Big Fat Art Around the World
Recently, the Guardian's Jonathan Jones asked readers to suggest works of art that everyone should try to see before they die. The list of 50 -- not ranked in any order -- understandably includes lot of masterpieces to be found hanging on white walls in major museums in big cities throughout the world, but there are also a fair number of artworks that are a destination in themselves.
After the jump, a list of the works that are just too damn big for any museum's freight elevator.
- Stonehenge, UK
- Spiral Jetty , Great Salt Lake, Utah
- Emperor Qun's Terracotta Army, Xian, China
- Angel of the North, Gateshead, UK
- Masjid-i-Shah Mosque, Isfahan, Iran
- Tikal, Guatemala
- Alhambra, Spain
- Rothko Chapel, Houston, TX
- Masaccio's Expulsion of Adam and Eve from Paradise, Florence, Italy
- Giotto's Fresco cycle in the Scrovegni Chapel, Padua
- Sistine Chapel, Rome
- Chauvet Cave Paintings, France
Your Final 50 [Guardian]
Final 50 Highlights [slideshow; Guardian]
50 Works of Art, with Links [MetaFilter]
[Words: John Rambow Photo: Extra-Minty/Flickr]
Previously: Exedra Hotel in Rome, Habana in Rome, The Vatican Museums, I Want to Hire Your Sexy Bicycle in Xian
