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Posted: 4/7/2008 3:42:46 PM | Ok -
I love art -
But was it Bellinni that did "The Ecstasy of St. Rita" ? I love THAT one.
I read somewhere that the Vatican just about had it banned at the time because it looked too much like St. Rita was in mid-orgasm.
Just a little Trivia.
I also like "The Kiss" - who by?
And some of the 1920's art deco artists.
Some of Disney's animators from "Fantasia" movie - some of the single frames from that are gorgeous! | |
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Posted: 4/7/2008 4:19:18 PM | | The Kiss is a Klimpt. One of my personal favorites. I had the chance to view five of his paintings stolen by the nazis in WWII at the La.county museum of art. in California. The paintings were returned to the niece of the owner. A little girl at the time of the theft. She witnessed the entire event.Justice prevails. The aunt was the only model Klimpt ever painted more than once. an aside regarding Disney a film project of his That he worked on with Salvidor Daly is slated to be released soon. | |
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Posted: 4/7/2008 4:25:12 PM | Thats true about Bellini, he was the poster boy of vatican art at the time and loved to push the boundaries. When he created the ecstasy there was quite an uproar, it was considered pornographic. Her heavy lidded-open mouthed expression, head rolling back, her hand touching her breast and the folds of her clothing. They sort of disintegrate, as though she's melting inside.
After that he was excised by the pope for quite a long while. Bellinni is a fascinating character. I think he murdered his brother in a fit of jealousy.
'The Kiss' is by Gustav Klimt, one of the most famous and popular pieces of art ever. It's part of a series, I think they're called The Expectation, The Fullfilment, The Kiss. I thought the model for Kiss was Emile Floge. A girl whom Klimt loved, married and lived with until he died. In many ways I think 'The Kiss' is love in oils, mosaic and gold. | |
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Posted: 4/7/2008 8:13:39 PM | | I think your right about the model for the Kiss. That name sounds familar. The paintings I was mentioning did not include the Kiss . although I would have loved to see that. There was one from his gold period,or what ever that era was called. Sorry if I was unclear about the exhibit. | |
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Posted: 4/8/2008 1:22:52 AM | Any of Frida Kahlo's self-portraits.
Hieronymus Bosch The Garden of Earthly Delights
Joan Miro Carnival of Harlequin
Edvard Munch The Sun
William Blake Last Judgement
I could do this all night... | |
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Posted: 4/8/2008 11:30:34 AM | Thanks for all of your replys.
soulcoughing,Van Gogh,not for me im afraid but nice to see someone so young enjoying Art,hope it continues and i hope your cough gets better soon.
staysha,nice to see you enjoy art so much too.
Scorpiodaddy4u,The Kiss by Klimt,the best thing about art is its all subjective and the diverse tastes everyone has,thanks for your replys. | |
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Posted: 4/8/2008 11:40:03 AM | Hi Gentle Iconoclast,thanks for stopping at five,
Frida kahlo,i 'd like to know what you make of 'a few small nips'
Joan Miro,Carnival of Harlequin,aarrgghhhh.I think that sums it up for me.
Hieronymus Bosch,the garden of earthly delights,you like a lot going on in your paintings.
Edvard much,The Sun,i see a running theme in your choices,very individual choice.
William Blake,Last Judgement,this is more like it for me,the best of the bunch,thanks a lot for your very individual choices,i enjoyed viewing them. | |
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Posted: 4/8/2008 12:35:49 PM | | Jan Vermeer-either "Soldier and a Laughing Girl" or "Mistress and Maid" | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 11:58:28 AM | Amedeo Modigliani's women;
Venus by Botticelli;
Picasso's faces;
and of course The Mona Lisa.
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Posted: 4/10/2008 12:07:42 PM | Hi Gentle Iconoclast,thanks for stopping at five,
Frida kahlo,i 'd like to know what you make of 'a few small nips'
Joan Miro,Carnival of Harlequin,aarrgghhhh.I think that sums it up for me.
Hieronymus Bosch,the garden of earthly delights,you like a lot going on in your paintings.
Edvard much,The Sun,i see a running theme in your choices,very individual choice.
William Blake,Last Judgement,this is more like it for me,the best of the bunch,thanks a lot for your very individual choices,i enjoyed viewing them
This is becoming my favorite thread, I would like to add you to my favorites list if you dont mind, Lustre.
A Few Small Nips just might be my very favorite Kahlo piece, but I can't decide. It would be like a mother trying to choose her favorite child. It is based on a true crime that Frida found upsetting.
I believe it is a statement on the status of women in her culture at that time. Frida is very special to me.
I find the work of British artist Sue Coe to evoke a similar response from me, especially her collection titled How To Commit Suicide in South Africa.
I have been trying to decide how to frame a print of John Cox Grey and Gold. What type of frame do you think would look right? I've always been intrigued by "crossroads" themes. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 12:49:46 PM | Thanks a lot for all of your replys,i am very grateful and a little surprised by the wide range of choices,some i enjoy a lot and others,well..........
Jan Vermeer,I prefer the quality of the paintwork of the Mistress and the Maid,good choice.
Gustave Klimt ,the kiss,a very popular choice and as much as i have tried i have to be honest and say its just not my cup of tea,an english saying.
Bloom10,i like the subject of your favourits but just not the actual final results although when you see the Mona Lisa close up the quality does shine through,thanks again for your input,i really appreciate it. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 12:55:40 PM | Hi Gentle Iconoclast,thanks for your reply and im really pleased you are enjoying the thread.Ive sent you an e-mail with a few ideas for your print and have to say the Grey and Gold by John Cox is a great choice,I enjoyed seeing that picture very much.
Thanks for your kind words and your input to the thread,it is very much appreciated. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 1:16:17 PM | What I like about Vermeer (beside his technique) is how he evokes (from me) whole scenarios, dialogs even, from the mundane subjects he used.
I can imagine the maid saying "The grocer charged us for eggs he didn't deliver. What should I do?"
In present context, the soldier and laughing girl could be 17th century POFers at a first meet in a Delfft Starbucks. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 2:16:27 PM | Hi asheel heel,thanks very much for your input and i have to admit one of the best choices from you,Vermeer, brilliant technique as you say and a true artist,how could anyone not enjoy his paintings,excellent choice.I especially love his 'view of delft',that is what i call a true work of art.
Any fans of Turner out there,i cant be the only one surely. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 3:47:17 PM | Vermeer was perhaps the greatest exponent of camera obscura. He would have people dress up and pose for his pictures while he would have traced the image. The most obvious clues are in the exact perspective of things.
Artist's who paint visually tend to arrange people so that they are all the same distance from the viewer (all the same size).
In Officer and Laughing Girl for example, the officer is bigger than the girl (as he was sitting nearer the camera). Though it perfectly correct it actually looks quite strange to me.
I hope people don't mind my wittering on like this, I just love art. Anybody fancy doing a modern recreation of Officer and Laughing Girl? | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 3:53:01 PM | Monet's Sea Roses : a taste of romantic Europe.
But there is nothing, in my opinion, more classic and eternal than the works of the italian painters of the 13th and 14th century ( of course all religiously aimed......the Crucifixions and the Madonna with child, for instance) I am referring to artist like Giotto, Cimabue, Piero della Francesca, Caravaggio: the great works of pure original classical art.....unsurpassable!
Modern Art is a total different taste.....futurism is not appealing to me, although there are a couple of works by Giorgio De Chirico that are quite of a profhecy ( the Profit, for instance).....but no, I would never put hang them in front of me: my only exception, as for more recent art, would be the nudes of Modigliani and perhaps some of the voluptuous and full women of Diego Rivera. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 5:00:52 PM | Vermeer was perhaps the greatest exponent of camera obscura. He would have people dress up and pose for his pictures while he would have traced the image. The most obvious clues are in the exact perspective of things.
Artist's who paint visually tend to arrange people so that they are all the same distance from the viewer (all the same size).
In Officer and Laughing Girl for example, the officer is bigger than the girl (as he was sitting nearer the camera). Though it perfectly correct it actually looks quite strange to me.
That is an interesting painting. It's very sensual but it is also unsentimental. I like it.
I wonder about the significance of the map in the background.
What about La Belle Epoque?
Manet Bar at the Folies-Bergere
Degas L'Absinthe
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec's Portrait of Vincent Van Gogh makes me wonder if there was an erotic relationship between those two men. It is filled with such love and admiration.
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Posted: 4/10/2008 10:08:21 PM | | In the Meadow (Picking Flowers) by Pierre-Auguste Renoir | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 11:11:29 PM | One more before bed.
Francisco Goya The Third of May 1808.
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Posted: 4/11/2008 2:56:40 AM | First of all thanks a lot to Bloom 10,Asheen heel,Satsumo,enigmamystery and gentle iconoclast for all of your input to this thread,i very much appreciate your time,very wise words and your wonderful choices.
Gentle Iconoclast,Im having to put a limit of choices to no more than 100.lol.
I would be very grateful for any feedback about these paintings by Turner,
SLAVERS THROWING OVERBOARD THE DEAD AND THE DYING
THE SHIPWRECK
REGULUS.
These are among my very favourite paintings and i would love to know what you all think about them.once again thanks for your time and effort into this thread.
one more thing,Gentle Iconoclast,how about a job in an art gallery for you. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 3:48:37 AM | Jacob Jordaens-The Four Evangelists
I had the pleasure of seeing several of these paintings at the Museum of Fine Art in Richmond VA. The photos online doesn't do them justice - he was a master at flesh tones and though he studied under the master of his era, Rubens, I think his work is much better
this is the best link I could find
http://www.art.com/asp/sp-asp/_/PD--12021930/SP--A/IGID--1452396/The_Four_Evangelists.htm?sOrig=CRT&sOrigId=33105&ui=DE379C2AE52C4D85922CB03852664F65 | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 4:25:08 AM | Gentle Iconoclast,Im having to put a limit of choices to no more than 100.lol.
By the time I get to 100, I plan to have changed your mind!
one more thing,Gentle Iconoclast,how about a job in an art gallery for you.
I have been involved in fundraising for the Performing and Fine Arts in Houston for years. Thank you for your vote of confidence.
Joseph Turner Slavers Throwing Overboard the Dead and Dying, Typhoon Coming On
That is a very powerful painting Lustre, painted in 1840. I did a little fact-finding just to comment on your choice.
The Abolition of Slavery Act was passed on August 24, 1833 by the British Parliament, but the 13th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery was not ratified until December 18, 1865.
I believe it is a pointed statement of British dissent against American slavery. I love it. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 5:33:17 AM |
Vermeer was perhaps the greatest exponent of camera obscura. He would have people dress up and pose for his pictures while he would have traced the image. The most obvious clues are in the exact perspective of things
Satsumo-I came to Vermeer's painting from the direction of camera obscura. When I first moved to an apartment building, the hall lamps had pinholes in their shades. The filament of the bulb was projected all over the walls and I had to figure out why. Camera obscura explained it and Vermeer was cited in the reference.
It took a lot longer to track down this type of information back in the 70's. Librarians can do so much more than shelve books!
What's weird is when he dropped the strict adherence to perspective. In Vermeer's Girl in a Red Hat, one of the decorations of the chair is too high. This was pointed out to me(I'm not that observant) but it's bugged me ever since.
Vermeer used maps in the background of a number of his works. He even used a mapmaker as the subject of one. (the geographer) | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 8:13:43 AM | Hello everyone and thanks for the background information asheel hell,Vermeer is a very popular choice and i can understand why.
Average Anomaly,Jacob Jordaens the four evangelists,a stunning painting,one of the best so far and up there with the best of them,excellent choice.
Gentle Iconoclast,thanks a lot for the background information,very glad you like it too.
You're on here more than me.lol but i appreciate your input very much,thanks again. | |
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