Every week (beginning Monday, because I said so) everyone will come here and share... something. This week, share your favorite artist. (not music artist, just... artist.) First poster gets to choose what we share next week. Jennifer Miller- creator of fine gryphon art, as well as all sorts of other things. You can find her works at deviantart... here's a link to get you started ( http://www.deviantart.com/view/19188225/ ) Click on ~Nambroth~ to access her main menu.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
I've always been very attached to Jules Tavernier and his Sunrise Over Diamond Head, but I couldn't say why.
I guess that's one of the good things about art.
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
Wow. That is just... wow. You've got good taste, Celaeno.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Thanks, Jimbo.
And a question of clarification: I'm considered the first poster, right? So I get to choose next week's?
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
Yup. Any idea what you're going to choose?
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
It's no fun if I tell. You'll have to wait and see.
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
Jacek Yerka. Gorgeous surrealist paintings.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
I find naming a favorite too definitive. So instead, if I may, I'll name one of my favorites. Josh Simpson is a pretty incredible glass artist. I own a couple of his small glass "worlds". I really want to own one of his "tektites" someday.
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
For me it's probably a tie beteen Hagesandros, Athanodoros and Polydoros of Rhodes, who were responsible for the Laocoön, and for someof the sculpture in Tiberius' Grotto in Sperlonga.
I'm a huge sucker for Hellenistic baroque sculpture. Check out the image linked to in the word "of" just above. The artists are depicting, in sculptural form, Odysseus stealing a statue of Athena. The problem with doing this is that you run the risk of having it look as though it's just a person holding up a smaller person. In order to avoid this they used elements of the archaic style, with its static, stylized forms and lines, on the statue of Athena, and depicted Odysseus in a hyper-realistic style. The contrast between Odysseus's hand and forearm and the statue is absolutely breath-taking, I've always thought. Your milage may vary though--I'm never actually met anyone else who was particularly impressed by this.
[Edit--I forgot to say who it was a tie between. It's either the artists I just went on about or Rodin. I find his stuffmesmerizing. My favorite of his works is the Danaid.]
[ April 17, 2006, 11:49 AM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
I'm pretty impressed. That's an interesting artistic problem, and a very clever solution.
I actually clicked the link before reading your explanation and I thought the hand looked much more realistic than the "statue", which I thought at first was a child. Now that I know the explanation it makes much more sense.
However, since we've never "actually met", your last sentence is still true. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:However, since we've never "actually met"...
We need to remedy that at some point.
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
Well, if you make it to Jenny Gardener's May Revel . . .
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You're going to be there? That's fantastic--it's looking more and more like I'll be able to make it to it.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:(not music artist, just... artist.)
Does this mean that they don't have to be musical artists, or that they cannot be musical artists?
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
No musical artists. This week. Future weeks may have us talking about bands and what not.
Oh, and thank you, Noemon.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I'm still confused. Is it only musical artists that are excluded? Or is it everything except painters and sculpters?
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
Painters, sculpters... Physical artists. Artists whose works please the eye. As opposed to music artists, who please the ear. Get it now, Porteiro?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Yes. Artists who create a physical artifact intended to please the eye. Dancers and filmmakers are right out.
[ April 17, 2006, 01:12 PM: Message edited by: mr_porteiro_head ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I'd say that dancers would be allowed, since their artwork is perceived visually.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Now I don't know if I get it. <_<
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
*scratches head* Let's do dancers another week.
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
All of y'all are so well-versed in art! I only know the 'big names' that I have picked up in my Humanities course.
If I had to pick one artist, it would be Kandinsky (whose name I probably mispelled). I love how he tried to link art, music, line, and color.
Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
I think the term we're looking for would here is 'plastic artist' - dancers would be performing artists, and I think filmmakers are classified as such also.
My favorite artist who's working currently is Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. She does a lot of fantasy and folklore-based work, like this, this, and this. She's also working on a set of absolutely gorgeous tarot cards that I can't wait for her to finish. I wander through her site every few weeks, and I always feel inspired to do something creative afterwards.
My favorite dead artist is probably good ol' Salvador Dali, and I also quite enjoy JohnMartin's paintings.
Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
Oh, and I'm very amused by this set of paintings I saw at the Louvre - they're portraits of people sort of personifying the four seasons, and their faces are made of pieces of nature, i.e. "Autumn" is made of various squashes and apples and the like. I can't remember the artist or the title, and my Google skillz are failing me. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
Edit: Never mind, I found him! Giuseppe Arcimboldi Posted by Flaming Toad on a Stick (Member # 9302) on :
My favourite artist in that category would have to be Diego Rivera.
Posted by Wonder Dog (Member # 5691) on :
Bathsheba Grossman is amazing. Absolutley amazing. Math-based art is sooo cool. Bathsheba Grossman's homepage Posted by jeniwren (Member # 2002) on :
My favorite artist is Jackson Pollock. But since lithographs and other reproductions don't really do his work justice, it's not very practical to call him my favorite. I've only seen one original.
From a practical standpoint, my next favorite is Rodo Boulanger. My mom gave me two lithographs, and I have three knockoffs in her style that I love.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Wonder Dog: Bathsheba Grossman is amazing. Absolutley amazing. Math-based art is sooo cool. Bathsheba Grossman's homepage
Those are incredibly cool!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Monet is by far my favorite artist. I could sit for hours looking at his paintings. I don't know why, they just grab me. And I have been exposed to a lot of art. My mother loves art and loves to paint, and I've been to quite a few rather large museums (Louvre, etc). And yet regardless of how much art I see, I still prefer Monet.
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
By the way Nell, I REALLY liked that first John Martin painting. In fact, it's my desktop now.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Carrie, I share your appreciation for the Laocoön, and I appreciate the Diskobolos (although not to the degree that you do--I'm a sucker for Hellenistic Baroque), but what is it about The Charioteer that does it for you? I know it's a renowned piece, but somehow it's never appealed to me.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Constantin Brancusi's The Muse.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
That is a cool one, CT. How big is it?
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
It's small -- 7" x 12", I think. He worked in bronze and marble, so there are some similar pieces in bronze (and some upright, etc.).
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Edited to add: Reminds me of netsuke. I like small, closed forms of sculpture as well as the larger, powerful pieces like those you linked, Noemon. I can't afford the large ones, though. *grin
One of my birthday presents to David was a small carved wooden horse netsuke, very intense but very tight. The "wood horse" matched his birth year attributes (Chinese zodiac?).
[ April 18, 2006, 12:07 PM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
I suppose I might mention that I'm a huge fan of Benjamin West, if only because we share the same name.
Posted by human_2.0 (Member # 6006) on :
I think Brian Kershisnik is a genius. It was hard to limit what to show to just this list...
"Perhaps art is a rend—a hole, a place where a seam in the body or spirit did not quite come together and as a result another pure authentic reality leaks out not necessarily in intentional ways." - Read all Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
quote:Originally posted by ClaudiaTherese: It's small -- 7" x 12", I think. He worked in bronze and marble, so there are some similar pieces in bronze (and some upright, etc.).
Ah--I could have believed either tiny or huge with that one.
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quote:Edited to add: Reminds me of netsuke. I like small, closed forms of sculpture as well as the larger, powerful pieces like those you linked, Noemon. I can't afford the large ones, though. *grin
Yeah, the ones I linked to might be a bit pricy. And tough to fit into the shoebox along with all of the other worldly goods you'll be taking to Canada.
In terms of what your piece brought to mind, it made me think of stuff from the early Cycladic periods.
You know, it's kind of funny. I was looking at some examples of the type of sculpture I had linked to in my initial post in this thread, and thinking that it seemed like the sort of work that Beethoven would have produced, had he been a sculptor rather than a composer.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
quote:Originally posted by Noemon: Carrie, I share your appreciation for the Laocoön, and I appreciate the Diskobolos (although not to the degree that you do--I'm a sucker for Hellenistic Baroque), but what is it about The Charioteer that does it for you? I know it's a renowned piece, but somehow it's never appealed to me.
It's primarily the fact that it still exists. I find that to be simply astonishing. I also am fond of the folds of the fabric. I know they're seen elsewhere (and often done better), but I find the simple style refreshing.
I can't really articulate it - it's just one of those "grab-you-by-the-shirt-collar" pieces for me. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, it is really amazing that it still exists, isn't it?
The fabric treatment on a sculpture that really does it for me is the Nike of Samothrace. I would love to be able to go back in time and look at that piece when it was still intact.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I was googling around for a really good picture of the Nike of Samothrace, and found this. The text isn't English, but I was just looking for a good picture, so that's not an issue for me. You can zoom in on different parts of the image if you click the "V" button. Check out the way the artist depicts the wet fabric against her stomach. I would love to have that kind of skill.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
That is an awesome feature to have for looking at a statue. Go them!
I agree with the wet fabric, though I've always been more fond of the billowing robe behind/below her. That marble could look so lifelike - as if it were billowing in the wind - is amazing.
I would love you to have that kind of skill as well. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Yeah, the billowing is all kinds of cool, isn't it?
Check out the rest of the site. Some of the statues also have a 360 option that lets you circle the work (or spin it in place, depending on your perspective). Unfortunately it requires Quicktime, and iTunes refuses to function on my machine, so I can't look at those.
quote:I would love you to have that kind of skill as well.
Wow. That is just... wow. You've got good taste, Celaeno.
That is stunning.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I'm pretty sure that my grandmother had a framed print of that in her house when I was growing up.
Posted by Celaeno (Member # 8562) on :
Hi Jimbo, I'm really sorry! It totally slipped my mind.
Also, I'm glad some of you liked that piece. I own a print of it and am currently trying to figure out where in my tiny apartment it belongs.
Okay, new topic: What is your favorite smell?
Mine (currently) is that of new paper when you first tear open the ream.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
Residual pipe smell on clothing.
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
Fresh-baked apple pie. I think I could smell that every day and not get sick of it.
I also love the smell of old books.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
quote:Originally posted by Celaeno: Hi Jimbo, I'm really sorry! It totally slipped my mind.
Also, I'm glad some of you liked that piece. I own a print of it and am currently trying to figure out where in my tiny apartment it belongs.
Okay, new topic: What is your favorite smell?
Mine (currently) is that of new paper when you first tear open the ream.
Ooo, I do love that smell, but over that I'm going to have to go with onions on the fryer.
Posted by Amilia (Member # 8912) on :
Popcorn.
Posted by Nell Gwyn (Member # 8291) on :
I really like the smell of leather. I usually pause every time I go by Wilson's in the mall and inhale deeply.
The old book smell is also a favorite.
Posted by signal (Member # 6828) on :
Spent brake dust from brake pads and rotors and tires at their limit on a race car. My sense of smell doesn't work so well, so it may not be as pleasant for someone else as I perceive them to be.
New car smell would also be up there.
Posted by Kristen (Member # 9200) on :
I love the smell of autumn in New England.
Posted by Bella Bee (Member # 7027) on :
Freshly cut grass and the smell of Harrod's chocolate hall (mmm, inhaled chocolate).
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
I'm another for the old book crowd. Still, all time top has to be way the flowers around my house mix with the trees and water from the lake. (No problem, by the way, Celaeno.)
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
For me it's probably the smell of baking bread. The smell of old books is a close second.
Posted by Boon (Member # 4646) on :
Mine's that clean baby smell...you know, baby powder, fresh milk, and baby breath.
Posted by aiua (Member # 7825) on :
Friendship bread is amazing.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
The inside of my nose, because it's pretty constant and absolutely never bothers me, which is more than I can say for almost everything.
Hmm... as for a real answer, favorite smells usually mean favorite things are right around the corner, so: Maker's Mark or Woodford Reserve, and Bubble Berry.
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Coffee grounds
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
Isn't it time for a new topic?
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Favorite looking car.
Pontiac Fiero. The really skinny 4 cylinder ones. Yeah, I know they burst into spontaneous oil fires. But they look awesome.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
I believe the rules say that the first person to answer the last question gets to ask the next question. So that would be airmanfour.
Posted by Jimbo the Clown (Member # 9251) on :
Since Celaeno was late, let's keep going with his question until airmanfour puts a new one up. Sound good, folks?
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