17 legendary masterpieces every art lover must see in person
2020-01-19
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For humanity, art is everything. Not only does art reflect the reality we live in, it can also radically change it. To some extent, art influenced every human being that ever lived. Here are 17 brilliant works of art you can see with your own eyes – and if you do, they will change you forever.
#17 "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat
Location: Art Institute of Chicago, USA
#16 "The Arnolfini Portrait" by Jan van Eyck
Location: National Gallery, London, UK
#15 "The Starry Night" by Vincent Van Gogh
Location: Museum of Modern Art, New York City, USA
#14 "Luncheon of the Boating Party" by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Location: The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC, USA
#13 "Impression, Sunrise" by Claude Monet
Location: Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris, France
#12 "The Nightmare" by Henry Fuseli
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts, USA
#11 "The Wedding at Cana" by Paolo Veronese
Location: Louvre Museum, Paris, France
#10 "Ecstasy of Saint Teresa" by Gian Lorenzo Bernini
Location: Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy
#9 "Saint Mark" by Donatello
Location: Orsanmichele, Florence, Italy
#8 "Mona Lisa" by Leonardo da Vinci
Location: The Louvre Museum, Paris, France
#7 Taj Mahal, chief architect Ustad Ahmad Lahori
Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
#6 Trevi Fountain, designed by architect Nicola Salvi and completed by Giuseppe Pannini and others
Location: Trevi, Rome, Italy
#5 "The Tower of Babel" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Location: Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria
#4 "Wanderer above the Sea of Fog" by Caspar David Friedrich
Location: Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
#3 Wat Rong Khun, architect Chalermchai Kositpipat
Location: Mueang Chiang Rai, Chiang Rai, Thailand
#2 "The Ninth Wave" by Ivan Aivazovsky
Location: State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia
#1 "The Kiss" by Gustav Klimt
Location: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Have you ever seen any of these in person? Which ones? What is your favorite work of art? Would you add any other masterpieces to this list?
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31 Comments
jerrydavies
I would add Guernica by Pablo Picasso. I've seen three.
Carol Krismann
The Cry by Munch
John Woods
I have seen the Mona Lisa when I was a student in Paris.
Alan Conyard
Have seen numbers 6,7 and 8 in person.
md sodano
Beautiful! I would love to go to Italy to see the many treasures there
Nancy Mueller
Lourdes Ayala, the Mona Lisa is so small and always guarded—it’s tough to get a good look at it. I had a hard time seeing the work, too.
Jim Mascair
I would love to see Trevri Fountain
Kim Covert Tissue
Pat Hamill, I grew up in the Chicago area. The Art Institute is one of my favorite places!!
Lourdes Ayala
Saw the Mona Lisa and truly i was not impressed. I do so love Van Gogh all of them and I feel that David should have been included.
David Holmes
Jenny Barker, Night Watch I believe.
Wendy Outram
Renoir is my favourite
garrett scott
Seen 17 16 15 14 12 11 8
Ralph Clinard
Have seen four of these.
Jenny Barker
Seen several as has been previously mentioned The Night Watchman by Rembrandt
Sally Charalambous
Agree..Boyd Welsch,