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#13413650

By QatzelOk - 13 Jun 2010 02:02

- 13 Jun 2010 02:02 #13413650

The Martyrdom of St. Erasmus, Nicholas Poussin, 1628
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#13425905

By Okonkwo - 24 Jun 2010 12:40

- 24 Jun 2010 12:40 #13425905

“Portrait of Angel Fernandez de Soto” painted by Pablo Picasso in 1903. £34.700.000

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#13425942

By Unperson-K - 24 Jun 2010 14:09

- 24 Jun 2010 14:09 #13425942

I have been reading loads about the Netherlandish art during the Renaissance.

Jan van Eyck: The Ghent Altarpiece (some details of)

Jan van Eyck: The Arnolfini Portrait

Albrecht Durer: Self-portrait

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#13426173

By Invictus_88 - 24 Jun 2010 19:54

- 24 Jun 2010 19:54 #13426173

There was a tattooist in my old university town, who has a pretty good likeness of Durer's famous Self Portrait. It was pretty impressive!

#13426185

By froggo - 24 Jun 2010 20:11

- 24 Jun 2010 20:11 #13426185

Here's some landscapes that I rather enjoy...

These two are by Arkhip Kuindzhi

Lawren Harris' Algoma Country

Caspar David Friedrich's The Abbey in the Oakwood and The Sea of Ice

#13433222

By Vanasalus - 01 Jul 2010 19:53

- 01 Jul 2010 19:53 #13433222

@Cookie Monster

Volga! Volga! In the spring your torrents
Cannot flood the fields as much
As our people's awful pain
Floods our land-

Sleep in peace, Nekrasov.

Shrink, tyrant, from my words of fire! And tremble at a poet's ire! -FERDOWSI

#13433272

By Unperson-K - 01 Jul 2010 21:13

- 01 Jul 2010 21:13 #13433272

Lucian Freud: Naked Girl Asleep II

Lucian Frued: Pregnant Girl

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#13444858

By Unperson-K - 13 Jul 2010 14:10

- 13 Jul 2010 14:10 #13444858

I don't care if I'm the only one who posts here, I like this thread too much to let it die.

John Singer Sargent: Lady Agnew of Lochnaw

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#13444908

By Okonkwo - 13 Jul 2010 15:27

- 13 Jul 2010 15:27 #13444908

Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio

"Approaching to his bed, she took hold of the hair of his head, and said, Strengthen me, O Lord God of Israel, this day! And she smote twice upon his neck with all her might, and she took away his head from him."
(From the apocryphal Book of Judith)

The Taking of Christ, also by Caravaggio

"Jesus, knowing all that would happen to him, came forward and said to them, "Whom do you seek?" They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I am he." Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them. When Jesus said to them, "I am he," they drew back and fell to the ground."
(John 18:4-7)

The strong contrasts between light and dark really show the extent of Caravaggio's mastery of the chiaroscuro technique.

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#13444916

By Cookie Monster - 13 Jul 2010 15:36

- 13 Jul 2010 15:36 #13444916

@Vanasalus Thanks :up:

@Okonkwo Like the second painting by Caravaggio. :up:

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#13444976

By Reichstraten - 13 Jul 2010 16:52

- 13 Jul 2010 16:52 #13444976

Okonkwo wrote:
Judith Beheading Holofernes, by Caravaggio

Wasn't this initially about slicing a piece of bread? I think I read something about this.

Return of the Sun (1986) by Odd Nerdrum

#13445066

By Red Barn - 13 Jul 2010 18:29

- 13 Jul 2010 18:29 #13445066

Jessica Sockholder, #291 1997

#13448172

By Unperson-K - 16 Jul 2010 22:01

- 16 Jul 2010 22:01 #13448172

Vladimirskaia Theotokos

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#13448468

By Reichstraten - 17 Jul 2010 08:16

- 17 Jul 2010 08:16 #13448468

Madonna by Edvard Much

#13448538

By Okonkwo - 17 Jul 2010 11:16

- 17 Jul 2010 11:16 #13448538

^ Sublime. Notice how he gave her the red beret that was identifying feature of prostitutes. Munch's art as a whole is exactly that, controversial, dark, cynic. I really adore it:

The Sick Child

The Day After

Kiss by the Window

"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."
(Edvard Munch)

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#13448573

By Reichstraten - 17 Jul 2010 12:57

- 17 Jul 2010 12:57 #13448573

Okonkwo wrote:^ Sublime. Notice how he gave her the red beret that was identifying feature of prostitutes. Munch's art as a whole is exactly that, controversial, dark, cynic. I really adore it:

That's probably caused by his sister's suffering from schizophrenia. The whole dark world he paints I mean.

Something more uplifting:

A painting (title unknown) by Mirka Farabegoli

#13448598

By Okonkwo - 17 Jul 2010 13:43

- 17 Jul 2010 13:43 #13448598

Reichstraten wrote:That's probably caused by his sister's suffering from schizophrenia. The whole dark world he paints I mean.

Certainly, not exclusively though. There were a lot of things wrong with his life from early on. He once said:

"The angels of fear, sorrow, and death stood by my side since the day I was born."

That seemed to have been the fuel for his melancholic, glim view of life that is reflected in his paintings.

"I live with the dead - my mother, my sister, my grandfather, my father… Kill yourself and then it's over. Why live?"

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#13452895

By Reichstraten - 22 Jul 2010 06:55

- 22 Jul 2010 06:55 #13452895

Okonkwo wrote:"From my rotting body, flowers shall grow and I am in them and that is eternity."
(Edvard Munch)

A decadent artist could have said this.

Rape of the Lock by Aubry Beardsly

#13459559

By Quantum - 28 Jul 2010 21:13

- 28 Jul 2010 21:13 #13459559

Kirillov wrote:A Bar at the Folies-Bergère

Excellent painting. It captures the upper-class bar environment well and makes one wish they were there, waiting to be served by the cocktail waitress.