Paintings that strike a chord
 

http://www.casa-in-italia.com/info/i..._del_parto.jpg

So this thread is about paintings that we've seen that have touched us in some way. There's no requirement for reproducing the image of the painting here. Only a description is wanted, of why a particular painting strikes a chord with you.

I chose Piero della Francesca's Madonna del parto, which resides in Monterchi, Italy.

I find the painting to be interesting because it shows Mary clearly pregnant, something I haven't seen too often. Her expression is also somewhat of an enigma. What is Mary thinking? It seems to me that she is unaware of the angels that have thrown back the curtain on her life. Here, she is caught in a private moment, musing about the person she carries within her and her part in the ensuing divine event. She touches her stomach, her eyes cast downward. Beautiful.

http://www.jetset.it/piazza/pages/pi...es/piero05.jpg

Another couple reasons I like the painting are that it has a part to play in Tarkovsky's Nostalghia, an incredible film that I watched a couple times last weekend.

It also has a christmas theme, at least for me! Pregnant Mary means baby Jesus is coming soon! Where dat baby Jesus? Der he is!

Hey Terabin,

Interesting thread! I love the painting you chose. You are right about the inwardness of Mary. To keep with the Christmas theme, I would choose this painting of the Annunciation from the National Gallery in London. I have seen a lot of Annunciations but there are very few where the angel looks as amazed and humbled by the event as Mary does. It's probably hard to tell from this reproduction:

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/We...666/eNG666.jpg

There are too many paintings from the National Gallery to pick (I used to spend whole days there when I lived in London) so I'll just put in one more--this painting of a tailor by Moroni (which to blend high and low culture makes a surprise appearance in the Fran Drescher film "The Beautician and the Beast," which my old roommate made me watch with her and which was actually kinda funny), because it looks JUST like a friend of the family who is Italian. Weird.

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/We...697/eNG697.jpg

That's one impressive pair of scissors!

http://joesorren.com/paintings/images/jcinestorepic.jpg

I love Joe Sorren, look at those eyes...

http://www.joesorren.com/paintings/i...boardinfor.jpg

http://www.rogue-review.com/art/hopper/nighthawks.gif
Hopper, Nighthawks

I really like the painting "Pinkelnder Tod" by (I think) Max Klinger). The title of the painting kind of describes it - translated into english it would be "Peeing Death".

It shows a skeleton (I think his scythe is also there), standing in a landscape with its back to the viewer, peeing (don't ask me with what it is peeing )



- :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

Me likes Hopper :).

Persistence of Memory, Dali
http://library.thinkquest.org/26038/.../art/dali1.jpg

First time I've seen this was in a cartoon when I was a little kid, and I was truly fascinated. Then I discovered the rest af his work. And although this isn't my favourite one, it's the one that brought my attention to Dali and abstract art in general.

I like most Dali paintings. I went to an exhibition of Dali once - the sketches and suchlike were okay, but the paintings were stunning.

This thread reminds me of those psychological tests in Tender Loving Care. :D

Since you asked, I just love the Aleistair Crowley tarot deck, painted by Lady Frieda Harris. In fact, I love the paintings enough to have had some of them tattooed on my body. :)

http://home.comcast.net/~fovlet/lust.jpg

-emily

This drawing usually gets me pretty sad. There's a colored version, but that seems to not be available right now.

I like this illustration because it expresses the same feelings as my own on vengeance.

OO, these are great. Keep 'em coming, if just to add to our little gallery that we have going here. What a splendid variety of tastes.

I bet someone would be hard up to find one painting that would accurately represent the tastes of the average adventure gamer.

Hmm, so far we have pregnant and naked women, scissors, droopy clocks, sparsely-filled cafes, mourning pointy-eared people, and pale-faced movie goers with eyes words cannot express.

Here's that Dali painting recommended by mr. mitja, The Persistence of Memory

http://www.mystudios.com/treasure/dali/persistence.jpg

Wow.

This thread is good. If only I weren't at work right now :shifty:...

Is there a place of your body that's not tattooed? (and what about the pictures?)

Dante Gabriel Rossetti's later work... can't really pick any specific painting as my favourite but here's a few:

http://persephone.cps.unizar.es/Gene...Proserpine.jpg

http://goupy.free.fr/Peintures/Veron...e_Rossetti.jpg

http://privat.ub.uib.no/bubsy/rossetti.gif

I guess I just really like his very distinctive style of painting.


Also, more recently:

http://www.goodbrush.com/

http://www.furiae.com/

http://timisgod.mixnmojo.com/Nighthawks800by600.jpg
by Kingzjester

...Actually, I don't understand visual arts. Music can only represent itself, and that's why I like it better.

That's brilliant. :D

I don't really know much about art, and it is seldom that paintings "do anything" for me, but this one, by Edvard Much, is one that's stuck to my mind.

http://www.edvard-munch.com/Painting...ickChild_3.jpg

It's called Sick Child, and the kid in the bed is terminally ill. Despite being weakened by the disease, she seems strong in her heart and it seems like she is trying to comfort her mother, who is obviously heartbroken. It's just a very tragic and emotional scene. There's more versions of this painting, and I think there is another one which I find just as haunting, but I haven't been able to find it. Here's the site where I found the image I'm linking to: www.edvard-munch.com

Same here. Kingzie's version r0cks though. 8-)

Of course... I didn't say I got the whole deck tattooed (and I couldn't afford it, anyway!)

Here's the one from the painting above: lust

-emily

What's this thing with people and their obsession with tattooes. What if you are 50 and you feel like hmph I don't want it anymore. You have to go through the same pain again. :)