My Top 5's List: Fine Arts Edition

The arts make up our culture; the best of the fine arts can inspire and move us. It is good then, from time to time, to recall our favorite films, books, songs, and artwork. The following is just a small listing of those pieces of art that have stuck with me throughout the years:

My Top 5 Favorite Movies (Comedy)

1.) Dumb and Dumber 

2.) Tommy Boy 

3.) Wayne's World

4.) Happy Gilmore 

5.) Young Frankenstein 

My Top 5 Favorite Books (Non-Fiction)

1.) "The Return of the Prodigal Son" by Henri Nouwen    

2.) "John Adams" by David McCullough

3.) "Man's Search for Meaning" by Viktor Frankl

4.) "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand 

5.) "Tuesdays with Morrie" by Mitch Albom 

My Top 5 Favorite Music Albums

1.) The Blue Album by Weezer

2.) The '59 Sound by The Gaslight Anthem

3.) The Doors by The Doors  

4.) Meteora by Linkin Park 

5.) A Charlie Brown Christmas by Vince Guaraldi Trio 

My Top 5 Favorite Works of Art (Painting) 

1.) Madonna of the Poor by Roberto Ferruzzi 

2.) Head of Christ by Rembrandt 

3.) Theodore Roosevelt by John Singer Sargent 

4.) Rosie the Riveter by Norman Rockwell

5.) Christ of the Breadlines by Fritz Eichenberg