Author Topic: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Birth of the World" by Joan Miro (1925)
Black-Pearl  236 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12/07 5:00pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "St. Augustine in his Study" by Carpaccio
That's what I call a painting.

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12/07 8:46pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "St. Augustine in his Study" by Carpaccio - Date Edited: 6/12/07 8:49pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
Next: "Madonna of the Meadow" by Raphael

1505-6, oil on wood, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna



Beautifully composed (in a bigger and smaller triangle) with the Madonna, the Christ child, and his cousin St. John the Baptist.

But Raphael is just a bit static, just a bit sugary, just a bit dull. The book says he is now out of style, and we ought not to go with the conventional wisdom in this matter.

But sorry, I think conventional wisdom is right this time.

 

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Black-Pearl  236 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12/07 8:52pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of the Meadow" by Raphael
Call me immature, but the babies being naked kind of turns me off to the whole picture.

 

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12/07 8:55pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of the Meadow" by Raphael
Okay; you're immature. Babies are often naked. Live with it. rolling_eyes

 

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Black-Pearl  236 posts
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Date Posted: 6/12/07 8:59pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of the Meadow" by Raphael
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The tulip in the background symbolizes the two babies

 

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/13/07 9:33pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "Madonna of the Meadow" by Raphael
Next: Hieronymus Bosch "The Garden of Earthly Delights"

c. 1505-16, oil on panel, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid



Probably painted the Stadtholder of Holland, it was one of a pair. The left hand of the triptych was the Garden of Eden, the right is a depiction of hell. Dream-like, and deeply, weirdly, creepy.

 

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DT421  7644 posts
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Date Posted: 6/14/07 7:14am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Hieronymus Bosch "The Garden of Earthly Delights"
Bosch is one of my favorites and this piece is one that I can look at for quite some time without losing interest.

 

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/14/07 9:46pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: Hieronymus Bosch "The Garden of Earthly Delights" - Date Edited: 6/15/07 1:04pm (1 edits total) Edited By: Zaz
Next: "La Tempesta" by Giorgione

c. 1507, oil on canvas, Galleria dell'Accademia, Venice



A very famous small masterpiece, "La Tempesta" has defied categorization, and meaning. Many interpretations have been suggested, but none adopted. The picture is largely improvised; X-Rays have shown another woman on the left, her legs in the water.

 

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OBI-BEN-KENOBI  17868 posts
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Date Posted: 6/14/07 10:30pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings:"La Tempesta" by Giorgione
Ummmmm, looks blank to me.....

 

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/15/07 1:04pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings:"La Tempesta" by Giorgione
Fixed.

 

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/16/07 7:41pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings:"La Tempesta" by Giorgione
Next: "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt" by Gerard David

c. 1510, oil on panel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.



David was a Flemish painter, which is why the Holy Land looks like Flanders. The painting is fulled with religious symbolism.

The story is not contained in the bible, but comes from gospel of Matthew, wherein an angel appears to Joseph and tells him to flee with his family to Egypt to escape Herod's policies.

 

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Rogue1-and-a-half  22151 posts
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Date Posted: 6/16/07 8:06pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt" by Gerard David
The Bosch is outstanding and nightmarish in a weird way.

The Tempest is a favorite of mine from way back.

 

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/17/07 9:03pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Rest on the Flight into Egypt" by Gerard David
Next: "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo

c. 1511-12, section of fresco ceiling, Sistine Chapel, Vatican



A metaphor for the artist's own creativity? The famous ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.

 

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Chancellor_Ewok  13227 posts
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Date Posted: 6/18/07 4:13am Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo
The frescos on the ceiling of the Sisten Chapel are very beautiful. If you ever go to Rome you should see them, if you have the time.

 

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Zaz  38323 posts
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Date Posted: 6/18/07 12:54pm Subject: RE: Folio Society's 100 Greatest Paintings: "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo
They've recently been cleaned, so the colours may be different than in the reproductions.

 

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