What is your favourite work of art?

[Holdfast]

I also have a major soft spot for Caravaggio and Canaletto.

Well sure.

Who doesn't?

Well, yeah, they are slightly "hotel lobby" fodder, but I never pretended my tastes were highbrow!

 

[kissthestar]

Like anything by Henri Rousseau.

 

[ria 75]

Like anything by Henri Rousseau.

Oh yes. I like all of his jungle paintings. Here's a few links.
http://kikimalin.k.i.pic.centerblog.net/xwdbc6dk.jpg
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/le_douanier_rousseau/liens/frepas.htm
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/le_douanier_rousseau/liens/fcheval.htm

Fauvism might be my favourite school.

This is from the wiki page on fauvism:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f0/The_Turning_Road%2C_L%C2%B4Estaque.jpg

And some Gauguin, of course:
http://www.grandspeintres.com/tableaux/gauguin/high/arearea.jpg
http://www.grandspeintres.com/tableaux/gauguin/high/arbres.jpg
http://www.grandspeintres.com/tableaux/gauguin/high/autoportrait.jpg
http://www.grandspeintres.com/tableaux/gauguin/high/merahi.jpg


Great selection, Camelopard.
Joseph Wright's chiaroscuro reminds me of Georges de La Tour. The wiki page has a whole gallery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_de_La_Tour

I like The Cheat with the ace of diamonds particularly, perhaps because it's famous!
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Georges_de_La_Tour_029.jpg

I mentioned fairly recently that I'm very fond of Renoir's Moulin de la Galette and it would be my favourite. But I also have a major soft spot for Caravaggio and Canaletto.

How about some direct links too?
Another card cheat:
Caravaggio The_Cardsharps
Canaletto_Return_of_the_Bucentoro_to_the_Molo on_Ascension_Day:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...ion_Day,_1732._Royal_Collection._Windsor..jpg

 

[Holdfast]

I mentioned fairly recently that I'm very fond of Renoir's Moulin de la Galette and it would be my favourite. But I also have a major soft spot for Caravaggio and Canaletto.

How about some direct links too?
Another card cheat:
Caravaggio The_Cardsharps

This hangs right above my dining room table.

Well, a print does, anyway...

 

[Goliath]

Great selection, Camelopard.
Joseph Wright's chiaroscuro reminds me of Georges de La Tour. The wiki page has a whole gallery:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_de_La_Tour

Cool! I've never heard of De la Tour, but I recognize The Cheat, and I see the resemblance.

I just love that high-contrast lighting--I'm a big film-noir fan as well.

 

[Sheliak]

 

[TorontoTrekker]

Guernica by Pablo Picasso.

Seconded. What a tremendous loss.

The original painting is still on display in Spain, isn't it? (At least that's what the Wikipedia page says.)

Guernica was actually used as the cover art for my grade 12 history textbook. I've always kind of liked it.

 

[Roshi]

^To me it's one of the most potent paintings I have ever seen. Anger, rage and frustration mixed with a creative mind gives a work of art that speaks volume.

 

[Gagh]

Guernica, by Picasso, shortly followed by many of Turner's classic English landscapes & Magritte's abstracts.

 

[Kryton]

Sorry...the loss was the lives in the Spanish Civil War. Didn't mean to be unclear.

 

[ria 75]

Guernica, by Picasso, shortly followed by many of Turner's classic English landscapes & Magritte's abstracts.

The Turner-Whistler-Monet exhibition was a delight.

James WHISTLER:
http://62.193.218.250/peintres_impr...stler/nocturne_blue_silver.jpg&title=Nocturne in blue and silver, Chelsea - 1871

Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket - 1875
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/whistler/i/falling-rocket.jpg

JMW TURNER:
Burning of the House of Lords (Not the one from the exhibition):
http://z.about.com/d/cleveland/1/0/o/i/-/-/cma5.jpg

Alnwick Castle (Watercolour):
http://www.abcgallery.com/T/turner/turner43.html

Dort Packet Boat from Rotterdam:
http://www.oilpaintingsgallery.com/...ket_Boat_from_Rotterdam_Bacalmed_ZLA-1846.JPG

And for those who love pictures of Venice :
http://www.nga.gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f?object=1224&image=2605&c=gg57
Dogana and S.Giorgio Maggiore (A bigger one would show the transparence of the water better but I gave up the search after a bit.)

 

[Roshi]

Oooh! How could I forget?!

Everything taken by Storm Thorgerson, especially his covers for the Pink Floyd. Umma Gumma and Atom Heart Mother being my favorite.

 

[Kryton]

BTW RE: Guernica...

At the Wiki page is this lovely link to examine a 3-dimensional representation of the piece. It's really amazing that someone took the time to do this.

http://www.lena-gieseke.com/guernica/movie.html

 

[Gagh]

Aye, Guernica has long been my favourite piece since being introduced to Picasso's art back in my art GCSE (about 20 years ago, for anyone counting).

 

[An Officer]

I don't think I have an artsy brain at all. I managed to turn in only one piece of work over the course of an entire year in high school, and it's only because the art head of year had a soft spot for me (she molded me on a personal level in a lot of ways) that she couldn't bring herself to fail me.

Still, I can appreciate it when with others. Especially if someone explains to me why a particular piece touches them so personally. I'm more of an aural person. Words and music can move me acutely.

 

[Kryton]

I don't think creating art would be such a special thing if we were all capable of doing it.