The official ART thread

[Skinner]

I am quite fond of De Chirico


Artemisia Gentileschi


and Basquiat

[Norman!]

You won't tell Miss Crabtree, will ya?

[Codreanu]

Annie Leist

Annie Leist is an artist originally from North Carolina who now lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Her oil paintings, performative video, and other work explore the perception of and navigation through urban and public settings. She investigates a range of issues including the transformation and distortion of space by light, the potential for isolation even within a crowd of people, and the thin line between order and chaos in the city.

Leist is interested in unearthing the unfamiliar and the fresh within the routine of specific recognizable places. Her pieces depict moments from her own life and memory, set in the cities in which she has lived and traveled.

http://www.annieleist.com/

Crosswalk 7 (2004)


July (1996)


Crosswalk 6 (2003)


The Tourists (1998)

[Codreanu]

Rome 2 (1998)


Cafeteria 4 (1999)


Interior 1 (2002)


Urban 2 (1999)

[Busy Clippers]

Mosaic, cuz I like it.


Pompeii




St. Peter's, Rome



Tarragona, Spain


My bathroom*


*yeah, I wish...

[Not Right in the Head]

^^^^^^^ That last one's not from Lord Leighton's house, it is?

I prefer black-figure vases:

The Amasis Painter


Andokides Painter


Exekias


The François Vase (gave a speech about this one once)

[PregnantForTheLastTime]

Bernard Palissy: (sorry, can't embed image)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/Platter_School_of_Bernard_Palissy/ViewObject.aspx?depNm=european_sculpture_and_decor ative_arts&pID=-1&kWd=pond&OID=120016857&vW=-1&Pg=1&St=0&StOd=1&vT=1

I've seen this piece in person, and similar ones, at several museums over the years. They never fail to delight me.

When I was in NY to see Morrissey, I spent my days at the museums: the Met, MoMA, and the Guggenheim. In the two weeks before I went to the MCA and the Art Institute in Chicago. I was in heaven.

[Not Right in the Head]

Bernard Palissy: (sorry, can't embed image)
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/Platter_School_of_Bernard_Palissy/ViewObject.aspx?depNm=european_sculpture_and_decor ative_arts&pID=-1&kWd=pond&OID=120016857&vW=-1&Pg=1&St=0&StOd=1&vT=1

That's over 400 years old?!? It wouldn't look out of place at a local artisan's fair today.

Pregs, did you see the Charles Rennie Mackintosh exhibit when it was in Chicago in, oh, 1998 or so? (Can't remember which museum--I wanna say the Field Museum.) Magnificent.

It had the chair:


other furniture:


lots of roses, of course (can't find a better pic!)


and lots more.

[suparni]

I will include photography in this thread, as it is my prefered form of art. From one of my favourite photographers, Martin Parr:

I also love photo and this very much reminds me of Robert Frank's series "The Americans" - beautiful work.

[Busy Clippers]

^^^^^^^ That last one's not from Lord Leighton's house, it is?

It's the indoor swimming pool at Hearst Castle. Here's another angle. I go for the blue tesserae in a big way, but there should be a giant green sea monster design on the bottom of the pool. Perhaps it's a good thing that I don't win the lottery?

[J.J. Evans]

My man Jesus is probably too humble to post these, so I'm going to do it. You can order them online and whatnot.

[AmgoingtoseeMoz]

Mosaic, cuz I like it


My bathroom*


*yeah, I wish...

I've been there!! The floor has real gold in it. Hurst Castle is the place. This picture is great because it reminds me of my trip there!!! Thanks for posting

[morrisseychic]

what about photographs?
Anton Corbijn
Monet: Waterlilies, Green Reflection, Left Part 1916-1923

Andy Warhol, 355: Rebel without a Cause (James Dean)

[down_in_albion]

Grayson Perry

[Busy Clippers]

Pumpkinhead Self-Portrait, Jaime Wyeth, 1972.

[bysshe]

I posted this elsewhere but it's more appropriate here. Here is Christopher Moore's MySpace blog entry titled. . .

Art History IV - Judy Gets Some Head

Reading it caused me to do this:



http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fu...ogID=384368946

And once again, everyone should read Christopher Moore.

[Je Suis Julie]

^ Bysshe, that link is hilarious! Thanks for the link (and for introducing me to this great thread!)

Here are a few of my favorites:

Rodin's Danaid:


El Greco's Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino, 1609:


Bernini's David (who looks a bit like a certain singer, I think):

[bysshe]

Anthony Van Dyck, "Self-Portrait."



Aubrey Beardsley, "Merlin."



Edward Burne-Jones, "The Beguiling of Merlin."



Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "Proserpine."



Michelangelo, "The Last Judgment."



Rembrandt van Rijn, "Philosopher in Meditation."



Salvador Dali, "Christ of St. John of the Cross."

[bysshe]

Hieronymus Bosch, "The Garden of Earthly Delight."



Edgar Degas, "Two Dancers on the Stage."



Robert Heindel, "The Phantom, Michael Crawford."

[bysshe]

Paul S. Brown, "Still Life with Silver Cup."

He did a sketch of me when I was pregnant.