The Fine Art Thread

[Diff-chan]

What church is that CV?

Oh and for Byzantine Churches, obviously Hagia Sophia is among the most beautiful structures ever built.

Oh, and Regus, that Last Judgement painting is very nice... but eh, I dont know, nothing can top Michaelangelo's work on that subject. I know that different expressions of the same theme is a hallmark of art, ESPECIALLY art dealing with Christian themes... but Michaelangelo's is as close to definitive as you are gonna get.

[Regus]

Oh, and Regus, that Last Judgement painting is very nice... but eh, I dont know, nothing can top Michaelangelo's work on that subject. I know that different expressions of the same theme is a hallmark of art, ESPECIALLY art dealing with Christian themes... but Michaelangelo's is as close to definitive as you are gonna get.

Post that shit, I don't think I've seen it before, knowing Michaelangelo it's probably amazing.

[Diff-chan]

You're kidding right?



Largest fresco of the Renaissance. 40 feet high.

Visit this to look at a bigger, more detailed picture. This is seriously my favorite piece of art. It's wondrous. The work touches my soul. It nearly brings tears to my eyes.

[Regus]

Wow, that really is exquisite.

That's the first time I have ever seen it, or at least that I can remember. I've never really taken the time to look into the art work of the Sistine Chapel before. I've always had a passing desire to go to Rome and the Vatican to see the art work, but after seeing that I don't I have much of a choice, I have to see that in person.

[JM]

Man, I love Schiele. Great stuff guys! This is turning out better than I had hoped. Seems we aren't a bunch of uncultured geeks after all.

Here is some more.

Chuck Close - I like all of his work equally, even though it has changed so much over time.
Here is his first major work.

Here is another pic of it to show how big it is.

Here is his more recent work, his style changed radically when he had a brain embolism that paralysied most of his body. He now works in a special chair that is part forklift to get him to the higher parts of his canvasses. He has a special glove with a loop on it to hold his paint brush. It is simply astounding that he can still work at all. Keep in mind that the new stuff is just as big as the first piece I posted.


Francis Bacon - He is responsible for some of the most disturbing images ever put on canvass. You simply cannot look at his work & not have a strong reaction to it. It is pretty much love or hate, but like I said, this fits into my definition of effective art.

Most of his portraits look like someone took a hammer to the sitter right before he started painting.


Once again, I'll have more later.

JM

[BioMechanic]

Edgar Degas:








Rene Magritte:

[Captain Vegetable]

Diffx, it's the Roman Orthodox church in Rome, I believe.

[M]

el greco!

[nightwolfie]

rich says Ah.

Sonuvabitch took me 2 hours to find on the internet, because apparently it goes by 2 names, and the amount of art in The Divine Comedy is staggering, so I had to search..ALOT of art, and most stuff I searched didn't even have it. Even searching for Gustave Dore (Artist), I couldn't find it

umm who helpd u waste her time and would have found it if u had the correct spelling????

[Rich]

Originally posted by nightwolfie
umm who helpd u waste her time as well and would have found it had u known the correct spelling ??

I both knew and had the correct spelling, and gave it to you. It was just hard to find.