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Printableevenstar3 said: Spookymuffin said: yeah - fucking capitalist pigs! Viva la revolución! ....too far?  NEVER!
:cheguevara: He was an evil, evil man!  | |
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Spookymuffin said: evenstar3 said: NEVER!
:cheguevara: He was an evil, evil man! what gets me is how he's supposed to be this anti-establishment, anti-capitalism symbol, right? but i see all these kids with Che shirts they bought at Hot Topic. | |
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evenstar3 said: Spookymuffin said: He was an evil, evil man! what gets me is how he's supposed to be this anti-establishment, anti-capitalism symbol, right? but i see all these kids with Che shirts they bought at Hot Topic.
It's true - I'm doing my A-Level Spanish Debate on him. I used to like him, I've found out he was pretty shit to be honest. He never won any of his wars.  | |
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HamsterHuey said: http://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html
This site has an unbelievable collection of GREAT quality scans of the most beautiful European art imaginable. This site keeps me occupied for HOURS, just browsing artists I know and artists I never heard of. Posted this before, but I think as much people should know about this site as possible. To make it a game; post a picture of a painting or sculpture of your favourite artist and one of an artist you discovered through browsing the site! Love that site! Thanks for the link! Some of my favourite artists from that time period are: Pieter Brueghel the Elder here is The Tower of Babel: 
and The Hunters in the Snow: 
Hieronymus Bosch Paradise: Ascent of the Blessed (panel in the Palazzo Ducale): 
Albrecht Dürer Knight, Death and the Devil: 
I cruised around a bit, and came across Samuel Palmer, whom I've never heard of before. I also looked him up on Wikipedia, and some of his work seems rather interesting. 
Here's Self-Portrait:  Well, lucky-lucky us. Lucky-lucky-luck.
Luck-luck-LAKK-LAKK-LAKK-LAKK-cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck-LAKK-LAKK-LAKK. | |
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This is one of my fave Dürer pics;
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I'm afraid I'm not a fan of any of these.....I'm more a fan of impressionism.....  | |
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: I love that site almost as much as i do you!
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I prefer contemporary art myself, but I did browse around. It doesn't seem to have one of my favorite earlier paintings, though. 
The Annunciation by Simone Martini (at the Uffizi in Florence) 
I frickin' LOVE how pissed off the Virgin Mary looks. Gabriel's all, "You are going to give birth to the son of God." and she's all, "Aw hell no! I ain't even had sex and you tryin' to tell me I'm pregnant. Uh-huh, it doesn't work like that." Her expression is priceless!The check. The string he dropped. The Mona Lisa. The musical notes taken out of a hat. The glass. The toy shotgun painting. The things he found. Therefore, everything seen–every object, that is, plus the process of looking at it–is a Duchamp. | |
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jone70 said: I prefer contemporary art myself, but I did browse around. It doesn't seem to have one of my favorite earlier paintings, though.
The Annunciation by Simone Martini (at the Uffizi in Florence)
I frickin' LOVE how pissed off the Virgin Mary looks. Gabriel's all, "You are going to give birth to the son of God." and she's all, "Aw hell no! I ain't even had sex and you tryin' to tell me I'm pregnant. Uh-huh, it doesn't work like that." Her expression is priceless! | |
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jone70 said: I prefer contemporary art myself, but I did browse around. It doesn't seem to have one of my favorite earlier paintings, though.
The Annunciation by Simone Martini (at the Uffizi in Florence)
I frickin' LOVE how pissed off the Virgin Mary looks. Gabriel's all, "You are going to give birth to the son of God." and she's all, "Aw hell no! I ain't even had sex and you tryin' to tell me I'm pregnant. Uh-huh, it doesn't work like that." Her expression is priceless!I SO want to talk to you more about Art when I see you again in April  | |
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Earmarking this thread.  | |
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Thank you!! Amazing!!!!!
M MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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onenitealone said: Earmarking this thread.
earmark the site! I am so in love with it... |
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Euro Smuro. :  : | |
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Great post herman!  | |
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This is one of my faves;
SIMONE MARTINI (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon) Equestrian portrait of Guidoriccio da Fogliano 1328-30 Fresco, 340 x 968 cm Palazzo Pubblico, Siena The fresco of Guidoriccio da Fogliano, depicting the conquest of the castles of Montemassi and Sassoforte in 1328, formed part of a fresco cycle "Castelli" which occupied the upper part of the wall opposite to the Maestà in the Sala del Mappamondo. The cycle, commemorating the castles conquered by the Sienese, was initiated in 1314 by the representation of the Castle of Giuncarico, it was continued by the Guidoriccio and in 1331 by the Castles of Arcidosso and Piano. The latter were destroyed in 1361 when Lippo Vanni painted the Battles of Valdichiana and Poggio Imperiale. Some details; 
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senik said: HamsterHuey said: For instance; Jan van Eyck's portrait of Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife. A painting from 1434(!) and one of my faves. 
But look at this beautiful detail; 
And I forgot to tell you that most pictures have a text explaining about the work! Here the text to go along with the detail above; Van Eyck's painting of the Arnolfini Marriage is famous for the circular mirror that hangs on the wall behind the couple. The mirror is the focal point of the whole composition. It has often been noted that two tiny figures can be seen reflected in it, their image captured as they cross the threshold of the room. They are the painter himself and a young man, perhaps arriving to act as witnesses to the marriage. The essential point, however, is the fact that the convex mirror is able to absorb and reflect in a single image both the floor and the ceiling of the room, as well as the sky and the garden outside, both of which are otherwise barely visible through the side window. The mirror thus acts as a sort of hole in the texture of space. It sucks the entire visual world into itself, transforming it into a representation. It is uncertain that the picture depicts an actual marriage ceremony. The Lain inscription on the back wall, 'Jan van Eyck was here/1434', has been interpreted as the artist's witness to their marriage, but may simply attest to his authorship of the painting,his creation of 'here'. [Edited 9/26/06 7:40am] Yes. I like that one  And if you also notice, the little dog at the foot of the couple is not represented in the mirror reflection Ah, a little coincidence! I was watching the film "V For Vendetta" yesterday evening and this very painting is a feature in the hero/"anit-hero's" lair! It's positioned where it can be spotted quite prominently in the foreground and background, near to the jukebox
p.s. Might I also add how I throughly enjoyed "V For Vendetta" too The concept of the film wasn't a revolutionary new idea as it's been depicted for us before by Orwell, however none the less, the angle of execution and dark atmosphere was very entertaining and enjoyable 
'...Barry Norman' edit. [Edited 9/27/06 15:57pm] "..My work is personal, I'm a working person, I put in work, I work with purpose.." | |
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Have spent the best part of 2 hours looking through this today. What a great site. | |
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HamsterHuey said: Muse2NOPharaoh said: I love that site almost as much as i do you!
That one now hangs over the doorway to my home..... Jacobs ladder is in the dining and The Jewish Bride is in my bedroom... All my small gifts are in the bedroom.... ( @ you gave me are framed in the master bath and 3 hang in the dining..) I want more! It is time for me to branch out though.... | |
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(Side note: I need to pull the glass off my Jewish bride and have it textured into a painting) One of those things I keep meaning to do! | |
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Marked for future reference. Thank you. | |
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Muse2NOPharaoh said: you gave me are framed in the master bath....
So you think of me when naked... Interesting... |
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ellieadore said: Have spent the best part of 2 hours looking through this today. What a great site.
Don't I know what to push onto people? What was your fave? Did you save anything? |
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David's rear.
Not often displayed on photographs, not less beautiful...  |
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Buonarroti, better known by his first name, like a rock god of our age (Madonna or Prince, who actually wrote a song inhis honor), also sculpted the sexiest Christ EVER... hurray for Michaelangelo...
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