Favorite Pieces of Art (Paintings and Sculptures)

[vapid]

Guernica
http://terresdefemmes.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/guernica.jpg

Coronation of Napoleon
http://emptyeasel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/david-napoleon.jpg

Shootings of May 3rd in Madrid
http://www.goyatobeijing.org/gallery/images/goya.jpg

The Fighting Temeraire
http://homepage.mac.com/zichi/.Pictures/blogger2/turner-the-fighting-temeraire.jpg

Lichtenstein's sculpture outside Reina Sofia
http://www.concierge.com/images/cnt/articles/September06/madrid_unbound/cnt_madridunbound_007p.jpg

Light Red over Black
http://leslieann.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/t00275_9.jpg

I'll post more when I think of them.

[Tito Beasley]

I suppose asking you to give some reasons why would be a bit too challenging.

[vapid]

I suppose asking you to give some reasons why would be a bit too challenging.
I was going to write reasons in a separate post, away from the images but I need to finish an application thats due tomorrow first.

[AirGauge23]

Quetz

[EroticVanilla]

I've never really "got" art, like the Light Red Over Black, IMO there is nothing that sticks out, if I tried to paint a picture like that in art class I'd get a F, or if I'm lucky a D. Though I can see why Coronation of Napoleon would be popular, it's highly detailed, unlike Light Red Over Black which seems simplistic to me.

It's fine if you like it, I'm not trying to criticize you for your taste, but it's always seemed "weird" to me.

Edit: I guess I like architecture, like old Churches and Mosques or whatever, but paintings never made sense to me

[vapid]

I've never really "got" art, like the Light Red Over Black, IMO there is nothing that sticks out, if I tried to paint a picture like that in art class I'd get a F, or if I'm lucky a D.

It's fine if you like it, I'm not trying to criticize you for your taste, but it's always seemed "weird" to me.
I've explained this before, but viewing Rothko's pieces such as Light Red over Black was quite an enlightening experience for me. If you view the piece live you will soon realize that the colors play with your eyesight and begin to "move" and blend with each other. At that stage of my life it was quite a new concept to me that such simple shapes and colors could not only invoke waves of emotion to me, but also involve me as a viewer into really completing the piece through how my eyes view the corresponding colors and shapes.

[ROCSteady]

http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/elementary/ballard/Art%20Museum/USA/20cent/Tanner-banjolesson.jpg

Henry Ossawa Tanner- The Banjo Lesson

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/f/images/futur_ducham.nudedes.lg.jpg

Marcel Duchamp- Nude Descending Staircase No. 9

http://www.thechristianwebsite.com/images/DanielInTheLionsDenByRubens_82.jpg

Daniel In the Lion's Den- P. Rubens

http://platea.pntic.mec.es/anilo/mitos/fotos/Cronos_Goya.jpg

Cronus Devouring His Children- Francisco Goya

http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/thumbnail/72511/1/The-Knight-Death-And-The-Devil.jpg

The Knight, Devil and Death- Albrecht Durer

[ROCSteady]

Not gunna repost but I will concede that Picasso's Guerica has always been of significant interest to me as well. Esp. when you know the historical inspiration which is noxious to say the least

[EroticVanilla]

I've explained this before, but viewing Rothko's pieces such as Light Red over Black was quite an enlightening experience for me. If you view the piece live you will soon realize that the colors play with your eyesight and begin to "move" and blend with each other. At that stage of my life it was quite a new concept to me that such simple shapes and colors could not only invoke waves of emotion to me, but also involve me as a viewer into really completing the piece through how my eyes view the corresponding colors and shapes.
Thats cool, I understand art is personal, and it's cool it meant that much to you.

One of the problems for is I've never seen art up close before so it doesn't make the impact on screen or in replications that it does in RL. I respect the work they put in it too, I can barely draw stick figures :lol, so theres no way I could do some of this stuff.

Speaking of art reminded me of these to Cracked articles:

5 things monkeys can do better than you (http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things-real-monkeys-can-do-better-than-you) (scroll down to number 1) and 6 statistically full of shit professions (http://www.cracked.com/article_18380_the-6-most-statistically-full-shit-professions.html) (scroll to 4)

[vapid]

I dislike how many Baroque painters portray the human body, I always find the bodies to be pretty lumpy.

I like Durer's work. He did the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse piece didn't he?

[Doomsday Dallas]

MC escher & Salvador Dali

(too lazy right now to post pics)

[Showtime]

Pieta

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1f/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned_edit.jpg

[hateraid]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2363/2544025468_81dbacfc64.jpg

But seriously:

http://www.allartclassic.com/img/Salvador_Dali_DAS027.jpg

This is Swans reflecting Elephants by Salvador Dali.
My cousin had a replica painting in his room and every time I came over I always saw something new out of it. Something that wasn't there before.

[~primetime~]

if we are just restricted to fine art then I am fan of picasso's cubism stuff...

There are other artists out there that I would hang on my walls first though...

I found this dude Glenn Barr and I really like his shit...

might order some prints some time...

http://www.glbarr.com/

http://melbournebelow.com.au/images_other/glenn_barr.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J6j-bn9B08M/SuHi8ZIqiFI/AAAAAAAAMiU/lAJNFYMFeJ4/s400/glenn+barr+detrotier+2.JPG

http://www.outregallery.com/images/products/glenn-brother-groove.jpg

http://www.outregallery.com/images/products/elsewhere-small.jpg

http://yayeveryday.com/images/post_images/2009-6-28/5024/1246242953.jpg

http://perfectlaughter.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/DSC_5460.jpg


his shit is pimptastic...

[vapid]

I like the second one with the knife in the back prime.

[~primetime~]

I like the second one with the knife in the back prime.
that last one you posted is Mark Rothko...

I have a print of his framed...

this one...

http://markrothkopaintings.com/images/markrothko5.jpg

good stuff to make a place feel nice and relaxing...

[Dizzle-2k7]

write up some history behind these paintings fellas.. i dont wanna WIKI every one.. but good choices nonetheless

http://christineparkdesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vangogh-starry_night_ballance1.jpg

[RedBlackAttack]

A few of my favorites...

Van Gough's 'Asylum Gardens at Arles'

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/1082/3642203vincentvangoghth.jpg


Picasso's 'Blue Nude'

http://img94.imageshack.us/img94/4097/ap626bluenudec1902poste.jpg


Klimt's 'Forest of Beech Trees'

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/9990/13929679forest20of20bee.jpg

[Gundress]

Jacob Wrestling with the Angel

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/2115/jacobj.jpg (http://img168.imageshack.us/i/jacobj.jpg/)

[miller-time]

more of a chick painting, but i think it is pretty cool.

Tamara de Lempicka - Self Portrait in Green Bugatti

http://www.paintinghere.com/UploadPic/Tamara%20de%20Lempicka/big/Self%20Portrait%20in%20Green%20Bugatti.jpg

Simon Schubert

these are just made from folding paper.

http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/paper_art/36.jpg

http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/paper_art/34.jpg

[dough]

I love breugel and bosch. Not necc. Because its so beautiful, but because theres so much to see and the 'hidden' messages are nice. Also gehry when it comes to architecture. For interior design corbusier. Also love the wassily chair by breuer. Back to painting, le mort de marat from jean louis david is great, with the story behind it and details. Favorite artist might be mucha btw, always great stuff.

[dough]

write up some history behind these paintings fellas.. i dont wanna WIKI every one.. but good choices nonetheless

http://christineparkdesign.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vangogh-starry_night_ballance1.jpg
I was named after him, indirectly.

[halffttime]

not really that into paintings/sculptures.. i do enjoy photography tho


I've explained this before, but viewing Rothko's pieces such as Light Red over Black was quite an enlightening experience for me. If you view the piece live you will soon realize that the colors play with your eyesight and begin to "move" and blend with each other. At that stage of my life it was quite a new concept to me that such simple shapes and colors could not only invoke waves of emotion to me, but also involve me as a viewer into really completing the piece through how my eyes view the corresponding colors and shapes.

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/kobe.gif

[Jasi]

Very nice thread, Vapid.
I choose five artists for my personal gotha.

Michelangelo

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/DelphicSibylByMichelangelo.jpg


Caravaggio

http://www.artinvest2000.com/caravaggio_sepoltura-cristo.jpg


Henry Toulouse-Lautrec

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec_017.jpg/482px-Henri_de_Toulouse-Lautrec_017.jpg


Anselm Kiefer

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/k/kiefer/kiefer.jpg


Gerhard Richter

http://lunamareterra.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/ella-gerhard-richter.jpg

[StroShow4]

http://leslieann.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/t00275_9.jpg




I'm not seeing what's so special about this.

[StroShow4]

MC escher & Salvador Dali

(too lazy right now to post pics)

That dude created some crazy stuff...

http://www.etropolis.com/escher/pix/donotlink/stairs.jpg

That one is my favorite.

[Jasi]

I'm not seeing what's so special about this.

Vapid already wrote something about how differently you can see it when you're in front of it.
And I agree, the 'live' impression is completely different than a digital image, in that you perceive a sense of both delicacy (for how the layers of paint are lightly overlapping) and majesty (because of the "squares" and the sheer size of his paintings).

But then again, the whole issue of subjective taste vs contextual value is neverending.
You know, questions like "do I have to know the artist's intentions and 'phylosophy' to be able to like his works?" and similar ones that basically regard the interaction between form and substance.

EDIT: I bet you like Escher because it 'amazes' you and you don't need to contextualize his works. Nothing wrong with it of course, but one could wonder also the opposite: is it wrong to like something because you get into its 'concept', even if the sheer form of it is not that intriguing for you?
Does art need to amaze/entertain, or to convey a message, or to be just an expression of someone's self?
Etcetera etcetera etcetera :D

[StroShow4]

I've just never been a fan of the whole make a few shapes or splatter some paint on the paper and call it art. Call me stupid or uneducated, but yeah, I'm not a fan.

[kwajo]

Christ in the Desert by Ivan Kramskoi

http://www.art-prints-on-demand.com/kunst/iwan_kramskoi/christus_in_der_wu.jpg

[Lebowsky]

Posted this a few times before: saturn devouring his children, by Goya:

http://www.filmica.com/port666/Saturno_devorando_a_sus_hijos.jpg

Caspar David Friedrich, the traveler above the sea of clouds:

http://sp2.fotolog.com/photo/18/45/62/lenoreanabel/1253183825943_f.jpg

[Agent_Zero]

all time favorite

The Scream

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f4/The_Scream.jpg

[vapid]

not really that into paintings/sculptures.. i do enjoy photography tho



http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/kobe.gif
Now what did I do to make you feel inferior?

[vapid]

Jasi- Great choice in Caravaggio. Imo he is really the beginning of the transition away from Renaissance art, and his use of Chiaroscuro is simply astounding.

Jacque Louis David paints the most epic paintings, and we are lucky that he was alive during such an important era.

http://www.shafe.co.uk/crystal/images/lshafe/David_The_Oath_of_the_Horatii_1784.jpg

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/28/67928-004-9567195C.jpg

Is there anyone that can portray still life as hauntingly beautiful as Cezanne? His colors are ridiculously amazing.

http://www.cab.u-szeged.hu/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/cezanne.skull.jpg

[ZeN]

Hieronymus Bosch


http://rjdent.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tgoed-hb-left-panel.jpg


http://rjdent.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tgoed-hb-centre-panel.jpg


http://rjdent.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tgoed-hb-right-panel.jpg

[vapid]

http://rjdent.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tgoed-hb-left-panel.jpg?w=450&h=986


http://rjdent.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tgoed-hb-centre-panel.jpg?w=450&h=474


http://rjdent.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/tgoed-hb-right-panel.jpg?w=450&h=979
Heironymous Bosch has some trippy paintings. They aren't my favorite because they are so unsettling, I feel uncomfortable if I view them for too long.

[Skywalker]

10 bucks vap made this thread so he can point to it in the poster draft for "who is more artistic"

[vapid]

10 bucks vap made this thread so he can point to it in the poster draft for "who is more artistic"
lol I then would've made a thread called "post pieces of art you've made"

[rufuspaul]

http://www.mrsroachsclass.co.uk/van-gogh-vincent-iris-2403781.jpg
Van Gogh's Irises

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Paolo_Veronese%2C_The_Wedding_at_Cana.JPG/800px-Paolo_Veronese%2C_The_Wedding_at_Cana.JPG (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Paolo_Veronese%2C_The_Wedding_at_Cana.JPG)
The Wedding at Cana-Veronese

http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Judith%20Gustav%20Klimt.jpg
Judith I-Klimt

[ZeN]

Heironymous Bosch has some trippy paintings. They aren't my favorite because they are so unsettling, I feel uncomfortable if I view them for too long.


I actually enjoy them because they are so unsettling. I love his exploration of vexatious disturbing imagery. Also, I love the way much of his work is influenced by dreams, which is a subject that fascinates me.

[rufuspaul]

btw, you LA posters should go see the original Van Gogh's Irises at the Getty Center. It's free and the real thing beats any print.

[vapid]

btw, you LA posters should go see the original Van Gogh's Irises at the Getty Center. It's free and the real thing beats any print.
I've been there a number of times.

[Manute for Ever!]

My artistic tastes cross several genres (although I am not a big fan of impressionism), however these are my overall favourites:

http://cdn.buzznet.com/assets/users16/jackspade/default/meat-magi--large-msg-119711812816.jpg
Mark Ryden - 'Meat Magi'

http://www.alangandy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/01/theenigmaofhitler.JPG
Salvador Dali - 'The Enigma of Hitler'

http://encefalus.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/narcissus.jpg
Caravaggio- 'Narcissus'

http://gingerdangertaylor.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/kozyndan.jpg
Kozyndan - 'Uprisings'

[PistolPete]

http://spot.colorado.edu/~mcmorran/Hand_with_reflecting_globe.jpg

[Disaprine]

The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch is my favorite because it depicts everything about humanity.

My second is Galileo before the Holy Office by Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury.

http://madameevangelista.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/galileo_before_the_holy_office.jpg

[lefthook00]

http://primaryflight.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/saber1.jpg

[lilmagicjohnson]

Jacque Louis David paints the most epic paintings, and we are lucky that he was alive during such an important era.

http://www.shafe.co.uk/crystal/images/lshafe/David_The_Oath_of_the_Horatii_1784.jpg

http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/28/67928-004-9567195C.jpg

David didn't paint the raft of the Medusa dumb dumb. Haven't you ever heard of the child prodigy Th

[rufuspaul]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Johannes_Vermeer_%281632-1675%29_-_The_Girl_With_The_Pearl_Earring_%281665%29.jpg/419px-Johannes_Vermeer_%281632-1675%29_-_The_Girl_With_The_Pearl_Earring_%281665%29.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Johannes_Vermeer_%281632-1675%29_-_The_Girl_With_The_Pearl_Earring_%281665%29.jpg)

I always liked this one by Vermeer even before the book and movie.

[lilmagicjohnson]

Yeh Vermeer is one of the top 10 all time geniuses. Also this one is amazing

http://www.essentialvermeer.com/catalogue_xl/xl_view_of_delft.jpg



Anyone a fan of Diego Velazquez?

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Vel

[vapid]

[QUOTE=lilmagicjohnson]David didn't paint the raft of the Medusa dumb dumb. Haven't you ever heard of the child prodigy Th

[Black Joker]

True, I was wrong about David, I was too lazy to double check. I just remember that its in the same area as David's paintings in the Louvre.

yup. i was just there last weekend.

[rufuspaul]

yup. i was just there last weekend.

Speaking of the Louvre

http://www.sandrashaw.com/images/AH1L21Nike.jpg

[jbot]

But seriously:

http://www.allartclassic.com/img/Salvador_Dali_DAS027.jpg

This is Swans reflecting Elephants by Salvador Dali.
My cousin had a replica painting in his room and every time I came over I always saw something new out of it. Something that wasn't there before.

never seen this dali one b4. that is awesome! he was whacked outta his mind but painted the coolest looking shit.

[Black Joker]

Speaking of the Louvre

http://www.sandrashaw.com/images/AH1L21Nike.jpg
i love the Lourve. wish i had more time to spend in there when i was in paris. was there for like 4 hours, and didn't see anywhere close to all of it

[rufuspaul]

i love the Lourve. wish i had more time to spend in there when i was in paris. was there for like 4 hours, and didn't see anywhere close to all of it

Last time I was in Paris I was there for 10 days and still didn't see all of it.

[Lebowsky]

i love the Lourve. wish i had more time to spend in there when i was in paris. was there for like 4 hours, and didn't see anywhere close to all of it

If you were there for 4 hours, chances are you didn't see anywhere close to 10% of it.

These are also great:

The school of Athens, by Rafael Sanzio

http://www.ucm.es/info/cpuno/img/rafaelb.jpg

The colossus, by Goya:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/El_coloso.jpg

The anatomy lesson, by Rembrandt:

http://psyc.queensu.ca/~psyc382/RembrandtNicolaes-tulp.jpg

[vapid]

I've been to the Louvre 4-5 times and I don't think I've seen 10% of it.

[Lebowsky]

I've been to the Louvre 4-5 times and I don't think I've seen 10% of it.

I feel the same way, and the same can be said about most major museums in the world, like the Louvre, El Prado, Hermitage, etc.

[rufuspaul]

I feel the same way, and the same can be said about most major museums in the world, like the Louvre, El Prado, Hermitage, etc.

Hell I even got lost in the Natural History Museum.:oldlol:

[Lebowsky]

Hell I even got lost in the Natural History Museum.:oldlol:

Lol, I got lost in the Metropolitan Museum when I visited it as a kid I remember being terrified by those japanese armors they have.

[vapid]

I have this Andy Warhol Revolver Print over my bed at home:

http://artfiles.art.com/5/p/LRG/9/929/7VWX000Z/andy-warhol-guns-c-1981-82.jpg

[Erudus]

lmao this is one of the nerdiest threads ever

[rufuspaul]

I have this Andy Warhol Revolver Print over my bed at home:

http://artfiles.art.com/5/p/LRG/9/929/7VWX000Z/andy-warhol-guns-c-1981-82.jpg

I bet chicks immediately disrobe when they see it.

[PistolPete]

lmao this is one of the nerdiest threads ever

You sir, have no class.

[vapid]

I bet chicks immediately disrobe when they see it.
Lol this is at my home home in california, not where I live right now.

[Lebowsky]

lmao this is one of the nerdiest threads ever

Run away from it while you still can or else you might learn something!

[ZeN]

lmao this is one of the nerdiest threads ever


New there are nerdier ones out there..

[CakeorDeath]

Lots of great stuff already in this thread, and I'm happy to provide of two of my favorite artists.

I love anything by Caspar David Friedrich, but this one in particular always gets me:

http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs42/f/2009/131/0/c/x__Abbey_in_the_Oak_Forest__x_by_ninja_magus.jpg

I also find the paintings of Richard Estes to be amazing, and hauntingly beautiful:

http://jeffludes.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/richard_estes_66781.jpg

http://ledefooloir.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/estes1.jpg

http://diginformacion.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/richard-estes-big_estes_telephone.jpg

And of course, in terms of sculpture, to me it is hard to beat this:

http://theprofessionalnostalgic.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/heaven-tympanum-st-foy22.jpg

From my favorite place in the whole world (so far):

http://www.ciaoadriano.com/Europe%202007/France/09_Around_Conques/Conques/Images/800/ConquesEvg-Oct07-D1326sAR800.jpg

[StroShow4]

Run away from it while you still can or else you might learn something!

:oldlol:

[Erudus]

Run away from it while you still can or else you might learn something!

i dont wanna chirp u brosh but im probs smarter thanu

[Manute for Ever!]

i dont wanna chirp u brosh but im probs smarter thanu

If you were, you would probably be able to construct a coherent sentence.
There is nothing wrong with appreciating culture and history, especially works as important as some of the ones posted here. We are free to discuss music and film, which are artforms, at great lengths on ISH, why not other forms of art?

[Fatal9]

http://benignopx.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/landscape_with_fall_of_icarus_fs.jpg

Fall of Icarus by Bruegel (Icarus is in the bottom right corner in the sea). I also like his "folksy" paintings, the one with proverbs is really interesting if you go through it in detail. Lot of those proverbs are still common today.

http://hoocher.com/Rembrandt/Rembrandt_The_Stone_Bridge_c1638.jpg
http://www.holland.com/meetings/en/system/Images/m-c_rembrandt_van_rijn_the_night_watch_1642_rijksmus eum_amsterdam_bb_560x350_tcm504-144072.jpg
http://congalife.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/the-return-of-the-prodigal-son-rembrandt-van-rijn.jpg
^rembrandt's stone bridge, night watch and return of prodigal son. prints obviously need to be way bigger and in better quality.

http://homepage.mac.com/zichi/.Pictures/blogger2/vermeer-milk-maid.jpg

The Milkmaid

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Edvard_Munch_-_Madonna_%281894-1895%29.jpg/461px-Edvard_Munch_-_Madonna_%281894-1895%29.jpg
Madonna

http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Gustave_Caillebotte/paris.jpeg
Paris on Rainy Day

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/174/393815996_d719f409a9.jpg

Death of Sardanapalus by Delacroix. His paintings are always very exotic (I think he actually went to places like Algeria, Morocco etc). This one is the king committing suicide, destroying everything he has (including killing the hoes) right before his castle gets invaded.


Yeh Vermeer is one of the top 10 all time geniuses. Also this one is amazing
+1 on View of Delft. Others I like which have already been mentioned are Oath of Horatii, School of Athens, Irises/Starry Night, shootings of May 3rd (and other Goyas, we actually have two original Goya sketches from grandparents).

[vapid]

That Madonna is really, really amazing.

[Black Joker]

Hell I even got lost in the Natural History Museum.:oldlol:
lol my flat is like just down the street from that museum. thats one museum that i've probably seen all of

[vapid]

lol my flat is like just down the street from that museum. thats one museum that i've probably seen all of
You been to the British Museum yet?

[Black Joker]

You been to the British Museum yet?
yup. i've tried to see every museum here and spend alot of my free time there before classes/internship. might as well, with them being free. and of course interesting

[vapid]

yup. i've tried to see every museum here and spend alot of my free time there before classes/internship. might as well, with them being free. and of course interesting
My first year dorm was close to their. I lived across from royal festival hall and the London Eye my 2-3 years.

[Randy]

Jonas Burgert:

http://www.mcadenver.org/data/assets/media/Detail_jonas.jpg

My favorite ^^ This thing is massive too, 13' x 19'.

http://www.artrabbit.com/images/dataobjects/images/b83a717c868cb778db8f2fffb4a9c732_0.jpg

http://www.artmagazine.cc/data/content/2008-06/35679/burgert_staub.jpg

http://www.contemporaryartcolorado.org/images/library/event/84/1.jpg

These tiny photos just don't do his work any justice.

[Randy]

This has been repeatedly voted the greatest painting of all time throughout the century by art historians, Las Meninas



Why? I admittedly know nothing about art criticism, it has always seemed like self-fellating bullshit. I either like it or I don't. So I really am interested as to why this one specific piece is so heralded?

http://www.elrelojdesol.com/museo-del-prado/images/VELAZQUEZ---LAS-MENINAS.jpg

[~primetime~]

wow Randy with the shockingly good surealist pic...

I have been hearing forever about how surealism is making a comeback...


never would have guessed Randy to know shit about art...

[Randy]

wow Randy with the shockingly good surealist pic...

I have been hearing forever about how surealism is making a comeback...


never would have guessed Randy to know shit about art...

I don't know shit, see above. I do know that I love his stuff though, and that's all that matters to me.

[~primetime~]

I don't know shit, see above. I do know that I love his stuff though, and that's all that matters to me.
it's all that should matter...

however if you try to see what others love about the what they like, then you may end up sharing that love...

[vapid]

I know this isn't really a sculpture or painting but when I was a docent the Tibetan Buddhist exhibit had some of my favorite stuff like this Kapala

http://www.asianart.com/exhibitions/bowers/large/kapala.jpg

The symbolism behind all their stuff is amazing once you learn about it.

[Derek Zoolander]

Why? I admittedly know nothing about art criticism, it has always seemed like self-fellating bullshit. I either like it or I don't. So I really am interested as to why this one specific piece is so heralded?

http://www.elrelojdesol.com/museo-del-prado/images/VELAZQUEZ---LAS-MENINAS.jpg
there's loads of shit people say about it-first off it's life sized, and it's all about reflections-The dude velazquez painted himself painting the painting-which is not so cool these days but consider it was done in the 1500s, pretty trippy. If you look in the mirror in the background, then it is a reflection of the royal family of spain at the time, so in effect what Velasquez is doing is putting everyone who views the painting in the same position as the king and queen-which back in the 1500s was a pretty radical thing to do, the hapsbergs were idiots however and didn't realize this and proudly hung the painting up in their palace.

Also Velazquez along with Rembrandt is known for having the greatest technique of any painter ever, Ive never seen one live but apparently if you go up close it just looks like blurs but when you walk about 10 feet away it all materializes. I don't really know if I agree with all these things making it so great, but people have written essays, books and thesis papers about this painting so it must be doing something right. They call Velasquez a painters painter, I guess you have to be a bullshit arty farty art historian to see the "true genius" behind it


another cool painting in the same vein, the royal family by goya

http://knowledgenews.net/picturethis/goya_charles_iv.jpg

he purposefully tried to make them all look like ugly, pompous morons, because he hated the royal family, but the royal family, again hapsbergs thought it was a beautiful painting and hung it up proudly in their castle.

[Joshumitsu]

Art is really unappreciated by most folk today. People look at something and are quick to judge and throw it away. Most people aren't willing to think within the context of art. Society overrates itself drastically.

http://echostains.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/1953_the_betrayal_of_images_rene_magritte-l4002.jpg

http://aliontheair.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/picasso-avignon.jpg

Sadly, if you show a Picasso like the one above, people are more likely to laugh at the nudity and then try to ban it instead.

[Ass Dan]

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/27185963/Iron+Maiden+eddie.jpg

[Black Joker]

thought this was a pretty cool painting

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8387/1001222i.jpg (http://img213.imageshack.us/i/1001222i.jpg/)

[Juges8932]

http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/_/27185963/Iron+Maiden+eddie.jpg
:rockon:

Maiden FTW. Might go see their last concert with a friend this summer.

[Jailblazers7]

Maybe I'll appreciate paintings more as I get older but I never really got into it. I'm a huge fan of architecture tho.

[vapid]

Banksy's been overexposed right now, but his stuff is still interesting.

http://www.banksy.co.uk/indoors/images/rickshaw2.jpg

[Jailblazers7]

^ I like that one a lot vap. This thread has definitely exposed me to some good artwork.

[vapid]

^ I like that one a lot vap. This thread has definitely exposed me to some good artwork.
His claim to fame is clever pieces of artwork on urban landscapes:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Banksy.on.the.thekla.arp.jpg/800px-Banksy.on.the.thekla.arp.jpg

http://borovik.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/banksy2cctvspl_468x443.jpg

http://www.lovecolors.net/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/banksy-03.jpg

He has a lot of imitators now. I've seen a lot of his work around London.

[Jailblazers7]

That is some very cool stuff.

[vapid]

Saw this in Istanbul, Alexander's Sarcophagus. (Not really where Alexander was buried) Very well done carvings:

http://www.tourguideinistanbul.com/resimler/alexander_sarcophagus.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/33/49596703_988f1786f5.jpg

[CakeorDeath]

Saw this in Istanbul, Alexander's Sarcophagus. (Not really where Alexander was buried) Very well done carvings


Hope you also saw this in Istanbul:

http://image.dashofer.hu/upload/epitinfo/2_hagia_sofia_belulrol.jpg

[Steve Nash]

These are my favorite from banksy

http://artandmusic.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/071208-banksy.jpg

http://publicfrenemy.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/banksy-again.jpg

I also love peter max

http://eartfair.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/better_world_peter-max.jpg

http://lastheplace.com/images/article-images/Las_Vegas/peter_max_liberty_head_larg.jpg

this is cool too

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ax5ZIdFoW1U/Sb4NA2bzaaI/AAAAAAAAMN0/UtfaWvzD1hU/s400/body-art-32.jpg

[vapid]

Hope you also saw this in Istanbul:

http://image.dashofer.hu/upload/epitinfo/2_hagia_sofia_belulrol.jpg
Of course. That was my main reason for visiting Turkey.

[ROCSteady]

http://schools.nycenet.edu/Region10/hs467/webquests/bearden_webquest/images_bearden/bearden_rocket_200.jpg

Romare Bearden- Rocket To The Moon (1971)

Couldn't find a bigger pic which is a SHAME but it's incredible work. Like a social commentary on how we advance as a nation sending people to the moon yet some portions of society are stuck confined with so little. Like Bearden's work a lot.

Raphael's School of Athens was mentioned so I'll go with a fantastic atmospheric prospective piece:

http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/kindred_spirits/images/kindred_spirits_542.jpg

Asher Brown Durand- Kindred Spirits

For Prime....here's a WILD surreal iomage that always struck a chord w/ me:

http://www.inka-essenhigh.com/img/IE-025.jpg

Inka Essenhigh- Escape Pod

[ROCSteady]

i dont wanna chirp u brosh but im probs smarter thanu

You remain a clown of epic proportions. Learn that intelligence is not exactly a concrete concept, silly boy. There's many ways to measure intelligence.

[vapid]

http://www.inka-essenhigh.com/img/IE-025.jpg

Inka Essenhigh- Escape Pod
This is great.

[~primetime~]

http://lisakereszi.com/images/281.jpg

and she is hot...wow

female artists are pretty rare...

hot female artists are really rare...

[vapid]

and she is hot...wow

female artists are pretty rare...

hot female artists are really rare...
Curiously I know a lot of female artists. I feel like a huge % of young artists are female.

Also being an artist is a huge turn on for me. Some of the girls i've been most attracted to are artists.

[~primetime~]

Curiously I know a lot of female artists. I feel like a huge % of young artists are female.

Also being an artist is a huge turn on for me. Some of the girls i've been most attracted to are artists.
I should rephrase that since there were a ton of female artists I went to school with also...

"accomplished female artists are very rare"

the only famed ones that comes to mind right now is Georgia Okeefe, and Frida...

although there are probably others that I just can't think of right now...


I have never seen a female artist make it very far in the game industry either, unless it was the role of a manager or something along those lines...there are a few, but the males outnumber the females like 10 to 1 at least...

[rezznor]

http://justtheplanet.com/sweet-life/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/gustav-klimt-the-kiss.jpg

http://www.videposters.co.uk/static/images/510x510-23959/Edvard-Munch-Scream.jpg

http://www.uniquedaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/10-greek-sculptures.jpg

http://gingatao.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the_great_wave_off_kanagawa.jpg

http://www.mcs.csueastbay.edu/~malek/Surrealism/dali1.jpg



off the top of my head.

[Steve Nash]

http://gingatao.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/the_great_wave_off_kanagawa.jpg

off the top of my head.

Who is this ??

[ROCSteady]

Speaking of women artists, this is a badass acrylic painting applied with an airbrush.

Really like the boldness of it, that's why it's kinda large:

http://www.audreyflack.com/AF/dyetransferphotos/4.jpg

Audrey Flack- Wheel of Fortune

Interesting use of variety to try and achieve unity and balance. Repeating shapes and lines and such:

http://slog.thestranger.com/files/2008/06/going_big.jpg

Jacob Lawrence- Going Home

van Eyck has been known to create beautiful work as well:

http://www.harpers.org/media/image/blogs/misc/van-eyck-chancellor-rolin.jpg

http://ilkerugur.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/van-eyck-arnolfini.jpg
Jan van Eyck- Madonna and Child With the Chancellor Rolin
" "

The second one is meticulously done. Obviously the dog at their feet is a nice touch, symbolizing the loyalty of their union

[ROCSteady]

Who is this ??

Katsushika Hokusai

[rezznor]

Katsushika Hokusai
yes. this is probably one of Japan's most famous pieces of art.

[ZeN]

http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/ron-english-elms-lesters-london-1.jpg

[ROCSteady]

http://www.philippalmer.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/The-Burning-of-the-House-of-Lords-and-Commons-Turner-e1267975451987.jpg

J.W. Turner- The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons
Colors in this are incredible

[RaininThrees]

Always loved Alex Grey

http://seenbybean.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/alex-grey.jpg

Dying
http://www.erowid.org/spirit/death/images/grey_alex_dying.jpg

Birth
http://www.alexgrey.com/prints/birth-alex-grey.jpg

Also, Chet Zar:

Red Girl
http://i42.tinypic.com/oqepv7.jpg

Some people might find this interesting too:

http://www.cracked.com/article_18386_7-mind-blowing-easter-eggs-hidden-in-famous-works-art.html

[halffttime]

Now what did I do to make you feel inferior?
how does that post express feelings of inferiority? lol you just assume everyone looks up to you cause you look dowm on them. silly rabbit.

[vapid]

how does that post express feelings of inferiority? lol you just assume everyone looks up to you cause you look dowm on them. silly rabbit.
No I definiteyl don't think people look up to me, but you couldn't contribute anything positive and reacted completely negatively to a thread that many people enjoy and have contributed. Thanks for insulting me without any provocation.

[ROCSteady]

I would like this thread to not die but rather be filled with expansive and beautiful works of the human spirit!!

[vapid]

I would like this thread to not die but rather be filled with expansive and beautiful works of the human spirit!!
That musical notes thing with Da Vinci blew my mind. So awesome. Da Vinci is awesome.

This is awesome:

Jimi Hendrix "sculpture/painting" with colored matches then set on fire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxabHg--WBE&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtzdxseO-gs&playnext_from=TL&videos=mynCHrsgTsU

[~primetime~]

joey remmers

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_bq6_cE4BJJQ/SifjkPPGl0I/AAAAAAAAPhI/WP709EPy26Y/s400/Joey+Remmers+-+The+Rainy+Season.jpg

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2JrKyRMcVU8/SZnY018zC9I/AAAAAAAALN4/I02BAKn_7Lc/s400/Flies+by+Joey+Remmers.jpg

joshua petker

http://www.joshuapetker.com/images/paintings/2008_HuntingForWitches_12x12.jpg

http://www.puppiesandflowers.com/blogimages/09/01/JoshuaPetker3.jpg

http://slamxhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/joshua-petker-4.jpg

http://sexualityinart.files.wordpress.com/2007/05/5.jpg

[~primetime~]

jason d'aquino

http://fusegallerynyc.com/08daquino/images/Bukowski350004.jpg

http://www.curatedmag.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jason-pulp-1.jpg

http://www.curatedmag.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/jason-pulp-front.jpg

http://images.vinylpulse.com/vp_pics/from_windows_live_writer/Crazy4Cult2Preview_14000/shining008.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/gallery1988sf/JasonDAquinoAlex.jpg

http://www.nypress.com/images/a&e/match.jpg

http://i154.photobucket.com/albums/s255/gallery1988sf/JasonDAquinoReagan.jpg

http://brooklynartproject.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/12/09/aquadaquino.jpg



he sells those things for $500 a peice...people will buy them, frame them, and display them...

[~primetime~]

logan hicks

http://www.woostercollective.com/images/2006/03/loganvidphot.jpg

http://blogmodart.rebelmobile.de/blog/modartnews/consumedfdigested_300.jpg

http://dailydujour.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/logan_long_road-500x377.jpg

http://www.fixins.com/blogtest/whorselogan.jpg

billy martinez

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xmjGdDIOMLw/SN_kHOHSPSI/AAAAAAAABQE/s5zBFaL47c8/s400/P1010020.jpg

http://www.nekopresscomics.com/images/gallery/billy/revolt.jpg

http://www.nekopresscomics.com/images/com/billy/rising_sun_pic.jpg

he likes girls, as do I...

[Quata]

these are just made from folding paper.

http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/paper_art/36.jpg

http://netdna.webdesignerdepot.com/uploads/paper_art/34.jpg
Those are amazing. Love the ones that RaininThrees posted by Alex Grey, in fact im digging the majority of the products posted in this thread. Never been a huge fan of older art, i do enjoy interpreting changing ideals and mindsets however.

There is some pretty cool australian aboriginal art out there, again, it tells the stories of the artists ancestors (rainbow serpent and the creation of earth, etc). The legit ones make their own paint from barks, etc as well, adding the authenticity of the product- gives the pieces far higher spiritual energy.
http://karaart.com/aboriginalart/kemp/03.jpg
http://www.goinrome.com/mycontent/data/6914-arte-aborigena-goinrome-com.jpg
http://www.aboriginalartstore.com.au/photos/utopia_aboriginal_art_photo.jpg

Personally, i think the universe produces the greatest art of all :D
http://images.mirror.co.uk/upl/m4/dec2008/2/0/4F7BE30B-FEDC-8F5B-4B0B237811F98958.jpg
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XkDUOi-2740/SB79H-KksFI/AAAAAAAAAB0/J42rFckJ4ko/S600/Orion+Nebula.jpg
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/105/274219567_3e0a5e799c.jpg
http://www.climberland.net/images/1024/DelicateArch1024.jpg

[3ptShooter]

Some good stuff mentioned so far...

I've always like Caravaggio, and alway thought The Calling of St Mathew was a great example of his amazing use of light and contrast.
http://pacific-arts.com/images/Caravaggio%20-%20The%20Calling%20of%20St.%20Matthew.jpg

His series of beheading Goliath is striking imho...
http://dimpost.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/david_and_goliath_by_caravaggio.jpg


I've also always liked JJ Walker
http://www.seanjohn.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/barnes-sugar_shack1.jpg

[RedBlackAttack]

Always loved Alex Grey


Oh yes... Great call, there. He brings Tool to life with his work (or vice-versa).

[halffttime]

No I definiteyl don't think people look up to me, but you couldn't contribute anything positive and reacted completely negatively to a thread that many people enjoy and have contributed. Thanks for insulting me without any provocation.

i'm sorry. srs.

[ROCSteady]

That musical notes thing with Da Vinci blew my mind. So awesome. Da Vinci is awesome.

This is awesome:

Jimi Hendrix "sculpture/painting" with colored matches then set on fire:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxabHg--WBE&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtzdxseO-gs&playnext_from=TL&videos=mynCHrsgTsU

I'm actually getting a Da Vinci sketch tattooed on my right arm at the end of the month. Nobody turn this into a tattoo debate, jus thought I would let some know how highly I hold Da Vinci

[vapid]

http://www.penwith.co.uk/artofeurope/botticelli_primavera.jpg

Botticelli is my favorite Renaissance artist. I feel like he is quite revolutionary for his era (Early Renaissance), using more vibrant colors and using more interesting symbolism than the standard christian affair.


I had to do a report on Rodin, and I chose his Gate of Hell. I was lucky to be able to go see the original plaster cast at the Musee Rodin. The piece depicts a scene from Dante's Inferno, and he took a lot of the little pieces and made them into individual works, like the Thinker.
http://www.artinthepicture.com/artists/Auguste_Rodin/hell.jpg

[goldenryan]

http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kut86g0TiI1qzwruco1_500.jpg

[vapid]

This is pretty cool. Not sure if I first heard of it here or somewhere else on the interwebs, but this guy (harvest by haroshi) makes sculptures out of used skateboards:

http://static2.slamxhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/harvest-haroshi-skate-destroy-recap-front1-800x533.jpg

http://static1.slamxhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/harvest-haroshi-skate-destroy-recap-9.jpg

http://hypebeast.com/2010/02/harvest-haroshi-skate-destroy-exhibition-recap/

[Derek Zoolander]

http://cesquared.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/farnsworth_house_gmad06_31.jpg

Ludwig Mies Van der Rohe the premier architectural genius of the 20th century

[highwhey]

how would i go about acquring some of these pieces?(if possible) anyone make replicas? i really want that galileo piece.

[Mista Kool]

http://www.genetherapyreview.com/images/stories/anatomy_of_human_body.gif

[craigthomasb]

ive got a few michael goddard dont drink and draw pictures


http://www.michaelgodard.com/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=26&album=3

[vapid]

http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/replicate/EXID40156/images/resized_picccc.jpg

Not bad Jim Carrey, Not bad.

[DCL]

http://leslieann.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/t00275_9.jpg

never quite understood this kinda art but i know it's kinda popular. but it just looks rather simple to me, and looks like it took like 10 minutes to make rather than months or years or decades like some really crazy works.

[Jasi]

http://leslieann.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/t00275_9.jpg

never quite understood this kinda art. just looks rather simple to me, and looks like it took like 10 minutes to make rather than months or years or decades like some really crazy works.

If you manage to so something like that in 10 minutes, will you hire me as your agent?

[DCL]

If you manage to so something like that in 10 minutes, will you hire me as your agent?

so what's so great about it? tell me what you see so special when you look at that.

[Jasi]

so what's so great about it? tell me what you see so special when you look at that.

Sorry if I quote, but we've already talked about this in this same thread.



Vapid already wrote something about how differently you can see it when you're in front of it.
And I agree, the 'live' impression is completely different than a digital image, in that you perceive a sense of both delicacy (for how the layers of paint are lightly overlapping) and majesty (because of the "squares" and the sheer size of his paintings).

But then again, the whole issue of subjective taste vs contextual value is neverending.
You know, questions like "do I have to know the artist's intentions and 'phylosophy' to be able to like his works?" and similar ones that basically regard the interaction between form and substance.

EDIT: I bet you like Escher because it 'amazes' you and you don't need to contextualize his works. Nothing wrong with it of course, but one could wonder also the opposite: is it wrong to like something because you get into its 'concept', even if the sheer form of it is not that intriguing for you?
Does art need to amaze/entertain, or to convey a message, or to be just an expression of someone's self?
Etcetera etcetera etcetera

[DCL]

not buying it.

[Jasi]

not buying it.

I'm not trying to convince you that you have to like it. Of course.

But saying that it's worthless because it could be made in 10 minutes... that is arguable, to say the least.

[Doomsday Dallas]

Banksy's been overexposed right now, but his stuff is still interesting.

http://www.banksy.co.uk/indoors/images/rickshaw2.jpg



Now that's powerful..... a Clear Cut Message to the viewer.

[macmac]

not buying it.

I don't think you could afford it anyways, to be honest

[lakers_forever]

Great thread!
Love all the classics.

Let me add some new stuff.

Kseniya Simonova's Amazing Sand Drawing (Russian about the WWII)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOhf3OvRXKg

Salvador Dali and Walt Disney joined to make this short film, but it was never completed. Some disney guy find the Dali's original drawings and animated it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzzZa5o1q5k

Some crazy shite. This Blu guy paints in the street's walls and then takes a lot of pictures making it an animation. Must see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4

[Jasi]

Some crazy shite. This Blu guy paints in the street's walls and then takes a lot of pictures making it an animation. Must see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4

:eek: amazing!

[macmac]

Great thread!

Some crazy shite. This Blu guy paints in the street's walls and then takes a lot of pictures making it an animation. Must see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4

That was some seriously dope shit

[rufuspaul]

Some crazy shite. This Blu guy paints in the street's walls and then takes a lot of pictures making it an animation. Must see.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGaqLT-gO4

:applause: I love the teeth running down the sidewalk.

[vapid]

Giant Packing Tape Spider Web:

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/07/30/packing-web-1.jpg

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/07/30/packing-web-2.jpg

[gigantes]

MC escher, who later changed his name to just escher


http://img.izismile.com/img/img7/20140826/1000/daily_gifdump_699_31.gif

[~primetime~]

some of my favorite artists today (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253722)


majority of the image links are broken in here...that's a shame

[gigantes]

some of my favorite artists today (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showthread.php?t=253722)


majority of the image links are broken in here...that's a shame
wow i missed that one, thx!