Seeing Jack B Yeats took my breath away, the oil on oil, that created a blur, which became a vision the further I moved away from the painting...as did the taking of the Christ by Carriavagio.
Manet, Le Dejeuner sur l'Herbe was stunning, just because of it's sheer size.
2007-05-07 23:50:18 · 17 answers · asked by Christine 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
yes, i mean buildings too
2007-05-08 00:10:20 · update #1
thanks for the links to the art work you descibe, sorry i didn't do the same
2007-05-09 05:47:15 · update #2
Picasso painted a picture of his lover, Dora Maar, that affected me the most, and it is called "Weeping Woman".
The first time I saw it, I felt the emotions and anguish of Dora Maar jump right off the canvas at me.
Picasso didn't treat her very well. In fact she suffered a nervous breakdown due to his treatment of her and had to have electric shock treatment, etc.
Look a the picture and you'll understand.
2007-05-08 06:11:23 · answer #1 · answered by r k a S 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Albrecht Durer's The Four Holy Men,1526, Alte Pinakothek, Munich.
2007-05-09 06:44:31 · answer #2 · answered by Jeeves 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello to Dublin
I live in England but went over to Dublin for the first exhibition in the new wing of your National Gallery - Monet, Renoir and the Impressionist landscape (French Impressionism). Now, these are not my favourite artists at all and we have seen them so much in reproduction that you just think of them as chocolate-box and tea-tray art. Nothing prepared me for seeing them in the flesh - they way they vibrated with light, and the freshness of the colours. Amazing.
However, my favourite artists, even since my teens, have been the Austrian Expressionists, and the first time I got to see any of their works was last year at the Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Moser exhibition at the Grand Palais in Paris, and I was so overwhelmed that I actually cried.
I love the National Gallery in Dublin, and always make time to pop in when I am there. The Yeats I particulary like is The Liffey Swim.
2007-05-08 00:58:32 · answer #3 · answered by Moll C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From an architectural view point, Notre Dame Cathedral was breath taking, especially the rose window, stunning.
I also loved El Greco, for his use of vibrant colours when everything was dull.
I also remember seeing an Ingres painting in Paris, I was amazed at the details and perfection of the painting, not a brush stroke to be seen.
And even as a modern work of art, the angel of the north is beautiful
2007-05-08 00:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by bee bee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i am not an art critic but i do know a thing or two about art appreciation.
the works of art that took my breath away are:
mona lisa - i've seen lots of pictures of it. i thought it was nothing spectacular but i was wrong. nothing prepares you when you see the original.
the dying lion in zurich, switzerland. at that time, i was thinking, how can anyone capture such raw emotion on a stone.
pieta - vatican city. michelangelo used marble as his medium. i think the coldness of the marble is so apt with the theme or the subject - death of christ.
ophelia - tate museum.
execution of lady jane grey - very haunting. ruled for nine days, executed at the age of 16. just the thought of it would make you stop and look. and then look some more.
king cophetua and the beggar maid - tate museum. capturing love at first sight on a painting. it's worth a look and a sigh.
2007-05-08 00:59:39 · answer #5 · answered by periwinkle 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Marino Marini's The Angel of the City that overlooks the Grand Canal from the Peggy Guggenheim Museum in Venice.
I got lost for several hours wandering about Venice trying to find the museum, but eventually did find it. While the other works in the museum were nice, it was not until I saw Marini's work that I felt ... the WOW. Instantly fell in love with it. Wonderful.
2007-05-09 04:15:33 · answer #6 · answered by Gin Martini 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i dont know if you would consider a building art but when i got my first glimpse of the parthenon i stood rooted in the middle of a bustling street with my mouth open. iv beent tought about ancient Greece since the age of 5 onwards and couldnt help but be inspired by the history and architecture of a buliding standing for opver 2000 years. as young as 8 years old iv been to the British Museum, Tate and Victoria and Albert museums as well as Warwick Castle, Hampton Court Palace and iv always been impressed by sprawling painting on cielings, ball rooms etc. i dont have a particular favourite artist because i appreciate all grandeur and beauty, but i do have a soft spot for Da Vinci's Jagonda
(http://picasaweb.google.com.au/MedPTA/Year6TripToGreece/photo#5057738212033640386 ) just copy paste it
2007-05-08 00:08:58 · answer #7 · answered by bella 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some of the works that left me breathless are now in my home. I collect contemporary art. Here are the names of some of the artists. Louise Dandurand, Catherine Perdreau,
Tony Mascardelli, Quing Zhang, Michael Pape, Andre Philibert, Marc Nerbonne, Gerard Priault, Tiffany Hastie, Bob Rollings.
They are all working Canadian artists except for Priault who is from France.
Look then up online if you want to see their work.
2007-05-09 14:01:24 · answer #8 · answered by Phil H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a young teenager, I first noticed the sculpture by Barbara Hepworth on the side of the John Lewis building in London's Oxford Street. Her work has inspired me for the rest of my life. She truly has the 'wow' factor for me.
2007-05-08 06:11:14 · answer #9 · answered by Mozey 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes all of Caravaggio's works are must to see. I was in the National Gallery yesterday, So many fine works.
I love to spend a couple of hours there but there is too much to take in. You need several visits to really make it worthwhile.
XX.
2007-05-08 00:17:12 · answer #10 · answered by iain xx 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋