Lists of Bests: Greatest works of art of Western civilization by Thomas Hoving http://www.listsofbests.com/list/55829 "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] Mon, 30 Nov 2009 05:05:59 GMT en-us 0 50 28 0 0 Resurrection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039614 <div id="position">1</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Piero Della Francesca (Pinacoteca Comunale, Sansepolcro)</div> Bed http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039615 <div id="position">2</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Rauschenberg (Museum of Modern Art, NY)</div> Zeus or Poseidon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039616 <div id="position">3</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by artist unknown (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)</div> The Return of the Prodigal Son http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039621 <div id="position">4</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Rembrandt Van Rijn (The Hermitage, St. Petersburg)</div> Apocalypse Tapestries http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039631 <div id="position">5</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicolas Bataille, Hennequin de Bruges (Musee des Tapisseries, Chateau d'Angers, France)</div> The Rose http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039640 <div id="position">6</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jay Defeo (Whitney Museum of American Art, NY)</div> Calvary http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039641 <div id="position">7</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Andrea Mantegna (Museum du Louvre, Paris)</div> Alphabet http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039642 <div id="position">8</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Master E.S. (Bavarian National Museum, Munich)</div> The Luncheon of the Boating Party http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039643 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Pierre-Auguste Renoir (Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.)</div> Sleep and Death Lifting the Body of Sarpedon http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039644 <div id="position">10</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Euphronios (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)</div> Portinari Altarpiece http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039645 <div id="position">11</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Hugo van der Goes (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence)</div> Marriage a la Mode http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039647 <div id="position">12</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Hogarth (National Gallery, London)</div> The Gates of Paradise http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039648 <div id="position">13</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Lorenzo Ghiberti (Baptistery, Florence)</div> The Starry Night http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2122111 <div id="position">14</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Vincent van Gogh (MoMA, NYC)</div> The Persistence of Memory http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2122115 <div id="position">15</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Salvador Dali (MoMA, NYC)</div> The Sistine Madonna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039649 <div id="position">16</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Raphael (Gemaldegalerie, Dresden)</div> A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (Seurat) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2539535 <div id="position">17</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Georges Seurat (Art Institute of Chicago)</div> Queen Nofretiti http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039650 <div id="position">18</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by artist unknown (Agyptisches Museum, Berlin)</div> The Pulpit in the Cathedral of Pisa http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039651 <div id="position">19</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicola Pisano (Baptistery, Pisa)</div> The Cypress Plates http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039652 <div id="position">20</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by artist unknown (Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY)</div> Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going? http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773696 <div id="position">21</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Gauguin (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston)</div> The Bohemian Madonna http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039653 <div id="position">22</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by artist unknown (National Museum of Prague)</div> The Blue Boy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039655 <div id="position">24</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Thomas Gainsborough (Huntington Library, San Marino, CA)</div> The Book of Kells http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039659 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by artists unknown (Trinity College, Dublin)</div> David http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2773706 <div id="position">26</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Michelangelo (Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence)</div> The Gates of Hell http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039660 <div id="position">27</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Auguste Rodin (Musee d'Orsay, Paris)</div> Woman with an Ermine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039661 <div id="position">28</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Leonardo da Vinci (Czartoryski Museum, Krakow)</div> Blue Poles http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/4039662 <div id="position">29</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Jackson Pollock (National Gallery of Australia, Canberra)</div>