The Fine Art Thread

[Anonymouse]

Times end, art doesn't.

[jahannam]

Got Midieval Manuscript art?

[jahannam]

how about Islamic?

[jahannam]

and of course
the queen of alll art periods.
I present to you Renaissance masterpieces:
starting with italo byzantine, which had a huge influence on renaissance artists:
Berlinghieri's St. Francis of Assisi of the 1100s


Giotto , master of early renaissance, and the Arena Chapel paintings in the 1200s


Masaccio in the 1300s... and the beginnings of perspective.


and last but not least, the humanity oriented Michelangelo, Da Vinci and Raphael:
michelangelo's shading:

Da vinci's theory:

Raphael's School of Athens

[anileve]

This is the work of one of my favorite photographers Edward Steichen. Following is my personal favorite by him, it is the Flatiron (1905) - a buiding in New York, simply beautiful game of light and fog.

In 1967 Steichen wrote, "Today I am no longer concerned with photography as an art form. I believe it is potentially the best medium for explaining man to himself and to his fellow man."




Torso - Paris 1902. This one is so elegant with the contrast of black and white and the symmetry of shapes.

[anileve]

Another beautiful one by him -- Lotus 1915



Love the hat and the sadness of the gaze. Lee, New York, 1928

[jahannam]

just out of curiosity.
does photography fall under fine arts?

[Arvestaked]

Originally posted by jahannam just out of curiosity.
does photography fall under fine arts?

Yes.

But painting is better.

[anileve]

Originally posted by Arvestaked
But painting is better.

I love paintings and photography equally, each in their own light. Paintings are the eloquence of the thought and imagination, photography is the moment frozen in time and a window to the world.

And while we are on the subject...

Kissing the War Goodbye



Bis, Pamela Hanson

[anileve]

American Girl in Italy, Ruth Orkin



Grand Central Light, Hal Morey (1930)



Rock 'n' Roll sur Les Quais de Paris, Paul Almasy



Musician in The Rain, Robert Doisneau