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The greatest painting in all of human history is Titian's Assumption of the Virgin
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This one is incredible, but also slightly confusing. There's some weird Rob Liefield chicanery going on with Ajax's feet.Ajax and Cassandra
Yes, it is. Thank you
"The Dance of the Rats by an unknown 17th century Flemish artist"
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The Dance of the Rats
painting (artwork) by Ferdinand van Kessel; attributed
pretty cool but also a lot of fantasy. this looks like late 19th century India? I don't think anyone back then walked around with her underboob showing.Edwin Lord Weeks
School of Athens is my favourite, not only is epic but also i love the story behind it and Raphael was such a nice guy between master artists that were major dick lol
Its a pity he died so soon.
Glad to see some Velazquez and Soroya in this thread.
I know that Velazquez Las Meninas is incredibly famous and he probably has more technically better paintings, but fuck of the 4th wall shenanigans of Las Meninas is not fucking masterful.
Its a pity he died so soon.
Glad to see some Velazquez and Soroya in this thread.
I know that Velazquez Las Meninas is incredibly famous and he probably has more technically better paintings, but fuck of the 4th wall shenanigans of Las Meninas is not fucking masterful.
Yup, though is more about Michelangelo hating everyone that only Raphael. Raphael was a fangirl of both Michelangelo and DaVinci.Also, I have a soft spot for Raphael's School of Athens for its story. Basically the entire Western Canon and simultaneously the history of Renaissance Art in one place:
The person used for Heraclitus (the guy leaning on the stone front and center) was probably Michelangelo, which is interesting considering that Michelangelo hated Raphael. Plato (middle, pointing up) is probably DaVinci, too.
I know this posts are a year old, but still...
"La Malvarrosa by Morning Light" :P
For someone like me that is from Valencia and reads this posts, is so interesting and funny at the same time.
The thing about Sorolla is that people mostly post its beach paintings (and well, its his most famous because indeed they are great), but he also went hard into painting Valencia's important countryside aspect with the orange groves, the Fallas festivities and the city Gardens.
All of this paintings, plus all his famous beach paintings are depictions from the same city. Sorolla was a hard traditionalist (what we call pintura costumbrista) and loved his city very much so thats why its present in the majority of his work. The thing is, while you could say we have some maritime culture, by the time of sorolla in 1900s and modern times, the shores of Valencia were more pleasure like than work (and before that, when the beaches were used mostly for work and its port, the city was 2 or 3 km far from the coast, at least everything inside the medieval walls, the coast and port was still part of the city per se, but those km made it not be really used fr pleasure till the 1900s avenues outside of the city walls start joining the city with the beach for the commomfolk. So i really wouldnt call it an island maritime type culture (nor we are an island lol). I just like showing my city's culture to people outside spain so i hope you enjoyed my post, and also more cool new paintings for the thread :D
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after reading the whole thread this really needs a title change, is sad when between fantastic posts about paintings you see different people entering each month just to say fuck you to the original op, without adding any new cool art.
We really need a mod to change the title, the clickbite doesnt make this thread justice.
How things change hahahahathere's another Sorolla painting I quite like with some nice reflections. Sorolla was definitely an expert in capturing sunny days at the beach and crafting beautiful paintings out of them:
(Beach of Valencia by Morning Light)
"La Malvarrosa by Morning Light" :P
For someone like me that is from Valencia and reads this posts, is so interesting and funny at the same time.
The thing about Sorolla is that people mostly post its beach paintings (and well, its his most famous because indeed they are great), but he also went hard into painting Valencia's important countryside aspect with the orange groves, the Fallas festivities and the city Gardens.
All of this paintings, plus all his famous beach paintings are depictions from the same city. Sorolla was a hard traditionalist (what we call pintura costumbrista) and loved his city very much so thats why its present in the majority of his work. The thing is, while you could say we have some maritime culture, by the time of sorolla in 1900s and modern times, the shores of Valencia were more pleasure like than work (and before that, when the beaches were used mostly for work and its port, the city was 2 or 3 km far from the coast, at least everything inside the medieval walls, the coast and port was still part of the city per se, but those km made it not be really used fr pleasure till the 1900s avenues outside of the city walls start joining the city with the beach for the commomfolk. So i really wouldnt call it an island maritime type culture (nor we are an island lol). I just like showing my city's culture to people outside spain so i hope you enjoyed my post, and also more cool new paintings for the thread :D
EDIT
after reading the whole thread this really needs a title change, is sad when between fantastic posts about paintings you see different people entering each month just to say fuck you to the original op, without adding any new cool art.
We really need a mod to change the title, the clickbite doesnt make this thread justice.
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Something to prevent the rape ... I know it's mythology but...
They still do. And sideboob. And full boob. None of it in the Lamborhghini Poster style tho. More like, the Auntie going to the store style.
Elizabeth Crowell with a Dog, 1873 - 1874 - Thomas Eakins - WikiArt.org
‘Elizabeth Crowell with a Dog’ was created in 1874 by Thomas Eakins in Realism style. Find more prominent pieces of genre painting at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
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You're talking about the same goddess who in some accounts turned medusa into a monster as punishment because she had the audicity to be raped by posiedon in one of her temples.
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I don't want to do the devil's advocate but Medusa drove her car to temples and wasn't wearing an iron Burqa... I kinda like the fact that Greek's gods weren't pure ultralight beam of
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Fumée d'Ambre Gris is the background of my phone but there is something about this girl gaze
The two most striking paintings I've seen recently were both at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, and oddly enough neither were by Van Gogh.
The first was a painting by Jason Brooks. This guy has some bonkers stuff, but seeing this in person was something else:
It's large (~2m wide), incredibly deep / heavily layered (from memory about 5 inches?), and the way it reflects light is really hard to describe due to the mix of smooth contours and harsh transitions between the glossy paint layers.
They also had a collection of Millet on display, and it's quite amazing how light, shadow and focus are used.
The moon just glows when seen in person, and the use of soft focus and shadow gave it a three dimensional look. It's really striking.
The first was a painting by Jason Brooks. This guy has some bonkers stuff, but seeing this in person was something else:
It's large (~2m wide), incredibly deep / heavily layered (from memory about 5 inches?), and the way it reflects light is really hard to describe due to the mix of smooth contours and harsh transitions between the glossy paint layers.
They also had a collection of Millet on display, and it's quite amazing how light, shadow and focus are used.
The moon just glows when seen in person, and the use of soft focus and shadow gave it a three dimensional look. It's really striking.
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Don't have much to add other than I knew the guy that started this movement and I laugh every time I remember it
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I'm convinced: Renoir really did suck at painting
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I'm drawn to abstract art (and the whole pop art thing) and recently saw an exhibition of Inger Ekdahl (who was one of the first women in Sweden who worked in that field back in the 40's and 50's (and well into the 90's)).
She studied with Jear Arp and Victor Vasarely, among others.
Her paintings blew me away. Take a few steps back and they look like they were made with a computer. Go closer and realize that they're painted in straight lines.
With oil paint.
She studied with Jear Arp and Victor Vasarely, among others.
Her paintings blew me away. Take a few steps back and they look like they were made with a computer. Go closer and realize that they're painted in straight lines.
With oil paint.