What's your favorite painting/artist and why? - Page 8

Nat · 04-26-2010, 06:36 PM

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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

Licious · 04-26-2010, 06:43 PM

The Kiss. Klimt. Oldie, but a goldie (and I do mean gold, lol)

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.

Licious · 04-26-2010, 06:48 PM

Hmm...seems I still make mistakes when I put the url in the image thingie for the jpeg thingie ... anyone can pm with instructions, greatly appreciated.

scootebaby · 04-26-2010, 07:08 PM

while living in Philadelphia i got a chance to go to the Museum of Art there. This painting caught my attention and i have loved it since!
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"Promethus Bound" by Peter Paul Rubens!

Toph · 04-26-2010, 09:40 PM

Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) most of his portraitures were painted in his own image...very ego maniacal

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) The Abduction of Rebecca painted (1846) a scene taken from Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel Ivanhoe

Diva · 04-26-2010, 10:19 PM

Dante Gabriel Rossetti
(late 1800's)
Pre~Raphaelite

BestButchBoy · 04-27-2010, 02:10 PM

BestButchBoy · 04-28-2010, 01:55 PM

At Boston's Museum of Fine Arts

vixenagogo · 04-28-2010, 02:14 PM

hannah hoch
-tamar 1930

Tamar depicts a mannequin figure of a women seated, arms crossed, looking down at a sea lion. Ultimately the pose suggests a domination over the sea lion which is much smaller in scale compared to the mannequin. Yet the tamer appears to sit in a meditative pose, while the sea lion engages the viewer with a sly, uncanny gaze. Upon closer inspection the seal lion is wearing makeup, and the mannequin appears porcelain like and looks quite passive. Moreover, the eyes of both sea lion and mannequin look almost the same, unifying the two images. These contradictions promotes confusion about who really is dominant the mannequin or the sea lion.

Hoch poses the question which pair of eyes is engaging the viewer. First we see pair of eyes and then the other. In this way the viewer is confused between subject and object.. Hoch uses this confusion in terms of gender, posing

BestButchBoy · 04-29-2010, 04:37 PM

Passionaria · 04-29-2010, 04:59 PM

I recently discovered her work. I love the sensuality mixed with powerful representations of women.......

Cyclopea · 05-01-2010, 04:13 AM

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BestButchBoy · 05-01-2010, 07:10 AM

Duchess · 05-01-2010, 09:50 AM

BestButchBoy · 05-02-2010, 05:39 AM

BestButchBoy · 05-07-2010, 02:50 PM

A long time ago I gave my late mother a card with this painting for Mother's Day. She liked it immensely. It reminder her of me and her. This is the most influential reason why I like this painting.

*Magic_and_Silk* · 05-07-2010, 08:41 PM

I have two favorite artists.
Both are Surrealists.
Dorothea Tanning and Salvador Dali.

My favorite painting used to be "The Lady Of Shalott" by Waterhouse.

Now, I have seen so much Art that I can not commit to one favorite painting without qualification. I think it would depend on the category. But, I won't bore you with details.

violaine · 05-07-2010, 09:37 PM

chiura obata -

his trees, mountains, oceans, moonlight, clouds, snowscapes, teachings, - everything -

BestButchBoy · 05-08-2010, 04:10 AM

More about this painting: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/16.53

04-26-2010, 06:43 PM	#142
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scootebaby Timed Out How Do You Identify?: yes dear Preferred Pronoun?: she Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: south florida Posts: 2,494 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,264 Thanked 6,737 Times in 1,777 Posts Rep Power: 0	im not a big art fan but... while living in Philadelphia i got a chance to go to the Museum of Art there. This painting caught my attention and i have loved it since! [IMG][/IMG] "Promethus Bound" by Peter Paul Rubens!

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04-26-2010, 09:40 PM	#146
Toph Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch as fuck Relationship Status: alone until i heal Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: S W Ontario Posts: 34 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24 Thanked 124 Times in 26 Posts Rep Power: 977871	Jacques-Louis David (30 August 1748 – 29 December 1825) most of his portraitures were painted in his own image...very ego maniacal Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798–1863) The Abduction of Rebecca painted (1846) a scene taken from Sir Walter Scott’s historical novel Ivanhoe

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