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Posted by SuperFarStucker on Dec-10-2003 03:07:

Greatest artistic mind ever?

Salvador Dali

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...60717516&itm=67
A comprehensive list of dali's works arranged by relative date, and theme (might as well be dictionary its so thick...)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...56898359X&itm=1
A project Dali undertook for the 1939 world fair, very interesting and goes to show just how imaginative the guy was (although it wasn't solely his undertaking he was the mastermind)

two books about him of many...

His surrealist work is simply incredible... The amount of works he composed over his life is innumerable and he seems to explore every facet imaginable of reality and challenges the status quo openly.

I just thought this would be a neat thread... feel free to offer whoever you think deserves the title...

edit: fixed links, added descriptions

Posted by Omegasox on Dec-10-2003 03:31:

I've always been partial to Picasso.

Posted by wienerschnitzel on Dec-10-2003 03:45:

my favorite has always been van gogh!

Posted by DJ Chrono on Dec-10-2003 03:46:

I like alot of dali's work, but I wouldnt say he is the best. I personally like yoshitaka amano because of his unique style and his ablility to use watercolour.

Posted by jdjd on Dec-10-2003 03:48:

Re: Greatest artistic mind ever?

quote:
Originally posted by SuperFarStucker
Salvador Dali

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...60717516&itm=67

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/bo...60717516&itm=67

two of many...

His surrealist work is simply incredible... The amount of works he composed over his life is innumerable and he seems to explore every facet imaginable of reality and challenges the status quo openly.

I just thought this would be a neat thread... feel free to offer whoever you think deserves the title...

I like his stuff too, he's got a good imagination, but ive seen better... quite the nutjob too hehe

Posted by Turbonium on Dec-10-2003 03:49:

Honestly I can't say I have a favourite artist. Every artist excels at conducting a specific part of the art spectrum (which I consider pretty infinite) towards the audience.

Posted by MrSquirrel on Dec-10-2003 03:54:

I am intruiged by Dali's work. But I have always been more partial to sculpture than painting and Rodin was one of the true masters of that art form.

MrS

Posted by Mebot on Dec-10-2003 04:13:

Da Vinci had the greatest artistic development, he was a true renaissance man and his artwork portrayed it

But I think Albrecht Durer was quite phenomenonal with his realistic portraits and his precisely detailed wood and metal engravings.

Posted by sym on Dec-10-2003 04:27:

*gasp* a real intellectual discussion in chill out???

What next? No Bandwagons?!?!

Where does it end?

Posted by djHollen on Dec-10-2003 04:29:

Monet

Posted by Turbonium on Dec-10-2003 04:43:

quote:
Originally posted by Mebot
Da Vinci had the greatest artistic development, he was a true renaissance man and his artwork portrayed it

But I think Albrecht Durer was quite phenomenonal with his realistic portraits and his precisely detailed wood and metal engravings.

Yes he was quite amazing in his own light, but he was also somewhat of an arrogant character. He has drawn himself similar to Christ's figure on some occasions...

Posted by jinxed84 on Dec-10-2003 04:53:

yeah ive always liked Dali. But Escher rocks too.

Posted by wienerschnitzel on Dec-10-2003 05:12:

quote:
Originally posted by Turbonium
Yes he was quite amazing in his own light, but he was also somewhat of an arrogant character. He has drawn himself similar to Christ's figure on some occasions...

he was deffinatly a pompas prick but his work is so badass.

Posted by wienerschnitzel on Dec-10-2003 05:14:

my favorite painting

Posted by Fast Turtle on Dec-10-2003 05:15:

I'm partial to van gogh...but saying one artist is better than another is like saying jungle is better than techno, etc...It's a matter of personal taste.

Posted by wienerschnitzel on Dec-10-2003 05:17:

this is true... i probably have a favorite artist from every era.. but if i had to choose a personal favorite i would most definately say van gogh, appologys for my spelling tonight.

Posted by TwoPlow on Dec-10-2003 05:24:

H.R. Giger or Rebecca Guay is my favorite, but I think Da Vinci is probably the best. I mean, the guy caused the term "Renaissance man" He could do everything, and do it well. So while he's not my favorite, it is asking for the greatest, and I think it would be him.

Posted by Excite on Dec-10-2003 05:34:

what are you talking about?? Michelangelo is Mr. Renaissance. His 'David' sculpture and the Sistine Chapel not to mention the St. Peter Basilica are truely mindblowing..

Posted by SuperFarStucker on Dec-10-2003 05:44:

I didn't mean for my prompt to be so pedantic in nature. Music, Sculptures, writing, whatever, it's all art. I would also like to point out the difference between favorite and greatest.

I would measure somebody up as greatest by a number of factors: 1. magnitude of works (number, scale, diversity), 2. effects of works on the world (how many books have been written about the person???), 3. test of time...

are all the obvious ones i can think of atm...

Posted by Redeye on Dec-10-2003 05:58:

this topic covers such a broad area. Artistic minds??? hmm...

I'd have to go with Socrates, Plato, and Michaelangelo...Each 1 in his own way paved the road to supreme wisdom and understanding...Socrates/Plato did so through intellectual debates whereas Michaelangelo did so through his art and creativity...I could choose a million more people, but these 3 were the 1st to hit me

Posted by Mebot on Dec-10-2003 06:10:

quote:
Originally posted by Excite
what are you talking about?? Michelangelo is Mr. Renaissance. His 'David' sculpture and the Sistine Chapel not to mention the St. Peter Basilica are truely mindblowing..

There was no one Renaissance man. A lot of figures in the 15th and 16th century were deemed Renaissance men. Da Vinci, Erasmus, Michelangelo, Brunelleschi, Alberti and Medici

Each is respectable in different areas of Art, paintings, sculpture, architecture etc..

Posted by Pio on Dec-10-2003 06:22:

Some of my favorite artistic minds....

Favorite painters: Depends on the era. Twentieth century would be a tossup between Joan Mir�, Salvador Dal� and Pablo Picasso. Those Spaniards were simply unstoppable. I also have a soft spot for other painters like the Dutch masters, Rembrandt and Van Gogh. Also the French impressionists like Monet.

Favorite architect: Antonio Gaud� hands down. Can anything be more amazing than La Sagrada Familia or any of his other buildings in Barcelona?? I'm also loving the current work of Dutch superstar architect Rem Koolhaas (trance is not the only art that the Dutch are internationally renowned for nowadays )

Favorite musical minds: The three Bs pretty much tell the story of how Western art music developed from the German/Vienna side: Bach, Beethoven, Brahms. Also have to give a shoutout to Mozart, his structure in composition is just godlike. I love the Twentieth century Russians more than any other group: Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev etc. Also the French impressionists like Debussy and Ravel. Minimalists like Steve Reich and Terry Reily. John Cage, Brian Eno, Kraftwerk. And then there is Tiesto....

Posted by nrjizer on Dec-10-2003 06:38:

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Chrono
I like alot of dali's work, but I wouldnt say he is the best. I personally like yoshitaka amano because of his unique style and his ablility to use watercolour.

Isnt that the guy who draws the manual art for FF games?

Posted by DrUg_Tit0 on Dec-10-2003 13:49:

Hmm, well, let's see...

In art, I'd go for Dali, although I like Van Gogh, Escher and most of the Rennaisance artists too.

In architecture it would definitely be Gaudi...although recently I'm starting to like some more modern buildings too. Unfortunately I don't know who constructed them.

Now, as far as music goes, aside from many trance producers, I like Vivaldi, Beethoven and many medieval producers. From the more modern artists I'd mention Jean Michel Jarre, Vangelis and Kraftwerk.

Posted by djHollen on Dec-10-2003 17:00:

Michaelangelo was a much better sculptor than a painter. he knew that himself too.

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