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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Artworks to see before you die: Volume four

Michelangoelo's David sculpture
Self-expression was his absolute priority ... Michelangelo: David (1502-1504) Photograph: Murdo Macleod/Staff and agencies
Monet's Japanese Bridge
Painterly intensity ... Claude Monet: The Japanese Footbridge at Giverny (1918-24) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
Pisanello's St George
Chivalrous dreams ... Antonio Pisanello: St George and the Princess (c1437-8) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PR
Poussin's Arcadian Shepherds
Enchanted environment ... Nicolas Poussin: Et in Arcadia Ego (late 1630s) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PR
Raphael's Sistine Madonna
Indestructibly famous ... Raphael: The Sistine Madonna (c1512-1514) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
Redon's Portrait of Gauguin
Crisp symbols float in a perfumed mist ... Odilon Redon: Portrait of Gauguin (1903-05) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
Easter Island statues
Bleakly awaiting the end of time ... Rapa Nui (Easter Island) (1000-1650) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
Rembrandt self portrait
Unparalleled ... Rembrandt: Self-Portrait, Holding His Palette, Brushes and Maulstick (1663) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
Renoir's Ball at the Moulin de la Galette
Fragmenting movement of light ... Pierre-Auguste Renoir: Dance at La Moulin Galette (1876) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PR
Mayan door lintel in Yaxchilan
The Maya: Portrait of King Bird Jaguar (7th-8th century) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/PR
Gargoyles on Notre Dame
Medieval art: Gargoyles of Notre Dame (13th-19th century) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
Lascaux cave paintings
Paleolithic art: Paintings in Lascaux cave (c13,000 years old) Photograph: Sissie Brimberg/National Geographic/Getty
Parthenon marble
A masterpiece of fluid, beautifully composed sculpture ... Pheidias (and workshop?): The Parthenon frieze (c440BC-435BC) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
Ishtar Gate, Babylon
Ancient Middle East: Ishtar Gate from Babylon (c577BC) Photograph: Bridgeman Art Library/Agencies
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