fav classical art piece
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- BonSeff
google your fav classical artist's work and share it
painting scupture building whatever
- mayo0
oh man, i have too many BonSeff. Depends on the genre or my mood for the day.
So this post is for my papa. This is his favorite building.
http://images.google.com/imgres?…
- unfittoprint0
Victory of Samothrace
h: 3.28 m (11 ft)
190 BC Greece
- unfittoprint0
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- mayo0
nice one unfit. there's poetry in that shape.
- zombiewoof0
Generally I'm not into religious work, but for me Albert Durer is the father of modern illustration.
and, oh yea it's 500 years old and the colors still jump.
- Blofeldt0
I presume that you mean classical to be old, or not modern, so I suppose that excludes anything after 1830 or so?
Or do you mean classicical as historical, ie, Roman/Greek myths that were popular at Parisian Salon's during the 1700's and 1800's?
Anyway, as I reckon you mean old rather than historical
I think Rehmbrandt's flippin' ace!
- GreedoLives0
i've spent hours staring at this painting (it's in DC)
and this has got to be my favorite in town:
http://www.mfa.org/artemis/zoom.…
it's huge, nearly 10 feet tall and like a punch in the face
- mayo0
I can't find anything on a mirror that Alphonse Mucha did. It was huge, at least 10' tall and 15' wide. I remember standing in front of it in absolute awe (at the frame, not my reflection :P). Tears came to my eyes.
I've also had a fascination with this print by Aubrey Beardsley since i first saw it.
http://images.google.com/imgres?…It's too hard to choose what to post. :(
- mayo0
sorry for killing your thread BonSeff :(
- grayhood0
hard to argue with this...
i always loved this as well
ingre is the man
- shellie0
Gerhard Richter -- saw his stuff in SF in 2003. it was crazy to see it in real life. seeing it in books just doesnt do it justice. i love all his stuff and you can see some of it http://www.sfmoma.org/richter/ht… there.
- warheros0
yeah, unfittoprint, i was going to link that but you beat me to it!
you cant beat hellenistic greece, bitches.
- warheros0
second vote:
adolphe william bouguereau
beautiful.
- warheros0
specifically:
http://images.google.com/images?…
- BonSeff0
great stuff everyone.
- ********0
egon schiele - saw a couple of his exhibitions in vienna in april
i love the lines, the way he draws hands and feet especially.
