What's the greatest piece of art ever created?

[Gibbon]

Mmmmmmm. The Pietà is absolutely gobsmacking. And I'm an atheist.

That's the thing with this piece of art though you don't have to believe to appreciate it. Not only is it sublime in it's execution, the limpness of christ carved out of rock is difficult to comprehend until you have seen it, but it transcends its religious meaning. It is a mother holding her dead child and indicative of a lived reality e.g. Rhys Jones recently in Liverpool.

[Halcyon]

I'd probably go for a peice of engineering, but I can't think of anything specific at the moment.

The Millau Bridge? Linky

Personally I can get lost in anything by Dali or Mauritz Escher although it is questionable whether that is art

I think I'd have to go cliched for best art

Beethoven's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Some Greek Bloke's Venus de Milo

I'll see if I can get them delivered by Friday

[The Central Scrutinizer]

The Mona Lisa? Bizet's Carmen? Picasso's Guernica? That shark by Damien Hirst. Or "Bat out of hell" by MeatLoaf?

Are we likely to even have 4 of us agree on this?

The greatest piece of art ever created

[DiscoStu]

Kylie Minogue's arse. Absolute masterpiece.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

The Millau Bridge? Linky

Personally I can get lost in anything by Dali or Mauritz Escher although it is questionable whether that is art

I think I'd have to go cliched for best art

Beethoven's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Some Greek Bloke's Venus de Milo

I'll see if I can get them delivered by Friday

You'll have trouble getting Amazon to deliver the first one. Maybe Bob could do it.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

That's the thing with this piece of art though you don't have to believe to appreciate it. Not only is it sublime in it's execution, the limpness of christ carved out of rock is difficult to comprehend until you have seen it, but it transcends its religious meaning. It is a mother holding her dead child and indicative of a lived reality e.g. Rhys Jones recently in Liverpool.

I know. It's giving me goose bumps and moist eyes right now. As you say, the limpness of a dead child in marble.

[stingman123]

Kylie Minogue's arse. Absolute masterpiece.

+1

[Mich the Tester]

I saw Guernica at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. Very impressive. Go and see it.

[NickFitz]

Beethoven's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Some Greek Bloke's Venus de Milo

I'll see if I can get them delivered by Friday

You'll have trouble getting Amazon to deliver the first one. Maybe Bob could do it.

Mozart

[gingerjedi]

Vermeer's View of Delft. I don't know why, but reproductions don't do it, you have to see the original. Then it looks great: not in-your-face, but great.

Hmmm there's no denying it's technically brilliant but the subject mater is a bit dull don't you think? The VW Golf of the art world?

My vote goes to the Lamborghini Miura, engine bay open and Kylie leaning in.

Off for a lie down now.