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The greatest painting in all of human history is Titian's Assumption of the Virgin
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...why? There are plenty of digital pieces that are just as compelling.the day we see a completely digital piece in a national gallery, with no processes used to transfer to a larger cavas (ala murakami and the 1000s of hours it takes to screen those textures onto medium) will be a sad day for art IMO.
i saw this in person last year. it was fantastic
Knud Baade
Alexandre Calame
Love me some good landscapes, thanks for posting these.
I think they meant digital versions of originally physical paintings, but if not then I definitely agree with you that there are lots of great digital works of art. But with something that was originally in a physical medium, there is definitely something about seeing the real one that's hard to describe.
Naw, the physics of taking pigment and using a physical object to place it on a canvas will always be infinitely more compelling then a printer printing a digital piece.
There is no undo or take backs. The artist had once chance to make that stroke right and they did, and thats why we call them masters. Digital paintings can be amazing and some of the best artists today work that way but the pieces they are producing just do nothing for me compared to creating a physical painting.
To me all digital paintings look the same. With canvas you see and feel every stroke and layer and each artists tendencies and differences. nothing against digital but it doesn't evoke the same emotions no.
Where was this quality of digital repo when I was studying ;_;Gustave Moreau
This single painting helped me to meet and talk to my current wife nearly 10 years ago. Crazy that I see it posted here.
I think Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase No. 2. is my personal fave.
Got to see it at NYCs 100 anniversary of the Armory Show where it premiered. Man, what a gass.
Haha! That's awesome.
Ironically my first date with my wife of 20 years was at DC's National Gallery of Art.
I took her back there some years later, back to the same gallery in the Impressionists wing where we sat on a couch talking for hours...and proposed to her.
Well that's just not true. You have as many chances to get that stroke as you want provided you have enough paint and the motivation to keep reworking your piece. We call them masters because they persevered through making all the bad work and built up the skill to make their masterpieces.
I feel like digital painting is not an inferior method of painting. I agree that physical paintings do have an element of tactility that many, if not all, digital paintings lack, but I would still maintain that there are many out there that evoke just as strong a feeling as a physical painting. I do agree that prints aren't as compelling, but I also believe digital paintings should be viewed digitally for best results. Just as physical paintings should be viewed physically.
Stunning!the day we see a completely digital piece in a national gallery, with no processes used to transfer to a larger cavas (ala murakami and the 1000s of hours it takes to screen those textures onto medium) will be a sad day for art IMO.
i saw this in person last year. it was fantastic
Now i just want to see a 10 ft by 10 ft million dpi screen with a digital painting on it.
I disagree. There are many better pieces of art.
And how come no one is mentioning Eastern art? There are many beautiful pieces of art from Middle-Eastern and Far-Eastern cultures.
And how come no one is mentioning Eastern art? There are many beautiful pieces of art from Middle-Eastern and Far-Eastern cultures.
Kay Nielsen
Imagine playing something like Odin Sphere, Valkyrie Profile, or Dragon's Crown but with this artstyle!
Man, old paintings creep me the fuck out.
What kind of crazy shit did early humans see and experience to influence some of these pieces?
What kind of crazy shit did early humans see and experience to influence some of these pieces?
Extra points for obscure Catholic/Orthodox theological concepts
Also unique for being the only doctrinal belief where papal infallibility has ever been invoked by a Pope.
Also unique for being the only doctrinal belief where papal infallibility has ever been invoked by a Pope.
This is a great thread. Its fantastic to see so many people here appreciating the old masters, the romantics and the academic painters.
Lately I've been really into Golden Age American illustrators, some of them were so godlike, such as Dean Cornwell for example. Cornwell was a master of composing powerful and complex paintings with figures in costume, on a level that compares to the old masters imo. What I also love about how his work is how he designs his figures in such a way that emphasizes their 3D form and structures even though he uses very painterly brush strokes. He really "sculpts" the forms with his brush strokes in a way that I really want to emulate.
Lately I've been really into Golden Age American illustrators, some of them were so godlike, such as Dean Cornwell for example. Cornwell was a master of composing powerful and complex paintings with figures in costume, on a level that compares to the old masters imo. What I also love about how his work is how he designs his figures in such a way that emphasizes their 3D form and structures even though he uses very painterly brush strokes. He really "sculpts" the forms with his brush strokes in a way that I really want to emulate.
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They're also the strongest evidence we have that European lions didn't have manes.
These paintings are from the Chauvet cave in France and over 30.000 years old.
Incredible, I don't think I have seen these exact ones. Are those depictions of Rhinos in France?
Yes, these are supposed to be whooly rhinos which were inhabiting Europe until about 12.000 years ago.
(Raffaello, Ritratto di Baldassarre Castiglione)
I remember seeing this live and being deeply moved about the tender portrait of a friend made by who was considered at the time the best painter of all history. Seen it on a monitor doesn't quite give me the same vibes, so I guess this explains why I don't share the enthusiasm for the paintings that have been linked here.
This is a great thread, signal. Even if I don't always respond, every update is super interesting.
It's hard to tell what happened here - did the man in brown assault the woman or did she collapse of her own accord and hit her head? The second pool of blood tells me it's the former.Jakub Schikaneder
Above image reminds me, I may have posted this earlier but what the hell....
Hieronymus Bosch
Love me some Bosch. My father has a recurring dream in which he's in a punk band called Hipponymous Bosch (don't steal name pls).
I'm missing my home state of CO so here's some paintings from Rocky Mountain School founder and lake-namer Alfred Bierstadt:
Mt. Corcoran
Buffalo Trail, the Impending Storm
For a contemporary artist, I absolutely love Amano. He's, of course, known well on the forum for his artwork in the original final fantasy games. But he's done some great original paintings as well as at for other medium like anime.
I absolutely love his mostly minimalist use of color, and he's been pretty prolific over the last 40 years.
I absolutely love his mostly minimalist use of color, and he's been pretty prolific over the last 40 years.
For a contemporary artist, I absolutely love Amano. He's, of course, known well on the forum for his artwork in the original final fantasy games. But he's done some great original paintings as well as at for other medium like anime.
I absolutely love his mostly minimalist use of color, and he's been pretty prolific over the last 40 years.
Love pop art always
I really like that this thread with a clickbaity title and banned OP has turned into a wholesome and supportive art appreciation hangout
Recently watched AMC's The Terror and found this piece of art depicting the fate of the Terror and Erebus.
Edwin Landseer's Man Proposes, God Disposes. Love the title and the expression on that right polar bear. Plus the painting has an interesting history.
Edwin Landseer's Man Proposes, God Disposes. Love the title and the expression on that right polar bear. Plus the painting has an interesting history.
I'm getting Rendezvous with Rama vibes from this one. I wonder if the tunnel to heaven motif here had any impact on Clarke.Above image reminds me, I may have posted this earlier but what the hell....
Hieronymus Bosch
god seeing the bear on the right i cant help but be reminded of thisRecently watched AMC's The Terror and found this piece of art depicting the fate of the Terror and Erebus.
Edwin Landseer's Man Proposes, God Disposes. Love the title and the expression on that right polar bear. Plus the painting has an interesting history.
To me that's part of why I don't really like digital "paintings". Paintings look so much better on a physical medium like canvas than on a screen. It's the same with photos, they they always look better on a decent print. I think screens are awful for picture-art.
Lately I'm a fan of generative art, especially when printed using novel methods like 3d-printers and plotters.
