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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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 Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:11 am Post subject: Favorite Paintings |
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I'm bored, it's rainy, and I'm waiting on a pizza, so what better time than now to start on thread and list your favorite (or most significant, or best; YOU choose the criteria) paintings. Feel free to discuss and critique.
My favorite- taking into account the emotional reaction, the skill of the artist, the subject, and its significance.
1. The Arnolfini Portrait, Jan Van Eyck- Every art history student loves to yick and yack about this and deservedly so. In my High School humanities class this was the painting that caused it all to 'click' for us students in our heads. The first semester had put us to sleep. Then we get the Arnolfini and all of a sudden the art analysis gears were able to turn in our heads. A class that we used to sleep through had us riveted.
All the small details such as the mirror and the candles caused us to look more closely at the works from that point on.
2. The Dice Players, De la Tour- the chiaroscuro (light effects) are some of De le Tour's best.
3. Third of May, Goya
4. The Expulsion, Massaccio- The look on Adam and Eve's face is compelling. It is a masterwork of art that causes the viewer not to first notice the nudity of the subjects but the anguish on their faces instead.
5. Self Portrait of the Artist, Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun, The one where she is holding the brush and painting and wearing a red sash. You really see the spirit of the artist come out and the expression she chose is beautiful.
6. The Gros Clinic, Thomas Eakins
7. Las Meninas, Velazquez
8. Hide and Seek, Morisot
9. Judith Slaying Holofrenes, Caravaggio- The expression on Judith's face is the best moment from the master at capturing moments with paint.
10. Liberty Leading the People, Delacroix. I'm sure even Rush Limbaugh wanted to fight the power after he saw this the first time.
Favorite Sculpture- The Ecstasy of St. Theresa, Bernini.
List yours and share your thoughts. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:03 am Post subject: |
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in terms of sculpture, Rodin's The Kiss took up an entire afternoon for me when it was exhibited at the national gallery in Ottawa, Canada but I'd have to go with Haida artist Bill Reid's bronze orca Chief of the Undersea World
in terms of painting, it's really hard to pick a fav, as so many are moving, but...
Caspar David Friedrich's Wanderer above the Sea of Fog never fails to stir me ( but the same can be said of Ken Danby's At The Crease and, in a different way, Gustave Courbet�s L�Origine du Monde  )
and I'm a sucker for paintings about skies, trees, roads, sailboats and jazz |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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Tiberious aka Sparkles
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: I'm one cool cat!
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 3:16 am Post subject: |
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| Time Transfixed by Rene Magritte. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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meangradin
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:54 am Post subject: |
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I second Goya's "Third of May" and add his "Saturn Devouring his Son" and 'Colossus" to the list.
"The Fight Between Carnival and Lent" by Bruegel
"Disbanded" by John Pettie |
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Steelrails
Joined: 12 Mar 2009
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Never seen 'Disbanded' before...nice. You really catch the mix of emotions of the Highlander. Thanks man.
Bruegels works are masterful at depicting human society and all of its travesty.
Friedrich's 'Wanderer' is another great one that I have in my screensaver collection. Everyone loves that one when it comes on. |
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the boy next door
Joined: 08 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 7:32 am Post subject: |
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<-- 'Starry Night' - Vincent Van Gogh  |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:46 am Post subject: |
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Pierre-Auguste Renoir's On the Terrace.
Elegant and tranquil.
I pause every time I see it to appreciate the beauty and colors. |
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doc_ido
Joined: 03 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 8:44 pm Post subject: Re: Art |
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M. C. Escher, in 1948. |
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DWAEJIMORIGUKBAP
Joined: 28 May 2009
Location: Electron cloud
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Egon Schielle - 'four trees' - purely for the textures and hues
Munch ' Scream' - for the expressionism
Van Gogh 'Starry Night' - for the exuberance
(my fave) Frederick Lord Leighton 'The flaming Jude' - I used to like readheds... |
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Johnny5
Joined: 05 May 2009
Location: Chungju
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Fishead soup
Joined: 24 Jun 2007
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject: |
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| I like mostly painters like Francis Bacon and Willam Dekooning. |
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roadwork
Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Location: Goin' up the country
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| Posted: Mon Jul 13, 2009 1:35 am Post subject: |
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In college I really like Dali's The Hallucinogenic Toreador and The Temptation of St. Anthony.
I like Magritte's stuff but nothing comes to mind. |
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chris_J2
Joined: 17 Apr 2006
Location: From Brisbane, Au.
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