spidergoat
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While I do appreciate such work, I'm more of a fan of surrealism and dada.
Can you spot great art?
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good stuff tho i am partial to the booty shot movement over all others.
for instance......
...what say you?
/curious
pay particular attention to the way the green material is artfully tucked into the division b/w both buttock cheeks so as to expose the smooth and tanned expanse of naked flesh
good stuff tho i am partial to the booty shot movement over all others.
for instance......
...what say you?
/curious
Now THAT'S true art..
Gee, I like it too.
There is a distinct difference between "famous" art and "great" art. My Bach point was that the fellow was not even alive when he became "great" - during his lifetime he was just a guy who played the organ to feed his family.
Much like Van Gogh, who only sold one painting while he was alive - to his brother Theo for the equivalent of about $15.
IMHO, "great" art is arbitrary in nature rather than intrinsic.
There is a distinct difference between "famous" art and "great" art. My Bach point was that the fellow was not even alive when he became "great" - during his lifetime he was just a guy who played the organ to feed his family.
Much like Van Gogh, who only sold one painting while he was alive - to his brother Theo for the equivalent of about $15.
IMHO, "great" art is arbitrary in nature rather than intrinsic.
Frankly I'm not certain what anyone sees in any of his paintings. I view a lot of art and maybe I'm biased, but even a monochromatic dabble from Constable looks far far superior to me than the details of Chartwell by Churchill. If he wasn't Churchill, I don't think his paintings would be worth anything
example of a Constable:Entrance to the Village of Edensor
Its really ridiculous when people pay millions for mediocre art.
A really great artist is distinguished by his style and flair as much as he is by his technique and composition
One of my faves:
Fraggle Rocker
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It was a story, dude! Hitler's paintings are still out there.
The definition of "creativity" is:
- Taking two or more things that already exist and combining them in a new way--unless you're God.
You have to take into consideration that some people see Art as an Investment, especially art by Famous people or Famous Artists. The main reason for this is the "Unique" nature of their works because after all while they might have left this mortal coil, their exploits and paintings continue on.
Over time pieces are lost, stolen or destroyed and this again increases the value of the pieces that are left. (in fact you could consider some art thefts are done just to artificially bump the prices of other pieces by that "Master" at auction or private sale price)
Over time pieces are lost, stolen or destroyed and this again increases the value of the pieces that are left. (in fact you could consider some art thefts are done just to artificially bump the prices of other pieces by that "Master" at auction or private sale price)
Hitler's art sale:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/8013945.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/shropshire/8013945.stm
Good Link. Worth reading.
If Hitler had been a better artist, he might never have become a dictator.
Did someone on here say they thought Hitler was a good artist?
He was a fairly good draughtsman. He was never an artist.
If Hitler had been a better artist, he might never have become a dictator.
Did someone on here say they thought Hitler was a good artist?
He was a fairly good draughtsman. He was never an artist.
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Sold.
Sold.
Hitler thought of himself as a great artist. Here's a link that gives more info than anyone would want on Hitler's artistic ability:
http://schikelgruber.net/artistic.html
http://schikelgruber.net/artistic.html
83%
Missed out on the Kandinsky color studies (duh), and that red-green thingy (I know there was one artist who in his old age got rather infantile and did things with paper and scissors, forgot which one).
ImHo, Camille Pissarro is not a famous artist. So I got 92 on that one.
100!
Ha!
I gave up at "Machine translation or Faulkner?" LOL!!! 17%! Ha ha.
You can have it for free: artist representation
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Whats wrong with just looking at his paintings and critically reviewing them?
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there are lots of good artists that aren't even famous. they usually work as illustrators for different publications or art is their hobby. some artists are just good at marketing themselves, not necessarily that they are that great.
i've seen some really beautiful or fantastic art that isn't famous. what's famous is what a select group of people with money decide should be famous.
i've seen some really beautiful or fantastic art that isn't famous. what's famous is what a select group of people with money decide should be famous.
My score: 75%, 75%, 100%
(the last quiz was rather easy, the first two were blind luck and I actually chose what I thought might be a trick!)
Fraggle Rocker
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Europe was hardly napping. The entire Western world was in the throes of the Great Depression. Many countries were on the verge of economic collapse--peak unemployment in the USA was 25%. Realistically it was difficult for their governments to do anything.
Germany's problems started a decade earlier, as a result of the conditions of the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI. Its economy was in ruins and it experienced an inflation rate of one billion percent in 1923. By the 1930s, when the entire Western economy was trembling, the Germans were so hopeless that they put their faith in a man who promised to restore their glory: Hitler.
Antisemitism was not an unpopular philosophy in Europe at the time. Germany's neighbors were hardly going to rise up against what Hitler was doing, until he actually began invading neighboring countries and they realized they might be next.