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Jadeveon Clowney

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Re: Art.
« Reply #25 on: February 28, 2013, 11:41:31 PM »
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thanks for clarifying. 

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Re: Art.
« Reply #26 on: March 01, 2013, 12:43:00 AM »
I like shit like this.

I like neoclassical stuff too.  He's a southerner but I dig Titian's stuff.  His Venus of Urbino is one of my favorite paintings (and I hate Manet's profane Olympia).

The problem and benefit of these sorts of works is that the narrative is so allusive and involved that I often find it inaccessible without a history/mythology lesson.  I'm guessing the first pic you posted has to do with the dude who founded the Jesuits but beyond that I'm lost as to who is who and what they're up to.  

The second looks to be an adoration (I'm a little adorationed & annunciationed out), but I'm never able to appreciate the difference between one adoration and another in terms of narrative oriented non-technical aspects.  Storywise, you seen one adoration you've seen 'em all.  I prefer the mythological stories to the Christian ones even though I usually need it explained to me.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #27 on: March 01, 2013, 12:48:20 AM »

too many effete aesthetes on getbig these days. i blame the father of all getbig poseurs, dr chimp.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #28 on: March 01, 2013, 01:09:49 AM »
Her: "What Is that, it looks interesting..."

You: "Oh, it's just a representation of the random of the universe, depicted as 'splatter'"

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Re: Art.
« Reply #29 on: March 01, 2013, 01:12:42 AM »
Finally. Somebody sees Mary Cassatt they way I do.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #30 on: March 01, 2013, 01:20:33 AM »
Her: "What Is that, it looks interesting..."

You: "Oh, it's just a representation of the random of the universe, depicted as 'splatter'"


oh, who am i kidding? i made $x last year.

Her: That was a really insightful analysis of the work. I'd love to make you breakfast tomorrow.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #31 on: March 01, 2013, 01:22:54 AM »
Whoever has this in their house, the woman should run...

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Re: Art.
« Reply #32 on: March 01, 2013, 01:32:09 AM »

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Re: Art.
« Reply #33 on: March 01, 2013, 01:45:27 AM »
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Re: Art.
« Reply #34 on: March 01, 2013, 02:44:39 AM »
Cafe Terrace at Night.  I have a print of it in my living room.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #35 on: March 01, 2013, 04:01:42 AM »
I like neoclassical stuff too.  He's a southerner but I dig Titian's stuff.  His Venus of Urbino is one of my favorite paintings (and I hate Manet's profane Olympia).

The problem and benefit of these sorts of works is that the narrative is so allusive and involved that I often find it inaccessible without a history/mythology lesson.  I'm guessing the first pic you posted has to do with the dude who founded the Jesuits but beyond that I'm lost as to who is who and what they're up to.  

The second looks to be an adoration (I'm a little adorationed & annunciationed out), but I'm never able to appreciate the difference between one adoration and another in terms of narrative oriented non-technical aspects.  Storywise, you seen one adoration you've seen 'em all.  I prefer the mythological stories to the Christian ones even though I usually need it explained to me.

The narrative of Christian themed paintings is now not so relevant. The masterpieces from the Renaissance have now gained significance above the cultural codes of their time.
I had pretty much the same feeling as you when I went for a 3 week vacation in Tuscany (went to Lucca, Volterra, Prato, Pistoia, Cortona, Arezzo, Siena, San Gimignano, etc.....). I must have seen more than a thousand Madonnas. I first got quickly tired of it but then slowly I started seeing how painters like Simone Martini, Lorenzo Monaco, Filippo Lippi, Duccio, etc.....managed to use a pre formatted form to express things way above the religious symbol.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #36 on: March 01, 2013, 04:06:58 AM »
Finally. Somebody sees Mary Cassatt they way I do.

Was she pointalism or the painter of females? My 6th grade art teachings elude me.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #37 on: March 01, 2013, 04:35:21 AM »
Art.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #38 on: March 01, 2013, 04:40:37 AM »
I've got some Kandinsky, modern Chinese artists, Danish postmodern painting ..etc..

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Re: Art.
« Reply #39 on: March 01, 2013, 06:24:58 AM »
For impressionists, I like Mary Cassatt.  A lot of her paintings have a natural intimacy that other artists couldn't quite achieve, and we get to voyeuristically see the inner tension of her subjects which they themselves only just became aware of.  Her settings are so quiet and the action is so subdued, but you know that you're witnessing the pivotal moment for someone.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #40 on: March 01, 2013, 06:40:00 AM »
Christian Reese Lassen is also another favorite. I'd like to buy an original one day.
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Re: Art.
« Reply #41 on: March 01, 2013, 09:22:32 AM »

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Re: Art.
« Reply #42 on: March 01, 2013, 09:33:58 AM »

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Re: Art.
« Reply #43 on: March 01, 2013, 09:47:42 AM »
That guy killed Mozart!



Mo who? I dunno, I killed a lot of people. :D

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Re: Art.
« Reply #44 on: March 01, 2013, 10:58:56 AM »
That guy killed Mozart!



I think Alejandro Sosa had that guy killed.

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Re: Art.
« Reply #45 on: March 01, 2013, 11:09:18 AM »
your mom is hanging upside down in my room

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Re: Art.
« Reply #46 on: March 01, 2013, 11:29:31 AM »
Art you say?


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Re: Art.
« Reply #47 on: March 03, 2013, 03:00:48 AM »
 ;D
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Re: Art.
« Reply #48 on: March 04, 2013, 04:06:41 PM »
I LIKE PAINTINGS OF VINEYARDS









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Re: Art.
« Reply #49 on: March 04, 2013, 04:24:29 PM »
ITS BECAUSE YOURE AN EXTREMELY CONFUSEd YOUNG MAN

I LIKE PAINTINGS OF VINEYARDS









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