Gian Lorenzo Bernini: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=651232#651232 Notre-Dame de Paris - Main construction principally directed under Bishop Maurice de Sully (1163 - 1260, main construction; various additions, updates, restorations thereafter; reconstruction of fleche and roof from fire damages: 2019 - 2024) / Parvis Notre-Dame – Place Jean-Paul-II, Paris, France FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=736745#736745 8.7/10 Taj Mahal - Ustad Ahmad Lahauri (1631 - 1653) / Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=662648#662648 8.6/10 Registan Square - Ulugh Beg (1417 - 1420); Yalangtoʻsh Bahodir (1619 - 1636; 1646 - 1660) / Samarkand, Uzbekistan FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=664424#664424 8.5/10 Guernica - Pablo Picasso (1937) / Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651219#651219 8.4/10 Potala Palace - Lozano Gyatso, 5th Dalai Llama (1645 - 1694; some additions thereafter) / Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region, China FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=730193#730193 Hagia Sophia - Directed by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I; Designed by Isidore of Miletus and Anthemius of Tralles (Current Main Structure: 532 - 537; various changes, additions thereafter) FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=736540#736540 Sagrada Família - Antoni Gaudí (Gaudi: 1883 - 1926, unfinished; Still under construction as of 2025) / Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=662601#662601 Kailasa Temple - King Krishna I (circa 773) / Ellora Caves (Cave 16), Aurangabad district, Maharashtra, India FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=720111#720111 8.3/10 Borobudur - Gunadharma (circa 842?) / Magelang Regency, Central Java, Indonesia FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=730179#730179 Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey - William of Volpiano (1060; Romanesque Church of the Abbey, Transept); Abbot of Torigni (1100s; structural reinforcement, main facade of Church); various modifications, reinforcements, thereafter (especially 1215 - 1228; various additions through 1390s) / Manche, Normandy, France FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=730751#730751 Sainte-Chapelle - Jean de Chelles or Thomas de Cormont (1242 - 1248) / Paris, France FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=730794#730794 Lalibela Rock-Hewn Churches Complex - Gebre Meskel Lalibela (Architects unknown, construction was under the rule of Gebre Meskel Lalibela, circa 1181 - 1221; probably modified at various stages thereafter) / Ethiopian Highlands near Lalibela, Ethiopia FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=664426#664426 8.2/10 The Beethoven Frieze - Gustav Klimt (1902) / Secession Building, Vienna, Austria FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651217#651217 Metamorphose de Narcisse - Salvador Dali (1937) / Tate Modern, London, England FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651222#651222 8.1/10 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) / Florence, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=663800#663800 The Conversion of Saul and The Crucifixion of St. Peter - Michelangelo Buonarroti (circa 1542 - 1545; circa 1546 - 1550) / Pauline Chapel, Vatican City, Rome, Italy The Conversion of Saul: The Crucifixion of St. Peter: FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=611914#611914 Europe After The Rain II - Max Ernst (1940 - 1942) / Wadsworth Athenaeum, Hartford, Connecticut, USA FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651220#651220 The Last Judgment - Hieronymus Bosch (after 1482; probably circa 1500-1503) / Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Austria FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651213#651213 8.0/10 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) / Pisa, Tuscany, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=664344#664344 Chartres Cathedral - Master of Chartres (Anonymous French Architect) (early phase of construction from 1120s - circa 1165, with only the crypt, towers and West Facade surviving a fire of 1194; thereafter the main Gothic structure as currently seen was largely established structurally from 1194 - 1221; further completion and details from circa 1221 - circa 1250 with consecration in 1260; various modifications and additions thereafter) / Chartres, France FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=663579#663579 Milan Cathedral - Simone da Orsenigo (Begun 1386; several architects and several stages of development through 1965) / Milan, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=730259#730259 David - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1501 - 1504) / Galleria dell’Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=611914#611914 Pieta - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1498 - 1499) / St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=611914#611914 Psicostasia - Dino Valls (2005) Warning: especially NSFW, potentially offensive content. The offensiveness that some (many?) might find in this work is not the artist's main point or what the work is really about. Though its startling nature gives it a certain shock value, adds elements of horror, concern, anxiety, sympathy, empathy (for its characters, plus how you confront them and how they are confronting you; also that they are life-sized and it is very intentional that they are rendered uncannily, even uncomfortably realistic...), it's nevertheless way more profound and meaningful than this. In any case, this note is a warning to you in advance that this is probably the most NSFW, potentially offensive work on this list. Click below if still interested... FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651235#651235 7.9/10 Cologne Cathedral - Master Gerhard of Ryle (1248 - 1560, construction led by various architects after 1271; construction halted in 1560; resumed and completed 1842 - 1880) / Cologne, Germany FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=737003#737003 Sydney Opera House - Jørn Utzon (1959 - 1973) / Bennelong Point, Sydney, Australia FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=664266#664266 Monreale Cathedral - Begun by William II of Sicily in 1174; various modifications thereafter (1267) / Monreale, Sicily, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=663643#663643 7.8/10 The Pantheon - Apollodorus of Damascus (circa 113-125 AD) / Rome, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=663505#663505 The Sagrestia Nuova - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1520 - 1533; final composition completed later: 1559) / Medici Chapel, Basilica of San Lorenzo, Florence, Italy FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=611914#611914 The Kiss - Gustav Klimt (1907 - 1908) / Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651217#651217 Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus) - Salvador Dali (1954) / Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=651222#651222 The Parthenon - Iktinos and Callicrates (Architecture); Phidias (Sculpture) (447 BC - 432 BC) / Athens, Greece With Partially Reconstructed Pediment: FURTHER IMAGES, LINKS, NOTES/ANALYSIS: https://www.besteveralbums.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=663997#663997

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Really like those Thomas Cole and John Constable ones. Thanks for sharing!
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Really like those Thomas Cole and John Constable ones. Thanks for sharing!

No prob! Thank you travelful!

I try to be comprehensive and to cover, give their due, to as many genres and great artists as possible as they almost always have some (or a lot) of greatness to offer (whether it be here with visual art, or with music, or film, or...). And I love the sense of discovery whether brand new or even that I also often get in "just revisiting"!

In case it was missed, the main list covering the "Greatest of all time" (according to me 👏 ) is on the very first page of this thread. Includes a section with images and links below the list, which also includes accompanying links to each "artist" page like those pages you're seeing with the recent Cole and Constable. While that "Greatest" list is pretty comprehensive so far, it is also still very much in progress with a long ways to go... and there is an even longer way to go with the artist pages if I ever feel like being "that" comprehensive ...and (a warning) I'm "insufferably meticulous" 🙄 🙄 🙄 ... 😉 ... (and perhaps too strict for some) with the ratings/rankings 🤣 🤣 🤣

If you have any selections or "best ofs" that you'd like to share, I'm here for it, whether landscape or other genres. Constable and Cole are certainly among the great landscape artists, with Cole also venturing out towards history painting (with still a great focus on the landscapes) such as Course of Empire being his most famous. I will be adding more to their pages in due time. For instance, I added some more Constable selections yesterday and a very "rough" draft analysis for The White Horse, several of the same points of which are fundamentally applicable to his following works, with some technical variations, further developments, changes in tone or scene... but basically can be largely drawn from as a base from which to evaluate his later works.
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Alexis Rockman (1962 - )

THIS ARTIST PAGE IS IN EARLY STAGE OF CONSTRUCTION... NEEDS TO BE UPDATED...

Best Works:
6.8/10: Manifest Destiny (2003 - 2004) [Painting]
5.8 - 6.2/10???: Bronx Zoo (2013) [Painting] [under eval... rating TBD]
/10: Great Lakes Series Murals [the main murals are under evaluation, TBD; probably roughly 5.5-6.0/10 each] [Painting]

ARTIST PROFILE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGRaGL7c18k

Manifest Destiny - Alexis Rockman (2003 - 2004) / [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - LARGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/mbell1975/16170085486/in/photostream/
FULL VIEW - ZOOM FUNCTION: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/manifest-destiny-alexis-rockman/uQFn-2x7HYE7mA?hl=en
FULL VIEW - ZOOM FUNCTION - INCLUDES EDUCATIONAL MAP OF FIGURES/OBJECTS/ARCHITECTURE: https://www.artworksforchange.org/portfolio/alexis-rockman/

ABOUT - INCLUDES VIEWS OF SEVERAL OTHER WORKS OF INTEREST (that I will eventually get around to adding)

Evolution

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Bronx Zoo (2013) [rating TBD, added later]

ABOUT - RUBICON PROJECT (includes Bronx Zoo): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qH7Z2ajgSK0

Great Lakes Series Murals [will probably be rated individually, not as a collective; TBD and added later]

Full cycle plus diagrams that illustrate what each object/life form pertains to: https://alexisrockman.net/great-lakes/
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Hernan Bas (1978 - )

Best Works:
7.0/10: The Great Barrier Wreath - Hernan Bas (2006) [Painting]
6.5/10: Mystery Bouf (or, the kingdom after the flood) (2009) [Painting]
7.3/10: The Road Ahead is Golden ...Silver ...Bronze (2011) [Painting]

The Great Barrier Wreath - Hernan Bas (2006) / [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - LARGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/arte/2247219251
FULL VIEW AND DETAILED VIEWS - ZOOM FUNCTION: https://www.perrotin.com/artists/Hernan_Bas/56/the-great-barrier-wreath/16348

Mystery Bouf (or, the kingdom after the flood) - Hernan Bas (2009) / [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - ZOOM FUNCTION: https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6497806

The Road Ahead is Golden ...Silver ...Bronze - Hernan Bas (2011) / [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - ZOOM FUNCTION: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10221235669380857&set=gm.557637771715126
FULL VIEW AND DETAILED VIEWS - ZOOM FUNCTION (note: from a Korean site, very hard to find this): https://blog.naver.com/ohseongae/222343167618?photoView=29
FULL VIEW - ZOOM FUNCTION - ONCE ON PAGE, SCROLL DOWN UNTIL YOU FIND THIS WORK (note: from a Korean site, very hard to find this): https://artnet.tistory.com/entry/%ED%99...Hernan-Bas
VIDEO - DISCUSSION PLUS VARIOUS VIEWS OF THE WORK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDVUdPeCxE8
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David Alfaro Siqueiros (1896 - 1974)

Best Works:
5.3/10: Cosmos and Disaster (1936) [Painting]
5.5/10: The End of the World (1936) [Painting]
6.8/10: Collective Suicide (1936) [Painting]
6.5/10: Echo of a Scream (1937) [Painting]
7.4/10: Portrait of the Bourgeoisie (1939 - 1940) [Painting]
6.6/10: The New Democracy (1944) [Painting]
6.1/10: The Torment of Cuauhtémoc (1950 - 1951) [Painting]
6.2/10: The Apotheosis of Cuauhtémoc (1950 - 1951) [Painting]
???/10: The Polyforum Siqueiros Exterior Murals and The March of Humanity Mural (1971) [NOTE: RATING TBD & WHETHER THESE SHOULD BE RATED COLLECTIVELY AS A "SINGLE" WORK TBD] [Painting]

Cosmos and Disaster - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1936) / Tate Modern, London, England [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - LARGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/helensanders/45551049791

The End of the World - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1936) [Painting]

FULL VIEW - MEDIUM: https://www.flickr.com/photos/pmeimon/6200149313
FULL VIEW - VERY LARGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/renzodionigi/5631301852

Collective Suicide - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1936) / Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - LARGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jerry39/16600039108
VIDEO - INTRODUCTION AND QUALITY VIEWS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fBYs63b0mk

Echo of a Scream - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1937) / Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - VERY LARGE: https://media.villagepreservation.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/23141936/cri_000000151424.jpeg

Portrait of the Bourgeoisie - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1939 - 1940) / Mexican Electricians Union, Mexico City, Mexico [Painting]

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VIEW - LOWER SECTIONS - LARGE: https://p4r4f7y4.delivery.rocketcdn.me/...eiros.webp
VIEW - LOWER SECTIONS - ZOOM FUNCTION: https://www.artchive.com/artwork/portrait-of-the-bourgeoisie-david-alfaro-siqueiros-1939/
VIEW - CENTRAL AND UPPER SECTIONS - VERY LARGE: https://www.flickr.com/photos/reehren/31958413782
VIEW - MAJORITY OF THE WORK IN ONE SHOT - MEDIUM: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lblanchard/31733712233/in/photostream/
PHOTO GALLERY - FULL WORK/DETAILS - ENLARGED IMAGES - IN SITU (hard to find): http://321ignition.free.fr/pag/en/art/pag_001/obra_01.htm
DETAIL: https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/resizer/...height=666
VIDEO - EXCELLENT, MULTIPLE VIEWS - IN SITU: https://www.facebook.com/RadioSMEoficia...999051770/
PHOTO GALLERY AND FOOTAGE - IN SITU - HQ VIEWS (IMAGES 1-8 OF THE GALLERY ARE FOR THIS WORK): https://www.instagram.com/p/DHTZVf0sTrz/?img_index=1
PHOTO GALLERY AND FOOTAGE: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLa8BcWuLgL/
IMAGE - SCALE: https://carlos-marentes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/6-carlos-espaldas-al-mural-750.jpg

The New Democracy - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1944) / [Painting]

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The Torment of Cuauhtémoc - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1950 - 1951) / [Painting]

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The Apotheosis of Cuauhtémoc - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1950 - 1951) / [Painting]

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The Polyforum Siqueiros Murals and The March of Humanity Mural - David Alfaro Siqueiros (1971)

RATING TBD, MORE IMAGES AND LINKS TO BE ADDED

PHOTO GALLERY - EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR MURALS: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_...Coast.html

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Right after Ricardo Bofill, you hit me with Umberto Boccioni, probably my favorite painter and sculptor.

Any thoughts on Dynamism of a Cyclist, Dynamism of a Football/Soccer Player, Development of a Bottle in Space, or Unique Forms of Continuity in Space?

I'm working on a ranked architecture list! It will probably come in the form of 1 building/work per architect and only feature buildings from the past ~150 years just because in my big spreadsheet of architects I like, I've only included architects born 1800 or later. Honestly not really sure why I restricted myself like that, maybe just because the farther back you go, the harder it is to find record of a lead architect. As for 1 building per architect, that's to avoid having >20% of my list be Frank Lloyd Wright 🤣 He's not necessarily my favorite architect, but his portfolio is among the most diverse of any architect I'm aware of, especially since he helped develop more than one style of architecture.

Do you mind if I post in this thread? If I end up developing it further, I might start my own thread. Here's a preview of a few buildings which will probably be near the top:
- Cincinnati Union Terminal by Roland A. Wank of Fellheimer & Wagner in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, built 1928-1933
- Montreal Biosphere by R. Buckminster Fuller with Shoji Sadao; interior structure by Cambridge Seven Associates (Ivan & Peter Chermayeff et al.) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built 1967
- New India Assurance Building by Chimanlal Motilal Master, Sathe and Bhuta in Mumbai, India, built 1936
- Torre Velasca by Ernesto Nathan Rogers of BBPR in Milan, Italy, built 1956-1958
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EKF!

I'll respond to your post a bit more specfically soon, but...

Yes! Please post! It's open to all (within reason... 🤣 ). Even though my own list and accompanying artist pages are the intial focus and no doubt the most consistent focus of why I posted this (to track, share, discuss these, assist others with them if they want...), I nevertheless very much would like to hear from others too with their own selections, lists, regardless of whether theirs closely agree with mine or not.
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II wrote:

AfterHours wrote:

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows - John Constable (1830 - 1831) / Tate, London, England [Painting]

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FULL VIEW - VERY HQ - SMALL/MEDIUM SIZE: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-salisbury-cathedral-from-the-meadows-t13896
FULL VIEW - VERY LARGE: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/Constable_Salisbury_meadows.jpg

The most amazing coincidence just happened to me! II was thinking if II could find the original painting of this album cover:

Euphoria - Fumihiko Kitsutaka

And only about less than a minute later, II've found it! Although the bottom part of the album cover depicts another painting which was blended with the first one. II wonder if anyone knows what is the second painting (Possibly by John Constable too?).

It's one of my favorite album covers II've seen so far, and II like how the colors are more saturated and warmer and the bottom part belonging to the second unknown (for now) painting compliments the scenery better than the original.

The music itself is some nice Japanese power metal, athough the vocals aren't really impressive, since the singer doesn't hit the right notes perfectly, but the instrumental "Justice of Black" is a nice compromise for me which has good melodies, and most likely "Solitude" is an advanced homage to it, and it is already confirmed that Fumihiko Kitsutaka is the hugest inspiration for one of my favorite musicians of all time: Sword of Justice (the heavy/power metal one-man-project of Toshinori Hiramatsu).

Anyway, II've observed your thread since years ago, although not enough times, yet II'm still so grateful, since you have some really overwhelming recommendations for visual art II haven't found anywhere else on the internet! (Unless if anyone is familiar with a website which rates paintings etc.)

II hope you all have a good day :D

Thank you II, never seen that album cover or heard the band. Don't think I'll be replacing it any time soon with Constable's painting though 😁

Glad to hear you've been following this and find you've got something out of this thread. You're always welcome of course and I would be interested in any further suggestions, selections, favorites if you've come up with some along the way.

As for painting sites.... There's really good sites that offer useful info or analysis (like Visual Arts Cork and others). But yeah, as for users presenting their own selections (or a collective vote of such things) they're pretty mediocre from what I'm come across any time I've looked around at it. When it comes to the subject of "best paintings" (even worse, if we mean also to find a place to discuss such things) ...not even sure I can recall finding any sites legitimately dedicated to such things on their own (which is beyond strange on a place as large and wide as the internet...) but where I found something approaching this, it's usually just rote rankings of the best ever by just about exactly how famous they are. Not the worst way to go with paintings as there is decent correlation between the two, but you also inevitably see silly things like ranking the "Creation of Adam" above or below also "Sistine Chapel Ceiling" or not even including the ceiling but only the Creation of Adam... huh? ... as in, there is an obvious lack of homework taking place ... they aren't even aware the Creation of Adam is just a very famous part of the Sistine Ceiling, which is far more impressive collectively as a whole (that also accumulates part-to-part) than any single part anyway (even if the Creation of Adam is indeed impressive and justifiably famous).

Might as well start ranking "Mona Lisa's mouth" #1 but not the painting (or above the painting which we can also rank!)... 🤣 Hey, actually... maybe I can get into this!!! 🤣
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Right after Ricardo Bofill, you hit me with Umberto Boccioni, probably my favorite painter and sculptor.

Any thoughts on Dynamism of a Cyclist, Dynamism of a Football/Soccer Player, Development of a Bottle in Space, or Unique Forms of Continuity in Space?

I'm working on a ranked architecture list! It will probably come in the form of 1 building/work per architect and only feature buildings from the past ~150 years just because in my big spreadsheet of architects I like, I've only included architects born 1800 or later. Honestly not really sure why I restricted myself like that, maybe just because the farther back you go, the harder it is to find record of a lead architect. As for 1 building per architect, that's to avoid having >20% of my list be Frank Lloyd Wright 🤣 He's not necessarily my favorite architect, but his portfolio is among the most diverse of any architect I'm aware of, especially since he helped develop more than one style of architecture.

Do you mind if I post in this thread? If I end up developing it further, I might start my own thread. Here's a preview of a few buildings which will probably be near the top:
- Cincinnati Union Terminal by Roland A. Wank of Fellheimer & Wagner in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, built 1928-1933
- Montreal Biosphere by R. Buckminster Fuller with Shoji Sadao; interior structure by Cambridge Seven Associates (Ivan & Peter Chermayeff et al.) in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, built 1967
- New India Assurance Building by Chimanlal Motilal Master, Sathe and Bhuta in Mumbai, India, built 1936
- Torre Velasca by Ernesto Nathan Rogers of BBPR in Milan, Italy, built 1956-1958

I like all those Boccioni's though I'm not sure how I'd rate/rank them at this time. I do need to make my way back through Boccioni's main works and seminal works of Futurism again (which I plan to and might do pretty soon). Off hand I might rank the famous Unique Forms sculpture the highest among those...

Excited about your Architecture list, pre-1800 be damned! (as most of my highest selections are before that, it should make a great companion of selections to those)

Thank you for those selections and links, great stuff, really like those! I'd recently looked over the Montreal Biosphere (without deciding on a rating/ranking yet) but hadn't seen the others in probably years, so this also makes a good reminder for me.

And totally understood regarding FLW -- so many great works. For my own rankings he might (eventually) have more 7s (or roughly) than anyone else even if I'm not sure how many 7.3+ works I'd give him yet (so far two, with potential for more). I have a long ways to go with architecture any ways so plenty of work and time to put in on it yet towards more (so-called...) "finite" conclusions...
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