I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?

Last Supper
Mona Lisa
Venus de Milo
Mich's David
The Creation (Sistine chapel)
the scream
the kiss
lilies
eiffel tower
leaning tower of pisa

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:53:45 -0500, "Ryan" wrote:

    >I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    >monuments.

Good God, are you kidding?!

    > It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    >done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
[snip]

No.

Get an encyclopedia!

Michael

I wouldn't even give your braggart the satisfaction of an answer.

Your list, acknowledging you did it with the best of intentions, is a
very naive attempt.

The list, in the first place, is prone to subjectivity; and even, if
not, would be 1000 items long, or more.

Relax.










"It doesn't matter what you do in the bedroom as long as you don't do
it in the street and frighten the horses".
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Ryan wrote:

    > I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    > done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?

Your friend is a trophy tourist. I saw him in the Louvre, rushing in to
look at the Mona Lisa before running off the Eiffel Tour.

Don't encourage him.

joan
--
Joan McGalliard, UK http://www.mcgalliard.org

Travel is not about quantity it is about quality.

It is not how many attractions you see but the experience you have while
seeing what you see.

Who knows sitting is a little cafe in Paris watching the world go by may
have a bigger impact on you than seeing some famous attraction.

Don't humour fools it only encourages them :-)

Regards,
Steve
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"Ryan" wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
    > I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    > done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
    > Last Supper
    > Mona Lisa
    > Venus de Milo
    > Mich's David
    > The Creation (Sistine chapel)
    > the scream
    > the kiss
    > lilies
    > eiffel tower
    > leaning tower of pisa

I guess there is nothing worth seeing East of the Rhine and West of
the Urals.

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:53:45 -0500, "Ryan" wrote:

    >I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    >monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    >done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
    >Last Supper
    >Mona Lisa
    >Venus de Milo
    >Mich's David
    >The Creation (Sistine chapel)
    >the scream
    >the kiss
    >lilies
    >eiffel tower
    >leaning tower of pisa

"Ryan" wrote in message
news:%[email protected]...
    > I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    > done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
    > Last Supper
    > Mona Lisa
    > Venus de Milo
    > Mich's David
    > The Creation (Sistine chapel)
    > the scream
    > the kiss
    > lilies
    > eiffel tower
    > leaning tower of pisa

Is that all you can think of yourself?
Better Google for the rest of the year....;-)

Ron


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Why the (US commonly) obsession with lists and stats ? Sad.
Dave

"Ryan" wrote in message news:...
    > I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    > done EVERYTHING in Europe.

what rubbish responses. thanks for wasting my bandwidth.

ps i assume none of you have even been to europe, or else you'd know
something about the topic.
ps2 what makes you assume i am american. i certainly am not.
"David" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Why the (US commonly) obsession with lists and stats ? Sad.
    > Dave
    > "Ryan" wrote in message
news:...
    > > I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > > monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen
and
    > > done EVERYTHING in Europe.

Ryan wrote:
    >
    > I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    > done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
    >
    > Last Supper
    > Mona Lisa
    > Venus de Milo
    > Mich's David
    > The Creation (Sistine chapel)
    > the scream
    > the kiss
    > lilies
    > eiffel tower
    > leaning tower of pisa

Rembrandt's Night Watch

Steve Remington wrote:
    >
    > Travel is not about quantity it is about quality.
    >
    > It is not how many attractions you see but the experience you have while
    > seeing what you see.
    >
    > Who knows sitting is a little cafe in Paris watching the world go by may
    > have a bigger impact on you than seeing some famous attraction.
    >
    > Don't humour fools it only encourages them :-)
    >

Oh, I don't know, I think it's a bit of fun.

Ryan wrote:
    >
    > what rubbish responses. thanks for wasting my bandwidth.
    >

What did you expect? We're all travel snobs here, aren't we? {;-)
They probably thought you were a troll, a not-unreasonable assumption in
light of some recent threads.

I genuinely think the best help would be not to play the braggart's
game.... just say you'd rather understand a work of art in its proper
context, rather than as something to ttick off a list, and that you'd
rather see something you enjoy even if that means missing something
that everyone thinks you must see (and that you can perfectly well
'see' in a picture book).

PJW

On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:53:45 -0500, "Ryan" wrote:

    >I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    >monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    >done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
    >Last Supper
    >Mona Lisa
    >Venus de Milo
    >Mich's David
    >The Creation (Sistine chapel)
    >the scream
    >the kiss
    >lilies
    >eiffel tower
    >leaning tower of pisa

In article ,
[email protected] (P J Wallace) wrote:

    > I genuinely think the best help would be not to play the braggart's
    > game.... just say you'd rather understand a work of art in its proper
    > context, rather than as something to ttick off a list, and that you'd
    > rather see something you enjoy even if that means missing something
    > that everyone thinks you must see (and that you can perfectly well
    > 'see' in a picture book).
    >
    > PJW

well and someone stupid enough to think this kind of game is worth
playing obviously lacks the subtlety to realize that the way to 'win' is
to come up with one's own list of obscure sites that are 'so much more
authentic' etc etc than these 'tourist sights'


    >
    > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:53:45 -0500, "Ryan" wrote:
    >
    > >I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > >monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen and
    > >done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
    > >
    > >Last Supper
    > >Mona Lisa
    > >Venus de Milo
    > >Mich's David
    > >The Creation (Sistine chapel)
    > >the scream
    > >the kiss
    > >lilies
    > >eiffel tower
    > >leaning tower of pisa
    > >
    > >
    > >

then forget the braggart.

i genuinely want to know what the more famous paintings, statues and
monuments throughout Europe are. i have tried a google search, i have tried
encarta, i have tried asking colleagues.

i appreciate the advice but that is not what i am seeking. i have had one
suggestion in about ten responses.

"Jenn" wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > In article ,
    > [email protected] (P J Wallace) wrote:
    > > I genuinely think the best help would be not to play the braggart's
    > > game.... just say you'd rather understand a work of art in its proper
    > > context, rather than as something to ttick off a list, and that you'd
    > > rather see something you enjoy even if that means missing something
    > > that everyone thinks you must see (and that you can perfectly well
    > > 'see' in a picture book).
    > >
    > > PJW
    > well and someone stupid enough to think this kind of game is worth
    > playing obviously lacks the subtlety to realize that the way to 'win' is
    > to come up with one's own list of obscure sites that are 'so much more
    > authentic' etc etc than these 'tourist sights'
    > >
    > > On Fri, 10 Jan 2003 01:53:45 -0500, "Ryan" wrote:
    > >
    > > >I am trying to compile a list of must-see painting, statues and popular
    > > >monuments. It may help to silence a braggart who claims to have seen
and
    > > >done EVERYTHING in Europe. Can you help?
    > > >
    > > >Last Supper
    > > >Mona Lisa
    > > >Venus de Milo
    > > >Mich's David
    > > >The Creation (Sistine chapel)
    > > >the scream
    > > >the kiss
    > > >lilies
    > > >eiffel tower
    > > >leaning tower of pisa
    > > >
    > > >
    > > >
    > >