2006-06-14 02:21:25 · 14 answers · asked by joe c 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
The first time was Salvador Dali's "Christ of St John of the Cross"
The next was Van Gogh's "Church at Arles"
The last time was at the Sistene Chapel.
You can't really tell what a painting's like till you see it for real.
Does it count that I usually cry with frustration at my own paintings too?
2006-06-14 02:37:00 · answer #1 · answered by Patchouli Pammy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I certainly have. It was while visiting the Uffizi in Florence. I was looking at Sandro Botticelli's Primavera and The Birth of Venus. I was overcome with emotion, perhaps not due to the paintings' content or skill, but simply because the artist had thrown unknown works into the bonfires of the vanities under the terrible reign of the monk Girolamo Savonarola. Such a waste.
2006-06-14 14:39:02 · answer #2 · answered by samanthajanecaroline 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it wasn't the painting itself... it was when I was in the south of France, seeing for the first time the landscapes from which Van Gogh painted.
Paja, I wonder if you're thinking of the church at Auvers-sur-Oise... if you've never actually been there, you really really should find a way. For a passionate Van Gogh fan, it's quite a moving experience... and it's just outside of Paris. Also, you can visit the cemetery where he and his brother Theo are buried side by side and covered by a blanket of ivy.
2006-06-14 09:41:10 · answer #3 · answered by Muddy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nopes
2006-06-14 09:24:32 · answer #4 · answered by King of Hearts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was very moved when viewing the art from world wars I and II at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Canada.
2006-06-16 13:56:38 · answer #5 · answered by ExperimentalArtist 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes.. i felt rather far from Christ at one point in my life (and i have been religious my entire life so i could feel the gap) and my sunday school teacher showed us a painting of Jesus and played us a song while we looked at it for a few minutes and i couldn't help but cry..
2006-06-14 09:53:41 · answer #6 · answered by heather. just heather. 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it was when I painted my own mother naked while high on acid.
2006-06-20 17:34:04 · answer #7 · answered by the_horrible_thunderpants 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does a self-portrait count?
2006-06-14 09:31:32 · answer #8 · answered by rduke88 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't remember happening to me but it's completely possible
2006-06-14 09:34:07 · answer #9 · answered by virgo77 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no, but I have had that overwhelming feeling welling up because of being awestruck.
2006-06-14 12:18:17 · answer #10 · answered by paintgirl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋