Greatest works of art of Western civilization by Thomas Hoving

Add to my lists | Print this list

"One early morning of an exceptionally beautiful day I got the idea of retracing every step of my life as an art expert – from 1951 – and writing down the works of art that had bowled me over visually and emotionally, the ones that after years I could describe down to the tiniest details, as if standing in front of them." – Thomas Hoving, introduction to Greatest Works of art of Western civilization, Artisan [New York: 1997]

  1. 1.
    ?
    Resurrection
    by Piero Della Francesca (Pinacoteca Comunale, Sansepolcro)

    Drag me to re-order


  2. 2.
    ?
    Bed
    by Robert Rauschenberg (Museum of Modern Art, NY)

    Drag me to re-order


  3. 3.
    ?
    Zeus or Poseidon
    by artist unknown (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

    Drag me to re-order


  4. 4.
    ?
    The Return of the Prodigal Son
    by Rembrandt Van Rijn (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg)

    Drag me to re-order


  5. 5.
    ?
    Apocalypse Tapestries
    by Nicolas Bataille, Hennequin de Bruges (Musee des Tapisseries, Chateau d'Angers, France)

    Drag me to re-order


  6. 6.
    ?
    The Rose
    by Jay Defeo (Whitney Museum of American Art, NY)

    Drag me to re-order


  7. 7.
    ?
    Calvary
    by Andrea Mantegna (Museum du Louvre, Paris)

    Drag me to re-order


  8. 8.
    ?
    Alphabet
    by Master E.S. (Bavarian National Museum, Munich)

    Drag me to re-order


  9. 9.
    ?
    The Luncheon of the Boating Party
    by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.)

    Drag me to re-order


  10. 10.
    ?
    Sleep and Death Lifting the Body of Sarpedon
    by Euphronios (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)

    Drag me to re-order


  11. 11.
    ?
    Portinari Altarpiece
    by Hugo van der Goes (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)

    Drag me to re-order


  12. 12.
    ?
    Marriage a la Mode
    by William Hogarth (National Gallery, London)

    Drag me to re-order


  13. 13.
    ?
    The Gates of Paradise
    by Lorenzo Ghiberti (Baptistery, Florence)

    Drag me to re-order


  14. 14.
    The Starry Night
    by Vincent van Gogh (MoMA, NYC)

    Drag me to re-order


  15. 15.
    The Persistence of Memory
    by Salvador Dali (MoMA, NYC)

    Drag me to re-order


  16. 16.
    ?
    The Sistine Madonna
    by Raphael (Gemaldegalerie, Dresden)

    Drag me to re-order


  17. 17.
    A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Seurat)
    by Georges Seurat (Art Institute of Chicago)

    Drag me to re-order


  18. 18.
    ?
    Queen Nofretiti
    by artist unknown (Agyptisches Museum, Berlin)

    Drag me to re-order


  19. 19.
    ?
    The Pulpit in the Cathedral of Pisa
    by Nicola Pisano (Baptistery, Pisa)

    Drag me to re-order


  20. 20.
    ?
    The Cypress Plates
    by artist unknown (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)

    Drag me to re-order


  21. 21.
    Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going?
    by Paul Gauguin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)

    Drag me to re-order


  22. 22.
    ?
    The Bohemian Madonna
    by artist unknown (National Museum of Prague)

    Drag me to re-order


  23. 23.
    ?
    The Blue Boy
    by Thomas Gainsborough (Huntington Library, San Marino, CA)

    Drag me to re-order


  24. 24.
    ?
    The Book of Kells
    by artists unknown (Trinity College, Dublin)

    Drag me to re-order


  25. 25.
    David
    by Michelangelo (Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence)

    Drag me to re-order


  26. 26.
    ?
    The Gates of Hell
    by Auguste Rodin (Musee d'Orsay, Paris)

    Drag me to re-order


  27. 27.
    ?
    Woman with an Ermine
    by Leonardo da Vinci (Czartoryski Museum, Krakow)

    Drag me to re-order


  28. 28.
    ?
    Blue Poles
    by Jackson Pollock (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra)

    Drag me to re-order


This is a community list. You can contribute, edit, or help maintain it by adding it to your lists.
Created by Dodgerj on Jun 01, 2008.
 

Comments