The Most Beautiful and Uplifting Artworks
Discover the most pleasant and uplifting paintings in art history, scored by emotional valence across 116,000 artworks.
These artworks score highest for positive emotional valence. They radiate beauty, harmony, and a sense of well-being.
- Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich — Interest 100, Wonder 98, Joy 98
- The Happy Lovers by Jean-Honore Fragonard — Joy 95, Nostalgia 37, Anger 8
- The Happy Lovers by Gustave Courbet — Joy 92, Anger 9, Nostalgia 34
- Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich — Interest 98, Wonder 97, Joy 97
- Himalayas by Nicholas Roerich — Interest 98, Wonder 96, Joy 96
- Madonna with Children and St.John by Pietro Perugino — Joy 67, Wonder 56, Interest 58
- Madonna and child on the grassy bank by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 67, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child by Giovanni Bellini — Wonder 84, Nostalgia 66, Joy 35
- Madonna and Child with Six Saints by Sandro Botticelli — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 64, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child with Sts John the Baptist, Peter, Jerome, and Paul by Benozzo Gozzoli — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 64, Joy 35
- Madonna and Child by Giovanni Bellini — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 65, Joy 35
- Madonna and Child with Saints and a Donor by Giovanni Bellini — Wonder 85, Nostalgia 65, Joy 33
- Madonna and child in half length by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 84, Nostalgia 64, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child by Piero della Francesca — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 66, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 84, Nostalgia 65, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child by Bartolome Esteban Murillo — Wonder 84, Nostalgia 66, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child with St.John the Baptist and a Saint, detail of the background waterside city by Giovanni Bellini — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 63, Joy 33
- Madonna and Child with musical angels by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 88, Nostalgia 64, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child by Rogier van der Weyden — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 63, Joy 35
- Madonna and Child (Salting Madonna) by Antonello da Messina — Wonder 86, Nostalgia 65, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child by Jacopo Bellini — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 67, Joy 36
- Madonna and Child by Giovanni Bellini — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 63, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child (Madonna Benson) by Antonello da Messina — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 65, Joy 34
- The Madonna and Child with st.Anna. by Masaccio — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 67, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child by Lucas Cranach the Elder — Wonder 86, Nostalgia 66, Joy 33
- Madonna and Child with an Angel by Sandro Botticelli — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 65, Joy 34
- Studies on a great "picture of the Virgin" Madonna and Child, saints and angels playing by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 88, Nostalgia 65, Joy 33
- Madonna and Child with Saints by Piero della Francesca — Wonder 86, Nostalgia 64, Joy 35
- Dresden Altarpiece (central panel - Madonna and Child) by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 85, Nostalgia 63, Anger 12
- Studies on a great "picture of the Virgin" Madonna and Child, saints and angels playing by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 84, Nostalgia 66, Anger 12
- Madonna and Child with the little St. John by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 66, Anger 12
- Madonna and Child with Angels by Correggio — Wonder 87, Nostalgia 66, Joy 34
- Studies on a great "picture of the Virgin" Madonna and Child, saints and angels playing by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 85, Nostalgia 64, Joy 34
- Madonna and Child with bagpipers by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 84, Nostalgia 64, Joy 33
- Madonna and Child by Sandro Botticelli — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 65, Anger 12
- Madonna and Child by Jacopo Bellini — Wonder 86, Nostalgia 65, Joy 33
- Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John by Correggio — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 64, Joy 31
- Madonna and Child with Two Angels by Sandro Botticelli — Wonder 86, Nostalgia 67, Joy 33
- Madonna and Child with Saints Liberale and Francis (The Castelfranco Madonna) by Giorgione — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 64, Joy 32
- The Night of Enitharmon's Joy by William Blake — Joy 67, Anger 13, Sadness 15
- Madonna and Child (Haller Madonna) by Albrecht Durer — Wonder 83, Nostalgia 64, Anger 12
- Morning Bliss,44x44 Inches by Pratap Singh — Joy 80, Interest 75, Wonder 70
- Ten Commandements by Marc Chagall — Joy 80, Wonder 75, Nostalgia 65
- Madonna and Child by Rogier van der Weyden — Wonder 84, Nostalgia 65, Anger 10
- Seated nude facing right and meditating by Max Kurzweil — Joy 80, Nostalgia 71, Interest 75
- Evening Glow by Alma Woodsey Thomas — Wonder 85, Interest 80, Joy 80
- The Progress of Love by Jean-Honore Fragonard — Joy 57, Nostalgia 36, Anger 11
- Coronation of the Virgin by Filippo Lippi — Interest 85, Joy 85, Wonder 80
- The Sistine Madonna by Raphael — Wonder 86, Joy 85, Interest 80
- The Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Nicholas of Bari by Raphael — Wonder 85, Joy 85, Interest 80