Who Loves Art
I read this forum 2 or 3 times a day for all the valuable information, but was thinking (always dangerous), that it might be nice to have a thread that is pleasing to the senses.
We could post some of our favourite images. I love Pre-Raphaelite art for instance, and will post this genre. We could also post some Youtube music. A positive way to promote healing and relaxation. I started this on my Breast Cancer Forum and everyone really loves it. Please join me. I'll start........enjoy! http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...7/stillman.jpg This will be a sticky thread so we won't have to go searching for it. |
William Adolph Bougeureau
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Waterhouse - Ophelia
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Thanks for this uplifting thread! I've always love the Pre-Raphaelites; the paintings are always infused with such light. Here's one of my favorite painters- not to be confused with Monet ;)
Bar at Folies-Bergeres http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/i...1881-02-lg.jpg |
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The Crystal Ball - John William Waterhouse
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...ball_skull.jpg Art detective work has uncovered the hidden secret of a £350,000 painting after it was "doctored" in the early 1950s. "The Crystal Ball" by John William Waterhouse RA (1849-1917) shows a young model in a red dress gazing into the ball, apparently weaving a spell with the aid of a book and a skull. |
John W. Waterhouse. Ophelia, 1910 http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...erhouse004.jpg This is the last of three paintings on Ophelia; it was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1910. John Christian remarks that the painting is stylistically interesting in that "the picture shows how Waterhouse combined Pre-Raphaelite subject matter with a bold impressionistic technique. Most English artists who adopted this method, notably the so-called Newlyn School, rejected the literary themes of the Pre-Raphaelites to paint scenes from modern life. Waterhouse, who knew many of the Newlyn artists, was unusual in attempting to bridge the gulf between the Pre-Raphaelite and realist traditions that divided British art from the 1880's on" (191). Striking too is how Waterhouse departs from the tradition elaborated over the decades; the girlish Ophelia dressed in a simple gown of virginal white is replaced with a voluptuous, mature young woman in a tailored blue and crimson gown with elegant gold embroidery. Two children in contemporary clothing look undiscerningly from the bridge, unaware that Ophelia presses on towards her fate. |
I love art!
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I have always loved art. There is something therapeutic about looking at art and engaging in art. I have been working with glass art for the past 3 yrs. It has been the most exciting venture I have had. Here is my latest sculpture. It is about 2 inches tall. It is the first in a series of my funky flower sculptures.
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Libra,
Looks beautiful! How long does it take to create some thing like that? I took a jewelery making class a few years ago, spent at least 5hr to make a bangle! It was so nice to create something that looks beautiful. Great thread, thanks for starting BlueD!' I love those pictures you posted, girija Quote:
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