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Great art takes a long time. All of the works listed below are the painstaking work of great artists from around the world at different periods of human existence. Greatest Works arts are compiled into the top 10.

10. Disco thrower

Popular greek sculpture was created in 460-450 BC. The author of the work is the sculptor Miron. The original bronze statue has been lost. However, many copies have survived, mostly made of marble or a small layer of bronze.

Written in 1931 Spanish artist Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory is one of the most recognizable works of art. This work encourages people to think about their lifestyle and how our time is spent. It is known that the artist was inspired by Einstein’s Theory of Relativity when painting the picture.

Ancient greek statue was created between 130 and 100 BC. It is believed that the statue depicts Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty. Marble statue 203 cm high was created by Alexandrius of Antinous, although there are other versions of the creation of the sculpture. The hands were lost over time. Now this work of art can be viewed in the Louvre in Paris.

7. Scream


The most popular work Edvard Munch was painted in 1893. This picture was painted using oil and pastel on cardboard. This terrifying picture is in National Gallery Oslo, Norway.

6. Starlight Night


The Starry Night was painted in 1889 by the famous Dutch post-impressionist artist Vincent Van Gogh. This work is one of the most famous in modern culture. The painting is part of the Museum's permanent collection contemporary art in NYC. The piece became the inspiration for Don McLean's song Vincent, also known as Starry Starry Night.

5. Thinker


This bronze sculpture Auguste Rodin depicts a naked man whose size is similar to that of a human. He sits on a stone with his hand under his chin and thinks about something. Naturally, this picture represents a philosophical movement. In total, about 28 full-size copies were poured, in which the man's height is about 183 cm.

4. Creation of Adam


This grandiose work is located on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican, Italy. Michelangelo painted the Creation of Adam between 1508 and 1512. This is just one of nine scenes from the book of Genesis, all painted in the center of the chapel ceiling.

3. David


Another masterpiece from the Renaissance created Italian artist Michelangelo. The sculpture of David was created between 1501 and 1504. This 5 meter tall marble statue shows a naked biblical hero David. Since 1873, the statue has been in Florence in the Accademia Gallery.

This world masterpiece adorns not a museum, but the wall of the dining room in the monastery of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, Italy. It was written at the end of the 15th century by the most famous artist of all times - Leonardo da Vinci. The painting depicts the scene of Jesus' last supper with his disciples. This masterpiece is one of the most important attractions in Milan.

Sometimes it happens that priceless works of art are destroyed due to human stupidity. That is why in museums and other places where there are these relics, we are forbidden to touch them. Next, let's remember 7 great works of art that were destroyed by man.

Vases from the Qing Dynasty

Rule number one for visiting any place with priceless works of art is to always tie your shoelaces. In February 2006, Nick Flynn was climbing the stairs inside the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, when he suddenly stepped on his untied shoelace and lost his balance. Involuntarily waving his arms and trying to grab onto something (and there was no railing on the stairs), he caught three vases from the Qing Dynasty of 1600 - 1700. Flynn escaped unharmed, but the vases, worth around £500,000, were smashed into pieces. Flynn, who has been banned from the museum for life, called the incident a simple accident. As a result, the vases were able to be glued together in August 2006 from the 113 parts into which they had broken.

Hercules statue

Hercules may have had the power of the gods, but, unfortunately, this property was not transferred to the sculptures that were erected in his honor. A year ago, two tourists visiting the Loggia dei Militi palace in Cremona, Italy, damaged the 300-year-old Statua dei due Ercole (statue of the two Hercules) when they climbed onto it to take a selfie. Tourists managed to break off a piece of the crown from one of the two marble figures, after which they were charged with vandalism.

King Sebastian statue

A 24-year-old visitor to the Portuguese capital Lisbon climbed the 125-year-old statue on the façade of Rossio Station on May 3 to take a selfie. The statue, which depicted the "child king" Sebastian, who ruled Portugal in the 16th century, toppled to the ground and broke. The tourist, who tried to escape, was caught by police and will eventually face trial. Plans for restoring the statue are unknown at this time.

This man

Perhaps the most famous and hilarious attempt at “restoring” an object of art in history was the attempt of 80-year-old parishioner Cecilia Jimenez to restore the early 20th century fresco of the evangelical subject “Ecce Homo” (“Behold the Man”), which was located in the Temple of Mercy in the Spanish city Borja. As a result, her work was recognized as the worst restoration in history and became famous throughout the Internet under the name “ Fluffy Jesus».
This is not surprising, since the image on the fresco began to look not like the original, but like some kind of fluffy monkey. Although the church initially planned to hire professional art conservators to fix the mural, by 2014 they changed their minds. Jimenez's work has become a major tourist attraction, causing 150,000 visitors from around the world to come to Borja for $1.25 to view the unusual mural.

Virgin Mary statue

In 2013 American tourist from Missouri visited the Opera del Duomo Museum in Florence, Italy on an excursion. There he approached a 600-year-old statue of the Virgin Mary by Giovanni d'Ambrogio and for some reason tried to compare her little finger with his own. As a result, the finger of the sculpture broke off, but fortunately it turned out to be plaster.

Drunk satyr

The good news is that this statue in Milan, which lost its left leg to unknown selfie enthusiasts in 2014, was only an exact copy another statue, which dates back to 220 BC. The bad news is that the replica was very valuable and quite antique (work from the 1800s). CCTV cameras in this section of the Milan Academy fine arts Brera has not been identified, but witnesses saw a student tourist climb onto the statue and sit on its knee to take a photo. The student apparently did not realize that the replica of the statue was made of terracotta and plaster and was assembled in pieces, so the leg fell off and broke.

Painting "Actor" by Picasso

The almost 2-meter painting “The Actor” by Picasso is quite difficult to miss. But one visitor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in January 2010 took this statement too literally. She lost her balance during the excursion and fell onto the painting, creating a 15-centimeter hole in the 1904 work of art. The restoration process took three months.

Art emerged almost immediately after the advent of mankind, and over the centuries many of the greatest works in painting, sculpture, and other artistic fields have been created. Which of them are considered the best is a very controversial question, because even experts disagree on this matter. Today we will try to compile a list of the ten most famous works of art of all time.

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1. “Starry Night”, Van Gogh.

The picture painted Dutch artist Vincent van Gogh in 1889. The inspiration for this piece of art was the night sky he observed from the window of his room at St. Paul's Orphanage.

Prehistoric cave drawings animals created approximately 30 thousand years ago. Chauvet Cave is located in the south of France.

Stone monolithic statues located on Easter Island in the Pacific Ocean. The statues are believed to have been created by the island's Aboriginal people between 1250 and 1500 AD.

The most famous work French sculptor Auguste Rodin, created in 1880.

This painting, painted by Leonardo da Vinci between 1494 and 1498, depicts the scene of Jesus' last meal with his disciples as described in the biblical gospel of John.

One of the most famous frescoes Michelangelo, located in Sistine Chapel Apostolic Palace in the Vatican. The fresco illustrates the story of the creation of Adam from bible book Being.

One of the most famous ancient Greek sculptures, created sometime between 130 and 100 BC. Marble sculpture was discovered in 1820 on the island of Milos.

The painting, painted by Italian artist Sandro Botticelli, depicts the scene of the goddess Venus emerging from the sea. The painting is in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy. 10. “Mona Lisa”, da Vinci.

A masterpiece by Leonardo da Vinci, created approximately between 1503 and 1506. The painting is in the Louvre Museum in Paris.

"Don't touch art" is a simple rule that is adopted in almost every gallery and museum in the world. However, for some reason, there are some people who choose to ignore this rule: some out of curiosity, others out of a desire to take a "cool" selfie. Whatever the motive, priceless works of art ultimately suffer.

1. Statue of King Sebastian

A 24-year-old visitor to the Portuguese capital Lisbon climbed the 125-year-old statue on the façade of Rossio Station on May 3 to take a selfie. The statue, which depicted the "child king" Sebastian, who ruled Portugal in the 16th century, toppled to the ground and broke. The tourist, who tried to escape, was caught by police and will eventually face trial. Plans for restoring the statue are unknown at this time.

2. Statue of Hercules

Hercules may have had the power of the gods, but, unfortunately, this property was not transferred to the sculptures that were erected in his honor. A year ago, two tourists visiting the Loggia dei Militi palace in Cremona, Italy, damaged the 300-year-old Statua dei due Ercole (statue of the two Hercules) when they climbed onto it to take a selfie. Tourists managed to break off a piece of the crown from one of the two marble figures, after which they were charged with vandalism.

3. Vases from the Qing Dynasty

Rule number one for visiting any place with priceless works of art is to always tie your shoelaces. In February 2006, Nick Flynn was climbing the stairs inside the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, England, when he suddenly stepped on his untied shoelace and lost his balance. Involuntarily waving his arms and trying to grab onto something (and there was no railing on the stairs), he caught three vases from the Qing Dynasty of 1600 - 1700.

Flynn escaped unharmed, but the vases, worth around £500,000, were smashed into small pieces. Flynn, who has been banned from the museum for life, called the incident a simple accident. As a result, the vases were able to be glued together in August 2006 from the 113 parts into which they had broken.

4. This man

Perhaps the most famous and hilarious attempt at “restoring” an object of art in history was the attempt of 80-year-old parishioner Cecilia Jimenez to restore the early 20th century fresco of the evangelical subject “Ecce Homo” (“Behold the Man”), which was located in the Temple of Mercy in the Spanish city Borja. As a result, her work was recognized as the worst restoration in history and became famous throughout the Internet under the name “Furry Jesus.”

This is not surprising, since the image on the fresco began to look not like the original, but like some kind of fluffy monkey. Although the church initially planned to hire professional art conservators to fix the mural, by 2014 they changed their minds. Jimenez's work has become a major tourist attraction, causing 150,000 visitors from around the world to come to Borja for $1.25 to view the unusual mural.

5. Virgin Mary Statue

In 2013, an American tourist from Missouri visited the Opera del Duomo Museum in Florence, Italy. There he approached a 600-year-old statue of the Virgin Mary by Giovanni d'Ambrogio and for some reason tried to compare her little finger with his own. As a result, the finger of the sculpture broke off, but fortunately it turned out to be plaster.

6. Drunk Satyr

The good news is that this statue in Milan, which lost its left leg to unknown selfie enthusiasts in 2014, was just a replica of another statue that dates back to 220 BC. The bad news is that the replica was very valuable and quite antique (work from the 1800s).

There were no CCTV cameras installed in this section of Milan's Brera Academy of Fine Arts, but witnesses saw a student tourist climb onto the statue and sit on its knee to take a photo. The student apparently did not realize that the replica of the statue was made of terracotta and plaster and was assembled in pieces, so the leg fell off and broke.

7. Painting "Actor" by Picasso

The almost 2-meter painting “The Actor” by Picasso is quite difficult to miss. But one visitor to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in January 2010 took this statement too literally. She lost her balance during the excursion and fell onto the painting, creating a 15-centimeter hole in the 1904 work of art. The restoration process took three months.

People love to rank everything, creating unique “hit parades” in the most unexpected categories. Even so thin matter, as art, did not escape this fate, although comparison works of art very hard. The BBC information channel assessed various paintings, identifying the ten most outstanding of them. Of course, this rating is very controversial, and the reader may wonder where, in fact, Surikov, Levitan, Repin or Chagall, for example, are. Alas, the British do not like to remember Russian achievements, including in the field visual arts. However, such bias will not prevent us from admiring these wonderful paintings. So:

Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper, (late 1490s)

The plot reproduces the most dramatic moment Holy Week, when Jesus, having dinner with his disciples, tells them that soon one of them will betray him, and the other will renounce his beliefs. Judas, sitting fourth from the left at the table, shows embarrassment with his entire posture, the rest of the apostles express surprise and indignation. The painting was painted on the wall of the monastery refectory and, unfortunately, suffered a lot of damage, as a result of which it lost most original author's letter.

Giovanni Bellini, "Feast of the Gods" (1514)

Banquet is a common theme in Italian painting XVI century, many works of the Renaissance are dedicated to him. For example, artist Andrea del Sarto even depicted a church made from sausage and Parmesan cheese. The painting was mainly painted by Bellini, but he was helped by the young Titian, who was his student at that time. This masterpiece is made in mythological genre. The characters were the fertility god Priapus, nymphs, Jupiter and other wine-drinking deities. An innovation in technology was Chinese blue-and-white porcelain, recently imported to Europe.

Paolo Veronese, "The Wedding at Cana" (1563)

This bright and colorful scene of a mass celebration hangs in the Italian wing of the Louvre directly opposite the Mona Lisa, unfortunately contributing to the reputation of one of the most overlooked masterpieces of all Western art. The wedding at which Christ had just turned water into wine was moved from Cana to the author's contemporary Venice. The smartly dressed guests appear to be busy eating dessert, but if you look closely, you'll notice that none of them are eating. This is explained by the fact that the picture depicts representatives upper class, who, unlike commoners, considered it not very decent to be interested in treats.

Diego Velazquez, The Triumph of Bacchus (1628)

White-skinned, crowned with ivy leaves, the god of wine sits in fun company. As befits his status, he is drunk. Next to him are tanned workers in Spanish brown raincoats, looking much more sober. The artist depicted a mythological scene, quite rare in his work. Velázquez moved away from the traditional image of bacchanalian revelry, which usually featured nymphs, and turned to a more naturalistic style characteristic of genre scenes (bodegones).

Peter Paul Rubens, "Herod's Feast" (1635-38)

The lid of the dish rises, and under it is the head of John the Baptist. Rubens' magnificent, dark painting shows the moment when Salome, having danced for her stepfather Herod, is rewarded with the death of the saint. Human head is fed on festive table along with lobster and game. Herodias, Salome's mother, pokes John's tongue with a fork while her husband is overcome with horror.

Jan Steen, "The Dissolute House" (1663-64)

If in the era High Renaissance artists depicted gods or aristocrats, then Dutch painters of the 17th century turned to everyday scenes, sometimes rich in moral and satirical meaning. It is clear that these revelers sin habitually and routinely. A man in black tries to seduce a maid, and a woman... foreground so distracted by the drink that she doesn't notice the Bible under her feet. The large ham, which apparently became the center of this holiday, is forgotten on the floor, and the cat is already looking at it with interest.

John Martin, Belshazzar's Feast, (1821)

John Martin was one of the strangest English artists XIX century. His style is characterized by apocalyptic visions, but excessive pathos sometimes turns into outright kitsch. In this painting he depicts a scene from the Book of Daniel in which the king of Babylon receives a bad omen. Grandiose colonnades ad infinitum, terrible lightning in the sky and all that stuff...

Edouard Manet, Luncheon on the Grass (1862)

The paintings went down in the history of Western art as being rejected by the Paris Salon and Napoleon III himself; all the rules of perspective and iconography were violated in it. It is also unclear why the men are dressed in modern dress, the woman is naked, and yet people do not look at each other. However, perhaps Manet was not painting a picnic at all, despite the fruits and buns that rolled out of the basket onto the grass. Most likely, there is no hint of meaningful philosophy, morality or mythology; the artist simply depicted some fact from modern life.

James Ensor, "The Famine's Banquet" (1915)

When at the beginning of the First World War German troops occupied Belgium, Ensor wrote this bitter parody of " Last Supper" There is a miserable lunch on the table, consisting of two carrots and an onion, with insects crawling all over it. The walls are decorated terrible pictures, and people are rioting. The horrors of war manifest themselves not only on the battlefields, but in everyday life, which is what this painting tells about.

Judy Chicago, "The Dinner Party" (1974-79)

You had to be a big fan of American feminist art to put this painting on the top ten list best works of all times and peoples. It depicts a table setting for three dozen great women, whose names mean nothing to our compatriots (except, perhaps, Virginia Woolf). The center of the composition is not food, but lids. Chicago completed this work with the help of 400 volunteers.