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On 08/04/2017 at 21:22, ThatBoyRonaldo said:
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I do like a good mosaic, especially the one on the natural history museum in Sheshi Skenderbeu, Tirana.

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I'm a big fan of this painting I saw in a restaurant in Berat (where the colour "shiny red" was invented), no idea of the artist though.

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On 16/04/2017 at 22:28, MONKMAN said:

The Wedding at Cana - Paolo Veronese

 

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It can be found directly opposite the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, and in my opinion is infinitely more impressive. The sheer size and detail of the painting is almost unbelievable.

 

That's an absolute beauty. Agree that the Mona Lisa is slightly underwhelming, and that the sheer scale of the Wedding Feast at Cana is overwhelming. As was often the case in these days, the artist (Veronese) included a depiction of himself in the painting, as one of the band of musicians playing at the feast, alongside fellow artists Titian, Bassano and Tintoretto (see detail). Interestingly there are a host of other, non-contemporaneous, historical figures at the feast, including Suleiman the Magnificent, Mary I, Holy Roman Emperor Charles V, Eleanor of Austria, Archbishop of Canterbury Reginald Pole and Frances I of France.

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On 25/06/2017 at 14:05, Eednud said:

Australian artist, Russel Drysdale's "Grandma's Sunday Walk" painted in 1972 just before he lost his sight sold for A$2.97m at auction in Adelaide today. Fifth highest price for an Australian painting.

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I remember on the original TFI Friday they always had an "Unfeasibly tall old woman" stood on the stairs when they annouced those strange acts.

*That's me on a thread about art.

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30 minutes ago, Eednud said:

The Pictorial Arts: Crete by Norman Lindsay. He seemed to paint a lot of nudes and worth watching 1994 film "Sirens", just for educational purposes only though.

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NSFW for this pish!! :lol:

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11 hours ago, Eednud said:

The Pictorial Arts: Crete by Norman Lindsay. He seemed to paint a lot of nudes and worth watching 1994 film "Sirens", just for educational purposes only though.

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I assume he's had his knockers? :rolleyes:

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I'll be able to see Claude Monet's "The Magpie" when "The Clours the Musee d'Orsay" exhibition hits the Art Gallery of South Australia from March-July next year. Apparently 65 works including Monet, Manet, Renoir and Cezanne will be on show.

A copy of Claude Monet's painting The Magpie

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Another favourite.  Apparently the scene at the bottom of the painting is the view from Dali's house. 
For some reason this painting was regularly slashed. Only in Glasgow...


It's called Christ of St John of the Cross I believe.
Weirdly, a copy of this used to hang in Bellshill YMCA.
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10 hours ago, Eednud said:

Saw this in an article about marine pilots on the ABC website. It is by English artist John Stobart and it is how he imagined Sydney Harbour was in 1872. 

 

A painting by artist John Stobart imagines how Sydney Harbour was in 1872.Nice one, Eednud, and good to get the thread bumped. Writing this in the city named after you (backwards) and at a superficial glance wondered if the painting was, in fact, Dundee.

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