All-Time Artists Draft

[Jasi]

Let's select the best people to represent artistic Genius.


All-Time Artists Draft
http://micheblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/michelangelo-1.jpg

You can pick anyone, but some categories will be appreciated as more valuable, namely those usually associated with "visual arts".

Criteria
Artistic value of their production
Importance in the history of art
Diversity


Rules
10 participants
12 rounds
6 hours per pick

Participants - picks

Joshumitsu
1 Picasso (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4971682&postcount=79), 2 Raffaello (http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4976331&postcount=138), 3 [URL="http://www.insidehoops.com/forum/showpost.php?p=4976370&postcount=141"]D

[Jasi]

[php]
ROUND 1
1 1 Joshumitsu: Pablo Picasso
1 2 vapid: Michelangelo
1 3 heyhey: Edward Hopper
1 4 Fatal9: Rembrandt
1 5 Bird: Matisse
1 6 Jasi: Leonardo da Vinci
1 7 Jailblazers7: Paul C

[Jailblazers7]

I think this one might be a little bit out of my league. I might be able to hang in a music or writers draft but I'm a rookie when it comes to everthing else.

[Jasi]

I think this one might be a little bit out of my league. I might be able to hang in a music or writers draft but I'm a rookie when it comes to everthing else.

What better chance to enjoy some research? :D

[Bird]

Color me down.

I always enjoy spending time on wikipedia anyways, this just gives me more of an excuse to be there :D

[Jailblazers7]

What better chance to enjoy some research? :D

You're right. Screw it, I'll join.

[Black Joker]

i like the draft idea Jasi. i'll totally be watching this thread

[Jasi]

i like the draft idea Jasi. i'll totally be watching this thread

Feel free to join if you want!

[Black Joker]

Feel free to join if you want!
oh no, way out of my league. that and i'm a little to busy for a draft right now. :cheers:

[kNIOKAS]

let me join this... ?
i really what you put the thread. didn't expect that much.

[bballer]

brb davinci

[Joshumitsu]

I don't know much about artists either so this will be fun.

I'm in.

[heyhey]

I would like to participate. But this would be my first draft and my knowledge is mostly in cinema and books, so I hope I don't do too poorly.

[Jasi]

let me join this... ?
i really what you put the thread. didn't expect that much.

red bar + you didn't even write a proper sentence = you're in sub judice

[Joshumitsu]

Oh, just reread the thread lol.

Art as a whole, huh? This is going to be very large-scale, then.

[Jasi]

Oh, just reread the thread lol.

Art as a whole, huh? This is going to be very large-scale, then.

Definitely!

[kNIOKAS]

red bar + you didn't even write a proper sentence = you're in sub judice
writing properly is like painting the wall. it's like checkers. it's like pop art. sorry i play chess.

[Jasi]

writing properly is like painting the wall. it's like checkers. it's like pop art. sorry i play chess.

:D

[Jailblazers7]

writing properly is like painting the wall. it's like checkers. it's like pop art. sorry i play chess.

wtf are you talking about? :oldlol:

[kNIOKAS]

wtf are you talking about? :oldlol:
guys can't you just stand one person that doesn't really fit it? or is it too much for you?

[boozehound]

sure, Ill play. Not a huge consumer of art, but I know what I like and I like classy!

http://aestheticoctopus.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/twilightshoes.jpeg

[Jailblazers7]

guys can't you just stand one person that doesn't really fit it? or is it too much for you?

I don't care if you are a part of this or not.

[Jasi]

I didn't say you are out, kNIOKAS.

[Lebowsky]

I'm quite busy these days to take part in another draft, but if you can't fill all the spots I will participate. I'll keep an eye on the thread.

[Jasi]

I'm quite busy these days to take part in another draft, but if you can't fill all the spots I will participate. I'll keep an eye on the thread.

Ok. If you don't participate maybe you can judge if you wish.

[Lebowsky]

Ok. If you don't participate maybe you can judge if you wish.

You can count on it.

[Jackass18]

I'll join

[vapid]

I want in bad

[vapid]

Opening it up to music, movies and literature is kind of redundant and limits difficulty IMO tho

[Jasi]

Opening it up to music, movies and literature is kind of redundant and limits difficulty IMO tho

Yeah, but I am just very curious to see what mix of arts people will be getting.
The difficulty lies in that you have to be knowledgeable in all fields.

[vapid]

Yeah, but I am just very curious to see what mix of arts people will be getting.
The difficulty lies in that you have to be knowledgeable in all fields.
Don't u think we will see a lot of the same ppl from the music,writer and movie drafts? Easy for managers to copy and hard for judges to decide.

[Jasi]

Don't u think we will see a lot of the same ppl from the music,writer and movie drafts? Easy for managers to copy and hard for judges to decide.

Sure, but you can easily find rankings in the internet anyways.

Also, no classical music draft has been made as far as I know, and the movie one was obviously more focused on actors, that should have no place here.

[Jasi]

It's late here, I'm going to sleep + tomorrow morning I'll be in a long meeting, so I'll probably check back in 12 hours or so, when most of you are asleep.

I'll randomize the starting list and post it later than that, so that you guys will be around.

[Fatal9]

in.

I do somewhat agree with vapid though, literature and movies are a bit redundant because we just had a draft on those two, making the talent pool almost too large (think of how many great writers were left in the other draft, this one is even deeper).

[Jasi]

Don't worry guys, I think it will do this way.

It's more difficult to pick 2-3 out of a number, than 10.

Also, I wouldn't want to mutilate human genius by excluding writers and directors :D It would look so disharmonious...

Goodnight!

[Jackass18]

I'm going to try to pick no more than 2 people from 1 category (though, that might go out the window).

[Jasi]

Ok guys, sleep brought advice.
I've changed my mind.

Not really because of the redundancy with other drafts, but because I think there is actually so much to say about "visual" arts only.
By visual arts I mean painting, sculpture, architecture and installations.

So, before we start, I need all participants to give me their green light for this change of scope of the draft.

Do you agree to limit categories to painting, sculpture, architecture and installations?

Jasi: YES
Bird:
Jailblazers7:
kNIOKAS:
Joshumitsu:
heyhey:
boozehound:
Jackass18:
vapid: YES
Fatal9: YES

[Maga_1]

This is the All-Time Artists Draft.
http://weblogs.clarin.com/revistaenie-testigoocular/archives/merda%20d'artista.jpg


I hope anyone besides Jasi, know what's written in that thing.

[pete's montreux]

I hope anyone besides Jasi, know what's written in that thing.

Yeah, it says, "Italy's #1 shoe polish brand, Artista"

[Jasi]

Yeah, it says, "Italy's #1 shoe polish brand, Artista"

It is far worse actually :D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist's_shit

[Jackass18]

I guess so

[Jasi]

^ I take it as a yes?


Do you agree to limit categories to painting, sculpture, architecture and installations?

Jasi: YES
Bird:
Jailblazers7:
kNIOKAS:
Joshumitsu:
heyhey:
boozehound:
Jackass18: YES
vapid: YES
Fatal9: YES


When we get to at least six Ys we'll start.

[kNIOKAS]

i would be against limiting, because it shortens my sleeve. NO, and if you decide YES, drop me. :rolleyes:

[Joshumitsu]

Yes

[Jasi]

Do you agree to limit categories to painting, sculpture, architecture and installations?

Jasi: YES
Bird:
Jailblazers7:
kNIOKAS: NO
Joshumitsu: YES
heyhey:
boozehound:
Jackass18: YES
vapid: YES
Fatal9: YES


When we get to at least six Ys we'll start.

[Jailblazers7]

Sure that's fine.

[Black Joker]

no photography in the categories that are more appropriate to be universally appreciated as valuable?

[Jasi]

no photography?

Correct! I had forgot.

[Jasi]

Do you agree to limit categories to painting, sculpture, architecture and installations?

Jasi: YES
Bird:
Jailblazers7: YES
kNIOKAS: NO
Joshumitsu: YES
heyhey:
boozehound:
Jackass18: YES
vapid: YES
Fatal9: YES


OK, we go.
I'll assume (and I hope) Bird, heyhey and booze are ok with it. If not, the majority wins anyways.

I'll wait some hours before posting the list and putting the first one on the clock, so that it's not too early for Americans.

[vapid]

Don't need to wait too long, it's 930 on the east coast.

[Black Joker]

i would be against limiting, because it shortens my sleeve. NO, and if you decide YES, drop me. :rolleyes:
if you need someone to take his spot if he's serious, i guess i could throw my name in

[Jasi]

Very good.

I'll post the list in the first page at 9:30 PST (three hours from now, if I'm not mistaken).

[Jasi]

Ok, there we go.

The php list is in the second post of the first page.

Joshumitsu is on the clock.

[Bird]

So, my vote is a yes. It will help me learn while I draft as well.

[vapid]

Joshimitsu skipped?

[Jasi]

Joshimitsu skipped?
In half an hour

[Jasi]

Vapid, feel free to pick.

Joshumitsu has a pending pick.

[vapid]

Wish I had a later pick but this is easy, Michelangelo.

[Jasi]

Wish I had a later pick but this is easy, Michelangelo.
Exactly.

Heyhey is on the clock, followed by fatal.

Joshumitsu has a pending pick.

I'm going to sleep, i'll pm my pick to someone.

[heyhey]

My picks are going to be heavily skewed towards artists and art styles that I'm interested in with less emphasis on historically canonical rankings. I wished I was picking later than 2nd but w/e

With that said, my first pick is Edward Hopper. Hopper is one of the most renowned American realist. His meticulous and geometrically precise paintings often drawn on the common features of American urban and rural life.

Hopper's style can be juxtaposed with the surrealist/cubist derived art which became trendy in the early 20th century. By using the contrast of light and shadow, Hopper's paintings are often filled with melancholic and noir sense of ambiance.

Despite the minimalist overt actions presented, Hoppers' paintings are subtle mysteries tinging with powerful emotions, such as loneliness, desolation, yearning and desire.

[boozehound]

Wish I had a later pick but this is easy, Michelangelo.
how about some representative works? Or your personal favs? Otherwise this draft will end up being lame

[Lebowsky]

My picks are going to be heavily skewed towards artists and art styles that I'm interested in with less emphasis on historically canonical rankings. I wished I was picking later than 2nd but w/e

With that said, my first pick is Edward Hopper. Hopper is one of the most renowned American realist. His meticulous and geometrically precise paintings often drawn on the common features of American urban and rural life.

Hopper's style can be juxtaposed with the surrealist/cubist derived art which became trendy in the early 20th century. By using the contrast of light and shadow, Hopper's paintings are often filled with melancholic and noir sense of ambiance.

Despite the minimalist overt actions presented, Hoppers' paintings are subtle mysteries tinging with powerful emotions, such as loneliness, desolation, yearning and desire.

I've always loved this. I'd look great on my living room wall.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p1Vo9tCDX30/SaTcOlTJM6I/AAAAAAAAASI/aEvEn_UIq4g/s400/night-hawks.jpg

[Jailblazers7]

I've always loved this. I'd look great on my living room wall.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p1Vo9tCDX30/SaTcOlTJM6I/AAAAAAAAASI/aEvEn_UIq4g/s400/night-hawks.jpg

Already glad this thread took place because of this painting. Looks like il need to look further into Hoppers work.

[Lebowsky]

Already glad this thread took place because of this painting. Looks like il need to look further into Hoppers work.

That's cool, but remember it'll hang on my living room wall, not yours.

[vapid]

how about some representative works? Or your personal favs? Otherwise this draft will end up being lame
With the first overall pick, I have some responsibility of giving the man his due. I would expect most first round picks to be that way anyways, but its up to the managers.

[Fatal9]

Others could go over him but...

Rembrandt

http://www.myhero.com/images/Artist/Rembrandt/g1_u28680_Rembrandt4.jpg

School/Movement: Dutch/Baroque

Usually recognized as the greatest figure in Dutch painting. Style marked by rich and harmonious use of colors and lighting.

some favorite paintings by him:

http://i51.tinypic.com/1h86fr.jpg
Christ in the Storm

http://www.russianpaintings.net/upload1/author/rembrandt/Rembrandt_Van_Rijn_The_Stone_Bridge_large.jpg
Landscape with Stone Bridge (my desktop wallpaper actually)

http://www.bookstorepeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/the-return-of-the-prodigal-son-rembrandt-van-rijn.jpg
Return of the Prodigal Son

And many more (Night Watch, Belshazzar's Feast etc).

[Jailblazers7]

Damn, Rembrant is one of the few artist I'd hope would slip. Obviously an iconic artist but I thought another would go ahead of him.

[Black Joker]

Damn, Rembrant is one of the few artist I'd hope would slip. Obviously an iconic artist but I thought another would go ahead of him.
+1

i have one artist that i don't think will be picked before it gets to me, and they might be a reach, but i don't care! :pimp:

[NastaMaverick]

I've always loved this. I'd look great on my living room wall.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_p1Vo9tCDX30/SaTcOlTJM6I/AAAAAAAAASI/aEvEn_UIq4g/s400/night-hawks.jpg
lmao thats hanging up in my living room...however my version is a little different.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uaqBWAW3E-w/Swezvlh52AI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/d1QtEc1uR_k/s1600/Boulevard%252520of%252520Broken%252520Dreams.jpg&imgrefurl=http://wonderlandblvd.blogspot.com/2009_11_01_archive.html&usg=__W5Cf2mVlirvfzrPXCgwdN3ckMDQ=&h=304&w=500&sz=36&hl=en&start=1&zoom=1&tbnid=WfiD7Ghy5kpVLM:&tbnh=79&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dboulevard%2Bof%2Bbroken%2Bdreams%2Bja mes%2Bdean%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26biw%3D1366%26b ih%3D561%26gbv%3D2%26tbs%3Disch:1&itbs=1

[Jailblazers7]

+1

i have one artist that i don't think will be picked before it gets to me, and they might be a reach, but i don't care! :pimp:

If I don't get the painter I want, which I severly doubt I'll get, I'll take an artist I bet will be seen as a reach but I don't care because his art is breathtaking.

I'll pm you the artist if you want because you pick after me lol.

[Black Joker]

If I don't get the painter I want, which I severly doubt I'll get, I'll take an artist I bet will be seen as a reach but I don't care because his art is breathtaking.

I'll pm you the artist if you want because you pick after me lol.
lol i'll just wait and see.... and if we're are talking about the same artist, i'm going to be pissed :mad: :oldlol:

[Jailblazers7]

lol i'll just wait and see.... and if we're are talking about the same artist, i'm going to be pissed :mad: :oldlol:

pm me what category your pick is in because im fairly certain hes not the one im looking for.

[Jasi]

Picks noted.

Participants are indeed encouraged to post images, it is one of the top aims of this draft!!!

Bird has a pending pick, now it's my turn.

[blondie]

Take Marcel Duchamp first pick and make every other potential draftee irrelevant.

[Maga_1]

Yeah, it says, "Italy's #1 shoe polish brand, Artista"

yea Pete look what Jasi said and ask him :oldlol:


It is far worse actually :D

[Jasi]

I select Leonardo da Vinci.

Mr Genius himself.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f5/Virgin_of_the_Rocks.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Mona_Lisa.jpeg/401px-Mona_Lisa.jpeg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Leonardo_-_St._Anne_cartoon-alternative-downsampled.jpg/446px-Leonardo_-_St._Anne_cartoon-alternative-downsampled.jpg

[Jasi]

Joshumitsu and Bird have a pending pick.

Jailblazers is on the clock.

[Jackass18]

Figured he wouldn't drop to me.

[Joshumitsu]

F^ck lol, too many papers to write and others things to deal with.

I guess I'll start with someone more modern. I select Pablo Picasso.


http://www.milkintheclock.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/picasso.jpg
http://jonathanscorner.com/icons/picasso_the_guitar_player.gif
http://www.artquotes.net/masters/picasso/picasso_3musicians1921.jpg


The influence of his art and school of cubism has had a profound effect on art, architecture, music, and literature.

Besides, my roommate doesn't think he's a genius at all...therefore, Picasso is actually a genius.

[Jasi]

Agreed.
Brilliant pick.

[blondie]

all these "great talents" are now considered irrelevant thanks to Marcel Duchamp and Edward Muybridge

[Jasi]

all these "great talents" are now considered irrelevant thanks to Marcel Duchamp and Edward Muybridge

No name-dropping please, thanks.

[Lebowsky]

all these "great talents" are now considered irrelevant thanks to Marcel Duchamp and Edward Muybridge

Do you realize nobody gives a **** what you say?

[Brunch@Five]

Da Vinci IMO is a bad pick this early. His proficiency clearly is not in art, although he arguably painted the worlds most famous picture.

[blondie]

Do you realize nobody gives a **** what you say?
do you realize I don't care, Mr. "I jump off the bandwagon now Im kissing Mourinho's ass"

[Jailblazers7]

Damn, almost had Picasso fall to me.

I select Paul Cezanne.

Ill post pics later when im on a computer.

[Jasi]

Da Vinci IMO is a bad pick this early. His proficiency clearly is not in art, although he arguably painted the worlds most famous picture.

I disagree. His painting works weren't numerous but outstanding.
He was an innovator with a huge influence on painters to come. Just think about the toned down, shaded coulours, or the detailed depiction of nature as background. Besides the influence, his sheer talent in painting was elite, look at the expressivity of his faces matched by very few.
His importance as a painter goes way beyond the popular Mona Lisa.

[heyhey]

all these "great talents" are now considered irrelevant thanks to Marcel Duchamp and Edward Muybridge

I was actually going to pick Duchamp. His surrealist style basically paved the way for a lot of modern artists. Nude descending a staircase is probably one of my favorite surrealist painting period.

[Jasi]

Damn, almost had Picasso fall to me.

I select Paul Cezanne.

Ill post pics later when im on a computer.

Pick noted.

Black Joker is up.

[Black Joker]

one sec

[Black Joker]

I'll take Auguste Rodin, creator of some of the most famous sculptures of all time


http://imgur.com/pDSffl.jpghttp://myemba.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/wikimediaorg_thethinkermuseerodin.jpg

[Lebowsky]

I disagree. His painting works weren't numerous but outstanding.
He was an innovator with a huge influence on painters to come. Just think about the toned down, shaded coulours, or the detailed depiction of nature as background. Besides the influence, his sheer talent in painting was elite, look at the expressivity of his faces matched by very few.
His importance as a painter goes way beyond the popular Mona Lisa.

This. He was a pioneer and a master in the use of perspective and proportion, in addition to inventing or perfecting many painting techniques, such as sfumatto.

[Jasi]

Via PM, Jackass18 selects Claude Monet.

Booze is up with two consecutive picks.

Bird has a pending pick.

[vapid]

Nuts I wanted cezanne and Rodin both faves of mine.

[Jasi]

Now that Michelangelo has been picked, I've changed the picture in the OP.

[Joshumitsu]

Nice picks. Rodin and Cezzane.

[vapid]

Forgot to ask if fashion counts?

[Jasi]

Forgot to ask if fashion counts?

You are free to choose whoever you want, I don't know what judges will think about it though.

[boozehound]

I'll take Auguste Rodin, creator of some of the most famous sculptures of all time


http://imgur.com/pDSffl.jpghttp://myemba.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/wikimediaorg_thethinkermuseerodin.jpg
nice one of my favs. I am up twice huh? Give me a sec.

[blondie]

I disagree. His painting works weren't numerous but outstanding.
He was an innovator with a huge influence on painters to come. Just think about the toned down, shaded coulours, or the detailed depiction of nature as background. Besides the influence, his sheer talent in painting was elite, look at the expressivity of his faces matched by very few.
His importance as a painter goes way beyond the popular Mona Lisa.
he had nothing to do with inventing or popularizing these techniques, he jsut had good techniques and made paintings with alot of mystery and supposed symbolism behind them, and was a very talented draftsman, that's why he's regarded so highly, sport

[blondie]

I was actually going to pick Duchamp. His surrealist style basically paved the way for a lot of modern artists. Nude descending a staircase is probably one of my favorite surrealist painting period.
he's not a surrealist, he was dada and created conceptual art

[blondie]

This. He was a pioneer and a master in the use of perspective and proportion, in addition to inventing or perfecting many painting techniques, such as sfumatto.
you mean massacio and giotto:facepalm

[boozehound]

OK, I am going to take two painters from my favorite euro painting tradition.

El Greco
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco
http://thriceholy.net/JPGs/el_greco.jpg
http://www.andrewgrahamdixon.com/article_images/Laocoon%20by%20El%20Greco.jpg
and


Dali
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD
http://www.mcs.csueastbay.edu/~malek/Surrealism/dali3.jpg
http://lacomunidad.elpais.com/blogfiles/psico/salvador_dali-galatea_of_the_spheres.jpg

two ground breaking artists who influenced generations of artists who followed. All I have time for right now, sorry.

[Joshumitsu]

I love Salvador Dali. I was going to take him next or the round after.

[Jasi]

Nice picks, especially El Greco.

(who wouldn't have been the same without his long stay in Venice, anyways)

[boozehound]

I love Salvador Dali. I was going to take him next or the round after.
yeah, I thought he might be too high (same with el greco) but **** it, im drafting my favorite artists (when available) not the greatest of all time or anything. hell, I may even draft the maker of this!
http://images.regretsy.com/wolltraum1.jpg

[boozehound]

Nice picks, especially El Greco.

(who wouldn't have been the same without his long stay in Venice, anyways)
ha, venice is gross and full of italians.

[blondie]

boozehound i approve except dali was a useless clown

[LJJ]

ha, venice is gross and full of italians.

North-Italians are the worst people of all time.

[boozehound]

boozehound i approve except dali was a useless clown
meh, you should read his auto"bio"graphy. hes hilarious. he may have been a prankster/clown, but there is no denying his immense talent and incredible sense of perspective.

[boozehound]

North-Italians are the worst people of all time.
well, except for whatever you are (dutch? Danish? dubian?)

[Jasi]

ha, venice is gross and full of italians.

:D

Btw, Jackass18 is up.
I have his pm with a list of names for his first round pick.
I may consider the second name of that list as his second pick, BUT maybe he has now a different strategy.
I'll wait for him, until his time is about to end.

And Bird has a pending pick.

[Bird]

Sorry I missed my pick, I am on an awkward computer schedule.

My first pick:

Henri Matisse

[QUOTE]Henri Matisse (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃ʁi matis]; 31 December 1869

[vapid]

Matisse is another one of my favorites

[Jailblazers7]

Damn, almost had Picasso fall to me.

I select Paul Cezanne.

Ill post pics later when im on a computer.

Here are some of my favorites from Cezanne:

http://www.writedesignonline.com/resources/design/rules/cezanne.st-victoire-1886.jpg

http://www.repropaint.com/Images/Cezanne/001.jpg

http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/history/art/images/258.jpg

[Jackass18]

My 2 picks:

Claude Monet

http://claude-monet.org/artbase/Monet/1901-1902/w1650/apc.jpg

http://commonsenseatheism.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/010Monet-nympheas.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Monet-cathedrale-rouen.jpg/429px-Monet-cathedrale-rouen.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Claude_Monet,_Impression,_soleil_levant,_1872.jpg


And, my next pick:

Vincent van Gogh

http://www.galaide.org/old_weblog/image/gogh.starry-night.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Van-willem-vincent-gogh-die-kartoffelesser-03850.jpg/800px-Van-willem-vincent-gogh-die-kartoffelesser-03850.jpg

http://mofoyo.com/files/images/497.jpg

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_49.30.jpg

[Jasi]

Ok, sorry I didn't post VG earlier, I thought maybe you could see him just as a substitute for Monet and not as the actual second pick.

Black Joker is on the clock.

[Black Joker]

with my pick i take Henri Cartier-Bresson, my absolute favorite photographer.

http://www.arantxaalcubierre.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/henri-cartier-bresson.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Photo_cartierbresson_europe.jpg

[Jasi]

There goes one of the (if not the) best photographers of all times.

[Jackass18]

I really wanted Dali, but didn't think he would go that early.

[Jasi]

Jailblazers7 is up.

[Black Joker]

There goes one of the (if not the) best photographers of all times.
i was really worried he'd be gone before i'd pick again.

[Jailblazers7]

I select Gian Lorenzo Bernini.

http://photos.igougo.com/images/p319638-Rome-Triton_Fountain.jpg

http://www.goldaraphael.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bernini_proserpina.jpg

http://jamesbrantley.net/17%20bernini%20ludovica.jpg

[Jasi]

Aw, he was one of my next few picks.

Anyway, may I add the pic of my favourite sculpture of his, the Ecstasy of Saint Theresa.

http://www.michaelarnoldart.com/baroque_bernini_ecstasy-of-st-theresa.jpg

And let's not forget he was also a great architect.
The forecourt and the colonnades of St Peter's are by him.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Piranesi_Piazza_San_Pietro.png

[Jasi]

With my 2nd round pick, I select Giotto.

Anticipator of the Renaissance and a major watershed in the history of painting.

Before him: no facial expressions, and flat background.
http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/medieval/art/cimabue2.jpg

With him: emotions and space enter the world of painting.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Giotto_di_Bondone_009.jpg/646px-Giotto_di_Bondone_009.jpg

He was also an architect, his works include the breath-taking bell tower of the Florence cathedral.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/CampanileGiotto-01.jpg/400px-CampanileGiotto-01.jpg

[Jasi]

Bird is up.

[boozehound]

He was also an architect, his works include the breath-taking bell tower of the Florence cathedral.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/CampanileGiotto-01.jpg/400px-CampanileGiotto-01.jpg
one of my favorite buildings in italy

[Fatal9]

damn, i was just going to take Bernini with this pick.

[vapid]

I would've considered Bernini but I probably won't be picking anyone else from that time period unless someone really drops.

[Fatal9]

I can pick now I think? Give me a second...

[Fatal9]

I pick Donatello

The most important and influential of the early Renaissance sculptors. His sculptures ranged widely in subject and also in materials. He put out masterpieces in wood, bronze, marble, terracotta, pietra serena (sandstone) and several other kinds of stone. I think he was one of the first since the ancients to truly achieve lifelike quality and detail in his work, which gave him a lasting influence that extended over the Renaissance (and beyond) sculptors who followed him.

Wood:
http://i56.tinypic.com/i40lk9.jpg
Mary Magdalene

Marble:
http://www.italian-renaissance-art.com/image-files/221px-stmark.jpg
St. Mark

Pietra Serena
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd318/LatinaPuella/art/DonatelloAnnunciation.jpg
Annunciation

Terracotta
http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/924BF9D0-A158-4E83-9A23-5B1D03F68F0B/AV002618.jpg

and of course, Bronze...

http://oi56.tinypic.com/ehc9wp.jpg
David
http://www.sufferingwithjoy.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Agony-in-the-Garden-Donatello-291x300.jpg
Agony in the Garden
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/179/471110663_e62fe46d95.jpg
St John the Baptist

[Jasi]

Pick noted.

heyhey is on the clock, and Bird has a pending pick.

[heyhey]

I pick Willem De Kooning. His emotionally charged and repressed works in figurative abstract expressionism propels him to be one of the most important post WWII artist.

http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/432bg.jpg

http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/756bg.jpg

http://www.usc.edu/schools/annenberg/asc/projects/comm544/library/images/758bg.jpg

[Jasi]

Vapid on the clock.

Bird has a pending pick.

[vapid]

Andy Warhol because of his influence on not only pop art but also on fashion and cinema. Also because **** sergio and Duchamp . Osting from phone so No pictures.

[Jailblazers7]

Damn I was hoping to get Warhol next round.

[Jasi]

Andy Warhol because of his influence on not only pop art but also on fashion and cinema. Also because **** sergio and Duchamp . Osting from phone so No pictures.

If you post them when you're on your computer, I'll link that post in the OP.
Nice pick.

Joshumitsu is up twice and Bird has a pending pick.

[Joshumitsu]

Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino

Considered one of the three great masters (alongside Da Vinci and Michaelangelo) of the High Renaissance period, he is known for his paintings and contributions to printmaking and architecture.

Plus, everyone else already picked the other ninja turtles, so...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Escola_de_atenas_-_vaticano.jpg/800px-Escola_de_atenas_-_vaticano.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Raffael_004.jpg/573px-Raffael_004.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/ChigiLorenzetto.jpg/800px-ChigiLorenzetto.jpg

[Jasi]

It was high time someone picked Raffaello...

[Bird]

Ok, my 2nd rd pick is:

Frank Lloyd Wright

Easily my favorite architect and a great one at that.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f6/FallingwaterWright.jpg
Falling Water

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Frank_LLoyd_Wright_Studio_Chicago_Frontage.jpg/800px-Frank_LLoyd_Wright_Studio_Chicago_Frontage.jpg
Wright's Studio in Chicago

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Guggenheim_museum_exterior.jpg
Guggenheim Museum in New York

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Imperial_Hotel_FFW_1.jpg
Imperial Hotel in Japan

[Joshumitsu]

For the first pick of the third round, I select Albrecht D

[boozehound]

Ok, my 2nd rd pick is:


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Frank_LLoyd_Wright_Studio_Chicago_Frontage.jpg/800px-Frank_LLoyd_Wright_Studio_Chicago_Frontage.jpg
Wright's Studio in Chicago

I used to walk by this every day. Def a influential pick.

[Jasi]

D

[Joshumitsu]

Nice Bird, I was actually going to pick Wright until I saw that you already selected him while I was writing.

[Jasi]

Nice Bird, I was actually going to pick Wright until I saw that you already selected him while I was writing.

Bird is clutch, everyone knows that.

[Jasi]

Ok picks noted, Vapid is on the clock.

[Joshumitsu]

[QUOTE=Jasi]D

[Jasi]

[QUOTE=Joshumitsu]Yeah, D

[Jailblazers7]

Im real pissed now. Wright was going to be my first rounder but I took a chance on him slipping. Falling Water is the most spectacular thing I've seen (visited it a couple times) and I've been to Kentuck Knob here in PA and it was also a masterpiece.

[Bird]

Thanks.

I wanted Warhol (and would have gotten him had I had internet access at 9am this morning), so I went with him instead.

When I first saw his structures in elementary school, I absolutely fell in love with them. If I really would have found a love for architecture (I considered it in college), he easily would have been my biggest influence.

And yes, everyone knows Basketball Jesus is clutch. I enjoyed my run on the Celtics. I also enjoy attempting to put together the first all white team since the 1950's.


Im real pissed now. Wright was going to be my first rounder but I took a chance on him slipping. Falling Water is the most spectacular thing I've seen (visited it a couple times) and I've been to Kentuck Knob here in PA and it was also a masterpiece.
Falling water was the first thing I ever saw (in pictures) of any of his work. I absolutely loved it then and still love it today. When I get back to the states, I would love to take a trip just to go see it. And I would have left Wright for ya, if I could have gotten Warhol

[heyhey]

Im real pissed now. Wright was going to be my first rounder but I took a chance on him slipping. Falling Water is the most spectacular thing I've seen (visited it a couple times) and I've been to Kentuck Knob here in PA and it was also a masterpiece.

I understand. My picks got all messed up as soon as Henri Bresson was taken. I thought Warhol was going to fall a lot so I didn't bother taking him early. Was planning on taking Wright as my architecture pick.

I'll have to think of ppl I wasn't thinkin of at the start. I guess that's how these things go.

[vapid]

I was also considering wright. I'll go with one of my faves from an underrated period of art. Jacques Louis David.

[Jasi]

I understand. My picks got all messed up as soon as Henri Bresson was taken. I thought Warhol was going to fall a lot so I didn't bother taking him early. Was planning on taking Wright as my architecture pick.

I'll have to think of ppl I wasn't thinkin of at the start. I guess that's how these things go.

heyhey you're back on the clock

[Jailblazers7]

Thanks.

I wanted Warhol (and would have gotten him had I had internet access at 9am this morning), so I went with him instead.

When I first saw his structures in elementary school, I absolutely fell in love with them. If I really would have found a love for architecture (I considered it in college), he easily would have been my biggest influence.

And yes, everyone knows Basketball Jesus is clutch. I enjoyed my run on the Celtics. I also enjoy attempting to put together the first all white team since the 1950's.


Falling water was the first thing I ever saw (in pictures) of any of his work. I absolutely loved it then and still love it today. When I get back to the states, I would love to take a trip just to go see it. And I would have left Wright for ya, if I could have gotten Warhol

I highly suggest you see it in person. It's breathtaking. If you make the trip, you might as well see Kentuck Knob too since they are pretty close to each other. The pictures I could find on Kentuck Knob online don't do it justice.

[heyhey]

I'm going to take Michael Snow. One of the most influential and renowned contemporary artist. Snow is a versatile artist whose worked has filled the wide spectrum of visual art.

His best known work is the experimental film Wavelength. An epic structuralist film that diverges from conventional cinema and deals with the conflict between illusion and reality within the structures of film making. Absolving the audience of its human elements, Snow's film encapsulates the confrontations that unfolds mise en scene: linear vs. non linearity of time, light vs. dark, motion vs. stillness etc.

In absence of the story aspect of traditional cinema, Snow's Wavelength is much more akin to a visual painting. By stripping away the abstractions of film and leaving its core naked for the camera's zoom, the film is a metaphysical journey into the understanding of the act of seeing.

His other works have been in minimalist paintings:
http://www.shelleydeck.com/teacher/images/michaelsnowmixedfeelings_000.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/3903/vlcsnap5415060wa0.jpg

as well as installation art:
http://www.dittwald.com/torontosculpture/gallery/full/Snow_flight1.jpg

Wavelength is a film but it's experimental and avant garde nature make Snow more appropriate in this Artist draft than film draft since his movies are non-commercial by construction.

Here's the movie. It's just 45 minutes of zooming so decide for yourself whether you care to watch it. It's one of the most consistently studied work in film studies.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3009876496807585942#


If this pick is deemed inappropriate since Snow is a filmmaker/painter/installation art/etc. I can pick someone else.

[Jasi]

^ No no, it's surely ok.

[Jasi]

Fatal9 is on the clock, followed by Bird.

I'm gonna hit the sack, I'll pm someone my pick. 'Night!

[Fatal9]

Kandinsky

Maybe the most important figure in 20th century art. He is the creator of abstract art (though he has many expressionists paintings as well). Aside from his paintings, his theoretical work on art has also been very influential.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_ESC4bygtp2M/R2FFqeQGeNI/AAAAAAAACRw/0XajyJibyFI/s400/Kandinsky+The+Blue+Rider+1903.jpg
The Blue Rider

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_3svrV_Yf5kQ/Sppf_wMngnI/AAAAAAAAB1I/240AAmxUs0o/s400/Kandinsky_white.jpg
On White II

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_DIIGGhPk3rA/SrMKwCOa3BI/AAAAAAAALvo/LXWfTXKwJnI/s400/Wassily+Kandinsky.+Coloful+Ensemble.+1938.+Oil+and +gloss+paint+on+canvas.+116+x+89+cm.jpg
Colorful Ensemble

http://img.over-blog.com/499x333/0/42/70/83//kandinsky-comp-7-copie-1.jpg
Composition VII

http://www.glyphs.com/art/kandinsky/comp9640.jpg
Composition IX

[Bird]

Ansel Adams

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Adams_Church_Taos_Pueblo.jpg/449px-Adams_Church_Taos_Pueblo.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Adams_The_Tetons_and_the_Snake_River.jpg/749px-Adams_The_Tetons_and_the_Snake_River.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Adams_Evening_McDonald_Lake_Glacier_National_Park_ aae06.jpg

Figure I will bounce around a bit, get a little bit of everything represented.

Plus, Ansel is a beast name. A real man's man, ya know?

[Jailblazers7]

He was taken by Jasi in round 1.

[Bird]

He was taken by Jasi in round 1.

Uh, yeah, um, it seems I may have edited my pick.....

[Black Joker]

Uh, yeah, um, it seems I may have edited my pick.....
damn it. i was hoping he'd slip i know i already have Bresson, but him and Ansel would have the photography category on lock .

[Black Joker]

Jasi takes Phidias


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/NAMA_Ath%C3%A9na_Varvakeion.jpg/220px-NAMA_Ath%C3%A9na_Varvakeion.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Zeus_Hermitage_St._Petersburg_20021009.jpg/220px-Zeus_Hermitage_St._Petersburg_20021009.jpg

i'm sure he'll do a write-up when he gets on tomorrow

Jailblazer is up next

[Fatal9]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_gkdlTG4l064/SoehMkEUr5I/AAAAAAAAAG8/RNBYR7i5F-4/s400/lg-promo-art-attack-1.jpg

How long will he drop?

[vapid]

Warhol:

http://cdn0.lostateminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/andy-warhol-marilyn.jpg

(have this above my bed)
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/LRG/9/929/NUWX000Z.jpg

http://www.warhols.com/portra5.jpg

http://cfabbridesigns.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/andy-warhol-campbell_soup-can-121207-1.jpg

David:

http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Death%20of%20Marat%20Jacques%20Louis%20David.jpg

http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Oath%20of%20Horati%20Jacques%20Louis%20David.jpg

http://www.canvasreplicas.com/images/Napoleon%20Crossing%20the%20Alps.jpg

[Jasi]

Thanks Black Joker.

Phidias is obviously the father of all sculptors, and the artist that took the ideals of the Greek classical spirit at their best.
The author of the main statues of Athen's acropolis, he was also the supervisor of the whole construction of Parthenon, that he enriched with the famous, colossal chryselephantine statue of Athena Parthenos.
He also was the author of one of the Seven Wonders: the great statue of Zeus at Olimpia.
Most of his works did not reach our times, but we have plenty of Roman (and later) copies.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Athena_holding_Nike.jpg/448px-Athena_holding_Nike.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Lemnia_torso01_pushkin.jpg/239px-Lemnia_torso01_pushkin.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Apollo_Kassel_type_Louvre_Ma884.jpg/200px-Apollo_Kassel_type_Louvre_Ma884.jpg

[Jasi]

Jailblazers is on the clock, followed by Black Joker.

[blondie]

Kandinsky

Maybe the most important figure in 20th century art. He is the creator of abstract art (though he has many expressionists paintings as well). Aside from his paintings, his theoretical work on art has also been very influential.

Wrong wrong wrong. Perhaps the worst teacher in Bauhaus history and Paul Klee's bitch, the only reason he is respected now is because of his writing, not his rubbish painting. Not the creator of abstract art, where did you pull that out of your ass, even Whistler was painting abstract paintings in the 1860s

[Jailblazers7]

Will post pics later because im on my phone but I select Frank Gehry.

[Black Joker]

grr i don't know who i want to take here...

i guess i'l select

Diego Vel

[Jailblazers7]

Diego is a great pick. Las Meninas is a masterpiece.

[Lebowsky]

Diego is a great pick. Las Meninas is a masterpiece.

First round worthy imo.

[Jailblazers7]

First round worthy imo.

I considered him there but I decided to take Cezanne.

[Jackass18]

For my next pick I choose:

Andrea Palladio

http://www.essential-architecture.com/IMAGES/la_rotonda2.jpg

http://www.essential-architecture.com/IMAGES/Villa_Emo.jpg

http://www.essential-architecture.com/IMAGES/Palazzo_Chiericati.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Villa_Barbaro_panoramica_fronte_Marcok.jpg/800px-Villa_Barbaro_panoramica_fronte_Marcok.jpg

http://www.essential-architecture.com/IMAGES/004-Redentore01.jpg

[Jailblazers7]

Will post pics later because im on my phone but I select Frank Gehry.

http://blog.bumblebeelabs.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/frank_gehry_star_wood_hotel_3.jpg

http://www.prague30.com/photo_gallery/photo_gallery_8341ab3f54906e43d1d1364796ee39e0.jpg

http://www.studio-international.co.uk/studio-images/gehry/disney_hall_5b.jpg

http://www.silven.it/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/frankgehry_center1.jpg

There are lots of insane buildings he's done that I'd love to visit some day. I prefer Frank Llyod Wright's organic style emphasizing function and surroundings but I'm not dissapointed at all in getting my second choice in architecture.

[Jasi]

Dear friends, for this weekend my online presence won't be so constant, but I'm sure you can go on with this draft by yourselves, you all know how it works :D
I'll try to make my picks in time anyway.

Have fun!

[sawyersauce]

To help Jasi out, i'll keep the PHP and Team Lists updated on this post while he's away...

Participants and picks

Joshumitsu
1 Picasso, 2 Raffaello, 3 [U]D

[Jackass18]

Booze is skipped, my pick:

Antonio Canova

http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/images/l/00152101.jpg

http://www.artfund.org/assets/image/artwork/enlarged/2084.jpg

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/92/234484082_8cccc2a0d3_z.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1341/1107354793_adedb58977.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Antonio_Canova-Tomb_of_Pope_Clemens_XIV.jpg/532px-Antonio_Canova-Tomb_of_Pope_Clemens_XIV.jpg

[Black Joker]

my pick in a sec

[Black Joker]

picking between the two architects i have in mind is killing me... but i'm going to go with

Norman Robert Foster
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Germany_berlin_reichstag-1.jpg/800px-Germany_berlin_reichstag-1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/30_St_Mary_Axe%2C_%27Gherkin%27.JPG/450px-30_St_Mary_Axe%2C_%27Gherkin%27.JPG

[Jailblazers7]

I select Gustav Klimt.

http://www.artnouveaushop.com/Gustav-Klimt-The-Kiss.jpg

http://www.booksplendour.com.au/gallery/classics/Klimt/klimt_the%20virgin.jpg

http://www.artgalleryartist.com/gustav-klimt/friezes/beethovenfries.jpg

[vapid]

[QUOTE=Black Joker]picking between the two architects i have in mind is killing me... but i'm going to go with

Norman Robert Foster
QUOTE]
You forgot this amazing building:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/32843033_7bb505158c.jpg

[blondie]

[QUOTE=Black Joker]picking between the two architects i have in mind is killing me... but i'm going to go with

Norman Robert Foster
QUOTE]
You forgot this amazing building:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/21/32843033_7bb505158c.jpg
lol, you're a fan of the London *****?

Why are guys like foster getting taken when Mies Van der Rohe is still around?

[Black Joker]

[QUOTE=vapid]
lol, you're a fan of the London *****?

Why are guys like foster getting taken when Mies Van der Rohe is still around?
i liked the look of foster's buildings rather than Mies, no slight against the man, but his buildings, or at least the ones i saw, were boring. i can't doubt his influence or stature in architecture, but he's just not my cup of tea

[blondie]

[QUOTE=blondie]
i liked the look of foster's buildings rather than Mies, no slight against the man, but his buildings, or at least the ones i saw, were boring. i can't doubt his influence or stature in architecture, but he's just not my cup of tea
understandable, guys like foster are flashier for sure, creating all these forms with computer aid we couldn't even think up until 15 years ago, but Mies is a literal god of design

[Jasi]

From the phone pick coming in a sec

[Jasi]

I select Alfred Stieglitz.
More on him in less than 24 hours when i'll be back home. Thanks sawyersauce and everyone for going on in the meantime

[Bird]

My next pick:

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Caravaggio_-_La_Deposizione_di_Cristo.jpg/398px-Caravaggio_-_La_Deposizione_di_Cristo.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/Michelangelo_Caravaggio_029.jpg/388px-Michelangelo_Caravaggio_029.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Caravaggio_-_Martirio_di_San_Pietro.jpg/463px-Caravaggio_-_Martirio_di_San_Pietro.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Caravaggio_-_I_Musici.jpg/785px-Caravaggio_-_I_Musici.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Caravaggio_Judith_Beheading_Holofernes.jpg/800px-Caravaggio_Judith_Beheading_Holofernes.jpg

[vapid]

[QUOTE=vapid]
lol, you're a fan of the London *****?

Why are guys like foster getting taken when Mies Van der Rohe is still around?
:facepalm Totally wrong.

[Fatal9]

Edvard Munch



http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Qfmy1iBc5N8/SKdlxixVZJI/AAAAAAAAAxw/yFfOA3hIb30/s400/Edvard_Munch_-_Madonna_.jpg
Madonna - one of my favorite paintings ever.

http://img.metro.co.uk/i/pix/galleries/edvardmunch/thescream_274x350.jpg
The Scream

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1419/635583148_8585a4f164.jpg
Death in the Sickroom

[Fatal9]

Not the creator of abstract art, where did you pull that out of your ass, even Whistler was painting abstract paintings in the 1860s
Not the creator of the concept technically, it had existed before him with some impressionists but he began the modern abstract movement as we think of it today (shit, you could say some cave drawings in India started abstract art if we are being this technical). Whistler's wasn't really representative of abstract art as it would exist in the 20th century. Ask anyone, scholar or even someone who follows art only casually, who was the first true abstract artist was and you'll always hear Kandinsky.

LOL @ you denying his huge influence both from his paintings and his theories. I'm actually not a huge fan of his work either, but he was an "influence" pick for me.

[Black Joker]

Heyhey has a pending pick
vapid can pick now if he wants

[heyhey]

I'll take Jasper Johns. Will post pics and edit this post later.

[Jasi]

I select Alfred Stieglitz.
More on him in less than 24 hours when i'll be back home. Thanks sawyersauce and everyone for going on in the meantime

Alfred Stieglitz


Stieglitz is perhaps the most important figure in the history of visual arts in America. That is certainly not to say that he was the greatest artist America has ever produced. Rather, through his many roles – as a great photographer, as a discoverer and promoter of photographers and of artists in other media, and as a publisher, patron, and collector – he had a greater impact on American art than any other person has had.



Alfred Stieglitz had the multifold abilities of a Renaissance man. A visionary of enormously wide perspective, his accomplishments were remarkable, his dedication awe-inspiring. A photographer of genius, a publisher of inspiration...
-

I once saw an exhibition of his works and fell in love with photography, because of his mastery of framing and composition of real life scenes, which for me are the most intriguing challenges of photography.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Alfred_Stieglitz_Winter_Fifth_Avenue_1892.jpg

http://www.moma.org/collection_images/resized/464/w500h420/CRI_165464.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/The_Steerage_1907_Stieglitz.jpg

[Jasi]

So, vapid is on the clock, followed by Joshumitsu.

Booze has two pending picks.

[vapid]

I.M. Pei

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1436/1121030503_1b514019bc.jpg

http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_bank_of_china_002.jpg

http://data.greatbuildings.com/gbc/images/cid_1103059286_HFJ_southfacade.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/%E8%B7%AF%E6%80%9D%E7%BE%A9%E6%95%99%E5%A0%82.jpg

[Jasi]

Pick noted.

Joshumitsu is up twice.

Booze has two pending picks.

[Bird]

Great ****ing pick vapid.

I was really hoping he would fall one more round, hoping I could land two huge architects.

:applause: :applause:

[Joshumitsu]

I select Le Corbusier, a pioneer in modern architecture.

http://cdn0.lostateminor.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/le-corbusier.jpg

http://classes.uleth.ca/200603/nmed2005a/10/ronch1.jpg

I also pick Henry Moore, the English sculptor responsible for the modern, abstract statues you everywhere. Although he has faded into obscurity as of late, one cannot deny the influence he has had on 20th century sculptors. Many credit him as the greatest English sculptor.

http://clarification.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/henry-moore22.jpg

http://revenuepublishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Henry-Moore.jpg

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aGzNxOhEsEs/S0yoLMY86aI/AAAAAAAAAe8/07y6Peo-z5M/s400/800px-MooreJerusalem1.jpg

[vapid]

Jackson Pollock

http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/abstractexpressionism/images/JacksonPollock-Lavender-Mist-Number1-1950.jpg

[Jasi]

heyhey is on the clock.

Booze has two pending picks.

[heyhey]

I select Le Corbusier, a pioneer in modern architecture.


damn I was thinking about changing my pick to Le Corbusier from Jasper Johns. Corbusier is probably the father of modern architecture. Most influential imo.

Jasper Johns
http://areeweb.polito.it/didattica/polymath/htmlS/info/NOVITA/Tammet/img/image014.jpg
Harbinger of pop art movement, Johns' use of iconic imagery in his works questioned the meaning in symbols by neutralizing them of their context.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_1KbWr9ipxR4/SHsvjPG3BzI/AAAAAAAAAJM/CkyDyezoHo4/s400/johns.tantric.detail.jpg

http://www.areaofdesign.com/americanicons/johns/seasons.jpg

My number 1 architect pick Corbusier was taken. So I'm debating between three architects. I think I'm going to go with Alvar Aalto cause of his influence. Pioneer in nordic modernism, Aalto worked in furniture and architectural design.

http://www.bonluxat.com/cmsense/data/uploads/orig/Alvar_Aalto_Tea_Trolley_901_ktp.jpg

http://qmark.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/image.jpg

http://furniture.architecture.sk/uploaded_images/alvar-aalto-paimio-arm-chair-706443.jpg

http://0.tqn.com/d/architecture/1/0/F/q/HelsinkiUniversityofTechnologyauditorium.jpg

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/images/mb/Channel4/4homes/architecture/our-favourite-buildings/george-clarke-s-favourite-buildings/villa-mairea-cred-jana-jocif-lg--gt_full_width_landscape.jpg
http://www.checkonsite.com/wp-content/gallery/aalto-theatre/aalto-theater_thomas-robbin.jpg

[blondie]

oo thot corbu would have been first architect picked

[Jasi]

Fatal9 is up.

Booze has two pending picks.

[Fatal9]

already have a dutch baroque painter in rembrandt but i can't passs him up...

i pick Vermeer, pics/write up later on phone right now.

[Jasi]

Bird is up.

Boozehound has two pending picks.

And I'll sleep now, so I leave my pick to Jailblazers whose turn is after mine.

[Bird]

Joseph Mallord William Turner

[QUOTE]Turner was born in Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, London, England. His father, William Turner (1738

[Jasi]

Great, that was quick.

I select [B]Antoni Gaud

[vapid]

I wasdeciding between Turner and Pollock.

[Bird]

I wasdeciding between Turner and Pollock.

I would have been happier had you taken Turner :D

Missing out on Pollock and Warhol really breaks me up.

[Jackass18]

Great ****ing pick vapid.

I was really hoping he would fall one more round, hoping I could land two huge architects.

:applause: :applause:

I knew I should have taken him in the 4th... This draft is not going at all how I had hoped.

[Jailblazers7]

I select

[Joshumitsu]

I was hoping to steal Turner later on...very good pick.

[heyhey]

I suspect tragedy has befallen young boozehoud. his absence from this forum and the draft has me worried. perhaps a phone call to the authorities will be necessary.

[yuriart10]

I think this one might be a little bit out of my league. I might be able to hang in a music or writers draft but I'm a rookie when it comes to everthing else.

I also think so.


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[Jackass18]

His time is up, so my next pick is:

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

http://www.skyscraper.org/Pics/fav_seagram.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/2004-09-02_1580x2800_chicago_IBM_building.jpg/338px-2004-09-02_1580x2800_chicago_IBM_building.jpg

http://www.spicybiscotti.com/uploads/2010/04/mies_farnsworth-house_blog.jpeg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Crown_Hall_060514.jpg/800px-Crown_Hall_060514.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Barcelonapavilion2010.jpg/800px-Barcelonapavilion2010.jpg

[Jasi]

Picks noted.

Black Joker has a pending pick.

Booze is up twice + he has two pending picks, for a record 4 picks available at once!
If he collects more than 4 pending picks, I'll have to make his spot available, if any reader wishes to join.

[Jasi]

Booze skipped again (4 pending picks now).

Jackass is on the clock.

Black Joker has a pending pick.

[Jailblazers7]

Did I just get dissed by an advertiser? lol

[Fatal9]

Turner and Gaudi were supposed to be there for my next picks :mad:. Thought they would fall and Vermeer wouldn't.

Anyways, some of Vermeer's work which you've all seen...

http://atributetoart.com/ufiles/xl_view_of_delft_thumb.jpg
View of Delft

http://periodwardrobe.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/johannesvermeer16321675thegirlwiththepearlearring1 665_thumb.jpg
Girl with Pearl Earring - "Mona Lisa of the North"

http://static.blogcritics.org/09/09/20/114059/vermeer.milkmaid.jpg
The Milkmaid- he did a lot of domestic paintings like this one. my favorite painting by him is either this or view of delft.

http://www.mystudios.com/vermeer/28/vermeer-astronomer.jpg
The Astronomer - does any painting represent the sciences better than this?



His time is up, so my next pick is:

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
I used to work at a building designed by him, it's similar to the IBM tower in Chicago. One of the few buildings in Toronto's skyline I like.

http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/Images/CA/ON/Toronto/200801/TDBankTower-Aug08-002a.jpg

Nice pick.

[boozehound]

wait, so I have 4 picks right now? Hold on, let me look over who has been selected

[boozehound]

gaudi is gone huh? Oh well.

FTR I hate Mies van der Rohe, always have (my brother has lived in 2 of his buildings in chicago, they suck).

[Jasi]

wait, so I have 4 picks right now? Hold on, let me look over who has been selected

You do :D

[boozehound]

ok, I dont think any of these guys have been picked yet. gotta run to a meeting, so Im just gonna list them.


Diego Rivera, perhaps the most famous mexican painter and muralist
Marc Chagall, an important figure in modernism
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Paul Klee

[Jasi]

Picks noted.

The Toulouse-Lautrec pick really hurts me, I absolutely love his work and was too confident he could drop further... Damn.

Anyways, Jackass is still on the clock and Black Joker has a pending pick.

[Black Joker]

i really hate you boozehound lol, i was just about to pick Chagall, then i was going to pick Klee...

i'll take Marcel Duchamp

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Duchamp_-_Nude_Descending_a_Staircase.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Duchamp_LargeGlass.jpg/388px-Duchamp_LargeGlass.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Etant_donnes.jpg

[boozehound]

i really hate you boozehound lol, i was just about to pick Chagall, then i was going to pick Klee...

i'll take Marcel Duchamp

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c0/Duchamp_-_Nude_Descending_a_Staircase.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Duchamp_LargeGlass.jpg/388px-Duchamp_LargeGlass.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Etant_donnes.jpg
Nice. I used to really dislike him for shit like this


, but I have to admit that he has some great pieces. To be fair, I was going to take gaudi with my 3rd pick, but I have been awol. Oh well.

[Jackass18]

I won't have my pick for a couple hours. Whoever is after me can go.

[Joshumitsu]

Did I just get dissed by an advertiser? lol

Lol, have Don Draper explain that one.

[Jackass18]

My list for architects is dwindling and there's some painters I want, but I'll see if they will drop (probably won't) and take:

Bertel Thorvaldsen


Danish sculptor of international fame, who spent most of his life in Italy (from 1789–1838). Born in Copenhagen into a Danish/Icelandic family of humble means he was accepted to the Royal Academy of Arts when he was eleven years old. Working part time with his father who was a wood carver he won many honors and medals at the academy and was awarded a stipend to travel to Rome and continue his education. In Rome he quickly made a name for himself as a sculptor. Maintaining a large workshop in Rome, he worked in a heroic neo-classicist style and had patrons all over Europe.

Upon his return to Denmark in 1838 he was received as a national hero and a museum, Thorvaldsens Museum, was erected to house his works next to Christiansborg Palace. Thorvaldsen himself is buried within the courtyard of the museum.

In his time he was seen as the successor of master sculptor Antonio Canova, but his strict adherence to classical norms has tended to estrange modern audiences. Among his famous works is a statute of Jason the Argonaut, a figure of Christ, and the tomb monument of Pope Pius VII, the only work by a non-italian to be located in the St. Peter's Basilica, the statues of Nicolaus Copernicus and Jozef Poniatowski in Warsaw, and of Maximilian I in Munich.

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/35840.jpg

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/35764.jpg

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/35866.jpg

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/35875.jpg

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/35952.jpg

http://www.museumsyndicate.com/images/4/35827.jpg

[Jasi]

Black Joker's skipped, Jailblazers is up.

[Jailblazers7]

I select Edward Weston.

http://www.masters-of-photography.com/images/full/weston/weston_pepper_number30.jpg

http://www.parlour51.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/weston_artichoke.jpg

http://www.livresphotos.com/IMG/jpg/Lee-Friedlander_01.jpg

http://www.arcadja.com/artmagazine/en/wp-content/gallery/080408-weston/edward-weston-dunes-oceano.jpg

http://mastersofphotography.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/edward-weston.jpg

[Jasi]

I select Edgar Degas.
Toulouse-Lautrec (that I admittedly prefer) was his greatest admirer and clearly influenced by him :D

Etoile
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Degas.etoile.jpg

Absynthe drinker in a cafe
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Edgar_Germain_Hilaire_Degas_012.jpg/436px-Edgar_Germain_Hilaire_Degas_012.jpg

Self-portrait
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Edgar_Degas_self_portrait_1855.jpeg

[Jasi]

Bird is up.

Black Joker has a pending pick.

[Black Joker]

i'll take Richard Avedon

http://www.egodesign.ca/_files/articles/119d_richard_avedon_dovima_1955.jpg
http://tobyspinks.com/images/richard-avedon31.jpg

[Black Joker]

i think after this pick, i'm going to do some funky, perhaps out on a limb picks :D

[Jailblazers7]

Im not too upset with my squad considering after Cezanne and Bernini I've just been looking up artists on google and selecting the ones who's works I've liked the most.

[Jasi]

Im not too upset with my squad considering after Cezanne and Bernini I've just been looking up artists on google and selecting the ones who's works I've liked the most.

:D Why, you've looked up well then

[Bird]

Constantin Brancusi

http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-05/brancusi-endless-column.jpg
http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-05/brancusi-the-kiss.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Poarta_Sarutului_-_T%C3%AErgu_Jiu_-_20060512_-_01.jpg/800px-Poarta_Sarutului_-_T%C3%AErgu_Jiu_-_20060512_-_01.jpg

Fantastic modern sculptor.

[boozehound]

Constantin Brancusi

http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-05/brancusi-endless-column.jpg
http://static.neatorama.com/images/2007-05/brancusi-the-kiss.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Poarta_Sarutului_-_T%C3%AErgu_Jiu_-_20060512_-_01.jpg/800px-Poarta_Sarutului_-_T%C3%AErgu_Jiu_-_20060512_-_01.jpg

Fantastic modern sculptor.
I really like all of those. I am not familiar with this artist, any specific works I should look into?

[Bird]

I really like all of those. I am not familiar with this artist, any specific works I should look into?

I was unfamiliar until today :( :( , but his seemingly most famous works did not have pictures on wikipedia.

3 of his sculptures have been sold in the last 9 years, with each one subsequently setting a new record price, with each sale:

[QUOTE]In 2002, a sculpture by Br

[Jackass18]

I select Edgar Degas.

I knew it, nice pick...

[Jackass18]

I really like all of those. I am not familiar with this artist, any specific works I should look into?

He has a nice phallic sculpture:

http://www.mgrande.com/weblog/images/partosdepandora/ConstantinBrancusi,PrincessX,19167.jpg

[Jasi]

It's fatal's turn

[Joshumitsu]

Brancusi is good. He's considered one of the best sculptors of the past century. I considered picking him.

[Jackass18]

Fatal was skipped at 9pm, heyhey has 2 and a half hours

[heyhey]

I was debating between 2 japanese artists. I think I'm going to take Takashi Murakami. One of the seminal contemporary asian artists today. Will post pics in a bit.

[vapid]

Francisco Goya

http://www.goyatobeijing.org/gallery/images/goya.jpg

http://ion.uwinnipeg.ca/~vincent/4500.6-001/Cosmology/time-goya-painting.gif

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/goya/goya.colossus.jpg

[Jasi]

Joshumitsu is skipped, he has now two pending picks.

Fatal9 has a pending pick.

Via PM, Vapid selects Banksy.

heyhey is up.

[vapid]

Decided to mix it up a little bit with my choice of Banksy:

http://qews.info/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/banksy-soldiers-painting-peace-sign.jpg

http://www.highsnobiety.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/banksy-crudeoil-1.jpg

http://monsterfresh.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/banksy-mickey.jpg

http://www.thecitrusreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/banksy-again.jpg