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Merrill Stubing
 Post subject: Discussion: The greatest work of art in history
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I'm interested in finding out a few opinions about what you guys consider the greatest work of art ever. I know it's tough to compare works even in one specific genre, but if you were forced to pick only one, what piece of artwork would top your list, and why? All artforms are valid - paintings and sculptures, music, literature, and so on.

I'd choose Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. Not only is it an incredible piece of music with complex twists and turns and beautiful melodies in every movement, but it was constructed by Beethoven while he was deaf. The feat was incredible, and it produced what arguably is the most popular piece of music in Western culture.

Close behind: Shakespeare's King Lear and the Mona Lisa.
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It's obviously Robocop.
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I don't think I'd be qualified enough to post the greatest ever :?

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bart d. wrote:
It's obviously Robocop 2.

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Go_State wrote:
bart d. wrote:
It's obviously Robocop 2.


Hell no. R2 sucked the balls.
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van gogh, starry night.

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Darrin wrote:
Go_State wrote:
bart d. wrote:
It's obviously Robocop 2.


Hell no. R2 sucked the balls.

But it's a sweet gift from the gods when compared to Robocop 3, or the TV show.
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Darrin wrote:
Go_State wrote:
bart d. wrote:
It's obviously Robocop 2.


Hell no. R2 sucked the balls.


Cause the original was soooo Oscar worthy.

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Go_State wrote:
Darrin wrote:
Go_State wrote:
bart d. wrote:
It's obviously Robocop 2.


Hell no. R2 sucked the balls.


Cause the original was soooo Oscar worthy.

It's an underappreciated masterpiece, godammit!! :x
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THE greatest piece of work ever...

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corduroy_blazer wrote:
van gogh, starry night.

Nay to both Starry Night and Mona Lisa.

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel is amazing. You have to be there to see it. Beautiful. Mona Lisa left me underwhelmed. :?
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SFP wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
van gogh, starry night.

Nay to both Starry Night and Mona Lisa.

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel is amazing. You have to be there to see it. Beautiful. Mona Lisa left me underwhelmed. :?


I agree with Mona Lisa. It's great, but didn't do much for me in person. I think The Last Supper is far better, but I wouldn't put it first either.

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The best I've ever seen in person is Guernica.

It's so powerful, and political, and complex, and all in shades of gray. It's also huge, like 15 feet wide or something. I'd seen photos of it many times, but to stand before the original really blew my mind.

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punkdavid wrote:
The best I've ever seen in person is Guernica.

It's so powerful, and political, and complex, and all in shades of gray. It's also huge, like 15 feet wide or something. I'd seen photos of it many times, but to stand before the original really blew my mind.

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I love the post-WWI cubism/dada era.
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SFP wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
van gogh, starry night.

Nay to both Starry Night and Mona Lisa.

Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel is amazing. You have to be there to see it. Beautiful. Mona Lisa left me underwhelmed. :?


i WAS there. and was disappointed.
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The great buddha of Bamiyan.

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I really may have to second Guernica.

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punkdavid wrote:
The best I've ever seen in person is Guernica.


Wow, I saw that one in person too. It is pretty amazing.

However, for my personal best artwork of all time I think I might go with something from the Bob Dylan catalogue...perhaps "the times they are a-changin'"
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i dunno about greatest ever, but as far as my lifetime is concerned (1983-now) id probly have to go with "paranoid android" by radiohead or this picture by salvador dali

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