Post up pictures of paintings and sculptures and tell why?

Gustav Klimt - I like his work , this is one of his most well known paintings.

Ooh Lleena, that's beautiful

yes truly amazing work

Ingres, Jean-Auguste-Dominique

my mentor


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Yes I love it too Nat!




Marilyn - Andy Warhol. I am fan of pop art too. what do you like CareyDevi?

one more of my heros

Sorry, I forgot to add. Rene Magritte famous surreal Belgian Painter.
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shausler said:

Hwey, she's showing a little "maidens crack"!

There is a painting I absolutely love at the Dayton Institute of Art. However, I can't find an online picture of it. It's called "The Halderbier." It's in the European art wing. I could stare at it for hours when I go. Literally.

However, this is one of my other favorites:
http://tours.daytonartins...xs&250&179

"The Back of the Storm" by April Gornik.

As well as these:
http://tours.daytonartins...xs&250&389

http://tours.daytonartins...6=&F7=&F8=

Not sure how to post a piccie here but my favorite sculptor is Barbara Hepworth,beautiful organic shapes and forms.

Much love Pochacco

Burne-Jones - The wheel of fortune
English Painter.

I used to really love impressionism like Monet and Seurat but I've kinda grown out of that. I'm digging H R Giger at the moment. He created the look of some of my favorite movies (the Alien series) and has done a lot of other work as well including several album covers. Here's one of the best.

Michelangelo's Moses is one of my favorites. Very impressive.

Flaming June by Frederic Leighton

Pre-Raphaelite
I just love the color in this one.

This doesn't count as painting or sculpture but one of my favorite graphic designers is Peter Saville. He did all the work for Factory Records. Here's one of the best examples of his work.

Here's an alternate version of the picture just shown, also done by Peter Saville.

Michelangelo



Woman in pic appreciates this too.
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Anyone like Salvador Dali? Here's one of the best, imo.

I'll start with my avatar by providing a very brief history of Modigliani who led a fascinating life.

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"Amedeo Modigliani was the bohemian artist par excellence - his posthumous legend is almost as famous as Van Gogh's.

In March 1903 he transferred himself to Venice. There he met two of the artists who were to be among the leaders of Futurism Umberto Boccioni and Ardengo Soffici. More important, he had his first real introduction to the pleasures of drugs and drink.

"In the winter of 1906 he decided to go to Paris.

He rapidly made a reputation for his excesses (he had a habit of stripping stark naked when drunk), and his nickname changed from the childish Dedo to Modi (a pun on the French maudit, or 'accursed'). In 1909 he retired for a while to Livorno, sick and exhausted.

"When he returned, now settling in Montparnasse, the new artists' quarter, he decided to change direction, and became a sculptor.

"In the early years of the war Modigliani embarked on an affair with the South African writer Beatrice Hastings. She was some five years older than he was (he was now thirty), and had had a picturesque career. She had a little money, and Modigliani was able to live in more comfortable circumstances. But the relationship was marked by heavy drinking and Modigliani and Beatrice often came to blows - on one occasion he threw her out of a window.

In July 1917, he met Jeanne Hébuterne, who was then aged nineteen. Soon they were living together. Their public scenes became even more famous in Montmartre than Modigliani's rows with Beatrice.

He celebrated the New Year of 1920 in fine style, but about a fortnight later was stricken with pains in his kidneys and took to his bed. Beside him sat Jeanne, who was nearly nine months pregnant; she had not thought of sending for a doctor. Modigliani was suffering from tubercular meningitis. He died on 24 January 1920, without regaining consciousness. There was an enormous funeral, attended by the whole of Montmartre. Jeanne, who had been taken to her parents' house, threw herself out of a fifth floor window two days after Modigliani's death, killing both herself and her unborn child."


Very Edited - Full bio here:
http://www.artchive.com/a...liani.html

Rather fond of Dali

Thanks all of u...how cool.

I want to collect art. Let me see if I can find something to contribute

Hey Boob, where'd your profile picture go?

Do you see the long grey shape at the bottom? It's a distorted skull.
If you look at it from a side angle (it works best from the lower left) it comes into perspective.
By Hans Holbien the Younger

Notice the two overlapping triangles. (Trianglular composition, very important ) The left triangle, defined by the mast and two ropes, includes the dead and dying.
The right triangle, whose peak is the man waving the flag, contains those who find hope.
An amazing painting depicting people caught between hope and hoplessness.
The Raft of Medusa by Gericault

Notice the subtle use of chiaroscuro and the way the composition centers around the dog with the cigar in the middle.

2the9s said:

Ah yes, very subtle.

Wow Boob, your knowledge of art is pretty expansive! I'm impressed.

Natsume said:

I'm an art history major!