0 a work of art such as a painting, film, or book that is made with great skill:
Leonardo's "Last Supper" is widely regarded as a masterpiece.
Her press conference was a masterpiece of media manipulation.
1 something made or done with great skill, esp. an artist’s greatest work
To compare it to the later masterpieces is perhaps unfair, but it is inevitable.
Perceived failings or flaws may also be mentioned (not all masterpieces of the past are flawless).
Only the highest forms of arts were concerned, and the point was to make the people love the masterpieces, not to teach them how to appreciate them.
Not only is this an important detail in one of his greatest masterpieces: it also proved a forerunner for his later design vocabulary, recurring in many forms.
Many masterpieces were composed during this period.
All, in my own view, 20th-century masterpieces.
Our museums and art galleries are already crammed with priceless masterpieces.
Over the years we have seen masterpieces of unintended consequences from this place.
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傑作, （個人）最傑出的作品, 極好的例子…
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