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’s the first installment from this year:
And finally here’s 80-61:
80. The Lamentation, Anonymous (Georgian), 1470, photo by Alex Kim
79. Boys Playing Leapfrog, by Candido Portinari , 1957, photo by @_BertoCarlo
78. Photo of Salvador Dalí, by Charles Hewitt, 1955, photo by @ctm_visualz
77. Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio, 1599
76. The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, photo by Ishika Samant
75. Hell (detail), follower of Hieronymus Bosch, 1474-1516, photo by @lkassel327
74. A Group of Four Flying Angels, by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 18th c, photo by Charlotte Wilson
73. First part of the prose novel Lancelot du Lac, French, 14th century, photo by @charlylopezph
72. The Blinding of Samson (flipped), by Peter Paul Rubens, 1609-10, photo by @WmGlasheen
71. The Drunken Silenus, by Peter Paul Rubens, 1618-1625, photo by @shawn_hubbard
70. Starry (K)night and the Astronauts, by Alma Thomas, 1972 (rotated), photo by @StephChambers76 Share
69. The Accusers of Theft, Adultery, Murder (War), by William Blake, 1794-96, photo by @dustoffdeano
67. Love is in the Bin (formerly Girl with Balloon, 2006), by Banksy, 2018, photo by @DougKyed
66. Mephisto, by Joaquín Espalter y Rull, 1872, photo by Stu Forster
65. Untitled, by Hilma af Klint, 1941, photo by @jenkchu
64. Untitled, by Cy Twombly, 1990, photo by Dan Sheridan // @Inphosports