As the year winds down, it’s become tradition to do a series of posts featuring a countdown of favorites from the year. There will be five posts in total, culminating in the top 20-1 on December 31st. For a refresher, here are the 2023 and 2024 top 20 (within links inside to all the posts):
And here are the first two installments from this year:
And finally here’s 60-41:
60. Maria und ein Uhrmachermönch, Bibliothèque Royale de Belgique, ~1450, photo by @thibaultcamus
59. Yellow-Red-Blue, by Wassily Kandinsky, 1925 (detail, rotated), photo by @RioGiancarlo
58. The Head of John the Baptist brought to Herod, by Giovanni di Paolo, 1454, photo via @norway_chess
55. Untitled (rotated), by El Lissitzky, 1923, photo by @tp_on_a_roll
54. Alexander the Great and the Fates, by Bernardino Mei, 1667, photo by Sarah Stier
53. The Monkey Prince Angada delivers Rama’s message to Ravana, by Manaku, 1725, photo by @StephChambers76
52. Les Enfants d’Ouranos (flipped), by JR, 2022
51. View of Lyse Abbey near Bergen, by Johan Christian Dahl, 1826
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50. Richard John Smith as Obi in Three-Fingered Jack, artist unknown, 1819, photo by @gregoryshamus
49. The Expulsion of the Money-Changers, Master of the Kress Epiphany, 15th c, photo by @andy_buchanan_photos
48. Couple having sex while drinking beer, Babylonian Terracotta, 2nd Millennium BC
47. Nymphéas, by Claude Monet, 1897-99, photo by @SamBlum3
46. Diego and I, by Frida Kahlo, 1949
45. Der Gestürzte, by Wilhelm Lehmbruck, 1915-16, photo by @rheathcote
44. The painter Hans Burgkmair and his wife Anna (rotated), by Lukas Furtenagel, 1529, photo by @avellino_photography