Favorite artist, piece of art

[Skaman]

I thought I would raise the bar a little and add an intellectually stimulating thread over our current slump of "gangsta style" "ultimate fighting" and "penguin clubbing" topics.


Anyway, post some of your favorite art:

Contemporary, Byzantine, abstract, Roman sculpture, equestrian style, Hellenistic, renaissance, Neolithic, cave art, anything!



http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/classical/RAF001_L.jpg

Raphael: The school of Athens


http://home.planet.nl/~monique.schilders/europe/nefertiti.jpg

Bust of Nefertiti


"And the heiress, great in the palace, fair of face, adorned with the double plumes, mistress of happiness, endowed with favours, at hearing whose voice the king rejoices, the chief wife of the king, his beloved, the lady of the two lands, Nefertiti, may she live for ever and always."

Inscription on a stelae of Queen Nefertiti's husband Pharaoh Akhenaten



http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/greek/laocoon.jpg

Laocoon and his sons


http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/m/mantegna/2/dead_chr.jpg

Dead Christ

This is an amazing piece and quite powerful and significant for the time as it was one of the first depictions of the human form to be shown in a graduated depth, most notably, feet first. All other pieces of the time are done in profile, or from the side, never in this fashion. Quite a remarkable artistic achievement for circa 1500's!


http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/WebMedia/Images/eyck/e_eyck.jpg

Jan van Eyck. Man in a Red Turban

This is actually the first self portrait re-creation and a beautiful transitional piece moving away from representational figurative and symbolic art into aspects of naturalism and realism.


http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/m/michelan/3sistina/1genesis/6adam/06_3ce6.jpg

Creation of Adam

I am sure many are familiar with this piece


http://members.ozemail.com.au/~drbrash/artemisia/images/judith1x-02-01.jpg


his is a dramatic and brutally graphic version of this biblical scene, but less so than a larger and even bloodier setting by Artemisia around 1620. She based her first glimpse on Caravaggio's famous painting from c. 1598-1599, but enlivens the action with realism and powerful female protagonists.

Judith was a Jewish widow of noble rank in Bethulia, a town besieged by the army of the Assyrian general Holofernes. She approached his tent as an emissary and captivated him with her beauty. He ordered a feast with much wine. After he passed out in his tent, Judith and her maid Abra saw their opportunity. Judith decapitated Holofernes with his sword and smuggled his head back to Bethulia. On seeing her trophy, the townsfolk routed the leaderless Assyrians. The story is an allegory picturing Judith as Judaism in triumph over its pagan enemy.

Poor restoration has cost the women's foreheads the furrows indicating intense concentration and effort.




http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/delacroix/liberte/liberty.jpg

Liberty Leading the People


http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/renoir/terrace.jpg

On the Terrace

Renoir could did such beautiful things with color, absolutely amazing.

I’m not a big fan of Salvador Dali, or Pollock or any of the newer age art, so I wont post any images, feel free to do so however!

[Haiw]

I call Bad Boys 2 the best piece of art in history...
;)
I'm not really an art fan personally, so I think I'd better not post pictures of what I'd deem 'nice art'. :P

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http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/m/michelan/3sistina/1genesis/6adam/06_3ce6.jpg

if adam was created and not born, why does he have a belly button?

[hank]

Wow, that is really condescending Ducimus. No wonder everybody loves you around here.

I never really spend a lot of time looking at the "art" you posted. Funny I always called them paintings or sculptures. But I won't let minor details get in the way of a promising thread. Since I think you are trying to refer to cultural pursuits, I for one am a big fan of Beethoven, Mahler, Pucchini, Strauss and the like. I guess it all depends on your perspective. I never could sit still long enough to appreciate paintings or sculpture. To each his own.

hank

[EvanL]

Im a Salvador Dhali fan myself. Ive been meaning to get some of his posters framed, but need to find the money for it.
My favorite piece of his though is the melting clocks one. I think its called "the persistence of time or being" something like ythat.

[Skaman]

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/m/michelan/3sistina/1genesis/6adam/06_3ce6.jpg

if adam was created and not born, why does he have a belly button?

This is just an artistic representational ideal of the human form in a naturalistic fashion. The piece is symbolic, and one is supposed to view the art within the context of its religious theme.

In early artistic history, a rise in iconoclast movements started, which was an attempt to keep art purely representational, and in no way, a means of self promotion by the artist which could sway the context and meaning of historical and religious representation. Many works of art were in-turn destroyed.

[Skaman]

Im a Salvador Dhali fan myself. Ive been meaning to get some of his posters framed, but need to find the money for it.
My favorite piece of his though is the melting clocks one. I think its called "the persistence of time or being" something like ythat.

http://www.art54.com/salvadordali/pictures/001.jpg


Very surreal art.

[Seoulstriker]

can't post **** art, right? ;)

http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/actaea.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/dress.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/safeart.jpg
http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/pzavisla/hostedmilitaryimages/psyche.jpg

:lol:

[Skaman]

[quote="Seoulstriker"]can't post **** art, right? ;)

Go ahead.

The body is a beautiful thing. Why do you think the female physique has been the choice of sculpture and paintings for hundreds of years?

[Seoulstriker]

greek sculptures are also off the hizzle skizzle fo shizzle mah nizzle:

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/h/images/hellenis_myron.disc.1.lg.JPG

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/h/images/hellenis_myron.disc.2.lg.jpg

[Seoulstriker]

can't post **** art, right? ;)

Go ahead.

The body is a beautiful thing. Why do you think the female physique has been the choice of sculpture and paintings for hundreds of years?


well, it was sort of a joke because those paintings were photoshopped from **** art.

but also there was no photography back then and hence no ****ography, so to speak. :)

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greek sculptures are also off the hizzle skizzle fo shizzle mah nizzle:

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/h/images/hellenis_myron.disc.1.lg.JPG

http://www.artlex.com/ArtLex/h/images/hellenis_myron.disc.2.lg.jpg

you get the go ahead to post ****s and what do you do? post a **** bloke! :cantbeli: :cantbeli: :cantbeli: :cantbeli: :cantbeli:

[Skaman]

can't post **** art, right? ;)

Go ahead.

The body is a beautiful thing. Why do you think the female physique has been the choice of sculpture and paintings for hundreds of years?


well, it was sort of a joke because those paintings were photoshopped from **** art.

but also there was no photography back then and hence no ****ography, so to speak. :)

I don’t recall any sculpture or art depicting a ****** act of any sort, though the first use of **** photos as a means of ****** desire were first used in the late 1800's or early 1900's. They were however seen as morally harmful and obscene, thus the images were confiscated by local authorities. They were by no means as graphic as today’s ****ography. Nonetheless, some 'underground' artists may have indeed created pieces for clients depicting female genitalia or ****** acts; though this was not a common trend or social norm as in today context. Apparently, the origins and root of ****ography in art go back as far as the 1500’s, though, I have seen none that I can recall. I will search for some if anyone is interested.

[California Joe]

I'm a big fan of Theodore Gericault, Jean August Dominique Ingres, NC Wyeth, Franklin Booth, Alberto Vargas, Roy Lichtenstein, Don Troiani, Robert Taylor and about 20 others that I'm too lazy to type. I spent a lot of time in college in Art History classes.

[Skaman]

you get the go ahead to post ****s and what do you do? post a **** bloke

Was is it not Souel who was infatuated with the male *****?

rofl I’m just kidding man, as long as its art. I really like the Hellenistic disc throwers.

[Skaman]

I'm a big fan of Theodore Gericault, Jean August Dominique Ingres, NC Wyeth, Franklin Booth, Alberto Vargas, Roy Lichtenstein, Don Troiani, Robert Taylor and about 20 others that I'm too lazy to type. I spent a lot of time in college in Art History classes.

Robert Taylor does great aviation art.

[California Joe]

Yes he does. Painterly but technically flawless. Like Troiani does with the American Civil War paintings. Same type of style. I have eclectic taste in art.

[NcDeuce]

ducimus' favorite artwork thread was his method of posting his collection of naked men. rofl

Ah good fun...but to stay on topic...Here is some cool shizit

http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/ContentMedia/M16WF2.jpg

http://www.framery.com/TakingBatteryA.jpg

http://www.framery.com/AfterTheStorm.jpg

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~gynon/photo/*****sburg.jpg

http://www.irishbrigade.com/mall/prints/sonsoferin.jpeg

http://www.pf-militarygallery.com/images/troiani/troiani%20-%20iron.jpg

http://www.pf-militarygallery.com/images/troiani/soldiers-tribute-sm.jpg

http://www.28thmass.com/images/Clear_the_Way.jpg

[NcDeuce]

Yes he does. Painterly but technically flawless. Like Troiani does with the American Civil War paintings. Same type of style. I have eclectic taste in art.

Damn...I just posted some Troiani

[Haiw]

Is it just me or do all of the naked men in the pictures above have a tiny *****... :roll:

[Skaman]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/DAR/MUS-01.jpg

The Last Mission

[California Joe]

Nice NC. I live near Fredericksburg so I've seen the Irish Brigade painting many times. His paintings are huge in person. So are the prices unfortunately.

3 more of my favorites:
Alphonse Mucha: King of Art Nouveau style
Norman Lindsay: Australian artist know for his scandalous **** etchings
Robert Griffing: historical painter of the French and Indian War

[memphiz]

some of that art is truly amazing. expecially the military stuff.

but i prefer naked chics instead of naked guys ;)

[EvanL]

Hey CJ, Roy Lichtenstein actually went to my high school.

[SOG]

to the main man above: GOD
http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp1Godsartownzjoo.jpg

and his most gifted below: FRAZETTA
http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp01ballandchain.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp02legion.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp03****andape.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp04thebarbarian.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp05thedestroyer.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp06themoonsrapture.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp07thesilverwarrior.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp10goldengirl.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp11goldenride.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp12kaneonthegoldensea.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp09deathdealer2.jpg

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp08deathdealer.jpg

OWNED.

[hank]

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp04thebarbarian.jpg

You must vanquish your enemy, see him driven before you, and hear the lamentations of the women.

Now that is ART!

hank

[NcDeuce]

http://www.redknightentertainment.com/rkewerks/sitphiles/mp1Godsartownzjoo.jpg

Now that is good stuff. God is such a talented artist. :D

[MolliG]

I'm not really one for art, as in paintings et cetera. Don't know why, it just isn't me. Although I do particularly like the way the Ancient Egyptians depicted their lives, especially their gods. I use to spend ages, when I was around 10, drawing them, mostly Horus and Thoth... Again I have no idea why, I just use to enjoy it... I'm weird like that :).

http://www.sunyniagara.cc.ny.us/homepags/Knechtel/egypt.jpg

http://www.sokir.com/images/thoth.gif

http://www.nwc.cc.wy.us/area/history/thoth.jpg


I apologise for the crappy pictures, they were the best I could find with Google :|.

[Trigger]

I thought I would raise the bar a little and add an intellectually stimulating thread over our current slump of "gangsta style" "ultimate fighting" and "penguin clubbing" topics.
Let us know when you raise it, mmmmkay?
You really are a conceited bastard aren't you.

On topic:
Frazetta, Michaelangelo, some of the old Dutch masters, Roy Lichtenstein, James Dietz, Robert Taylor and of course the work of California Joe all top my list.

[California Joe]

Thanks pal. Wait'll you see the work I call "farmgirl on silk sheets"

[Trigger]

*drooooool*
:D

[Vance]

I prefer real photos over paintings. I'll post some later.

[California Joe]

Don't bother. Paintings are the "heat"

[Trigger]

Yeah, don't go 'lowering the bar' there Vance.

[wholagun]

Vincent Van Gogh all the way. By far my favourte painter. Im sure the Dutch guys will agree with me about that one.
His use of colours and brush storkes are genious. I'd kill to get my hands on the original painting, but thats is unlikely so I will propably just buy a copy one of his paintings.
http://www.imageshack.us/files/lrgvang12.jpg
http://www.imageshack.us/files/lrgvang-38.jpg
http://www.imageshack.us/files/lrgvang21.jpg
http://www.imageshack.us/files/self_portrait_in_front_of_the_easel.jpg
http://www.imageshack.us/files/lrgvang35.jpg

[California Joe]

Unlikely unless you have about 40 mil kicking about. ****ing guy was a mental too. But talented.

[MetalBoy]

Ken Kelly is IMHO a kickass artist even though you can telll he totally rips off Frazetta's style to the point of copyright infringement.

http://www.fantasya.net/galeries/28/kelly_043.jpg

I had this bad boy staring down at me from the wall in my dorm room to ward off the evil spirits(socialists, communists, liberals, etc.) surrounding me at UCLA.

Also i see that Haiw is complaining of the lack of large penii on these works of art. Here you go Haiw... The Flying ***** "cocksman" from Bali.


http://www.studio925.com/images/flyguyf.jpg
Clearly an amazing work of art. rofl

[James]

Infantryman, H.E. Townsend, 1918

http://www.imageshack.us/files/Doughboy.jpg

The Tanks at Seichprey, H.T. Dunn, 1918

http://www.imageshack.us/files/The%20Tanks%20at%20Siecheprey.jpg

I like these.

[wholagun]

Ah guys come on you know better then to post pics of *****es on this form, especialy big hard wooden ones, you'll get Seulstriker all excited again. :)

[ShotOver]

Well, those guys in those scultures seem to have pretty small ****s :|

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/m/michelan/3sistina/1genesis/6adam/06_3ce6.jpg

Poor Adam...

[MolliG]

Well, those guys in those scultures seem to have pretty small ****s :|

Maybe there was just too much taboo. They can't get rid of them as the men wouldn't me men completely ;), so they just made them smaller, so they didn't stick out :)... Or maybe ***** were just smaller back then (the average human height I believe is rising and rising).

:p

[Kriz]

Edvard Munch - The Cry
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/munch/munch.scream.jpg

Just love that "expression"

[Trigger]

Actually I think it's 'The Scream'.

[SOG]

Ken Kelly is IMHO a kickass artist even though you can telll he totally rips off Frazetta's style to the point of copyright infringement.

http://www.fantasya.net/galeries/28/kelly_043.jpg

I had this bad boy staring down at me from the wall in my dorm room to ward off the evil spirits(socialists, communists, liberals, etc.) surrounding me at UCLA.


he was actually a student of frazettas. ive read his accounts of working under frazetta and what not and just kept thinking ****Y LUCKY BASTARD! i have no clue how he got taught with fraz though or if any others did. hes so far the only artist outside of frazettas family that ive heard of being taught by fraz himself. maybe the others just didnt go that "big" fantasy art wise. ken kellys cool though.

[MetalBoy]

Wow i did not know that. IMHO the student has surpassed the master in this case.

[California Joe]

Not even close. I paint as good as Ken Kelly. And I didn't say that to be an asshole. I do.

Look up Franklin Booth. He painted with a pen and ink. Amazing work.

[MetalBoy]

Oh yeah? Well i challenge you to a painter's duel!!
You talk big, but can you bring it?
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~jvaszari/76be.jpg
The gauntlet has been thrown.

[Haiw]

Vincent Van Gogh all the way. By far my favourte painter. Im sure the Dutch guys will agree with me about that one.
Nope, I hate his work... :P

[Seoulstriker]

http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~jvaszari/76be.jpg

my fighting Uruk-Hai! :D :D :D

[Uncle Sam]

http://img19.photobucket.com/albums/v56/deathdot/Nice-Ass.jpg

Now thats a nice piece of arse...I mean art.

[California Joe]

No arguement.

[MetalBoy]

No dumbass thats Attila the Hun! :P My ancestor! He banged my great great great great great grandmother in Hugary circa 434 AD. Contrary to my artistic portrayal of him he was quite the lady's man.

[MetalBoy]

Ripcord dont distract Joe he still hasnt responded to my challenge, his dignity is on the line here.

[California Joe]

Got a couple of weeks for the paint to dry on farmgirl:queen of skulls?

[budanski]

Favorite Artist? California Joe. I know the guy. :D

[James]

Does anyone know of Tom Lea? He did some very graphic and very moving pieces about Marines and Soldiers fighting in the Pacific during WWII. I like his stuff.

Have any of you Brits around here seen the gallery on the top floor of the Imperial War museum in London? I was last there in 1998, and there was quite a bit of good stuff there. Not just paintings, but a number of bronze busts. Many of them were of famous characters (Churchill, Kitchener, Monty, etc.) but the ones that I liked the most were "Tommy Atkins, 1918" and the like.