10 Paintings I want to see before I die (with my very own eyes)...

very cool. i've seen las meninas and spent quite a bit of time looking at it; there's a lot going on there. the mona lisa is awesome and a lot smaller than i expected.

I'm going to have to check out those books... I've been looking for a new series to get into. Thanks for the tip.
I have to agree that Canaletto's work is amazing. It makes you feel like you are right there where he stood in his own mind's eye.

Mmmm. Art.... I think I'll go Ferris Bueller if I ever see Picasso's Guernica.

I can't even imagine being so lucky as to have seen or possibly see some of these wonders.

Brie visited The Sistine Chapel while in Europe and several of the museums in London. The people with whom she traveled weren't interested in art so she wasn't able to see any much while away from England. Some day she may live abroad and I will be able to get the Geezer to travel. I love Salvador Dali, myself.

The De Grazia Gallery in Tucson was amazing once you got past the little Indian dancing kids and into his non-commercial stuff. He had some really interesting paintings of his vision of hell and demons, all reds, oranges, blacks and browns. Totally amazing and disturbing. Unfortunately he burned much of his collection before he died and it seems all that is left is the south western stuff cutsey.

Yep, incredible, huh?

If you can get up close to a Van Gogh (there's a museum dedicated to his work in Amsterdam), it's pretty mind-bending. The colors are so intense, I've never seen a reproduction that could do them justice.

I would like to add that Diego Rivera's Mexico City Murals might be more dynamic than the ones in Detroit. Either way - I'd just like to see his any of his murals in the places where they were meant to be - instead of my coffee table book. :)

Theres nothing quite like seeing it up close and personal. Going to the Van Gogh museum (as nrb mentioned) was one of the most amazing experiences I've ever had.