I first found out about him from John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra, one of his paintings is on the cover. Looking at his landscapes, I get the impression that he spent several hours if not days staring out on the land before him. Taking in the majesty of it all. I'm not sure if he made sketches or not, I wouldn't be surprised if it some were painted on location. What I love most about his landscapes has more to do with the fact that they inspired many to see the benefits of the nature conservation movement that was in its nascent stages at the time he was most prolific. People like to give Muir all the credit but Bierstadt and his paintings were a big help as well
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I first found out about him from John Muir's My First Summer in the Sierra, one of his paintings is on the cover. Looking at his landscapes, I get the impression that he spent several hours if not days staring out on the land before him. Taking in the majesty of it all. I'm not sure if he made sketches or not, I wouldn't be surprised if it some were painted on location. What I love most about his landscapes has more to do with the fact that they inspired many to see the benefits of the nature conservation movement that was in its nascent stages at the time he was most prolific. People like to give Muir all the credit but Bierstadt and his paintings were a big help as well
I do not enjoy staring at horror like Caravaggio's "Judith Beheading Holofernes"" or The massacre of the innocents by Rubens
in my post 13
Extremely sad how a religious painting was revered dispite the horror but a beautiful painting that questions religion
was never painted because is was considered blasphemy . Artists were censored
Look how calm Sarah is. The face of the old woman is amazing, she looks like Satan's concubine. The folds of the red cloth.
The Old Testament’s Book of Judith, the beautiful widow saved the besieged city of Bethulia by charming her way into the tent of Assyrian general Holofernes and beheading him, enabling the Israelites to defeat the invading army.
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Series II, Joan Miró
IMHO, this painting takes a deep dive into the sub conscious of
archetypal stories from our sapian past as the painting it has caveman drawing feel to it
The beautiful colors, the symbolic images. You could anaslyze it forever
or just let it come to you without thought
The painting was done with feeling, not thought, IMO
IMHO, this painting takes a deep dive into the sub conscious of
archetypal stories from our sapian past as the painting it has caveman drawing feel to it
The beautiful colors, the symbolic images. You could anaslyze it forever
or just let it come to you without thought
The painting was done with feeling, not thought, IMO
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Another dive into the sub conscious ? Think of archetypes as the cast of characters
that live in the backstage of our minds, shaping the stories we tell ourselves
Picasso was a womanizer
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Pablo Picasso
that live in the backstage of our minds, shaping the stories we tell ourselves
Picasso was a womanizer
Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Pablo Picasso
Dreams can be messages from our unconscious minds, according to Carl Jung. He believed that dreams speak to us through symbols – not literal words or phrases, but a language of symbols that we can learn to understand.
The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, has a dream like feel to it
The Starry Night, Vincent van Gogh, has a dream like feel to it
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The Creation of Adam is a fresco painting by Michelangelo, and is part of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling in Vatican City. This very famous art depicts the biblical moment when God gives life to Adam.
God is on the right . What container is God lying in? WTF? It looks like a
clam shell? Closer inspection it is a human brain. Beautiful !
Rodin's " Adam" is at AGO. Notice finger on right hand is the finger
receiving life as in the Michelangelo above
Follow the sculpture clockwise and it represents the torture
of our sinful life until death IMHO. Beautiful
the famous Thinker is at AGO
I love the clinched hand as it speaks of so much
God is on the right . What container is God lying in? WTF? It looks like a
clam shell? Closer inspection it is a human brain. Beautiful !
Rodin's " Adam" is at AGO. Notice finger on right hand is the finger
receiving life as in the Michelangelo above
Follow the sculpture clockwise and it represents the torture
of our sinful life until death IMHO. Beautiful
the famous Thinker is at AGO
I love the clinched hand as it speaks of so much
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Don Quixote by Pablo Picasso
Picasso represents Quixote on his horse alongside his chubby companion fighting windmills which defeat him but the windmills look defeated with their broken smallness but only in Quixote's childlike mind .
The illusion of sunlight is created by the use of large black strokes in the foreground and small strokes in the backgound.
Given that the novel is a parody, Picasso’s choice of a childlike abstract style seems deliberate symbolizing
Quixote's childlike blunders that makes a mockery of chivalry
Nothing in this artwork looks real symbolizing the falseness of Quixote
Not great artwork but interesting fun and it is by Picasso.
If anyone else had done it it would have gone unnoticed
Such is the world of art
Picasso represents Quixote on his horse alongside his chubby companion fighting windmills which defeat him but the windmills look defeated with their broken smallness but only in Quixote's childlike mind .
The illusion of sunlight is created by the use of large black strokes in the foreground and small strokes in the backgound.
Given that the novel is a parody, Picasso’s choice of a childlike abstract style seems deliberate symbolizing
Quixote's childlike blunders that makes a mockery of chivalry
Nothing in this artwork looks real symbolizing the falseness of Quixote
Not great artwork but interesting fun and it is by Picasso.
If anyone else had done it it would have gone unnoticed
Such is the world of art
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Great Art Explained is a series of short insights into a great art piece
Considered a great art piece, I never fully understood this painting of a rouge wave where two or more waves breifly combines into one. This is a real event that sank the Edmond Fitzgerald.
Considered a great art piece, I never fully understood this painting of a rouge wave where two or more waves breifly combines into one. This is a real event that sank the Edmond Fitzgerald.
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Michelangelo was gay, Leonardo the Goat spurned his affection. Roberto showed a part of the mausoleum of Pope Julius II. The Charlton Heston centerpiece always leaves me in awe whenever I see it. When I'm in Rome I always make the sojourn. Not that difficult to find, turn left at the Arc of Constantine to the Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli.
Leonardo the GOAT's Big Kahuna. Art Deco is a great channel for art history, it didn't explain why The GOAT left Italy. His anatomy studies brought the baleful eye of The Inquisition upon him, so he hightailed it to France. There he enjoyed the patronage of King Francis I.
His anatomical drawing are so detailed and accurate that he could be called the Father of Modern Medicine.
Leo was entombed in Notre Dame., his grave was destroyed during the French Revolution.
His anatomical drawing are so detailed and accurate that he could be called the Father of Modern Medicine.
Leo was entombed in Notre Dame., his grave was destroyed during the French Revolution.
Statues carved in stone are some of our greatest achievements
AGO has a few nice ones
I have seen it, the effect is very different than Michelangelo's Moses, but I wouldn't call it underwhelming.
French Revolution anarchist Jean Paul Marat...probably the man responsible for desecrating Leonardo's tomb.
Not in the Louvre.
French Revolution anarchist Jean Paul Marat...probably the man responsible for desecrating Leonardo's tomb.
Not in the Louvre.
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I've always found this one interesting. Hieronymus Bosch, The Garden of Earthly Delights;
Saturn, by Goya is a darker piece, but very mesmerizing.
