2007-02-09 05:53:11 · 23 answers · asked by Young Lass 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
I like landscapes and one of my favourites is John Constable's 'The Haywain'. It was the first painting I came across as a child that really did something for me. When I grew up and had my first home I bought a print, and it still hangs in pride of place now.
2007-02-09 08:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Florence-Anna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Velasquez "Meninas" or Maids of Honor dating from 1656-57.
You asked for a favorite work of art, which is subjective,not a best work of art which might be more objective.
To me, Maids of Honor is both a favorite, and in my untutored opinion, a "best" work.
The painting has something interesting going on in every inch. We see the children of the king looking very pretty indeed, a dwarf who is apparenty a play mate, the dog who is bored with the entire proceedings, two servants, a nobleman just entering or leaving through a back door and Velasquez himself busy painting the picture. Just over the head of one of the children is a mirror, and pictured in the mirror are the king and queen, almost invisable. At least half of the canvas concentrates on the upper part of the room, where we faintly see hanging.. more of Velasquez paintings!
The king of Spain, upon seeing this work, was so delighted that he gave Velasquez a special pendant to wear so everyone would know that the painter was held in high esteem by the king. Upon receiving this honor, Velasquez took the painting back and painted the pendant on his self portrait in this painting.That's the reddish emblem on Velasquez chest.
Just an astonishing piece of work.
2007-02-09 14:22:41 · answer #2 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
'Work' A Pre-Raphaelite painting by William Holman-Hunt
He also painted 'The Light Of The World' which is incredible too.
I like these because they are so 'pure' in their depictions. His talent was surely a gift from God.( As was Eva's.) They both hang in Manchester City Art Gallery. Great question.
In the Performing Arts I would say The late Eva Cassidy moved me greatly. What a wonderful voice.
2007-02-09 13:59:01 · answer #3 · answered by carboncruncher 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a hard question to answer. I have many "favorites". Each great piece of artwork always stirs a certain emotional type element in the viewer. Looking at a Van Gogh, you can't help but feel his anguish and inner turmoil. Very powerful.
Then again, when you look at a Michelangelo sculpture, you can't help but marvel at technical expertise and the way he represents human emotion through body language.
Then Picasso and his use of disturbing images and colors to get a meaning across.
Fuzzy Rembrandt images that hint at detail, but never really give it away. Complete mastery!
I can't pick a single one, because so many are so good.
2007-02-09 14:01:16 · answer #4 · answered by summit_of_human_intellect 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A painting of Stonewall Jackson that I have in my living room. It depicts him just the way I imagine him from the reading I've done, and my wife and I picked it out a long time ago on a great trip we took to Charleston, SC.
2007-02-09 14:01:37 · answer #5 · answered by DGS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Beethoven's 9th might be the most beautiful music ever written. It just makes me want to drive 100mph with the top down every time I hear it. The same goes for Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life."
Rodin's "The Thinker" is pretty provocative. The Russian music from Nutcracker is kickass. Never count out Bowie's "Rebel Rebel."
2007-02-09 13:59:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dali - The hallucinogenic torreador - saw it in person at the Dali museum in St .Pete, FL. Very Impressive.
Ernst - Two children are threatened by a nightingale - very strange.
Duchamp - Nude descending a staircase - Very chaotic.
VanGogh - Reaper - stunning use of color and somewhat surreal.
2007-02-09 14:06:12 · answer #7 · answered by foxfire101 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salvador Dali's "Swans Reflecting Elephants".
Weird, freaky, odd... No matter what you think of Dali, this one painting (and perhaps also "Metamorphosis Of Narcissus") marks him as a genius.
I get lost in Swans the same way I get lost in Mozart. It is so simple and yet impossible to clone. Am I jealous or awed? Both!
2007-02-09 14:00:21 · answer #8 · answered by Nicnac 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Van Gogh's "Starry Night' is one my favourites =)
I adore J.W. Waterhouse's "Circce", "Opheila", "La Belle Dame Sans Merci", "The Tempest" and many others by this artist.
I like a lot of Claude Monet's paintings especially "Water Lilies"
2007-02-09 14:05:13 · answer #9 · answered by Sorcha 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love Van Gogh Starry Night!
The painting was done in an asylum and from memory.
2007-02-09 13:57:38 · answer #10 · answered by nivek191 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋