You don't seem to have failed at all this timeOriginally Posted by farnoosh
A polygonal rose, mixed with a few curves as well... very original and artistic. That's what I could see... though I may be wrong, since I've been seeing strange things for a while now
but I can see the rose
The finished Mughal set:
i am thriiiiiilled so let me post some more....
Her heart is played like well worn strings; in her eyes the sadness sings; of one who was destined for better things.
Well, well, well, we're having an outburst of creativity, one in 3d and the other in sketch form
@farnoosh: very very creative! I like your heaven/hell sketch.
@ K: I think the best one is the Taj. lol. Good job. Yet another good looking set.
Find your dream and stick with it...or your life will have slipped past in a whisper with you still on the bottom.
@ beautifull: thanx ,i always thought of life in that way when i was a child.
@Maximilianus: thanx for the compliment!!
how about this one? i felt like creating a fairy tale like beauty and the beast or cinderella,etc.what do you thin ? did i get it right?
Her heart is played like well worn strings; in her eyes the sadness sings; of one who was destined for better things.
Welcome!
Your strokes have a really appealing symmetry. You seem to know how to move your fingers when you grab a pencil
I haven't posted here in a while... but thought I'd offer up a link to my latest artistic endeavor over on my LitNet blog:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...og.php?b=10852
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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http://stlukesguild.tumblr.com/
Very interesting work Stlukesguild
This is the start of a cyclades (group of greek islands) set:
K, that one looks fun to live in!yet again, good job!
@farnoosh: I like that one too. I just feel like staring at it for a long time.
@Stlukesguild: very intersting. is that like a eve-ish kind of thing?
Find your dream and stick with it...or your life will have slipped past in a whisper with you still on the bottom.
Initially I thought against posting my latest work here... but why not?
Already I am back with my latest artistic effort... after having spent nearly two months on my prior painting.This painting came together more rapidly than any I have worked on for quite some time. Two weeks total from start to finish: not bad for a painting that measures 80x44"... especially when one considers the unbearable heat and humidity in my studio as of recent.
I had initially intended a clothed figure... something perhaps based upon the theme of Isabella and the Pot of Basil (Boccaccio and Keats) but all of the preliminary drawings in this direction were lame at best. After several days of frustration I decided simply to return to a theme I was somewhat comfortable with... a single nude... perhaps "Eve" I thought... with a potted plant and an apple. I reasoned with myself that once the work got under way, I could then make certain formal decisions... pushing myself in terms of color or of abstract design... or some other aspect so that the work wouldn't just be more of the "same old same old".
At some point during the drawing stage, I happened to grab one of my books on Michelangelo off the shelf... a detailed look at the Last Judgment to be exact. One thing I have marveled at is just how the greatest masters always surprise you and inspire you... no matter how well you think you may know them. I was simply blown away by the manner in which Michelangelo's figures twist and turn in space... thrusting toward the viewer or rushing away. There was nothing quite like this before Michelangelo... a little quite like this after.
Looking around at the accumulated body of my work I recognized that in almost all of the instances there was very little or no complex twisting or torquing of the figures... and almost all of the the figures stood or sat parallel to the picture plane. In part this was intentional... as I have been really building off earlier traditions: Byzantine, Persian, Medieval, and Early Renaissance... as well as Indian, Japanese, Arabic, and other Non-Western art. I decided, nevertheless, that I would add... that I "needed" a second figure... and one which displayed a greater complexity of gesture and form. I intended this second figure to be "Eve" while I would change the standing figure into a male "Adam".
I limited myself to the use of a warm, analogous color scheme intended to heighten the warmth and eroticism of the subject. I employed warm reddish copper leaf as well as gold. I also made the conscious decision to avoid the use of black... which in most of my previous works in this series has been a key compositional element. Within a matter of days the background was done... and I was on to the figures. I probably spent more time on these two figures than on any previously. They are clearly stylized... owing much to not only the distortions of Michelangelo and Rubens... but also the Mannerists... who were so influential upon me in art school. There is also something of William Blake and the wide-eyed figures of George Tooker... but ultimately these influences have been digested and synthesized until they simply are how I draw. At a certain point the "temptation" theme moved away from the traditional "Adam and Eve" to two female figures... with whatever connotations that may inspire.:o
Anyway... here are the results:
Again the materials used are pastel, acrylic paint, gold and copper leaf on paper, 80x44".
Thanks for looking!
Kyriakos... Beautiful... thanks for looking. Yes... it is something of an "Eve" thing.
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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Brilliant St. Lukes!
It is finished !
Looking back on your earlier work in progress posts, I still recall my initial thoughts upon first viewing your piece; Medieval, Coptic, etc. I saw and still see a blend of the hieratical flatness of medieval to early renaissance ( ? Check that) art and the transition to the discovery of perspective or the third dimension as seen in the nudes themselves.
Overall the layering of gilded, tiled panels as a backdrop with the “Eves” superimposed, somehow brought to mind the early church altar piece:
(scroll about a third of the way down and you will see some wonderful examples of what I am referring to)
http://www.sacredarchitecture.org/ar...n_the_liturgy/
As hot as it’s been, I’m surprised the gold didn’t run down the canvas!
Gilliatt
What is especially bad with regard to the gold leaf and the heat is that the leaf is so incredibly thin... far thinner than tissue paper... that the slightest air circulation can send it spiraling across the space. There's a scene from a recent film on Gustav Klimt in which his lover storms out of his studio, slamming the door, and sends pieces of gold leaf flying into the air like a golden blizzard.
What this means... obviously... is that during the process of adhering the gold leaf, all fans must be shut off. Not a fun moment during the process.
Of course the links with the altarpieces and icons are intentional. I think the initial inspiration was that of the Indian sculpture on the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple...
(Note: Some of the sculptural images may be considered graphic)
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&q...w=1280&bih=809
Of course the West has its erotic art... but I was fascinated with how unabashed these sculptures were... especially considering their public display. But then I considered the spiritual/religious and erotic ecstasy... whether we are talking about the Biblical Song of Songs, the visions of St. Theresa of Avilla, Bernini's famous sculpture of St. Theresa in which her moment of ecstasy is imagined as orgasmic...
on through the works of Gustav Klimt and later artists. Intriguingly, such altarpieces as you linked to were not free from the link of eroticism or sensuality and spirituality. There were repeated iconoclastic uprisings throughout the Renaissance in which more prudish-minded clerics and church leaders sought to seriously curtail efforts in the visual arts... if not banish them altogether by citing the Commandment against "graven images". Various clerical figures made repeated claims about the licentious nature of the female saints and even the Virgin Mary as represented by leading artists. They felt that the visual beauty of these images distracted from sermons... especially those relating to sins of the flesh... and inspired the wrong sort of thoughts. Perhaps the most famous of these later iconoclastic uprisings was led by Savonarola...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girolamo_Savonarola
... whose famous Bonfire of the Vanities resulted in the burning of endless books, paintings, and other "luxuries" in Florence... prior to his excommunication and execution.
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/
The Cycladic set has been completed
What is especially bad with regard to the gold leaf and the heat is that the leaf is so incredibly thin... far thinner than tissue paper...
...during the process of adhering the gold leaf, all fans must be shut off...
I'm not familiar with the gold leaf process. When you say "adhere" is it actually glued? for example spray adhesive? or is it layed in place and then gently heated to "shrink fit"?
Of course the links with the altarpieces and icons are intentional. I think the initial inspiration was that of the Indian sculpture on the Kandariya Mahadeva Temple...
(Note: Some of the sculptural images may be considered graphic)
Of course the West has its erotic art... but I was fascinated with how unabashed these sculptures were... especially considering their public display.
Hmm... I see your point. There is one panel that is quite popular among photographers!
So...what is the next project?
Gilliatt
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