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Aesthetics Anonymous Tue Mar 29 00:40:20 2011 No.1664040 [Reply] [Original]

What do you find beautiful? Is it something that is flourishing and ornate, or more bare bones and hardy? Or perhaps something with a particular look not often seen. What expressions or moods are beautiful?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 00:43:20 2011 No.1664046 File: 25 KB, 470x300, justin_bieber_haircut_470x300..jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 00:45:20 2011 No.1664048 File: 132 KB, 900x908, g05c3013.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Joel Peter Witkin's style is so ugly but distinct that it really makes you wonder who something so fucking gross can look so fucking cool.

>>	3rd Tue Mar 29 00:49:20 2011 No.1664053 File: 24 KB, 298x400, Chamberlain.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 00:54:20 2011 No.1664059 >browse /lit/ >everything is shit >browse /lit/ just now >tired as fuck >too tired to stay awake >see awesome thread >mfw typical

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 00:57:20 2011 No.1664064 File: 75 KB, 653x1079, PolykleitosDoryphoros.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] The human body is so beautiful that is feels like a waste when we cover it with clothes.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:02:20 2011 No.1664071 i think machinery is beautiful actually i dont know why, i just really enjoy looking at machinery

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:04:20 2011 No.1664075 >>1664071 Perhaps it is the geometric shapes, or the knowledge that there is a function.

Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:04:20 2011 No.1664076

>>1664064
i kind of bought the idea you get from basically all modern mainstream media, that women's bodies are made to be looked at and men's bodies are pretty much inherently less pleasing to the eye, until my freshman art history survey class when i was like "has my permavirginity reached new depths, or are some of these statues kind of sexy"

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:05:20 2011 No.1664077 >>1664071 Closet steampunk spotted

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:06:20 2011 No.1664078 >>1664077 actually i find steampunk aestetically displeasing

Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:11:20 2011 No.1664081

>>1664076
Homoeroticism has fallen out of the eye of the mainstream in favor of the more abstract. There is nothing wrong with finding you your gender beautiful, because you can look like them too. And thinking of yourself as beautiful is perfectly acceptable.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:12:20 2011 No.1664082 File: 336 KB, 1066x1600, Florence_-_David_by_Donatello.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664076 Sexy as hell

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:13:20 2011 No.1664085 wabi-sabi

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:14:20 2011 No.1664088 >>1664085 this forever

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:22:20 2011 No.1664094 File: 168 KB, 600x456, mind_2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Fractals are the most beautiful patterns.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:26:20 2011 No.1664098 File: 18 KB, 280x265, 6a00d8341ce4c253ef00e54f887bcd8834-800wi.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Philip Glass is the most aesthetically pleasing composer.

Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:34:20 2011 No.1664117
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One of the most amazing experiences in my life had to be being in the Louvre statue garden. I don't know what exactly it is about them, but I find statues to be phenomenal. Anatomy fascinates me and the amount of detail, action, and emotion they can capture is impressive. The technical skill required is also something to be inspired by. Sort of unrelated, but impressionist style artwork is also a favorite. Something about the blurry look to them.

I'm going to post some of my favorite statues from the Louvre and the Orsay cause it's late and I'm bored.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:35:20 2011 No.1664119 >>1664085 OR IS IT, WASABI?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:36:20 2011 No.1664121 File: 1.96 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 237.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664117

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:37:20 2011 No.1664122 File: 1.96 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 238.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664121

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:38:20 2011 No.1664123 >>1664117 >>1664121 >>1664122 it blows my mind how they can put wrinkles in "cloth" like that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:39:20 2011 No.1664126 File: 2.10 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 276.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664122

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:41:20 2011 No.1664129 File: 2.19 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 206.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664123 As an artist, I can only hope one day to get this good.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:42:20 2011 No.1664130 File: 2.17 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 279.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664129 >dat use of different stone

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:43:20 2011 No.1664132 File: 10 KB, 320x211, mindblown.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664129 HOLY FUCK!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:45:20 2011 No.1664134 >>1664129 How is that possible

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:46:20 2011 No.1664136 File: 706 KB, 3072x2304, Vacation-Sp2009 290.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is probably my favorite art piece of all time next to "Woman with a Pearl Necklace" by Mary Cassatt

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:47:20 2011 No.1664138 >>1664134 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-agl0pOQfs

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:47:20 2011 No.1664140 File: 2.44 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 286.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:48:20 2011 No.1664141 File: 38 KB, 495x510, universe.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This. There is nothing that can move me more than the pure sublimity of nature.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:49:20 2011 No.1664143 File: 2.23 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 287.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:50:20 2011 No.1664145 File: 1.90 MB, 3000x2219, 1301040427091.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Just look at this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:50:20 2011 No.1664146 >>1664141 The heavens are with in us. Figuratively and literally.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:51:20 2011 No.1664148 File: 1.94 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 203.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] This is also a rather impressive piece. I forget how thin the ruffles where exactly, but they seemed very fragile.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:52:20 2011 No.1664150 >>1664136 Don't you mean Vermeer? Or are you thinking of something else?

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:53:20 2011 No.1664151 File: 105 KB, 500x402, EYE8n31KDh5dxi5aXO8etzUJo1_500.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664141 >>1664145 Nature is more than just the grand, some of the smallest things are the most impressive.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:53:20 2011 No.1664152 File: 2.04 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 230.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] A fitting sculpture for someone as impressive as Caesar.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:54:20 2011 No.1664154 File: 2.12 MB, 2304x3072, Vacation-Sp2009 231.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664152 And I am 99% certain this is Augustus.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:56:20 2011 No.1664155 File: 1.93 MB, 1920x1080, Wallpaper 1080p (3).jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664151 Indeed. I do not know what that creature is, but I do agree that beauty comes in all sizes.

Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:57:20 2011 No.1664156
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>>1664150
I think you are thinking of the "Girl with the Pearl Earring" painting. This is the one I'm talking about. It certainly lacks the impressiveness of the sculptures, but there is something about the strokes and colors that could let me stare at it for ever.

Well, I'm calling it a night.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 01:58:20 2011 No.1664157 >>1664155 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaucus_atlanticus I think that living things are by far the most beautiful because they are the most complex. The molecules that make up a living organism can behave in a way that no other molecules can.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 02:04:20 2011 No.1664171 >>1664156 Actually Vermeer has a painting with the exact same title, lol

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>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 02:30:20 2011 No.1664198 >>1664171 Necklace isn't the same as Earring.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 02:37:20 2011 No.1664206 File: 240 KB, 500x375, fmjsimps1.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] TRUTH IS BEAUTY, BEAUTY TRUTH, SIR!

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 02:37:20 2011 No.1664207 File: 97 KB, 639x759, 1664_Woman_with_a_pearl_necklace.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>1664198 Good thing Vermeer realized that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 04:39:20 2011 No.1664326 >>1664171 >>1664198 >>1664207 Statue isn't the same as painting.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 04:47:20 2011 No.1664329 >>1664326 Are you even paying attention to the conversation

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 29 14:23:20 2011 No.1664871 bump

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