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#13305908

By Cookie Monster - 29 Jan 2010 01:10

- 29 Jan 2010 01:10 #13305908

The Creation of Adam

Persistence of Memory

The Talisman

"The Easter Island conservatives are dropping out of Land Erosion treaties. They say the giant heads will save us." - Qatz

#13305929

By Cookie Monster - 29 Jan 2010 01:32

- 29 Jan 2010 01:32 #13305929

The Death of Socrates

The Coast of Portrieux, Cotes-du-Nord

The Poetry of Life

"The Easter Island conservatives are dropping out of Land Erosion treaties. They say the giant heads will save us." - Qatz

#13306571

By noemon - 29 Jan 2010 19:23

- 29 Jan 2010 19:23 #13306571

The Lady of Shalott, by John William Waterhouse (1888)

I am stunned by this one.

EN EL ED EM ON

...take your common sense with you, and leave your prejudices behind...

#13311670

By Okonkwo - 04 Feb 2010 09:29

- 04 Feb 2010 09:29 #13311670

$104.3 million.

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#13311813

By Vanasalus - 04 Feb 2010 16:04

- 04 Feb 2010 16:04 #13311813

Three paintings from 15th century, by Master Siyahkalem, from the collection of Topkapi Palace Museum.

Dancing Demons

Two Daoist Immortals

Combat between two fabulous Creatures

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

#13316336

By Vanasalus - 10 Feb 2010 03:59

- 10 Feb 2010 03:59 #13316336

Here is a long list...

"The Philosopher in Meditation" by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

"Basket of Fruit" by Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

"The Death of Socrates" by Jacques-Louis David

"The Death of Marat" by Jacques-Louis David

"Breastfeeding Mother" by Ibrahim Balaban

"TheThird of May 1808" by Francisco Goya

"The Last Day of Pompeii" by Karl Bryullov

"The Man reading Quran" by Osman Hamdi Bey

"The Tortoise Trainer" by Osman Hamdi Bey

"The Spirit of the Dead Keep Watch" by Paul Gauguin

"Eminence Grise" by Jean-Léon Gérôme

"The Massacre of Innocents" by Peter Paul Rubens

"Composition VII" by Wassily Kandinsky

"The Shepherds of Arcadia" by Nicolas Poussin

"The Portrait of van Haesje" by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn

"Maidens Visiting a Tomb" by Osman Hamdi Bey

"Muharram 10th" by Fausto Zanoro

"Phryne before the Areopagus" by Jean-Léon Gérôme

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

#13316346

By MistyTiger - 10 Feb 2010 04:08

- 10 Feb 2010 04:08 #13316346

Jacopo Tintoretto, The Last Supper

#13316462

By Kaspar - 10 Feb 2010 06:59

- 10 Feb 2010 06:59 #13316462

"The Spirit of the Dead Keep Watch" by Paul Gauguin

Ah, I love Gauguin. Primitive and spiritual, his work is really one of the best escapes from modern society that I can think of, other than maybe going off to the Kalahari and living with the Bushmen.

Something about his work reminds me of Magical Realism, like something out of One Hundred Years of Solitude. There's definitely a dream-like quality to it.

#13316865

By Cookie Monster - 10 Feb 2010 20:40

- 10 Feb 2010 20:40 #13316865

"The Death of Socrates" by Jacques-Louis David

Already posted by me in the previous page.

I like this one, any background information? What are the tortoises trained for?

"The Easter Island conservatives are dropping out of Land Erosion treaties. They say the giant heads will save us." - Qatz

#13316921

By Sybil - 10 Feb 2010 22:03

- 10 Feb 2010 22:03 #13316921

Woman Holding a Balance
Johannes Vermeer
1662–1663

#13316954

By Vanasalus - 10 Feb 2010 22:52

- 10 Feb 2010 22:52 #13316954

I like this one, any background information? What are the tortoises trained for?

Painted in 1906 by Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910)... He is still the most celebrated Turkish painter.

In old times, walking tortoises carrying candles on their shells were used to illuminate the medium in garden parties of the summer after sunset.

However, there are many theories around that the theme of the painting is just an allegory.

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

#13316968

By Cookie Monster - 10 Feb 2010 23:33

- 10 Feb 2010 23:33 #13316968

In old times, walking tortoises carrying candles on their shells were used to illuminate the medium in garden parties of the summer after sunset.

Poor tortoises.

However, there are many theories around that the theme of the painting is just an allegory.

Such as?

"The Easter Island conservatives are dropping out of Land Erosion treaties. They say the giant heads will save us." - Qatz

#13316988

By Vanasalus - 11 Feb 2010 00:19

- 11 Feb 2010 00:19 #13316988

Such as?

The most popular one involves: The old, tired and hunchbacked tortoise trainer is nobody but heartbroken Osman Hamdi himself, who once dreamed of transforming his country with his art. Slow moving, slow learning tortoises are nobody but the people who already start leaving him as some tortoises leave their master in the painting.

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

#13316998

By Cookie Monster - 11 Feb 2010 00:29

- 11 Feb 2010 00:29 #13316998

But he doesn't seem concerned with the tortoises, he seems to look through the window.

"The Easter Island conservatives are dropping out of Land Erosion treaties. They say the giant heads will save us." - Qatz

#13319682

By Quantum - 13 Feb 2010 23:25

- 13 Feb 2010 23:25 #13319682

These scupltures were created by Ron Mueck, an Australian hyperrealist sculptor. You could see the complexity of his sculptures, detailing every part of it and this is surely the work of fine craftmanship.

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#13330973

By Sgt Pepper - 26 Feb 2010 02:31

- 26 Feb 2010 02:31 #13330973

Leonid Afremov - Reflection of the Night. And I don't care, if you haven't heard of him, because I haven't either. I just saw this on site and I liked what I saw.