User Panel
Posted: 12/7/2001 4:30:55 AM EDT
[img]http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/images/willendorfa.jpg[/img]
"Venus of Willendorf" 22,000-24,000 BC, stone |
|
Quoted: [img]http://witcombe.sbc.edu/willendorf/images/willendorfa.jpg[/img] "Venus of Willendorf" 22,000-24,000 BC, stone View Quote I always loved pre-historic art. Homeric Greek was crude by Hellenistic standards, somewhere between this and what we consider Classical Greek and (Roman) Late Republic/early Empire sculpture... |
|
[img]http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/viennamuseum/moore.jpg[/img]
[i]Parze[/i], Henry Moore, bronze, 1957 |
|
Clearly, you are posting this just for its sexual titillation value. One more reason why you will go to hell when you die, Major.
|
|
You're preaching to the choir, Major-Murphy! I had planned on getting a doctorate in art history prior to going to law school. Even had the place picked out - University of North Carolina, where they had a great program back in the 70s.
Then the first Miz Hun and I had our daughter, Lorelei, and, well, I cut out the [i]'ars gratis artis'[/i] bit and went straight to law school! I'd always hoped to accumulate sufficient funds to go back, but I was so easily called away... Eric The(WhatMightHaveBeen)Hun[>]:)] |
|
Quoted: Clearly, you are posting this just for its sexual titillation value. One more reason why you will go to hell when you die, Major. View Quote I thought the Autarch was Immortal...[>:/] It DOES, however, fit nicely into the Murphwandean Ignorant Savages vernacular. |
|
I like this, and it DOES come from the African continent...
[img]http://www.louvre.fr/img/photos/collec/ae/grande/e10781.jpg[/img] |
|
[img]http://www.beloit.edu/historyofart/neareast/images/lioness1.jpg[/img]
"Dying Lioness", 650 BC, Assyrian |
|
... or this
[img]http://www.louvre.fr/img/photos/collec/ae/grande/e7703.jpg[/img] |
|
Statuette of a Horse
Greek, from Olympia. Geometric Period, ca. 750-700 B.C. Bronze. Carlos Collection of Ancient Greek Art. 1984.5 [img]http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/CLASSIC/IMAGES-CLASSIC/classic01L.jpg[/img] |
|
One of my favorites:
"Dying Warrior", 490 BC, Greek [img]http://www.mica.edu/Mann/ancient/Part_2/Greek/Sculpture/dyingwarrior002.jpg[/img] |
|
Syro-Hittite, 2000 - 1700 B.C. Clay, 5 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. (14.8 x 4.6 cm).
[img]http://carlos.emory.edu/COLLECTION/NEAREAST/IMAGES-NEAREAST/neareast04L.jpg[/img] |
|
"Snake Goddess" 1600 BC, Knossos, Crete
[img]http://witcombe.sbc.edu/snakegoddess/images/minoansnakegoddess2a.jpg[/img] |
|
[img]http://www.ehomebook.com/users/Golgo-13/images/CARAVAG5.jpg[/img]
Caravagio is great. If you study his biography, he was a real hell-raising tough guy. He killed a fellow over a tennis match, for instance. One of my favorite artists, too. His series of painting about the passion of Christ are among my favorite works of any kind. |
|
Hey, dammit, stay with the statuary!
Doryphoros (The Canon, or Spear Carrier) marble, c450 BC (Vatican Museums) [img]http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/SCULPT/doryphoros.jpg[/img] |
|
The "Three Goddesses" from the east pediment (London, British Museum)
This one intrigues me... [img]http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/SCULPT/goddesss.jpg[/img] |
|
...and finally, my favorite from Classical sculpture
Dying Gaul from Monument to Attalos II, Pergamon (Roman marble copy after c240 bronze, Rome, Capitoline Museum) [img]http://harpy.uccs.edu/greek/sculpt/deadbarb.jpg[/img] |
|
"Temptation of St. Anthony", Bosch.
[img]http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/art/b/bosch/painting/triptyc1/tempt_c.jpg[/img] |
|
[img]http://www.ehomebook.com/users/Golgo-13/images/death.jpg[/img]
My all-time favorite painting. I have a framed copy hanging in my gun room. I like to think of myself as being most like one of the guys in the lower right corner. |
|
I love Van Gogh.
[img]www.ar15.com/members/albums/AR%5FRifle%2FGogh%2Ejpg[/img] |
|
Arno Breker must be a modernist. What was he trying to say with that little red x in a white box, do you suppose?
|
|
Bernini, "the Ecstasy of St. Teresa" (This one hangs in my Bedroom [;)])
[img]http://www.roanoke.edu/staff/long/BerTeresaLg.jpg[/img] |
|
AR_Rifle, I have a print of that. It will hang proudly in my barracks room when I get back to Ft. Bragg.
|
|
Charles Ray's "Firetruck" 1993
It's a child's toy, blown up to life size -Fucking genius! painted aluminum, fiberglass, and Plexiglas 144 x 96 x 558 inches [img]http://www.broadartfoundation.org/images/artwork/ray_firetruck_lg.jpg[/img] |
|
Quoted: One of my favorites: "Dying Warrior", 490 BC, Greek [img]http://www.mica.edu/Mann/ancient/Part_2/Greek/Sculpture/dyingwarrior002.jpg[/img] View Quote Beautiful. I've been so caught up in the technical side of life for so many years that I've forgotten how much I enjoy looking at stuff like this. It's one thing to read about ancient civilizations, another to see their work. Thank you, Major Murphy. |
|
[img]http://www.ehomebook.com/users/Golgo-13/images/notime2.jpg[/img]
Just to show that I am not entirely the high-minded intellectual that you all believe me to be, this one is from a series done for a calender in the 1950's. The artist, a fellow named Frahm, isn't remembered for anything other than the "panties falling down" series. Certainly, he was no Vargas, but on this one idea he displayed a spark of talent. |
|
That's ^ a good one.
...and you just can't beat a Leonardo drawing: [img]http://banzai.msi.umn.edu/leonardo/vinci/anghiari.jpg[/img] |
|
oh well, why not a couple....
[img]http://192.41.13.240/artchive/s/schiele/thumbs/schiele_cheek.jpg[/img] [img]http://m2.aol.com/UvGotMail/frank/elevator.jpg[/img] [img]http://www2.smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/sibyl.jpg[/img] |
|
Rivera's not bad, for a communist.
[img]http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/art_line/gallery/ctp_s5_p1_232x300.jpg[/img] |
|
Quoted: [img]http://192.41.13.240/artchive/s/schiele/thumbs/schiele_cheek.jpg[/img] You gotta love Egon Schiele. [img]http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/schiele/gifs/kneelinggirl.gif[/img] |
|
major-murphy about what you said regarding leonardo....
[img]http://sunsite.dk/cgfa/durer/durer4.jpg [/img] and [img]http://192.41.13.240/artchive/g/goya/thumbs/goya_worse.jpg [/img] |
|
Jacques Callot, "The Hanging Tree"
[img]http://www2.mmlc.nwu.edu/c303/jpg/20.JPG[/img] |
|
oops forgot to attribute all the works!
from top: 1. as major-murphy said is egon schiele 2. robert frank 3. diego velazquez 4. albrecht durer 5. francisco de goya |
|
[img]http://www.ehomebook.com/users/Golgo-13/images/vesdi02.jpg[/img]
I love this one by Andreas Vesalius, the original anatomist. Look at the detail! Those are the inner ear bones there on the pedestal near the skull. Supposedly, this illustration was what inspired the soliloquy scene in Hamlet, though I suspect it may be the other way around. |
|
I like Thomas Hart Benton:
[img]http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/benton/88159bo.jpg[/img] There's something a little psychadelic about his work. |
|
Chuck Close. His paintings look like photos, but you have to see them live.
This one is [b]9'x12'[/b]. [img]http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/close/images/close_self_68.jpg[/img] |
|
and while im on a kick of intaglios, this is probably the most impressive work that i have seen in person (outside of goya and picasso which fortunately are quite acessable here in dallas)
[img]http://www.musee-unterlinden.com/images/Gravtent.jpg[/img] let me know if anyone has a better picture of this martin schoengauer engraving |
|
Here's another Chuck Close. It's also about 9'x12', in size. This one was made entirely with a fingerprint inkpad, and fingerprints. The dark areas are the fresh prints, the lighter areas are second, third, fourth, etc., prints.
He came up with an intricate system for this one. [img]http://www.artthrob.co.za/pics/may/close.jpg[/img] |
|
okay heres my last one...
for today at least cindy sherman [img]http://www.masters-of-photography.com/images/full/sherman/sherman_92.jpg[/img] |
|
What's that? You want another Frahm? Okay...
[img]http://www.ehomebook.com/users/Golgo-13/images/number.jpg[/img] |
|
I have a thing for Thomas McKnight. His stuff is accessible and affordable. I just love his use of color and lines.
[img]http://www.art-discount.com/Thomas_McKnight/North%20Woods.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.art-discount.com/Thomas_McKnight/Red%20Clock.jpg[/img] [img]http://www.art-discount.com/Thomas_McKnight/San%20Francisco%20Bay.jpg[/img] |
|
[img]http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol6no5/images/dali_fullb.jpg[/img]
The Hallucinogenic Toreador by Salvador Dalí Saw this one in his the Dali Museum in ST. Pete, amazing! |
|
Very cool, very large sculpture from the Venice Bienialle, by British artist, Ron Mueck:
[img]http://www.universes-in-universe.de/car/venezia/bien49/plat1/img/mueck-1b.jpg[/img] |
|
Here's another very cool, very large sculpture.
This one is also a Brit, Damien Hirst: (painted bronze...) [img]http://www.gagosian.com/gg/artists/img_art/hirst-Hymn-2000.jpg[/img] |
|
Here's an American's work; Chris Burden.
It's a 4 ton ball of cncrete, steel and model trains, suspended by the ceiling with chains: [img]http://www.artnet.com/magazine/features/jsaltz/Images/saltz1-5-8.jpg[/img] |
|
Vladimir Grigoriev. Pessimistic still-life. It dates from the Russian War in Afghanistan.
[img]http://www.artofwar.ru/vladimir_grigoriev/pictures/ris-vg11.jpg[/img] |
|
More Benton, some of his stuff from the war...
[img]http://www.pbs.org/theydrewfire/gallery/large/img/096.jpg[/img] |
|
Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. One new winner* is announced every week!
You will receive an email every Friday morning featuring the latest chatter from the hottest topics, breaking news surrounding legislation, as well as exclusive deals only available to ARFCOM email subscribers.
AR15.COM is the world's largest firearm community and is a gathering place for firearm enthusiasts of all types.
From hunters and military members, to competition shooters and general firearm enthusiasts, we welcome anyone who values and respects the way of the firearm.
Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more.
Copyright © 1996-2024 AR15.COM LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited.
AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own.