Magnum opus
Magnum opus, from the Latin meaning great work, refers to the best or most renowned achievement of an author, artist, or composer.
Examples:
- Ludwig von Beethoven's 9th Symphony
- Michelangelo Buonarroti's David
- Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust
- Georg Friedrich Händel's The Messiah
- James Joyce's Ulysses
- John Philip Sousa's The Stars and Stripes Forever
- Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Pablo Picasso's Guernica
- Rembrandt's Night Watch
- Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
See also