The art makes the man

[Fragony]

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

[The Stranger]

literature = art

[Fragony]

literature = art

Sure, should have said visual art, paintings and sculptures (and architecture)

[A Nerd]

Anything painted or woven. Murals and such. Medieval or earlier.

[Husar]

I go to www.coolvibe.com rather often if that counts.

[Tuuvi]

I love visiting art museums. I like just about anything but modern art. My favorites are probably Japanese painting and Mesoamerican art.

[Ibrahim]

as long as it's not just a red dot on a white canvas, it is art, i.e. I don't care really.

[Samurai Waki]

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).

[Greyblades]

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.

[Strike For The South]

I know it when I see it

[Major Robert Dump]

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

[Centurion1]

im a big monet fan.

modern art usually angers me actually.

[The Stranger]

monet doesnt qualify as modern? or you mean post-modern?

[Fragony]

monet doesnt qualify as modern? or you mean post-modern?

Impressionism, absolutely modern art

[Centurion1]

Impressionism, absolutely modern art

you could argue that the impressionists were the very beginning of the "modern art" period.

let me rephrase with the term contemporary.

[Fragony]

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.

[Rhyfelwyr]

I am artistically challenged. I don't get it.

[Adrian II]

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.

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

[Fragony]

Take a Mondriaan and replace a color, it won't make any sense anymore as a composition

[Adrian II]

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.

AII

[Fragony]

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 can

[Hosakawa Tito]

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.

[Drunk Clown]

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.

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.

[edit]

Or do you include your hand by saying lower arm?

[Peasant Phill]

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.

[Drunk Clown]

But still, I don't get the lower arm comparison.

[Populus Romanus]

He looks like a fish.

[A Nerd]

Fishermen eventually show the wear of their trade, laddie.

[edyzmedieval]

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.

[A Nerd]

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.

[edyzmedieval]

Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring is definitely one of the best portraits.