Mine is School of Athens by Raphael:
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Mine is School of Athens by Raphael:
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Diego Velázquez, Las Meninas
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
This actually isn't my favorite, but my second favorite Rothko painting, but it's really damn close. LCD monitors and jpegs don't really do justice to the subtlety and power of the eight foot tall original. This painting, and many of Rothko's paintings, makes my heart hurt.
That Which I Should Have Done I Did Not Do (The Door) By Ivan Albright.
Hell, if I didn't do things just because they made me feel a bit ridiculous, I wouldn't have much of a social life. - Santo Rugger.
OneCentStamp, I assume you have been to the Rothko Chapel in Houston?
Here's a crappy tiny image of my friend Kathy's favorite, The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch.
And here's a link to a bigger version. (Click on it to make it bigger still.) But this is a painting you really need to see in person. It and the painting I posted above are both in the Prado in Madrid.
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
I know very little about particular styles and artists, I just know there is stuff that touches me and stuff that has no effect at all.
This simple painting falls in the former category, but I can't really say why.
Hell yes, I have. I work like a half mile from it.Originally posted by Myrnalene
The funny thing is, I've loved Rothko's paintings since long before I came to Houston, but never realized the Chapel existed until I got here.
Oh, and I love that Bosch triptych. I've been semi-obsessed with it ever since a detail from the "hell" side was used as the cover for one of my all-time favorite albums, Celtic Frost's Into The Pandemonium.
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I actually studied this painting in college, and didn't get it then, either.Mine is School of Athens by Raphael:
Why does it click for you?
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I like the subject matter...the great philosophers discussing the meaning of life with their students. And I like the balance and symmetry of it.
Safe to say that aesthetics play a pretty small role in why you like it?
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
No, I wouldn't say that. I actually love Renaissance Art in general...I think it's beautiful. And though there are other paintings by Raphael that are probably more beautiful, I do like to look at this one...I think it's very eye pleasing.
I'm a Philistine. Most classic art and literature is lost on me.
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
Nah, it's just a matter of taste, really. I would say that I don't really "get" modern art, but the truth is, there's just a certain meaning I like art to have. I like representational art, and I like paintings with allegories and symbolism. It's not so much that I think that's superior somehow, it's just that that happens to be what I like.
I'm a big fan of Pre-Raphaelites and their ilk.
I particularly love "The Meeting on the Turret Stairs".
But I think my real favorite is Waterhouse's "Boreas"
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I first saw a picture of this painting when I was about 4 or 5 years old; I used to just sit and stare at it, picking out all the small details. It still captivates me,the power of the horses, the energy it portrays.
The Horse Fair:
I never knew where that came from. That's fantastic.
That reminded me then of another painting that I love, but just like my first post cannot be found as a print to purchase anywhere:
Asgardsreien by Peter Nicolai Arbo depicting the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt, as featured on Bathory's album Blood Fire Death.
Hell, if I didn't do things just because they made me feel a bit ridiculous, I wouldn't have much of a social life. - Santo Rugger.
Have any of you art lovers seen Sister Wendy's Story of Painting? Sister Wendy is a British Carmelite nun who lives in solitude in a caravan on the gounds of a monastery. Story of Painting is a series that features her talking a trip across Europe to see the paintings she has studied and make observations on them. I'm making it sound boring but it's an utterly charming show. Sister Wendy is extremely intelligent and knowledgeable about the art she is speaking about and her obvious passion and joy for the pieces (and her complete lack of prudery) is enchanting.
Netflix has her stuff on Instant Watch if you want to give it a try.
everything in nature is sort of gross when you look at it too closely. what is an apple? basically the uterus of a tree - terrifel
Well, this is so clearly my favorite painting that there is no second place. Unless, maybe, it's another Hopper.
http://www.edwardhopper.info/i/Nighthawks.jpg
I actually keep a book of Hopper postcards at my desk.
"I won't kill for money, and I won't marry for it. Other than that, I'm open to just about anything."
-Jim Rockford
I don't know if this is my favorite, but I have a frame print in my family room and I do like it.
I'm not sure what my favorite one is, but when I saw this painting at a display last year, I stood and stared at it for like 20 minutes.
I'm still swimming in harmony. I'm still dreaming of flight. I'm still lost in the waves night after night...
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Rogier van der Weyden: The Deposition.
So now they are just dirt-covered English people in fur pelts with credit cards.
It's not by anyone famous but a friend of mine is an art major and I really like one of her pieces. It's a triptych as well but the only photo of it online has them smushed together. The title is "I Go to Seek a Great Perhaps"
Kohler's Schwein (Autumn), by Michael Sowa (there's another version of this, but this is the one I love)
And Buckskin, by Peter Sculthorpe
I have a huge print of the latter.
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