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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/12 10:39pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "I and the Village" by Marc Chagall
	Next: Henri Matisse "The Red Studio" c. 1911, oil on canvas, Museum of Modern Art, New York Matisse painted several studies of his studio, each with different coloured walls (the actual colour was white). I can't say this painting is my favorite.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/13 2:01pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Henri Matisse "The Red Studio"
	Part of Matisse's Fauve period; "fauve" means "wild beast," apparently. A critic remarked, "They use colors like they were wild beasts." Which seems an odd thing to say, frankly, but whatever (beasts use colors?). Still, great for seeing exactly why the fauves were as controversial as they were. This one is still pretty wild. But not my favorite mode of Matisse. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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KissMeImARebel Registered: Nov '03	Date Posted: 3/13 7:37pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Henri Matisse "The Red Studio"
	I rather like this one. It tickles my imagination. -----signature----- Waru's Sword of Truth RebelMollom of The Kind
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 3/24 4:29pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Henri Matisse "The Red Studio"
	Next: "Composition VII" by Wassily Kandinsky 1913, oil on canvas, 200 x 300 cm, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow Nearly three metres long, this is a vast canvas. There is no descriptive title, so it's hard to determine the subject, if any, of this. In fact, jpgs of it on the internet are often upside down. Kandinsky was born in Russia, but moved to Munich, and was generally held to be the first real practicing the abstract style. For this alone, I'm not ye fan, though this painting is better than most of that ilk. He called his paintings Impressions, Improvisations, and Compositions. The latter were his most important. There were only ten, of which seven survive.
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somethingfamiliar Registered: Aug '03	Date Posted: 3/24 5:08pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Kaminsky's "Composition VII"
	There's a Kandinsky-themed McDonald's down the street from me. That painting's on one wall and the booths are upholstered similarly. His blue biomorph painting is on the opposite wall, and there are a bunch of other ones up, too. -----signature----- I had all bases covered. I had the Hulkamaniacs watching DiBiase. I had Virgil in his place.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 3/25 4:17pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Kaminsky's "Composition VII"
	I enjoy Kandinsky a lot. Always interesting and fun. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/6 8:43pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Kaminsky's "Composition VII"
	Next: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner c. 1914, oil on canvas, Nationalgalerie, Berlin This is one of nine related street scenes Kirchner painted in 1913-14. In 1915, Kirchner went insane, and you can see some of his inherent dislocation in this painting.
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Rogue1-and-a-half Title: Manager: Amphitheatre Registered: Nov '00	Date Posted: 4/8 8:39am Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
	Kirchner has a disturbing vision of the world, that's for sure. Everything is so sharp and, well, dislocated is a good word. The people in his paintings always look like corpses to me as well. -----signature----- Don't be a fool, don't be blind Heart of mine If you can't do the time, don't do the crime Heart of mine
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darth_frared Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 4/8 12:15pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
	strange to see potsdamer platz before it was completely remodelled in the nineties. -----signature----- are you out of your vulcan mind?
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/8 12:26pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
	I like Kirchner's version better, knife-like shapes and all.
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Obi-Dawn Kenobi Title: Manager Emeritus Registered: Jan '00	Date Posted: 4/8 2:43pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
	Love this Kirchner. It's like peeking into a very disjointed world where I feel like my feet might not quite find the ground. -----signature----- http://makingmischief.net/ "In this interdependent world, war is outdated." -The Dalai Lama
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darth_frared Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 4/13 12:25pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
	Zaz posted: I like Kirchner's version better, knife-like shapes and all. his looks a bit hostile but the reality is urbanely hostile as well. can't quite decide myself. -----signature----- are you out of your vulcan mind?
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/13 2:28pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner - Date Edited: 4/25 8:35pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
	Another one:
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Zaz Title: Manager, The Ampitheatre Registered: Oct '98	Date Posted: 4/25 8:36pm Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
	And another:
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darth_frared Registered: Jun '05	Date Posted: 4/26 7:05am Subject: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Potsdamer Platz, Berlin" by Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
	these are quite disturbing. -----signature----- are you out of your vulcan mind?
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