TranceAddict Forums Archive > Main Forums > Chill Out Room Pages: 1 [2] 3 4  Favorite Painter/Painting? (pg. 2) View this Thread in Original format Lilith Thomas Gainsborough, John Collier & John Constable, probably not that exciting but I admire them for the beauty they capture. sensorium Palladium quote: Originally posted by Lira http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persistence_of_Memory thanks i also like: nefardec quote: Originally posted by Lira What if I ask you what your favourite school/style is? I don't prescribe to the art historian way of looking at art, that is stylistically. i like ideas that being said, i like the ideas of the futurists, particularly giacomo balla. his early work was amazing, but i don't even know if you can find it online. I saw a lot of it in MAXXI in rome. (museum of 20th century art) i mean Giotto's arena chapel fresco has to be way up there on my list: it's just incredible. you need to see it in person. rafael - school of athens mantegna - the dead christ (MINDBLOWING for its time) http://history.hanover.edu/courses/art/mandc.jpg el greco - burial of the count orgaz http://www.mackeyinc.com/images/Art...0El%20Greco.jpg hieronymous bosch - the garden of earthly delights http://homepage.mac.com/kennyneal/jei/050825bosch01.jpg giulio romano - the fall of the giants fresco in palazzo del te, mantova http://www.all-art.org/early_renais...tto/romano1.jpg de chirico - the melancholy of departure http://www.moma.org/images/collecti...es/80183002.jpg picasso - the old guitar player http://www.bitsonline.net/sabeen/im...blue_guitar.jpg duchamp - nude descending staircase http://physics.weber.edu/carroll/ho...mages/nude2.jpg klimt - portrait of adele bloch bauer http://www.booksplendour.com.au/gal...loch-Bauer.jpeg giacomo balla - speeding automobile http://www.mishabittleston.com/arti..._Board-1913.jpg ghada amer - lucy in the clouds http://images.artnet.com/artwork_im..._ghada-amer.jpg jorge gonzales camarena - liberacion o la humanidad se libera de la miseria http://www.imagodeus.com/eduyneo/im...ip_image030.jpg there are so many more brandon bird (this guy lived in my building for a year) http://www.brandonbird.com/lazysunday.html http://www.brandonbird.com/signifier_signified.html http://www.brandonbird.com/kingofcage.html http://www.brandonbird.com/ron.html :p mezzir Been liking Edward Hopper's stuff lately. Also been trying to learn more about contemporary artists, my girlfriend's a painter and while I know the classics well, I'm woefully unschooled on current stuff. aquila I'm quite fond of Banksy's graffiti art. It's a perfect satire against political art. _Ocean_Drive_ David LaChapelle - Death By Hamburger Warhol - 210 Cola-bottles I think this Hopper painting is 'timeless' jdat quote: Originally posted by mezzir Been liking Edward Hopper's stuff lately. Also been trying to learn more about contemporary artists, my girlfriend's a painter and while I know the classics well, I'm woefully unschooled on current stuff. Edward Hopper <3 I love the stillness of life he captures. Along the same lines there's also Hammershøi. Painting with muted tones, making the strong points in his work what is usually not so evident in life. leph555 Frank Stella is sick, our lobby is covered with his work http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stella Lebezniatnikov Paul Klee - Rote und Weisse Kuppeln And I've always really liked the Haystack series by Monet: jonze i can't seem to find a good picture of it, but America Windows by Marc Chagall is one of my favorites Floorfiller i mostly like the old masters and the impressionists... CLICK TO RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE Pages: 1 [2] 3 4

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