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Favourite piece of art you've seen
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10-05-2020 5:31pm#1The Scream by Edward Munch in Norways national gallery in Oslo. Its pretty small in real life but theres something about it that is really dark. Then the history and influence behind it- Munch suffered a lifetime of depression and anxiety after both his mother and sister died from TB when he was a kid and then another sister was put in a mental asylum for the insane.
The painting captures a person living a kind of hell on earth inside their head, its like the subject matter is literally on the cusp of losing their mind. After a couple of minutes of staring at it up close it actually feels pretty unsettling.
Rembrandts Nightwatch in Amsterdam. Its the sheer scale of this when seen that amazes, you just feel small standing there looking at it. Then the detail in it, the use of light and darkness and the depth of field is pretty special
One of the Easter Island statues in the British Museum in London. It dominates the room it is in, when you come around the corner and see it for the first time theres a real wow moment. Then theres questions of how a completely isolated island community in the south Pacific came up with this 1,000 years ago and then went on to make another 60 of them. They weigh between 10 and 15 tonnes each and are made out of volcanic ash. Theres an absolute serious level of work gone into each one and they were making them for over 600 years.
Plus the gold plated inscription below it gives you that bonus airbrushing of British colonialist history -"Donated by Captain Powell of HMS Topaze to Queen Victoria in 1869". Eh no lads, you pillaged their islands and stole it.
My favourite of all is Michelangelos Statue of David in Florence. I was absolutely flabbergasted seeing this, its just breathtaking. Its 17 feet tall and then on a plinth of another 12 feet so it towers right above you. I find it incredibile to think that Michelangelo began this with a single block of marble weighing 5 tonnes and chipped away at it for three years to carve it. He had a 3D map in his head of what he wanted to create from it. Heres an idea of the sheer scale of it
Its impressive from a distance but then you get up close to it and it gets even better. The amount of detail in it is just astounding, every muscle, every vein in his body is carved intricately.
So whats your favourite piece of art that you've seen. Something that when you saw it in the flesh you were left dumbfounded.97
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‘Landscape with the Fall of Icarus’ by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, although there is some doubt as to who “actually” painted it, in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Brussels.
A wonderful “piece” held on an unassuming part of the wall, you could easily just stroll past it. Which would be a tragedy.“It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis
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A few years ago RTE radio ran a competition to select Ireland´s favourite painting
I didn't vote, I didn't know about it until it was over
This won and it's a worthy winner, I like it a lot
It's in Dublin, National Gallery of Ireland
Hellelil and Hildebrand, the Meeting on the Turret Stairs
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Berties_Horse wrote: »Paul Henry's landscapes, particularly those with towering clouds looming in the background.
I bought a Paul Henry for my West Cork holiday home. All came about as a result of offloading Bitcoin in December 2017 during the mania phase of the cryptocurrency scam.
Henry's landscapes are very pleasant, but he certainly wasn't a technically gifted artist. Just a decent landscape painter.Hieronymus Bosch
See new details every time you look at it.
I don't know if it's my favourite painting, but it's certainly the most interesting painting I've ever seen. It's a shame it's in Madrid, as Spaniards are incapable of silence even in an art gallery.0 -
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I'm pretty much a philistine when it comes it art, but this piece stood out for me. Proably just because it's so shockingly violent.
Saturn Devouring his Son by Peter Paul Rubens, seen in the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
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Another vote here for the Guernica, that's a pretty amazing spectacle.I'm pretty much a philistine when it comes it art, but this piece stood out for me. Proably just because it's so shockingly violent.
I can't remember seeing the Rubens one but I distinctly remember the Goya version, also in the Prado; I'm also a bit of a philistine (I went during free entry hours! :pac: ), there are only so many Renaissance-style "masterpieces" I can take before they all look the same. For me the most memorable and interesting part of the Prado was by far the section with Goya's "black paintings".
One place I enjoyed was the Magritte Museum in Brussels, definitely some of my favourite paintings I've seen..jpg)
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I always liked 'Earthmother' by Dick Joynt at Dublin Airport. It used to have a prominent position as you entered the airport.
On the right is an image when it was briefly exhibited elsewhere.
On the left is where Dublin Airport have it now. In the shadow of a multi-storey car park.
It looks like a pile of ****. Dublin Airport do not deserve to have it.0 -
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just stumbled across this post...
and had been sent this FB link the weekend, where people imitated famous paintings. The 2 violent ones above (which I'd never seen until this weekend) are also recreated!
Some crackers in here... https://www.facebook.com/ahmad.ramadan342/
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MetzgerMeister wrote: »For me:
"Taking of the Christ" by Caravaggio
And "Gas" by Edward Hopper. I have this over my fireplace.
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I always liked 'Earthmother' by Dick Joynt at Dublin Airport. It used to have a prominent position as you entered the airport.
On the right is an image when it was briefly exhibited elsewhere.
On the left is where Dublin Airport have it now. In the shadow of a multi-storey car park.
It looks like a pile of ****. Dublin Airport do not deserve to have it.
Jesus thats an awful location for it, Ive parked in that multi story several times and dont think I ever noticed it on the way in or out. Placing it there is like its a hassle to the DAA and they dont want it.Breughal's Hunters in the Snow has been my favourite painting since I was a kid, got to see it in Vienna last year and wasn't disappointed.
Nice. Is it just me or do those hunters look like they're about to go down to the ice rinks and butcher the locals?! Something a bit dark about it.0 -
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What's even more incredible is he designed perspective into the statue. If you note from head on the head is too big for the body. He did that so that viewing from below the proportions looked correct(though he made the hands larger to emphasise them). Yeah it was originally outdoors in the weather, though the original plan was to have it up on a roof, but the locals thought it too beautiful to be stuck up high. The block of marble itself had been rejected by two previous sculptors and had lain unused for over thirty years before Mick had a crack at it.
My favourite of all is Michelangelos Statue of David in Florence. I was absolutely flabbergasted seeing this, its just breathtaking. Its 17 feet tall and then on a plinth of another 12 feet so it towers right above you. I find it incredibile to think that Michelangelo began this with a single block of marble weighing 5 tonnes and chipped away at it for three years to carve it. He had a 3D map in his head of what he wanted to create from it. Heres an idea of the sheer scale of it
Caravaggio was a pure genius with light. He would have made one helluva cinematographer.MetzgerMeister wrote: »For me:
"Taking of the Christ" by Caravaggio
Sculpture wise Laocoon and his Sons is incredibly impressive. It's a Greek statue(by three sculptors) commissioned by a rich Roman.
It impressed Michelangelo very much. As luck would have it he was hanging out in a friend's house(another sculptor) and this friend was summoned by the pope to view the digging up of it(found in a papal vineyard IIRC). The son of Mick's mate, yet another sculptor, who was a small child at the time remembered Mick always around the place and how excited he was to see it. The right arm of the central figure was originally missing when found and they added in an outstretched arm, but our Mick thought that was wrong and suggested it was more likely folded back on itself. Fast forward to the early 20th century and someone digging in the general area found the right arm(or most of it) and Michelangelo had been right. Big shock.
Of other works of art I've seen I dunno if I could make a choice tbh. Too many to love. Early European palaeolithic cave would be in the mix too.Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.
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Quite a few of my favourites have already come up so, being a Napoleonic Wars buff, here is a favourite from that period, and one from the Wars of the French Revolution...
The Charge of the French 4th Hussars at the Battle of Friedland (1807) by Edouard Detaille:
The Battle of Valmy (1792) by Horace Vernet:
Link to a really big version of the Valmy painting. Lots of lovely detail.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c8/Valmy_Battle_painting.jpg
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I saw this Rene Magritte painting back in 2011 in Portland, Maine at the Portland Museum of Art.
There was a lot of amazing art on display but this painting in particular caught my eye, and I still think of it today.
I've no idea how to define it or how to interpret it, and part of me wants it to remain that way. I love the mystery of it, what could it mean? I am sure I oculd find out the meaning in less than 5 minutes but I'd rather it exist as it did on my first viewing, looking at this painting baffled yet completely engrossed.0 -
+1 for The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, which has already been posted. An incredible piece of art.
I really like John William Waterhouse paintings. Some of his work is very atmospheric.
The Lady of Shalott (1888)
The Magic Circle (1886)
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