Creation of Adam
1512★ 9.7
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Every work chosen by hand and annotated for why it matters.
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The School of Athens
1511★ 9.5
Ecstasy of Saint Teresa
1652★ 9.4
Pieta (Michelangelo)
1499★ 9.3
Apollo and Daphne
1624★ 9.1
The Calling of St. Matthew
1600★ 9.0
The Last Judgment (Michelangelo)
1541★ 8.9
Portrait of Pope Innocent X
1650★ 8.8
Laocoon and His Sons
Artist unknown
★ 8.7
The Transfiguration
1520★ 8.4
The Conversion of Saint Paul
1601★ 8.4
David (Bernini)
1624★ 8.4
Moses
1515★ 8.0
Crucifixion of St. Peter
1601★ 7.8
The Entombment (Caravaggio)
1603★ 7.8
The Fall of Man
1510★ 7.8
Sacred and Profane Love
1514★ 7.5
Discobulus (Discus Thrower)
Artist unknown
★ 7.5
The Triumph of Galetea
1511★ 7.2
Flight into Egypt (A. Carracci)
1604★ 7.1
Narcissus
1599★ 6.8
Boy with a Basket of Fruit
1593★ 6.6
Danae
1531★ 6.6
Et in Arcadia Ego (Guercino)
1622★ 6.5
The Beaneater
1580★ 6.3
Saint Jerome Writing
1606★ 5.7
Conversion on the Way to Damascus
1601★ 5.4
Hercules and Lichas
1802★ 5.2
Apollo and Daphne
1525★ 4.8
The Deposition
1602★ 4.8