What's your favorite painting/artist and why?

Venus007 · 03-27-2010, 04:43 PM

I love the Pre-Raphaelites in General but
"Flaming June" Lord Fredrick Leighton in particular

The first time I saw it I was still closeted and I was at my fiance's house, it was in an art history book that I was looking through while waiting for his mom and sisters to finish cooking dinner. I was mesmerized by her body through the fabric especially her nipple. I looked at the picture so long that my then fiance came over and stood behind me to see what I was looking at, he must have stood there for 5 min before I noticed.

Gemme · 03-27-2010, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Venus007

I love the Pre-Raphaelites in General but
"Flaming June" Lord Fredrick Leighton in particular

The first time I saw it I was still closeted and I was at my fiance's house, it was in an art history book that I was looking through while waiting for his mom and sisters to finish cooking dinner. I was mesmerized by her body through the fabric especially her nipple. I looked at the picture so long that my then fiance came over and stood behind me to see what I was looking at, he must have stood there for 5 min before I noticed.

This is a beautiful piece of work. A couple of my friends have copies of it.

weatherboi · 03-28-2010, 10:27 AM

Harness I, II, III

Venus007 · 03-28-2010, 11:26 AM

The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Bernini 1650 something or another

I love this sculpture for the faces, the calm delight of the angel with the arrow about to relieve the panting straining anticipation of St Teresa (as evidenced by her orgastic expression) I love religious art that parallels the divine penetration with a more carnal one.

JakeTulane · 03-29-2010, 05:00 PM

This is a Georgia O'Keefe painting titled Red Canna. This painting was used in the Human Flower Project. There is a part of it that speaks to Me.. because of the fiery image it conveys. In using it for the Human Flower Project - My take on that would be the painting depicting blood red.. almost to the direction of our own red blood cells.

Diva · 03-29-2010, 05:13 PM

Michael Parkes........his work amazes and astounds me....This is entitled "Venus".

Daywalker · 03-29-2010, 05:19 PM

Back in the 70's I used to visit record shops in the neighborhood and would
peruse through the posters and seem to get personally attached to a few that
were by an artist named John Pitre. Still, to this day..I have a 3 part series
of posters that I saved my pennies to buy as a kid, one that hangs next to
me as I type called 'A New Dawn'. It can be found here on his site:

http://www.johnpitre.com/socio.html

I also own the ones titled 'Overpopulation' and 'Restrictions'.

I wrote to John last year and he was amazed that I still had the originals.
He also offered to sign and frame the 3 as new prints for 90 bucks
each...which I thought was cool of him to offer,
just don't have the extra funds to do so.

But it was awesome to have found his site,
and to know that he is still creating stuff today.

SuperFemme · 03-29-2010, 06:37 PM

Nat · 04-26-2010, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Venus007

The Ecstasy of St. Teresa
Bernini 1650 something or another

I love this sculpture for the faces, the calm delight of the angel with the arrow about to relieve the panting straining anticipation of St Teresa (as evidenced by her orgastic expression) I love religious art that parallels the divine penetration with a more carnal one.

One of my absolute favorite sculptures

Nat · 04-26-2010, 06:46 PM

I guess I'll stop my posting orgy after this, but I wanted to add the Nike (or "Winged Victory") of Samothrace. She may be headless, but she's powerful and magnificent. She's from the 3rd century BC.

rawk · 06-13-2010, 01:21 PM

When I visited Paris last December, I could not take my eyes off this craft. She is on the way to Mona Lisa; and I spent around 1 minute at Mona Lisa...and 20 staring at, photographing, and musing on Nike.

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Originally Posted by Nat

I guess I'll stop my posting orgy after this, but I wanted to add the Nike (or "Winged Victory") of Samothrace. She may be headless, but she's powerful and magnificent. She's from the 3rd century BC.

03-27-2010, 04:43 PM	#1
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Venus007 Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Serene Highness ;} Relationship Status: Dreamily contemplating some outrage against conventional morality Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Houston area Posts: 1,362 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,417 Thanked 4,749 Times in 1,139 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Pierce me with your arrow of love The Ecstasy of St. Teresa Bernini 1650 something or another I love this sculpture for the faces, the calm delight of the angel with the arrow about to relieve the panting straining anticipation of St Teresa (as evidenced by her orgastic expression) I love religious art that parallels the divine penetration with a more carnal one. __________________ . "I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. " Ayn Rand, Anthem "So you'll die happily for your sins. You'd rather die in guilt then live in love?" Timothy Leary Last edited by Venus007; 03-28-2010 at 11:43 AM. Reason: spelled angel as angle hmmmm wonder what that reveals

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Daywalker Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Hippy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: * Posts: 3,750 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,499 Thanked 11,916 Times in 2,700 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Back in the 70's I used to visit record shops in the neighborhood and would peruse through the posters and seem to get personally attached to a few that were by an artist named John Pitre. Still, to this day..I have a 3 part series of posters that I saved my pennies to buy as a kid, one that hangs next to me as I type called 'A New Dawn'. It can be found here on his site: http://www.johnpitre.com/socio.html I also own the ones titled 'Overpopulation' and 'Restrictions'. I wrote to John last year and he was amazed that I still had the originals. He also offered to sign and frame the 3 as new prints for 90 bucks each...which I thought was cool of him to offer, just don't have the extra funds to do so. But it was awesome to have found his site, and to know that he is still creating stuff today. __________________ www.SirDaywalker.com

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