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:

• Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (La Gioconda)
• Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
• Georg Friedrich Händel's The Messiah
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust
• James Joyce's Ulysses
• John Philip Sousa's Stars and Stripes Forever
• Dream Theater's A Change of Seasons
• Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

See also

• Masterpiece