This like if H.R. Giger became a nature illustratior. lolI actually have a bunch of Barlowe saved on my computer. I really, really love his alien biology art.
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The greatest painting in all of human history is Titian's Assumption of the Virgin
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I wouldn't do it because I would never think that random lines and colored squares would light the art world on fire
The artist and this woman had numerous sex I presume. She was a rebel who hated her uppity parents and he was some young hipster artist taking her way from it.
John Everett Millais "Ophelia" (1851-52)
Personal #1
It wouldn't anymore because Mondrian already thought of it about 100 years ago.
Nothing's stopping you from whipping out your ruler and lighting the art world on fire now, you just have to come up with a groundbreaking concept. That's the hard part.
Part of this is the world we live in now, though. People look at a Mondrian or Pollack now and are like "My 5 year old could do that", because it's obvious, and it's been done. But go back to the time they were created in, and they weren't obvious, and they weren't done. And that's what makes a lot of artists great - an ability to see something new, something different, which makes people change their views on what "art" is. Turner's work was viewed by some of his contemporaries as just blobs of colour. We look at Turner's work now and dismiss those critics as knowing nothing, but what they really knew was what art was as they perceived it at the time, not what it could be.
Atkinson Grimshaw
Alphonse Mucha
I really click with your taste. Haven't seen any of these ones before but these two do things for me, especially the Grimshaw.
In a Roman Osteria
By Carl Bloch
not uncommonly seen on the internet with the caption "why dont you paint a picture, it'll last longer"
I swear I've seen these on a Discovery Channel show WAY BACK.I actually have a bunch of Barlowe saved on my computer. I really, really love his alien biology art.
In a Roman Osteria
By Carl Bloch
not uncommonly seen on the internet with the caption "why dont you paint a picture, it'll last longer"
even the cat's like, "Ay, piss off."
Yep that's the one
In a Roman Osteria
By Carl Bloch
not uncommonly seen on the internet with the caption "why dont you paint a picture, it'll last longer"
I'm a Last Supper fan myself. Most impressive piece i've ever seen live.
It's a million times more impressive than the Sistine Chapel, imo.
It's a million times more impressive than the Sistine Chapel, imo.
Christ in the Desert is powerful.
I really, really like it. Lends an element of humanity to Jesus that I feel like really gets lost here in the States.
what was so groundbreaking about perpendicular lines and a few color rectangles again
I love Gauguin's work, but I'm never sure I should say this publicly because he was an objectively terrible person.
I don't know if I have a favorite painting, but it's probably something by Sargent or Manet.
I don't know if I have a favorite painting, but it's probably something by Sargent or Manet.
I think Foucault ruined this painting for everyone who studied philosophy or literary theory in college.
I feel Sargent is a deeply underappreciated artist. For what are mostly "simple" portraits, there's a lot of depth in and around the pieces.
that is disturbing as hell. i feel like i'm on a list now just looking at that.
"Towards the end of his life he spent ten years in French Polynesia where he married a 13-year old"
that explains it then.
"Towards the end of his life he spent ten years in French Polynesia where he married a 13-year old"
that explains it then.
wow i didnt know this existed, super clever
i gotta go with van Gogh myself
Mmmm yeah this one is nice. Too many paintings here with people in them. Nice to see a scenery one. From another planet too!I think this is my favorite painting....
In a Roman Osteria
By Carl Bloch
not uncommonly seen on the internet with the caption "why dont you paint a picture, it'll last longer"
I've never seen this before but I really like this painting.
There is also The Origin of the World by Courbet (1866), but I'm not sure I can post it here either (in case the reference as lost).
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Always loved Nymphs and Satyr. The way he paints the light damn near puts me in a trance.
I imagine I'd have some kind of religious experience if I ever saw it in person.
Great to see several John Martin's earlier in the thread but his most powerful painting is The Great Day of His Wrath:
Small images don't do it justice. Seeing this in person feels like you're actually falling into the void.
Also, holy shit.
I have sadly never really been into paintings but this thread is fucking great.
So many artists and beautiful paintings I've just found out about till now.
So many artists and beautiful paintings I've just found out about till now.
I expect no-one to agree with me, but personally, it's L'étreinte by Claude Theberge. I just wish there was a better quality image of it online:
Alternatively, for one of the 'classics', A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte by Georges Seurat:
I want a high quality print of both of these. I think the name of the Claude Theberge I love is Moonlight
This painting is anime AF!I expect no-one to agree with me, but personally, it's L'étreinte by Claude Theberge. I just wish there was a better quality image of it online:
More like, 'Belongs in the Trash'I prefer bold and brash to be honest
I think my favorite painter is August Strindberg. He also dabbled at being a chemist and a playwright.
I heard he was banned from /r/Art on RedditI really like Leonid Afremov. It's probably not considered high art or anything but I personally enjoy this style.
I just googled it and lol what a scandal.
Now I feel bad for liking his stuff.
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I have a lot of favorites, but the ones I always go to study in the Louvre are:
Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
The Young Martyr by Paul Delaroche
in the Uffizi:
Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi
and in the Prado:
Las Hilanderas by Diego Velázquez
Raft of the Medusa by Théodore Géricault
The Young Martyr by Paul Delaroche
in the Uffizi:
Judith Slaying Holofernes by Artemisia Gentileschi
and in the Prado:
Las Hilanderas by Diego Velázquez
Always loved Nymphs and Satyr. The way he paints the light damn near puts me in a trance.
I imagine I'd have some kind of religious experience if I ever saw it in person.
1873 was a good year for booty.
Dont know what it is about John Martins Pandemonium that attracts me
Maybe because its topical.
reminds me of dark souls
the magma place
I love this.Yeah, not a fan, sorry OP.
I like Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky and his obsession with the sea.
I call this piece Nude Squidward.I prefer bold and brash to be honest
I think Aivazovsky got replaced as my fave, because...
Okay.
John Martin
...holy shitballs, this dude is phenomenal.