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Art Appreciation Thread (formally Starry Night)

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  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Meaty.
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    First, I did not know the song was about VVG or about that painting. The lyrics make a lot more sense now.

    Second, I make regular trips to Collioure in the South of France where they have placed reproductions of the many paintings that Fauve artists painted in the town, These are situated where the artist actually stood when he painted them. next to the reproduction is an empty picture frame so you can compare the todays actual view with the painting.

    To tie in Fauvism with another thread, I prefer Matisse's cut outs to Blakes collages.

    The wine ain't bad in that region either.
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    [cite]Posted By: ValleyGary[/cite]Meaty.

    ......Beaty, Big and Bouncy.

    Who are you talking about ...which artist?

    Seriously, one artist's work that's always interested me .....Giorgio Morandi.
    Linky: Images of Giorgio Morandi's work

    While his subject matter can seem to be uninspired, the subtleties of tone IMO are outstanding.
  • 101
    101 Posts: 2,456
    edited June 2010
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: ValleyGary[/cite]Meaty.

    ......Beaty, Big and Bouncy.

    Who are you talking about ...which artist?

    Seriously, one artist's work that's always interested me .....Giorgio Morandi.
    Linky:Images of Giorgio Morandi's work

    While his subject matter can seem to be uninspired, the subtleties of tone IMO are outstanding.

    LOL Oggy, Gary's refering to a comment i made on another thread about a book. I refered to the book as being meaty and yes the book i am reading now "The Botticelli Sectret" is Meaty too :-).
  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    This thread is way too upmarket for CL:
    Bring back the "Would Ya's"....
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    [cite]Posted By: Ru1986[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: ValleyGary[/cite]Meaty.

    ......Beaty, Big and Bouncy.

    Who are you talking about ...which artist?

    Seriously, one artist's work that's always interested me .....Giorgio Morandi.
    Linky:Images of Giorgio Morandi's work

    While his subject matter can seem to be uninspired, the subtleties of tone IMO are outstanding.

    LOL Oggy, Gary's refering to a comment i made on another thread about a book. I refered to the book as being meaty and yes the book i am reading now "The Botticelli Sectret" is Meaty too :-).

    Rupert, you do realise it's fiction not art criticism ; - )
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    Can someone post 'Benefit Supervisor Sleeping' by Lucian Freud for MOG's Would ya? please.

    I can't get the hang of how to stick a picture on this board
  • Friend Or Defoe
    Friend Or Defoe Posts: 18,103
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  • Miserableoldgit
    Miserableoldgit Posts: 21,458
    Sorry,Sorry,Sorry !
    I take it all back........

    (thats a NO by the way...................)
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Lucien Freud, right FoD?

    The Would Ya to end all Would Yas.

    Apparently the artist's model is a Charlton fan and posts on this board as VeryLargeAddick.
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  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    Thanks FoD
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    Thought i better explain a few of the symbols in the Carlo Crivelli painting. It shows many of the classic Annunication elements, The Virgin is reading in a clositered environment which is a symbol of her chastity with a lily and the ray of light and the Dove show the moment of Annunication.
    Unusually the setting is a busy townscape with onlookers. This painting was an altar piece for the city of Ascoli, and was painted by Crivelli to celebrate the towns freedom from church rule, shown by the inscription “Libertas Ecclesiastica”. In the centre of the painting is the St Emidius who is holding a model of the town. The colours in the painting are very rich and jewel like and the rugs and peacocks are status symbols. So this painting is equally celebrating the town's freedom and recognising the Annunicaition. This painting is more than 2m tall and as such the persepctive and horizontal and vertical planes are more paramount.
    End of essay before i bore you all.

    PS: Cannot believe i am writing about this on a football messageboard, part of CL charm, going to eat a prawn sandwich now!
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    [cite]Posted By: P_Air[/cite]Van Gogh lived in Camberwell on Hackford Road for a year. FACT.

    Personally I'm a fan of Mark Rothko.

    Nice and calming, 'speshially the ones at Tate Modern.

    [img][/img]http://hommestar.com/files/images/Mark-Rothko.jpg


    I am a Rothko fan too
  • RedZed333
    RedZed333 Posts: 3,103
    Looks nothing like Mary....
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    [cite]Posted By: RedZed333[/cite]Looks nothing like Mary....

    Ah, right ...... well, we're take your word for that, as no doubt you're old enough to remember meeting her?
  • RedZed333
    RedZed333 Posts: 3,103
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: RedZed333[/cite]Looks nothing like Mary....

    Ah, right ...... well, we're take your word for that, as no doubt you're old enough to remember meeting her?
    I think the painting is fantastic, people with a talent like that make me truly envious but given the subject, given what we know about Mary and given what we end up with makes really annoyed at the appalling influence the church has played in portraying historical recreations....
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Got to agree with you there, RedZed. But we must also put into context that this painting was an altar piece painted in 1486.
    And therefore it's very much a product of its time.

    I don't really want to get involved with religious discussion, but ..... no, let's leave this thread just to discuss art!
  • RedZed333
    RedZed333 Posts: 3,103
    If you accept the painting has no realistic reflection upon 'actual events' then the arguments over the apparent symbolisms become redundant...

    It's just a very good painting...
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    I can never seem to be able to post pictures ....... but those that can, how about another challenging painting we can now muse over?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite] put into context that this painting was an altar piece painted in 1486.
    And therefore it's very much a product of its time.

    Spot on, it's a product of it's time.

    It's not meant to be a portrait of Mary as they would have had no knowledge of what she looked liked or much cared. She is herself a symbol. The painter would be surprised why anyone would want a "realistic" painting as that wasn't the purpose of Art then.

    It is in "modern" (to the original viewer) times because it is a message for those people.

    It's purpose is to tell a story and remind people of the power and glory of that city.
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  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    edited June 2010
    discuss
  • wickford
    wickford Posts: 863
    Is this a collection of leaf prints by HI Jnr?
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    [cite]Posted By: wickford[/cite]Is this a collection of leaf prints by HI Jnr?

    Why do think it is by a child?
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,957
    Looks like an Henri Matisse to me
  • Henry Irving
    Henry Irving Posts: 85,234
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]Looks like an Henri Matisse to me

    It is. Le Gerbe. One of his Cut Outs.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,156
    In the Crevelli painting, why is there a dildo and an apple right in the foreground?
  • wickford
    wickford Posts: 863
    [cite]Posted By: Algarveaddick[/cite]In the Crevelli painting, why is there a dildo and an apple right in the foreground?

    Symbolism: If you play with dildos for long enough, you WILL eventually fall to the floor like a discarded apple?
  • RalphMilnesgut
    RalphMilnesgut Posts: 1,751
    To tie in Fauvism with another thread, I prefer Matisse's cut outs to Blakes collages.
  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    edited June 2010
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    This is genius. Appearing at the Tate Modern, free of charge.
  • RedZed333
    RedZed333 Posts: 3,103
    [cite]Posted By: Henry Irving[/cite]
    [cite]Posted By: Oggy Red[/cite]put into context that this painting was an altar piece painted in 1486.
    And therefore it's very much a product of its time.

    Spot on, it's a product of it's time.

    It's not meant to be a portrait of Mary as they would have had no knowledge of what she looked liked or much cared. She is herself a symbol. The painter would be surprised why anyone would want a "realistic" painting as that wasn't the purpose of Art then.

    It is in "modern" (to the original viewer) times because it is a message for those people.

    It's purpose is to tell a story and remind people of the power and glory of that city.
    Like I said, it's just a very good painting....