Great Works of Art

The Great Works Art list is not intended to be comprehensive or exhaustive. The list is simply a representation of some of the great artistic creations in the world.

Students are free to visit any art exhibit (except high school exhibits) and count it toward the Art requirement.

Those who have the opportunity to travel should reference this list so as to enrich their experiences abroad with great art. The prospect of viewing art in its location of origin is a unique opportunity that will only enhance the entire art experience.

Classical

Ictinus and Callicrates, Parthenon, Rome
Pantheon, Rome
Pont du Gard
Elgin Marbles
Myron, Discobolus
Ara Pacis, Rome
Nike of Samothrace
Dying Gaul
Battle of Issus (mosaic), Pompeii

Medieval

Chartres Cathedral
Gislebertus, Last Judgment
Claus Sluter, The Well of Moses
Westminster Abbey, London
Windsor Castle, Windsor, England
Christ as Good Shepherd, Ravenna
Martini, Annunciation
Giotto, Madonna Enthroned with Angels
Book of Kells

Renaissance

Brunelleschi, Dome, Duomo, Florence
Michelangelo, Campidoglio, Rome
St. Basil’s Cathedral, Moscow
Donatello, St. Mark
Michelangelo, David; Pieta
Botticelli, Birth of Venus
Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel Ceiling
Raphael, School of Athens
Grunewald, Isenheim Altarpiece

Baroque & 18th Century

Borromini, San Carlo alle Quattro fontane
Thomas Jefferson, Monticello
Christopher Wren, St. Paul’s, London
Bernini, St. Teresa in Ecstasy
Caravaggio, Conversion of St. Paul
David, The Oath of the Horatii
Fragonard, The Swing
Rembrandt, Night Watch
Velazquez, Las Menina

19th Century

Barry and Pugin, Houses of Parliament
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Degas, The Little Dancer Aged Fourteen
Rodin, Burghers of Calais
Manet, Le déjeuner sur l’herbe
Monet, Impression: Sunrise
Constable, The Hay Wain
Pissarro, The Station at Penge
Delacroix, Liberty Leading the People

Post-Impressionism and Modern

Le Corbusier, Villa Savoye
Gaudi, Casa Mila Apartment House
Gehry, Guggenheim Museum
Frank Lloyd Wright, Fallingwater
Vincent van Gogh, Night Cafe
Cezanne, Still Life with Apples
Dali, The Persistence of Memory
Gauguin, Self-Portrait
Picasso, Guernica

Other Traditions

Alhambra, Grenada, Spain
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Borobudur, Indonesia
Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
The Forbidden City, Beijing
Stonehenge, U.K.
Giza (The Great Pyramid), Egypt
Petra, Jordan
Chichen Itza, Mexico