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Noticed a bit of a blank spot here, we discuss movies, games, books, but never art. Do any of you have a specific interest in something, from architecture in general to whatever how small
literature = art 
Originally Posted by The Stranger:
literature = art
Sure, should have said visual art, paintings and sculptures (and architecture)literature = art
Anything painted or woven. Murals and such. Medieval or earlier.
I love visiting art museums. I like just about anything but modern art. My favorites are probably Japanese painting and Mesoamerican art.
as long as it's not just a red dot on a white canvas, it is art, i.e. I don't care really.
My office is really the only part of my house that I have any content control in-- original paintings are too expensive for my taste, (though I do have some CM Russel paintings, copies of course, but in great condition).
I've allways been in awe of the giant sized landscapes locations and constructs like castles larger than mountains or cities that sprawl for tens of miles, a hall that's the size of a colluseum if rthe colluseum was built for giants 20 feet high that sort of thing. Basically this sort of scale.
I know it when I see it
I used to only decorate w/ my own art and photos, but after my award-winning piece,"Dolphins killed my Father", mt creativity ran dry.
So now I only use the art of classic, ancient artists like Derek Erdman
https://www.derekerdman.com/paintings.htm
So now I only use the art of classic, ancient artists like Derek Erdman
https://www.derekerdman.com/paintings.htm
im a big monet fan.
modern art usually angers me actually.
modern art usually angers me actually.
monet doesnt qualify as modern? or you mean post-modern?
Originally Posted by The Stranger:
monet doesnt qualify as modern? or you mean post-modern?
Impressionism, absolutely modern artmonet doesnt qualify as modern? or you mean post-modern?
Originally Posted by Fragony:
Impressionism, absolutely modern art
you could argue that the impressionists were the very beginning of the "modern art" period.Impressionism, absolutely modern art
let me rephrase with the term contemporary.
Originally Posted by Centurion1:
you could argue that the impressionists were the very beginning of the "modern art" period.
Would be really hard to argue against it. I like Monet as well but it's a tier too high for me. Would love to own one one day.you could argue that the impressionists were the very beginning of the "modern art" period.
I am artistically challenged. I don't get it.
Originally Posted by Fragony:
Would be really hard to argue against it. I like Monet as well but it's a tier too high for me. Would love to own one one day.
Some art is too big to be 'owned' by anyone. Monet's work for instance.Would be really hard to argue against it. I like Monet as well but it's a tier too high for me. Would love to own one one day.
Big impressionism fan here. Also Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Picasso, Hopper. Bit of a hodge-podge.
If you want to discuss art, you could start by helping me understand why I adore both figurative and non-figurative art. Because I don't.
AII
Take a Mondriaan and replace a color, it won't make any sense anymore as a composition
Originally Posted by Fragony:
Balance on the eye, check for a 2/3 composition (figurative) or balance somewhere else, take a Mondriaan and replace a color, it won't make any sense anymore as a composition
A Mondriaan might make sense if you replace black by white. But your point is taken, you are probably right that colour has more to do with my inconsistent taste then anything else.Balance on the eye, check for a 2/3 composition (figurative) or balance somewhere else, take a Mondriaan and replace a color, it won't make any sense anymore as a composition
AII
Originally Posted by Adrian II:
A Mondriaan might make sense if you replace black by white. But your point is taken, you are probably right that colour has more to do with my inconsistent taste then anything else.
AII
Look at your hand, the point of your finger is 1/3 of your finger, just as your hand is 1/3 of your lower arm. No different with your feet, 1/3 of your lower leg. You will see that ratio in every composition if you look for it. Defigurative art goes against it and tries to find a new balance. Explained as good as I canA Mondriaan might make sense if you replace black by white. But your point is taken, you are probably right that colour has more to do with my inconsistent taste then anything else.
AII
I enjoy and collect watercolors. Like Strike, I know what I like when I see it. Here are a few I display in the house.
Originally Posted by Fragony:
Look at your hand, the point of your finger is 1/3 of your finger, just as your hand is 1/3 of your lower arm. No different with your feet, 1/3 of your lower leg. You will see that ratio in every composition if you look for it. Defigurative art goes against it and tries to find a new balance. Explained as good as I can
Maybe I don't understand it the way you mean, but err... my hand is more than half my lower arm. Same goes for my leg. If your hand is 1/3 of your lower arm then something went wrong, really wrong.Look at your hand, the point of your finger is 1/3 of your finger, just as your hand is 1/3 of your lower arm. No different with your feet, 1/3 of your lower leg. You will see that ratio in every composition if you look for it. Defigurative art goes against it and tries to find a new balance. Explained as good as I can
Oh and I don't get what's so special about a Mondriaan. I'm too sober for those things. I do appreciate a nice landscape and such.
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Or do you include your hand by saying lower arm?
Fragony is talking about the golden ratio. Something you can find everywhere in nature amongst them our own body. Apparently it's very pleasing to the eye hence the use in composition.
But still, I don't get the lower arm comparison.
Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito:
He looks like a fish.
Fishermen eventually show the wear of their trade, laddie.
Literature my friend. I love reading and I love writing.
Oh, you said visual art? Well in that case I shall mention murals and old paintings, preferably of historical characters or other history-related art.
Oh, you said visual art? Well in that case I shall mention murals and old paintings, preferably of historical characters or other history-related art.
I like portraits as such. There is something of a dark moodiness visible in them that I enjoy gazing at. More to be seen than just the models in my opinion.
Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring is definitely one of the best portraits.
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