20 WORKS OF ART to see in your lifetime
All of these works lift us beyond ourselves, make us realize
what great creations human beings can make, nourish us with their beauty, and marry the
spiritual with the material. They touch us with their exquisiteness, move us with the desire
all humans feel to be divine. Just by standing in front of these we are blessed with an
instant connection to the power of creation itself. They make us feel better about life, about ourselves, about humanity.
1) Botticelli’s Primavera, Uffizi, Florence, Italy
2) Botticelli’s Birth of Venus, Uffizi, Florence, Italy
3) Michelangelo’s David, Accademia, Florence, Italy.
4) Michelangelo’s Moses, San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, Italy.
5) Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel – ceiling and altar wall, Vatican, Rome, Italy.
6) Raphael’s School of Athens, Vatican, Rome, Italy.
7) Monet’s Waterlilies, this version in Princeton Univ. Art Gallery, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
8) Leonardo’s Mona Lisa, Louvre, Paris, France.
9) Leonardo’s Last Supper, Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milano, Italy.
10) Bellini’s San Zaccaria altarpiece, San Zaccaria, Venice, Italy.
11) Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Santa Maria della Vittoria, Rome, Italy.
12) St. Peter’s Cathedral complex, Vatican, Rome, Italy.
13) Temple complex of Apollo, Delphi, Greece.
14) Parthenon in Athens, Greece and Elgin Marbles in British Museum, London,
England.
England.
15) Studiolo in Urbino – wood inlay study, Ducal Palace, Urbino, Italy.
16) Donatello’s bronze David, Bargello Museum, Florence, Italy.
17) Verrocchio’s Lady with Forget-me-nots (Ginevra de’ Benci), Bargello,
18) Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France
19) Simone Martini – Annunciation, Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
20) Della Robbia – Annunciation, Ospedale degli Innocenti,
Florence, Italy.
Just the list:
1) Botticelli’s Primavera
2) Botticelli’s Birth of Venus
3) Michelangelo’s David
4) Michelangelo’s Moses
5) Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel – ceiling and altar wall
6) Raphael’s School of Athens
7) Monet’s Waterlilies
8) Leonardo’s Mona Lisa
9) Leonardo’s Last Supper
10) Bellini’s San Zaccaria altarpiece
11) Bernini’s Ecstasy of St. Theresa
12) St. Peter’s Cathedral complex
13) Temple complex of Delphi, Greece
14) Parthenon in Athens and Elgin Marbles in London
15) Studiolo in Urbino – wood inlay study
16) Donatello’s bronze David
17) Verrocchio’s Lady with Forget-me-nots (Ginevra de’
Benci)
18) Le Corbusier’s Notre Dame du Haut, Ronchamp, France
19) Simone Martini – Annunciation, Uffizi, Florence.
20) Della Robbia – Annunciation, Ospedale degli Innocenti,
Florence.
