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Originally, the term masterpiece (or chef d'œuvre) referred to a piece of handcrafted art produced by a journeyman aspiring to become a master craftsman in the old European guild system, which is partially retained today in Germany and France. These were (or are) typically perfect pieces of handicraft art, admired for their beauty and elegance.

Nowadays this term mostly refers to any work of art that is considered extraordinary. In a stronger sense, it can refer to what is considered an artist's best piece of work. For example, Leonardo Da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Michelangelo's Statue of David, William Shakespeare's Hamlet, or Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, or, for modern masterpieces, Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon, Orson Welles's Citizen Kane.

Also colloquially known as gesamtwerk from the German, meant to indicate a work that expresses the sum of a culture.

See also

  • Magnum opus
  • Painting the Century 101 Portrait Masterpieces 1900-2000
ART is a three-letter acronym that can mean:

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A master craftsman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only master craftsmen were allowed to actually be members of the guild.
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A guild is an association of craftspeople in a particular trade. The earliest guilds are believed to have been formed in India circa 3800 BC, and though they are not as commonplace as they were a few centuries ago, many guilds continue to flourish around the world today.
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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"


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work of art (or artwork or work) is a creation, such as a song, book, film, print, sculpture or a painting, that has been made in order to be a thing of beauty in itself or a symbolic statement of meaning, rather than having a practical function.
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Mona Lisa, or La Gioconda (La Joconde)(divincia famous artist) is a 16th century portrait painted in oil on a poplar panel by Leonardo Da Vinci during the Renaissance in Italy.
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David, sculpted from 1501 to 1504, is a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture and one of Michelangelo's two greatest works of sculpture, along with the Pietà.
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Hamlet is a tragedy and revenge play by William Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known works, one of the most-quoted writings in the English language[1] and is universally included on lists of the world's greatest books.
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Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral" is the last complete symphony composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the Ninth Symphony is one of the best known works of the Western repertoire, considered both an icon and a forefather of Romantic music, and one of
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The Dark Side of the Moon
(1973) A Nice Pair
(1973)

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20th Anniversary cover

30th Anniversary SACD cover

The Dark Side of the Moon (titled in the 1993 CD release as Dark Side of the Moon
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Citizen Kane is a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film.
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Magnum Opus
(1995) Inspiration
(1996)

Magnum Opus is an album released in 1995 by Yngwie J. Malmsteen.

Track listing

  1. "Vengeance" – 4:49 (words: Michael Vescera, Malmsteen)

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