What are the ten best artworks in the world? It isn't easy to say, even with Google's infinite resources. It seems that Lady with Pearl Earrings, by Vermeer, is one of the most famous and Da Vinci's Mona Lisa is usually top of the list. I certainly wouldn't put them amongst my favourites and it started me thinking.
It isn't possible to define simple criteria for a "best" painting as it is a very subjective opinion based on individual preferences, knowledge, outlook, culture and expertise. A suitable substitute is to search for "most famous" which might indicate some limited consensus for excellence.
I looked at a number of search results for "10 most famous paintings" and came up with the list shown below; it is mainly based on a CNN style article with some images reproduced fron Wikimedia Commons. As a separate exercise, on another blog entry, I will try to choose my 10 favourite paintings that I have seen/photographed. The overlap between the two lists will be minimal.
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| 1 Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci, 1503 |
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| 2 The Last Supper, Leonardo Da Vinci,1495 |
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3 The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh,1889
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4 The Scream, Edvard Munch, 1893
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5 Guernica, Pablo Picasso, 1937
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| 6 The Kiss, Gustav Klimt, 1907 |
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| 7 Girl with a pearl earring, Vermeer, 1665 |
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| 8 The Birth of Venus, Sandro Botticelli, 1485 |
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| 9 Water Lilies, Monet, 1906 |
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| 10 The Persistence of Memory, Salvador Dali, 1931 |
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