{"id":262,"date":"2008-04-08T18:53:05","date_gmt":"2008-04-08T18:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/world-best-works-of-art\/"},"modified":"2008-04-08T18:53:05","modified_gmt":"2008-04-08T18:53:05","slug":"world-best-works-of-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/world-best-works-of-art\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s Best Works of Art"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/ladywithermine.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" vspace=\"3\" hspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"Lady with Ermine - Leonardo Da Vinci\" title=\"Lady with Ermine - Leonardo Da Vinci\" src=\"http:\/\/site.overstockart.com\/images\/ladywithermine.gif\" \/><\/a>Recently the Telegraph critic, Martin Gayford, listed the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/arts\/main.jhtml?xml=\/arts\/2008\/03\/08\/ba50works108.xml&#038;page=1\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">50 best works of art ever made<\/a> and where you can find them&#8230; The list is arranged in a chronological order from the dawn of civilization to the modern\/contemporary art exhibits and displays of today.<\/p>\n<p>This is a truly fascinating list that could raise a few eye brows&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I was astonished to find The Da Vinci masterpiece, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/ladywithermine.html\">Lady with Ermine<\/a>, in the 25th spot.  Gayford commented on adding this Da Vinci painting as apposed to his more memorable works:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The Last Supper is a wreck, the Mona Lisa is so besieged that     it&#8217;s almost impossible to see &#8211; which leaves this beguiling     picture as the most beautiful Leonardo in existence. It is in any     case the picture that presented one of his great innovations: a     sense of human personality more real, subtle and complex than had     ever existed in portraiture before.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Additional popular artists and their art on the list:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vincent Van Gogh&#8217;s Chair<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"subh3\"> Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d&#8217;Avignon<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"subh3\">Henri Matisse, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/ladance.html\">La Danse (II)<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"subh3\">Claude Monet, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/walicone.html\">Waterlilies<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s an interesting exercise to try and come up with a list of great works of art, my guess is that my list would&#8217;ve been completely different&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently the Telegraph critic, Martin Gayford, listed the 50 best works of art ever made and where you can find them&#8230; The list is arranged in a chronological order from the dawn of civilization to the modern\/contemporary art exhibits and displays of today. 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