Bust of Nefertiti
1345 BC★ 9.4
The Art canon
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Every work chosen by hand and annotated for why it matters.
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Ishtar Gate
Artist unknown
575 BC★ 9.0
Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog
1818★ 8.8
Sistine Madonna
1512★ 8.7
Self-Portrait (Durer)
1500★ 8.1
The Battle of Alexander at Issus
1529★ 8.1
The Incredulity of St. Thomas
1602★ 7.6
Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus
1618★ 7.4
The Four Apostles
1526★ 7.3
The Madonna in a Church
1429★ 7.2
The Night
1919★ 7.2
Nativity
1530★ 7.1
Blue Horse I
1911★ 7.1
Netherlandish Proverbs
1559★ 7.1
The Fall of the Damned
1620★ 6.7
Lion Hunt
1621★ 6.7
Mademoiselle O'Murphy
1751★ 6.1
Bouquet
1603★ 6.1
The Mocking of Christ
1505★ 6.1
The Massacre of the Innocents (Rubens 2)
1638★ 6.1
Leda and the Swan (Correggio)
1532★ 5.7
The Entombment (Martini)
1340★ 5.6
St. John the Evangelist on Patmos
1500★ 5.4
Annunciation (Lippi, Munich)
1450★ 5.2
The Virgin Appearing to St. Bernard
1494★ 5.2
Aquis Submersus
1919★ 5.2
Lamentation of Christ (Durer)
1500★ 4.8
Great Fish Market
1603★ 4.8
The Adoration of the Magi
1813★ 4.2