What's your favourite piece of art?
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Hadn't realised there is an art section 
. The Arnolfini portrait is one I always make sure to see on visits to London, and the Wilton dyptich:
When I visited New York nearly 20 years ago, this one stopped me in my tracks (La Princessa de Broglie by Ingres)
Last one, "Self portrait as the allegory of painting" by Artemisia Gentileschi, owned by the Royal Family since it was painted (except during the revolution when Charles I's collection was sold off).
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. The Arnolfini portrait is one I always make sure to see on visits to London, and the Wilton dyptich:When I visited New York nearly 20 years ago, this one stopped me in my tracks (La Princessa de Broglie by Ingres)
Last one, "Self portrait as the allegory of painting" by Artemisia Gentileschi, owned by the Royal Family since it was painted (except during the revolution when Charles I's collection was sold off).
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This guys art has been popping up on my instagram- I quite like abstract paintings and some of them are really interesting pieces
https://www.instagram.com/markrossartist?igsh=MTU0...
https://www.instagram.com/markrossartist?igsh=MTU0...
bigmowley said:
LS Lowery for me. We have a print of “The country road” hanging in our dining room. Mrs BigM and I both love it. As Northeners we both feel very connected to it. It reminds me a lots of bits of the Isle of Man as well. Especially Ballakeighan corner on the Southern 100 course.
Lovely, we have an 'original' oil copy of 'a church in the hollow' by a very talented friend on ours!!Another fave of mine is Girl in a chemise by Picasso
The Tate analysis on this piece is amazing and details the transformation of the original painting of a boy into what is beleived to be his squeeze at the time - Madeleine.
https://www.tate.org.uk/research/tate-papers/28/pi...
The Tate analysis on this piece is amazing and details the transformation of the original painting of a boy into what is beleived to be his squeeze at the time - Madeleine.
https://www.tate.org.uk/research/tate-papers/28/pi...
Edited by Dog Biscuit on Saturday 9th August 06:13
Glad Artemisia Gentileschi got a shout. Her depiction of Judith Slaying Holofernes blows Caravaggios effort out of the water. Her focus is on Judith and the concentration on her face is compelling. Caravaggios is about Holofernes's grisly death, hers is about Judith and what she has to do to protect her people.
Ace-T said:
Glad Artemisia Gentileschi got a shout. Her depiction of Judith Slaying Holofernes blows Caravaggios effort out of the water. Her focus is on Judith and the concentration on her face is compelling. Caravaggios is about Holofernes's grisly death, hers is about Judith and what she has to do to protect her people.
The bed linen is stunning. Master of lightTricky isn't it ?... deciding on your favourite piece.
I happened to be in Edinburgh a decade ago when Monet's waterlilies were on display. They were the most incredible art I'd ever seen. They were the most beautiful art I'd ever seen ... and they were BIG, which added to the incredibleness.
Visiting Musée d'Orsay was my next great art experience. Manet, Monet, Vincent Van Gogh... paintings that appear in books and on t-shirts... there they are in real life !
When this thread started, my first thought was the painting by Gustave Caillebotte, displayed at Musée d'Orsay, Les Raboteurs de parquet.
The subject matter resonates for me and I love the light. It was revolutionary in its day.
"Despite the effort Caillebotte put into the painting, it was rejected by France's most prestigious art exhibition, the Salon, in 1875. The depiction of working-class people in their trade, not fully clothed, shocked the jurors and was deemed a "vulgar subject matter"
But then I thought if a building can be a piece of art then the Sagrada Familia is my choice. I've made the journey to see it a few times now, just to stand and take it all in. Every 2 or 3 years I get the urge to see how things are coming along and I've not done that with any other piece of art.
I happened to be in Edinburgh a decade ago when Monet's waterlilies were on display. They were the most incredible art I'd ever seen. They were the most beautiful art I'd ever seen ... and they were BIG, which added to the incredibleness.
Visiting Musée d'Orsay was my next great art experience. Manet, Monet, Vincent Van Gogh... paintings that appear in books and on t-shirts... there they are in real life !
When this thread started, my first thought was the painting by Gustave Caillebotte, displayed at Musée d'Orsay, Les Raboteurs de parquet.
The subject matter resonates for me and I love the light. It was revolutionary in its day.
"Despite the effort Caillebotte put into the painting, it was rejected by France's most prestigious art exhibition, the Salon, in 1875. The depiction of working-class people in their trade, not fully clothed, shocked the jurors and was deemed a "vulgar subject matter"
But then I thought if a building can be a piece of art then the Sagrada Familia is my choice. I've made the journey to see it a few times now, just to stand and take it all in. Every 2 or 3 years I get the urge to see how things are coming along and I've not done that with any other piece of art.
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