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Apotheosis of Hercules fresco by François Le Moyne, Palace of Versailles.

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 Giulio Quaglio the Younger's fresco in Cathedral of Saint Nicholas  Ljubljana, Slovenia.

 

Paul Troger's Altenburg fresco.

Paul Troger's Melk Abbey fresco.

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Andrea Pozzo's 'Apoteose de Santo Inacio'.

Painted ceiling by Christoph Thomas Scheffler in St. Paulinus' Church, Trier, Germany

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More masterpieces that I like.

Ceiling frescoes by Bartolomeo Altomonte in Wilhering Abbey monastery in Austria.

Frescoes by Luca Giordano painted in 1692 in Real Monasterio de El Escoral, Madrid, Spain.

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Just some of my favorite ones.

 Giovanni Battista Gaulli (Baciccio) Triumph of the Sacred Name of Jesus (1674-1679).

Freska Caserta Royal Palace.

Best Paintings of all time

I can't just don't add 'Las Meninas' by Diego Velazquez (1599-1660) in such a list. This is the famous and curious case of a painting of a painter painting a painting, which is the artist himself that is pictured painting a painting that nobody could tell for sure about what it is. Confused? Las Meninas or the 'Maid of Honour' has been labeled as the 'Theology of Painting' because of the complex interplay between perspective and illusion. Spanish identity, royal succession, family history. What is Velazquez painting? A question that continues to perplex the art world.

Also the fact that who his self-portrait is most likely painting in the painting (the royal couple) is so barely noticeable, and the fact that he apparently is looking straight at us, gives this sensation that we are the subject of his painting. In resume, it has so many levels, that you can never fully grasp it, for the changing of meaning seems to never end. I bet that surrealist Magritte loved this one.

Best Paintings of all time

Never before or after did Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) used his technique of sfumato so well like in his painting 'Salvatore Mundi'. The slightly fogged portrait of Christ looks ethereal, phantasmagoric, and looking at it staring back at you, feels almost like a supernatural experience. That was his intention, and well, he achieved 100%. I guess this is my first favorite of Da Vinci, but then, this one is really something. It almost looks to good to be real. Truly a masterpiece from an artistic genious.