Most Significant Piece of Art

Leonardo da Vinci's painting of a woman with a slight smile on her face has been the subject of endless discussions among scholars - who is she and why is she smiling? In 2005 the University of Heidelberg finally managed to identify Mona Lisa as Lisa del Giocondo - a member of the Gherardini family of Florence and Tuscany who commissioned the painting to be finished in 1506.

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci was finished in 1498 and depicts the last supper of Jesus, where he institutes a new covenant of his blood and body in the wine and bread, and reveals that one of his disciples will betray him.

It took Michelangelo four years from 1537-1541 to complete the mural of The Last Judgement in the Sistine Chapel of Vatican City. The Last Judgement depicts the second coming of Christ and the Apocalypse, where the souls of the dead rise to have their fates judged be Christ.

Painted by Norwegian painter Edvard Munch in 1893, The Scream depicts an agonized, screaming figure with its hands alongside its face on a bridge against a blood red sky.

Michelangelo's marble statue of biblical hero David is considered a masterpiece of rennaissance art. David was unveiled in 1504 and differs from other depictions of David by showing him before his battle with Goliat and thus without the body of his slain opponent at his feet.

Sunflowers by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh is actually a series of paintings all depicting various forms of sunflowers. The most recognised painting shows a bouquet of sunflowers in a vase and was finished in 1888.

Pablo Picasso's painting of the bombing of Guernica by German and Italian warplanes during the Spanish Civil War was first put on display at the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. Guernica helped bring the Spanish Civil War to the attention of the world, and is a monumental contribution to anti-war efforts.

Discobolos by ancient Greek sculpturer Myron was a bronze statue completed around 450 BC. Depicting a discus thrower just before the release of the throw, Myron managed to capture the potential athletic energy about to be unleashed. The original bronze statue has been lost, but numerous copies in various materials has been recovered and put on display in museums around the world.

The Bayeux Tapestry is a 70 meter long embroidered piece of cloth which shows William the Conqueror and his Norman conquest of England in 1066. The origin of the Bayeux Tapestry cannot be completely verified, but it is widely recognised to have been finished in 1077 as part of the construction of the Bayeux Cathedral.