Guest alex Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 If it had to be a painting it would be The Nightwatch by Rembrandt. Without wishing to be too pretentious (this is an art thread so I think I can get away with it like) you have to actually see his paintings just too appreciate how well they are painted. An art stude later told me a lot of people consider him to be the 'master' in terms of technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) I really like Turner as well and he did some good stuff in the North East (Quayside and Dunstanburgh Castle off the top of my head). Or failing that: Rain, Steam and Speed. Edited February 25, 2011 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 33892 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Good thread. Mines actually a piece of advertising: I love that type of art, mate. I once had a calender of the tourism posters of the Twenties and Thirties. Thats the nearest I got to 'owning' them I'm afraid. Also love some of the oil paintings of Eighteenth century naval battles. However I'd myself silly if I could have some original Ancient Greek art/pottery like the cover of this book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonraider 0 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I love buildings. Churches, chapels, graveyards, old houses. I can walk around them for ever! I liked this display of Wig-wams made out of car hubcaps, this was in Shaldon near Torquay. Brilliant! Last summer I went to an Art Exhibition here at Torre Abbey. But what caught everyones attention (and some criticism) was a controversial piece of 'Art' by Damien Hirst, a real preserved dissected Cow and her calf "Mother and Child Divided weighs 6.5 tonnes and comprises a cow and a calf, each cut in half and preserved in a pair of glass-walled tanks in a formaldehyde solution. It was created for exhibition at the 1993 Venice Biennale and was the focal point of the 1995 Turner Prize at Tate Britain, the year Hirst won the prize. Very odd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3517 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Obviously the "artist" is a bin dipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3517 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Also if I could, Brett Whiteley's Lyrebird, which since being bought by a collector hasn't seen the light of day for years: And Charles Blackman's fallen schoolgirl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonpneumonic 0 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Uploaded with ImageShack.us Gala Contemplating the Mediterranean Sea which at Twenty Meters becomes a Portrait of Abraham Lincoln Gotta love a bit of Dali Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonatine 11569 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 Can't go wrong with a bit of William Blake, would settle for this instead though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene_Clark 12 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 I love Blake's painting of Newton, whereby the Newtonian knowledge leads only in to blackness, with the colour of imagination in the background. Sums up why I dropped physics at school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) I love Blake's painting of Newton, whereby the Newtonian knowledge leads only in to blackness, with the colour of imagination in the background. Sums up why I dropped physics at school. Could be interpreted that the blackness is the unknown and through imagination Newton is powering into it? Edited February 25, 2011 by trophyshy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22184 Posted February 25, 2011 Share Posted February 25, 2011 probably this or this owning a rothko would be cool but getting a house with walls big enough to hang one wouldn't be easy. i've got a print of this pic, which i love. wouldn't mind owning the original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43099 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Share Posted February 26, 2011 *cue Parky* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toonraider 0 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 probably this or this owning a rothko would be cool but getting a house with walls big enough to hang one wouldn't be easy. i've got a print of this pic, which i love. wouldn't mind owning the original Didnt Gemmill used to have that top one as his Avatar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Kinda 'off topic' but these books are brilliant - visually stunning . Great to pick up now and then . Chewing gum for the eyes if y like . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted February 26, 2011 Share Posted February 26, 2011 Kinda 'off topic' but these books are brilliant - visually stunning . Great to pick up now and then . Chewing gum for the eyes if y like . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) http://img585.imageshack.us/i/c40761.jpg Uploaded with ImageShack.us Edited February 27, 2011 by Rob W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Geekthread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10972 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) Quite like the art here and Here Edited March 3, 2011 by The Fish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angrysteve 0 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 (edited) Quite like the art here and Here If you like alternative film posters Fish, check out Olly Moss - may well be up your street? Edited March 3, 2011 by angrysteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10972 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 If you like alternative film posters Fish, check out Olly Moss - may well be up your street? Very cool sir, cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohhh_yeah 2991 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooner 243 Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Geekthread ^^^^^^ Mong post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 3, 2011 Share Posted March 3, 2011 Geekthread ^^^^^^ Mong post ^^^^ Just a mong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43099 Posted March 3, 2011 Author Share Posted March 3, 2011 Geekthread You might like this Skiddy Chris Ofili Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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