Cool. Reminds me of the music video for Goodbye Blue Sky.Originally Posted by Kyriakos
Cool. Reminds me of the music video for Goodbye Blue Sky.
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This painting by Manet is a favourite that is on the wall above my bed.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I much prefer Manets Olympia.
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
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Well, as this is a picture of my computer, I think Olympia would be a one too many naked females about the place.
Last edited by Emil Miller; 07-19-2010 at 02:35 PM.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
I think it's going to be my favourite thread.
I would like to share something I like very much, I was impressed by this painting as a child.
Hope you like too.
Seated Demon by Vrubel.
"Where love is there God is also".
Leo Tolstoy
You should have posted it on the Name the Painting thread, I would never have got it.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
A couple of Kittelsens:
I think, Brian, it would be unfair to post a picture which is not well-known outside of Russia.
"Where love is there God is also".
Leo Tolstoy
I think Olympia would be a one too many naked females about the place.
Surely Brian... you can never have too many naked females about the place?
Bonnard's exquisite painting of his wife is still one of my absolute favorite paintings of all time... and actually painted in the 20th century!
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You should have posted it on the Name the Painting thread, I would never have got it.
I would have.But then I used to do something like this for a living.
Beware of the man with just one book. -Ovid
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.- Mark Twain
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[QUOTE=stlukesguild;923724 Surely Brian... you can never have too many naked females about the place?
Not if you like the quiet life.
"L'art de la statistique est de tirer des conclusions erronèes a partir de chiffres exacts." Napoléon Bonaparte.
"Je crois que beaucoup de gens sont dans cet état d’esprit: au fond, ils ne sentent pas concernés par l’Histoire. Mais pourtant, de temps à autre, l’Histoire pose sa main sur eux." Michel Houellebecq.
Peredvizhniki are the group of artists I like the most.
Here is one of the most famous in Russia, the reproduction of this painting can be found almost in every provincial house:
Last edited by Olga4real; 07-17-2010 at 07:29 AM.
"Where love is there God is also".
Leo Tolstoy
Surely Brian... you can never have too many naked females about the place?
Not if you like the quiet life.
A new twist on the old Chinese curse? ("May you live in interesting times.")
Beware of the man with just one book. -Ovid
The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.- Mark Twain
My Blog: Of Delicious Recoil
http://stlukesguild.tumblr.com/
A couple of Kittelsens:
Do you think the boys in the boat are aware of the sinister face lurking above? The one boy with arms raised may be and in fact taunting it.
Quite majestic especially the trees. As I scrolled through the image, I noticed the swallows gliding just above the dirt road and what appear to be two threshers.
I think Olympia would be a one too many naked females about the place.
Surely Brian... you can never have too many naked females about the place?
Bonnard's exquisite painting of his wife is still one of my absolute favorite paintings of all time... and actually painted in the 20th century!
A favorite that always comes to mind and it too features a girl, although she is not in her birthday suit, is Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring”
Here is another I recently discovered and grew fond of while reading “The Brother’s Karamazov”. The novel makes reference to Kramskoi’s “Contemplation”. As I was researching “Contemplation” I discovered “Portrait of a Woman”, which I found to be more appealing:
Gilliatt
I have never seen the original painting but I can imagine that looking at it you would feel the smell of the dusty road, hear the sound of swifts and feel the heat of this almost cloudless sunny day.
Here is something you might want to know about this portrait, unless you have already found it.Here is another I recently discovered and grew fond of while reading “The Brother’s Karamazov”. The novel makes reference to Kramskoi’s “Contemplation”. As I was researching “Contemplation” I discovered “Portrait of a Woman”, which I found to be more appealing:
Gilliatt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrai..._Unknown_Woman
Last edited by Olga4real; 07-18-2010 at 01:04 PM.
"Where love is there God is also".
Leo Tolstoy
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