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Thread ID: 6899 | Posts: 25 | Started: 2003-05-24
2003-05-24 19:53 | User Profile
Mine is "The Destroyer" by Frank Frazetta.
[url=http://frazetta.ragnarok.no/images/frank_frazetta_thedestroyer.jpg]http://frazetta.ragnarok.no/images/frank_f...hedestroyer.jpg[/url]
2003-05-24 21:11 | User Profile
"Self Portrait With Gloves" by Albrect Durer [url=http://http://www.artunframed.com/images/artmis42/durer92.jpg]Self Portait[/url] Make that anything by Durer, really....
2003-05-24 21:16 | User Profile
Originally posted by AntiYuppie@May 24 2003, 14:46 ** The Ancient of Days, by William Blake [url=http://www.abm-enterprises.net/ancientofdays.htm]http://www.abm-enterprises.net/ancientofdays.htm[/url] **
Remniscent of of Michaelangelo's work on the Cistine Chapel-somewhat, that is. I like the grainy texture and the sparse color scheme.
2003-05-24 21:17 | User Profile
Finally, there is some material for meaningful psychological analysis of fellow dissidents. :D
Mine varies with mood. For the moment it is Thomas Coleââ¬â¢s ââ¬ÅThe Architectââ¬â¢s Dream.ââ¬Â
[url=http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/cole/a14.JPG]http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/cole/a14.JPG[/url]
2003-05-24 21:21 | User Profile
Originally posted by wintermute@May 24 2003, 15:04 ** What else?
Primavera, by Botticelli
Wintermute
[url=http://www.gaiatravel.com/discuss/photos/primave.jpg]http://www.gaiatravel.com/discuss/photos/primave.jpg[/url] **
I love Boticelli's paintings-his conception of Venus is my ideal of beauty.
Venus by Botticelli.
[url=http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/botticelli/BOS001_L.jpg]http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/bottice...li/BOS001_L.jpg[/url]
2003-05-24 21:26 | User Profile
Oh, M.C. Escher's work is great too, most notably:
Relativity: [url=http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/back-bmp/LW389.jpg]http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/back-bmp/LW389.jpg[/url]
Eye: [url=http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/back-bmp/LW344.jpg]http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/back-bmp/LW344.jpg[/url]
Three Spheres II: [url=http://www.mcescher.com/photogallery/photo12929/LW339.jpg]http://www.mcescher.com/photogallery/photo...12929/LW339.jpg[/url]
and Balcony: [url=http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/back-bmp/LW334.jpg]http://www.mcescher.com/Gallery/back-bmp/LW334.jpg[/url]
2003-05-24 21:28 | User Profile
Arcimboldo's Allegory of Summer is another favorite of mine....Arcimboldo :th: [url=http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/a/p-arcimboldo1.htm]http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/a/p-arcimboldo1.htm[/url]
2003-05-24 21:29 | User Profile
Originally posted by 2600@May 24 2003, 15:28 ** Arcimboldo's Allegory of Summer is another favorite of mine....Arcimboldo :th: [url=http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/a/p-arcimboldo1.htm]http://cgfa.sunsite.dk/a/p-arcimboldo1.htm[/url] **
Very creative-if mildly disturbing...
2003-05-24 21:35 | User Profile
Originally posted by Sisyfos@May 24 2003, 15:17 ** Finally, there is some material for meaningful psychological analysis of fellow dissidents. :D
Mine varies with mood. For the moment it is Thomas Coleââ¬â¢s ââ¬ÅThe Architectââ¬â¢s Dream.ââ¬Â
[url=http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/cole/a14.JPG]http://www.cis.yale.edu/amstud/cole/a14.JPG[/url] **
Beautiful-that is the only way I can describe it. The symmetry, geometric harmony and sunlit color scheme are perfect.
2003-05-24 21:35 | User Profile
I like the paintings of Dutch artists, and also the French artists of the impressionist period, such as Monet and Renoir.
2003-05-24 21:40 | User Profile
Originally posted by AntiYuppie@May 24 2003, 15:26 ** Blake replicates the motif of calipers measuring space and the same pose in his romanticized "Newton"
[url=http://webhome.idirect.com/~ravenque/images/blake/newton.jpg]http://webhome.idirect.com/~ravenque/image...lake/newton.jpg[/url]
Newton was originally a watercolor while The Ancient of Days was an engraving (later colored) used as a frontpiece to Blake's collection of poetry Europe: A Prophecy. **
Ah, I see. Hence the grainy texture. Usually I prefer either black-and-white paintings, or those with a yellowish color scheme.
2003-05-24 21:46 | User Profile
Originally posted by wintermute@May 24 2003, 21:04 **What else?
Primavera, by Botticelli
Wintermute
[url=http://www.gaiatravel.com/discuss/photos/primave.jpg]http://www.gaiatravel.com/discuss/photos/primave.jpg[/url]**
I'll second that. I've had a print of La Primavera on my bedroom wall for the last 15 years and everytime I look at it I marvel at its beauty and power.
My second choice would be [url=http://www.cgboerner.com/artworks/durer/durer_knight.jpg]Knight, Daeth and Devil[/url] by Duerer
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org]Art Renewal[/url] has a ton of masterpieces from the past 150 years that most people never knew existed thanks to the Jews' corruption of art.
2003-05-24 21:53 | User Profile
Paul Gustave Dore is actually one of my favorite artists. I used to own a copy on an illustrated Bible back when I was a kid, illustrated by this very gifted artist. The imagery, unlike some paintings is always active, and somewhat suggestive-it makes on spontaneously create his/her own storyline to supplement the image.
Jacob Fights the Angel - [url=http://www.tigtail.org/M_View/TVM/X2/a.NeoClassic/dore/M/dore_jacob_fights_the_angel.1855.jpg]http://www.tigtail.org/M_View/TVM/X2/a.Neo..._angel.1855.jpg[/url]
The Enigma - [url=http://www.princeton.edu/~romance/images/dore-eni.jpg]http://www.princeton.edu/~romance/images/dore-eni.jpg[/url]
Lucifer - [url=http://jade.ccccd.edu/Andrade/WorldLitI2332/Dante/inf_dore_34.028.jpeg]http://jade.ccccd.edu/Andrade/WorldLitI233...ore_34.028.jpeg[/url]
The Fall of Babylon - [url=http://www.apocalyptic-theories.com/gallery/babylon/dore.jpg]http://www.apocalyptic-theories.com/galler...abylon/dore.jpg[/url]
2003-05-24 22:54 | User Profile
This is the art that amazes me - [img]http://www.hominids.com/donsmaps/images/horse.jpg[/img] * - Horses, Chauvet Cave, France, ~32,000 BC*
2003-05-24 23:07 | User Profile
Thank you Javelin for that link.
Probably to the disdain of the some, and reflecting my middle class American beougeosis nature, two of my favorite artists are Wyeth and Wood.
2003-05-24 23:54 | User Profile
Ahh, you are talking to an art guy. Ya can't beat Caravaggio.
Try some of these:
[url=http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/c/caravagg/06/index.html]http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/c/caravagg/...g/06/index.html[/url] -- various by M. Caravaggio; click on thumbnails
[url=http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/c/caravagg/07/index.html]http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/c/caravagg/...g/07/index.html[/url] -- Caravaggio
(click on "detail images" for enlargement on these) [url=http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?52174+0+0]http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?52174+0+0[/url] -- Rubens
[url=http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45357+0+0]http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45357+0+0[/url] -- Rubens
[url=http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?12136+0+0]http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?12136+0+0[/url] -- Raphael
[url=http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45744+0+0]http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45744+0+0[/url] -- Boucher
[url=http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?32697+0+0]http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?32697+0+0[/url] -- Boucher
[url=http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45832+0+0]http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?45832+0+0[/url] -- Fragonard
[url=http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?32700+0+0]http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/pimage?32700+0+0[/url] -- Fragonard
2003-05-24 23:56 | User Profile
aaarrrgghhh...the Caravaggio links don't work. Oh, well....
2003-05-25 00:00 | User Profile
Caravaggio: go here [url=http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm]http://www.artchive.com/ftp_site.htm[/url] and then click on CARAVAGGIO, in the left column. [there is no url for that exact page].
2003-05-25 02:37 | User Profile
[img]http://ali.apple.com/als/k6web/templates/picture/media/sm_rousseaeu_lion.jpg[/img]
Full size image: [url=http://www.arthistory.cc/auth/rousseau/gypsy.jpg]http://www.arthistory.cc/auth/rousseau/gypsy.jpg[/url]
Henri Rousseau, known as Le Douanier Rousseau (1844-1910). French painter, the most celebrated of naïve artists. Rousseau prefigured the Surrealists.
His nickname refers to the job he held with the Paris Customs Office from 1871-93, although he never actually rose to the rank of ââ¬ËDouanier' (Customs Officer). He took up painting as a hobby and accepted early retirement in 1893 so he could devote himself to art.
Coincidentally, Herman Melville worked at the New York Customs House at approximately the same time and published his final novel, Billy Budd, after he retired.
2003-05-25 03:13 | User Profile
Originally posted by AntiYuppie@May 24 2003, 21:40 ** I also have a bit of an obsession with Dutch 15-16th century symbolists: Jan van Eyck, Hieronymus Bosch, and Pieter Brueghel the Elder. Bosch did a number of "Temptations of Saint Anthony" paintings, of which the following is my favorite **
Glad to see another admirer of the Dutch artists. Last week I was at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and saw all of the Dutch artists and their works. Bosch painted one piece that I don't know the title; all I know that it was nasty-looking. I think it was a depiction of hell. His use of color was perfect and the detail was very good. The religious paintings by the Dutch artists were so detailed but very subdued, unlike the Italian artists who used gold and silver in their works. Ironically, some of the Dutch artists were influenced by the Italians when they lived there for some time.
2003-05-26 09:34 | User Profile
Compare these masterworks with today's Piss Christs - and remember who's to blame......
DURER
Perhaps my favorite artist of them all...
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/d/Durer_Albrecht/large/Self_portrait_at_13.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/d...trait_at_13.jpg[/url]
HOLBEIN
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/h/Holbein_Hans/large/Holbien13.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/h...e/Holbien13.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/h/Holbein_Hans/large/Holbien6.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/h...ge/Holbien6.jpg[/url]
GAINSBOROUGH
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G/Gainsborough/large/Ann_Ford_(Mrs_Philip_Thicknesse).JPG]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G...Thicknesse).JPG[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G/Gainsborough/large/Cottage_Girl_with_dog_and_Pitcher.JPG]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G...and_Pitcher.JPG[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G/Gainsborough/large/Mrs_Graham_c1775.JPG]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G...raham_c1775.JPG[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G/Gainsborough/large/The_Duke_and_Duchess_of_Cumberland.JPG]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/G..._Cumberland.JPG[/url]
JOHN EVERETT MILLAIS
Gorgeous....
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M/Millais_John_Everett/large/Millais_The_Bridesmaid.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M..._Bridesmaid.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M/Millais_John_Everett/large/blind_girl.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M.../blind_girl.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M/Millais_John_Everett/large/portrait_of_Wyatt.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M...it_of_Wyatt.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M/Millais_John_Everett/large/Millais_Message_From_the_Sea.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M...rom_the_Sea.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M/Millais_John_Everett/large/The_Order_of_Release.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/M..._of_Release.jpg[/url]
WILLIAM BOUGUEREAU
A true master. You can almost touch them.....
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/Calinerie.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b...e/Calinerie.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/La_tricoteuse.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b..._tricoteuse.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/Jeune_fille_allant_a_la_fontaine.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b...la_fontaine.jpg[/url]
[url=http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b/Bouguereau_William/large/Une_Vocation.jpg]http://www.artrenewal.org/images/artists/b...ne_Vocation.jpg[/url]
There are so many others. That's enough for now.
2003-05-26 17:14 | User Profile
Thanks for the link to the Art Renewal Center, Javelin. I knew there had to be some paintings done since the 18th century that didn't feature bodily functions and religious figures. I spent the better part of a night browsing just 3-4 artists there, and came away with about 30 potential desktop wallpapers. :)
Also thanks to everyone else for posting your favorite paintings; this is what art should be--beauty, balance, and talent. Not shock value, cynicism, and the attitude of "what can I get away with and still have people call it art".
2003-05-28 06:50 | User Profile
Too many to hope to list. Besides those already cited:
John Wm Godward
John Atkinson Grimshaw
Giuseppe Castiglione
Jean Beraud
Frank Cowper
John Waterhouse
James Jacques Tissot
and both the Sunday pages, and the black-and-white illustrations of, Hal (PRINCE VALIANT) Foster. Among many, many others. (Luckily, there are more great painters awaiting rediscovery than an art lover could even hope for. You'll never run out of works worth gazing upon in awe. Never.)
PS: You'll notice the ART RENEWAL site already in the OD links page. Cough, cough.
2003-05-28 08:19 | User Profile
One Grimshaw at random:
[img]http://www.artmagick.com/images/paintings02/grimshaw/grimshaw15.jpg[/img]
The absolute master of the autumnal landscape. No prose, no photograph, no cinematic recreation could ever stir the soul's chords of recognition the way Grimshaw's vision stirs them. All the senses are engaged in this canvas; the longing I feel to live in this world he captures is palpable.
This is a good time to bring up that I highly recommend seeking out back-issue copies of the various Sotheby's and Christie's 19th-Century European Art auction catalogs, always chockablock with works of this magnitude printed on heavy coated stock in full color. Not even the Art Renewal Center's images are as sharp or vivid; and the mix of celebrated and relatively-unknown salon painters found in them are a kind of mini-education in themselves.
2003-05-28 08:36 | User Profile
Ahh, what the heck. Here's a Godward:
[img]http://www.artmagick.com/images/paintings02/godward/godward3.jpg[/img]
What incredible rendering: Lord have mercy.