I love Velazquez. Wow there are so many, I would have a hard time picking one out. , Love Monets gardens. You just want to touch his paintings.
But the very first painting I ever saw in person and fell in love with was Flaming June.
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flaming_June,by_Fredrick_Lord_Leighton(1830–1896).jpg It looks so complicated and yet simple. The colors are awesome to see in person and you just want to be her for a moment. She looks so peaceful. Almost like she was embraced in graceful sleep.
The vatican had some beautiful tapestries I have ever seen.
And the best sculpture is Michelangelos Pieta. You can’t look away, it looks so real. There was not one missing detail. You felt her sorrow.