NERO1
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Posted: 4/11/2008 12:04:44 PM | Too many to name really, if $$, etc, were no issue. But, for the purposes of this thread on here, I'll go with "The Remorse of Nero", by Waterhouse (1859 -- I believe).  | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 1:46:28 PM | does anyone love modenand post moden art, like kandiski, pollock, basquiat.
art of 80 and 90 those any want to put in his wall some basquiat dranwing?ยด
anyone like art painting, like Rivera, lam, bedia tomas sanches  | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 2:17:14 PM | Hi xNEROx,good choice the remorse of nero by Waterhouse,can't argue with that one,
but VICTOR SAMA,we all have different tastes but KANDISKI,POLLOCK,BASQUIAT,just does not do anything for me at all.A true test of a great work of art has to be something that not many people can accomplish and this type of art to me seems like some sort of con. I'm just not convinced about this type of Art at all but each to their own and thanks a lot for your input,i really appreciate it even if i dont understand it. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 3:01:04 PM | For me my all time favourite is:
The Lady of Shallot
by John William Waterhouse. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 3:18:35 PM | Now see, I love Kandinsky! Abstract art in an aquired taste, maybe.
Neo-Dada is the antithesis of Abstract Expressionism.
Jasper Johns
Map, 1961
Flag (1954-55)
Target, 1974 | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 3:38:25 PM | Paul Klee made a couple of peaceful abstracts: "Daphne" for example, or "Polyphony:.
My problem with abstract art is that it stirs my mind instead of calming it down....maybe this is why I like the fat women of Botero, because in their heaviness, they provide solidity.
However to me nothing is finer and more peaceful than the Madonna with the Child of Giotto. Should I pick the most favorite one, this would be it: Fine, classical, bright, stable and terribly solid: totally universal and eternally beautiful. They don't make these gems any longer......ahhhhh the beginning of Renaissance! Probably this feeling of mine is not intelligible to americans...but I truly believe that Italy had a Renaissance ( in artistic and literary terms) that enlightened the whole world.
I would suggest a trip to the Galleria Uffizi in Florence to everybody.
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Posted: 4/11/2008 3:40:20 PM |
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.
Thank you for telling that asheel. Its little stories like that which prove the life and relevance of art for me.
Turner was perhaps the first artist to try abstract. The reason he so often painted seascapes is that the sea and sky allow him to fill his canvas with blobs of color that don't really represent anything. Slave ship is a great example, all that firey red and orange in the sky, the ship is little more than a few crossed lines.
Before him artist could use light, color, composition and subject but it had to try to look like reality. After him artist could intepret the world instead of trying to produce photographs.
Curiously, I don't think Lustre is a fan of abstract. Definitely a fan of color over line. I'd say his tolerance of abstract is lower than mine, I stop at Kandinksy and Klee, Mondrian is nice in a wallpaper sort of way and Pollock, well, swap the 'P' for a 'B'.
Seeing as Madame Iconoclast gets 100 picks, I plan to choose a few more too. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 4:33:34 PM | My problem with abstract art is that it stirs my mind instead of calming it down....maybe this is why I like the fat women of Botero, because in their heaviness, they provide solidity.
Fair enough, probably why abstract resonates with me though. I don't mind being breathless and dizzy at times. You mentioned Rivera in another post, you like O'Keefe?
Seeing as Madame Iconoclast gets 100 picks, I plan to choose a few more too.
Yes!  | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 5:12:48 PM | | yes, I like Georgia O'keefe, when she paints in white and shades of whites. Some of her flowers are a way too strong and disturbing to me. I guess I have lost my italian passion since I became a vancouverite, you know it's la la and here. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 10:21:33 PM | If $$ are n0 issue, what about wall space?
If thats open, as well, then send me a Rothko.
thank you very much...I can expect delivery...when?
Otherwise, a Deibenkorn or Thiebaud (sorry, I get all those 'i's and 'e's mixed up!) might fit nicely on any of my walls. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 11:36:01 PM | Phew,thanks for all of your choices,i see a whole new can of worms has been opened with abstract painting.Looks like im in the minority.
I'll begin with the choices i agree with,
Tail1967,lady of shallot,brilliant choice,up there with the best.
Satsumo,you have me pegged correctly but i have to disagree about one thing,how can you use those two words in the same sentence,Turner and abstract.I know what you mean up to a point but seriously....there is abstract and abstract.
Bloom10.Daphne nope,madonna with child,nope.Your choices have taken a downward spiral for my liking but still i appreciate your input to this thread,thanks.
Winernotreally,rothko urgh.I know its not constructive but its the first thing that came to mind.Thanks for your choice.
Gentle iconoclast,robert johnson at the crossroads,now i can see why you like this painting but for the life of me those abstract paintings just leave me cold.For me the artists(artists ?)who paint these are just taking the easy way out by painting something that leaves everything and i mean everything to the imagination of the viewer.A good abstract painting has nothing to do with the artist only the person who views it. what a con.I have a spare ten minutes so im off to paint half a dozen abstract masterpieces.
I look forward to more of your choices,GI,you must be approaching your limit.lol. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 12:30:24 AM | I look forward to more of your choices,GI,you must be approaching your limit.lol.
The best thing about limits is surpassing them! My user name is an oxymoron. I like to play with words, too. It's an inside joke to myself. It's about dogmatic ideas, but you can see I have much affection for icons.
Van Arno is more of an illustrator, I would call his style Illustrative Mannerism.
He started as a poster artist but has moved on to more traditional mediums.
El Greco is a more classic example of Mannerism that you might enjoy.
El Greco View of Toledo, circa 1597-99 | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 5:18:39 AM | how can you use those two words in the same sentence,Turner and abstract
Sun Setting Over a Lake
Sunrise with Sea Monsters
Procession of Boats with Distant Smoke
The Evening of the Deluge
They look pretty abstract to me. If you didn't have the title would you be able to tell what they were? | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 5:36:30 AM | Hi satsumo,i understand what you mean but i must admit you are being very harsh.
Choosing a few paintings as he neared the last few years of his life is very funfair,the paintings you quote are within a five year period near the end of his life after many many years and hundreds of brilliant paintings(do you agree or not).Obviously i could quote the names of many many of his masterpieces but im sure you know this already.
As always lovely to hear your opinions,wether we agree or not,thanks again.
One or two more choices from me,
the rocky mountains landers peak,by ALBERT BIERSTADT
weymouth dorsetshire,by TURNER
the reader by FRAGONARD
Any opinions are always welcome. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 5:39:20 AM | what a question!
i'd have a tough time choosing only one. my taste runs from anasazi cliff art to warhol.
but, if forced to make one choice, i'd probably go with wyeth (andrew, that is). i love the textures and palates of his interiors. something about the starkness and economy of form appeals to me and puts me in mind of robert frost's moodier work. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 6:41:09 AM |
the paintings you quote are within a five year period near the end of his life after many many years and hundreds of brilliant paintings
Exactly, thats what makes them so good. At this point he has developed his style so well that he has gone beyond his early work. He was one of the first to separate the act of putting paint on canvas from producing a picture.
I don't think I was harsh at all, I thought I was giving him enormous praise. He did impressionism and abstract when those things were unknown, he was way ahead of his time, a genius. It sounds as though you are dissapointed with those pictures. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 6:55:04 AM | Though if I were going to be harsh, I'd say Botero was an awful attempt to take the charming and sincere work of Beryl Cook, add the requisite serious political theme, and then sell it to collectors for pots of money. Though I could be wrong.
This is such a good discussion. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 6:55:27 AM | | Hi Satsumo,cant argue with him being a genius.I could never be disappointed with his work but just prefer his work when he was in his prime.I know what you will say about age and experience but i still prefer his earlier work.You know me well.Thanks for your input again,you can have many more choices. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 7:26:06 AM | Let me try again.
Ferdinando Botero's Picadores. You don't like that either, do you?
How surprising my taste does not go through..... | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 9:15:54 AM | A special message for my favourite poster on this thread,Bloom10,as much as i try to like your choices so far its a bit beyond me but i blame that on me and not your taste in paintings.As satsumo will tell you my tastes are very rigid when it comes to art but im sure its only a matter of time until one of your choices will become one of my favourites.It might take some time but im sure it will happen.That is the good thing about art,we all have a different view and everyones opinion is as valid as the next.
Im looking forward to your next input and want to express my grateful thanks for all of your replys.
Fernando Botero,picadores,oohh...maybe the next one.
I would very much appreciate your opinion on my choices so far,thanks Bloom10.
Gentle iconoclast,El greco,view of toledo.Not bad but i know you can do better. | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 9:46:23 AM | I don't like any of your choices...they do not resignate with me. Turner especially: too unsettling.
I am going through a solid phase, sorry.
Pragmatism is my key; romance only when firmly rooted in the ground........of solid lines, full figures, picky details.....
Romance does not last otherwise.....passion is short-lived, especially in the painting of your master, Turner.....like an engine running too high; I can't help but seeing anxiety in them, even in the lightest ones. Philosophically speaking: this is how I read art. Gentle but solid: this is how I like it right now. But ask me in a couple of months again, I might have changed my mind by then. My taste is always changing, flowing with the stages of my thoughts and feelings.
I've even had to take down some of my old abstract paintings in red: I can't stand looking at them. My ex husband was not too far when he said that I was painting Hell. Life is getting better...
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Posted: 4/12/2008 10:00:21 AM | | Thanks Bloom10,certainly no need to apologize for anything.I appreciate your input very much and as i said each to their own.I always look forward to hearing from you and i do value your comments very much.The only thing that matters is that you enjoy your Art,nothing more nothing less.thanks again.Lustre | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 10:29:18 AM | I've been looking for something that will soothe Bloom , let see how this one feels to her.
Alesso Baldovinetti Portrait of a Lady in Yellow | |
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Posted: 4/12/2008 3:22:08 PM | | How about Tamara Lempicka 'Tamara in the Green Bugatti'? Too romantic perhaps? When I looked at the Georgia O' Keefe stuff it reminded me of Lempicka. I like Black Place 1 especially, something menacingly quiet and about it. | |
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