A piece of art.

Aggieboy

Didn't think the response would be this good. Quite diverse aren't we. Very interesting though.

mr_goo

If you could see your way to presenting me with this.

Canaletto - The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canal ... ._1732.jpg

Don't know how to insert pictures on to this forum. Sorry.

Stone Glider

Went round the Brighton Pavilion yesterday. That was art with a capital A.

Kendal Black Drop

Mr Goo wrote:

If you could see your way to presenting me with this.

Canaletto - The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canal ... ._1732.jpg

Don't know how to insert pictures on to this forum. Sorry.

Kendal Black Drop

Mr Goo wrote:

Don't know how to insert pictures on to this forum. Sorry.

So... using Firefox (don't know if all the steps are the same on IE etc) - right click on the image you want (assuming it's on the web somewhere rather than just on your computer) the scroll down to Copy Image Location. Write your post and insert the image by clicking on the Img button (between [*] and [URL]) so you end up with this:

[/url]

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Canaletto%2C_The_Bucintoro_at_the_Molo_on_Ascension_Day%2C_c._1732.jpg/800px-Canaletto%2C_The_Bucintoro_at_the_Molo_on_Ascension_Day%2C_c._1732.jpg[/img]

However as you can see from my post above your picture will be the same size as the one you have copied. I'm not sure how to resize photos on this forum. Perhaps someone could enlighten me.

Wirral_paul

I'll have a piece of Italian art please....



And no not a picture, life size working one please. The engine is music to my ears so art and music all in one

seanoconn

nevman wrote:

Early Sunday Morning.

Gas ^^




Early Sunday Morning.

Cleat Eastwood

I've got load of friends who are artists, some of their work you might like, some you might not, a few work with traditional, a few work with site specific installations - what's interesting is that they want people to have a reaction to their work. Now if you look how diverse peoples tastes are on here isn't it odd that most peoples tastes arent catered for in media coverage - Vettriano is derided as a self taught non entity, 'traditional art' isn't covered because it doesn't reflect the modern human condition - it's almost like if you are not the cognoscenti then your opinions don't count in shaping what art can mean or achieve - yet this, ime is exactly what artists want.

anyway here's a picture of a midget with the holy ghost.

verylonglegs

nevman wrote:

Nighthawks-seems appropriate here.You see this scene in several modern films,I would love to see the original.
There is another I like that I will try to find.

I saw a documentary not so long ago about the place of the diner in American culture that featured that pic quite heavily, was v. interesting.

I really like this disdainful take on the tale of Icarus, his fall back to earth being relatively un-noticed as life continues around him. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Bruegel%2C_Pieter_de_Oude_-_De_val_van_icarus_-_hi_res.jpg

bagpusscp

Anything by Salvador Dali please.

RonB

Mr Goo wrote:

If you could see your way to presenting me with this.

Canaletto - The Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day.

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Canal ... ._1732.jpg

Don't know how to insert pictures on to this forum. Sorry.

I was lucky enough to visit the National Gallery yesterday and I saw some of the Canaletto paintings there. As well as the use of perspective and scale to describe quite complex scenes, I was blown away by the detail. Almost like some sort of digital, fractal image, the work just seems to go on forever as you get up close. Tiny highlights of white the size of this full stop . being used in the middle ground to pick out a cuff or wimple in someone's clothes are used in the background for a head, a reflection from a window or gilding on a boat. Quite stunning really and made up for being disappointed by the Leonardo exhibition we visited earlier in the day.

pottssteve

Money no object - a Carravagio:



Closer to home, a John Knapp-Fisher:



Or sculpture, Rock Drill by Jacob Epstein in Auckland Art Gallery:




Steve

Aggieboy

pottssteve wrote:

Money no object - a Carravagio:

Steve

Yes, it's money no object and not for it's resale value. Not necessarily expensive though. My choice is cheap (in comparison) but I love them and in real life they are awesome and emotional to me. Something you'd love to own and appreciate until you die.

petemadoc

This painting seems to have followed me throughout my life (not the original obviously). I'd love to have this on my wall.

bianchimoon

The original graphic design illustration of the london underground map to start with please

rml380z

pottssteve wrote:

Or sculpture, Rock Drill by Jacob Epstein in Auckland Art Gallery:

Pedantic I know, but this is just the torso from Rock Drill. The full sculpture was cut down to just the torso by Epstein, but originally looked like this;



I'd love to have a big enough garden to have something monumental by Richard Long;

markos1963

Would love to have to original of this

davis

PeteMadoc wrote:

This painting seems to have followed me throughout my life (not the original obviously). I'd love to have this on my wall.

Love JMWT too...

Cleat Eastwood

verylonglegs wrote:

nevman wrote:

Nighthawks-seems appropriate here.You see this scene in several modern films,I would love to see the original.
There is another I like that I will try to find.

I saw a documentary not so long ago about the place of the diner in American culture that featured that pic quite heavily, was v. interesting.

I really like this disdainful take on the tale of Icarus, his fall back to earth being relatively un-noticed as life continues around him. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Bruegel%2C_Pieter_de_Oude_-_De_val_van_icarus_-_hi_res.jpg

Auden liked it too

"About suffering they were never wrong, The old Masters"

seanoconn

Forrest of Beech. Gustav klimt.

Or.
Metamorphosis of Narsissus. Dali.

Velonutter

Bob Carlos Clarke, I loved his work: -

GiantMike

I love the early work of Donald McFurlong. He studied at the Kingston School of art in the interwar period and is known for his vivid landscapes, but manages to convey the beauty of nature too.

I actually have one of his originals (cost a bloody fortune). It's called Desolate and portrays the hoplessness and eventual catastrophe of Scott's expedition.



The naivity of the nest is a reference to the naivity of the expedition. The eyes follow you round the room.

bartimaeus

GiantMike wrote:

http://www.ziggityzoom.com/parentsguide/files/files/child-art-kristin2.jpg

yes... very child-like

pottssteve

rml380z,

True, you're right, this is the amputated version. I don't like the full thing.

Steve

MattC59

GiantMike wrote:

I love the early work of Donald McFurlong. He studied at the Kingston School of art in the interwar period and is known for his vivid landscapes, but manages to convey the beauty of nature too.

I actually have one of his originals (cost a bloody fortune). It's called Desolate and portrays the hoplessness and eventual catastrophe of Scott's expedition.



The naivity of the nest is a reference to the naivity of the expedition. The eyes follow you round the room.

I think my nephew must have stolen a similar McFurlong, its now selotaped to my brother's fridge.

Redhog14

got this actual art on the wall, was the other halfs birthday present from her parents.

Redhog14

Redhog14 wrote:

got this actual art on the wall, was the other halfs birthday present from her parents.

^^^ Yeah, that didn't work did it? will try later.

bagpusscp

A few of the great Dali's work here.Taken whilst on a visit to spain.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N ... 691940875/

possibily my fav.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/74418119@N ... 4691940875

Stone Glider

Don't get Dali, he seems to be trying too hard like someone keen to explain the joke. Klimt on the other hand..... His landscapes are particularly attractive to me.

My answer to 'what is art?' is, if you have to explain it, it ain't art. Sorry, Donald.

neeb

I'm an atheist, but I like religious art.

This Velazquez blew me away when I saw it in the Dublin National Gallery, it's called "Kitchen Maid with the Supper at Emmaus", and in the background the newly resurrected Jesus is revealing himself to his disciples for the first time. You really need to see it in the flesh so to speak, but the clever thing about it is how it makes the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, because that's exactly what's happening to the main subject...


And I'm a mug for high French Gothic:

Reims:


St. Denis:


Staggering how they could build these things 800 years ago with hardly any maths, with solid stone vaults (ceilings in effect) and still have huge holes in the walls for windows...

Durer's engravings were pretty cool:


Amazing guy - as well stuff like the above, he also did this... in 1503! No-one else was doing that sort of stuff back then.


Love Gaudi:


But despite all of the above, I do like modernist / minimalist stuff too, e.g. Frank Lloyd Wright, especially when it's done in a way that unashamedly compliments nature:


It's post-modernism I can't stand, whether in architecture, social philosophy or anything else.