14 GREAT ARTISTS and their most beautiful (or interesting) art. 1. ALBERT BIERSTADT (1830 - 1902) -The Rocky Mountains, Lander's Peak
-Among the Sierra Nevada, California
-The Last of the Buffalo (hard to beat Bierstadt...)
2. LEONARDO DA VINCI (1452 - 1519) -Vitruvian Man
-The Last Supper
-Mona Lisa
3. SANDRO BOTTICELLI (1445 - 1510) -Birth of Venus
-Chart of Hell
-Calumny of Apelles
4. HEIRONYMUS BOSCH (1450 - 1516) -The Garden of Earthly Delights
-The Crucifixion of St Wilgefortis
-Christ Mocked (The Crowning with Thorns)
5. EUGENE DELACROIX (1798 - 1863) -Liberty Leading the People
-The Death of Sardanapalus
-Greece on the Ruins of Missolonghi
6. MICHELANGELO (1475 - 1564) -Pietà
-David
-Creation of Adam
7. RAPHAEL (1483 - 1520) -The School of Athens
-Wedding of the Virgin
-Saint George and the Dragon
8. DONATELLO (1386 - 1466) -Penitent Magdalene
-The Feast of Herod
-Equestrian Statue of Gattamelata
9. THOMAS COLE (1801 - 1848) -The Course of Empire Series
-The Architect's Dream
-The Voyage of Life Series (Cole is also one of my favorite artists)
10. JOHANNES VERMEER (1632 - 1675) -Girl with a Pearl Earring
-The Geographer
-View of Delft
11. CLAUDE MONET (1840 - 1926) -Woman with a Parasol
-Water Lilies
-Waterloo Bridge
12. REMBRANDT (1606 - 1669) -The Storm on the Sea of Galilee
-The Night Watch
-The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp
13. VINCENT VAN GOGH (1853 - 1890) -Sunflowers
-The Potato Eaters
-The Starry Night
14. THEODORE GERICAULT (1791 - 1824) -The Raft of the Medusa
-The Wounded Cuirassier
-Evening, Landscape with an Aqueduct