/lit/ - Literature

>>4728029

Request from previous thread:

The Elder Sister by William-Adolphe Bouguereau

>>4728029
>michael_corleone_Old.jpg

>>4728033
A slight squint and you can't discern it from a picture, love the colors.

>>4728040
This one is great too, but I can't help but know that there's a name for this type of drawing/painting, any help?

I love Mucha

The lovers by Rene Magritte.

>>4728067
Fucking Magritte
>paint thing
>add spooky wrongness

>>4728066
These Slavic Epic pieces of his are so over the top.

Goya - The Giant. Technically an etching. When I noticed the tiny buildings, I really liked this one

Fuseli: The Nightmare

>>4728083
>mfw when nearly all Warhammer40k basically does this

>>4728083
well they were his Magnum opus

Anyone else really like art based on specific mythological stories?

>>4728087
Saturn devouring one of his Children by Francisco De Goya

All time favorite.

>>4728089
I get sleep paralysis nearly every night, and as I lay there I always think of this painting.

>>4728108
Lucky bastard.

>>4728103
I do. Who did this one? I might have it already

Arnold Böcklin here.

>>4728060
Have more qt red guard

>>4728120
Nice.

Salome by Henri Regnault.

>>4728117
Herbert Draper, he has a few mythology paintings

>>4728033
>>4728120
>you will never be her
>you will never be a qt gril

>>4728128
>>4728117
Check out Moreau

>>4728106
This is great, thanks for sharing.

>>4728111
top lel, it's fucking terrible.

>>4728106
Love this one as well.

>>4728128
Ah thanks. I do have it.

>>4728138
>top lel, it's fucking terrible.
Yeah, probably as terrible as having Synesthesia.

>>4728133
Gustave Moreau - Orestes and the Erinyes

Henryk Siemiradzki, again.

>>4728149
Well, coupled with exploding head syndrome and some incessant buzzing in my ribs, it's just torture for me.

>>4728166
Use it to your advantage.

>>4728189
holy fuck im dying why is this so funny
that neck crinkle
that forlorn attempt at assertion
omg

>>4728189
>Wanderer above the Sea of Feels.jpg

Roger Dean, of course.

lets instill some negativity here

can we talk about how awful O'Keeffe is and how dumb that name is

why are her paintings famous
why

Discussion time:

Assuming you had Bill Gates tier money, would you spend an exorbitant amount on your favorite painting?

Would it be considered selfish to buy a important or classic piece of art so the rest of the world never sees it firsthand?

Pic related went for $164 million, adjusting for inflation from 2006 to a private buyer.

No.5 1948 by Jackson Pollock.

>>4728236
Do you not like her desert period or everything she's done?

I can understand not liking the former, but her work involving the intricacies of plants and flowers are absolutely gorgeous.

>>4728238
Its the flowers I especially hate
And i mean I actually hate them, i get angry when i accidentally see one
Im getting angry just thinking about them right now

>>4728033
lol. looks like the kind of shit zizek would hang in his apartment

>>4728236


>:(

>>4728240
>autism

>>4728224

>>4728256
...

>>4728240
castration anxiety

>>4728240
Are you the anon having conniptions in that troll thread? Are you trolling?
Are you all too aware of the flower's and bull head's symbolism?

>>4728240
She had an excellent eye to the colors and intricacies of nature. She made flower abstaction beautiful.

Not to mention curvature and delicacy of the way she painted had strong allusions of the female body.

Black Iris (I) by Georgia O' Keeffe.

>>4728274
what college do you go to?

>>4728263
I have the opposite feel, I want to be her and be a qt gf.

>>4728276
When I saw the thumbnail I thought that was hentai.
I've been on this site for too long.

>>4728284
well, you're officially more fucked up than I am. Why do you want to be a girl so bad?

>>4728269
do tell
>>4728274
no and no

im not aware of any of the symbolism in her paintings, i literally just get angry when I see one, they look like absolute shit to me. shes the only painter i have this reaction to

>>4728276
oh god its disgusting why

>>4728292
are you gay?

>>4728288
I just want to be prim, proper, pretty, coy, bashful, beautiful, and submissive.

One of my faves and /lit/ related

>>4728287
>>4728296
Series I White and Blue Flower Shapes by Georgia O' Keeffe.

>>4728292
>i literally just get angry when I see one
Yep, full blown autism.

>>4728297
no
>>4728304
no but that isnt what that word means at all
its about reading and reacting to people, not art.(btw you guys dont count as people, you are just posts)

>>4728278
What is this supposed to mean? Straight question?

>>4728302
Mmmmm

There's some rather unknown russian landscape painters that are pretty amazing.

I'm leaning towards more quite landscapes nowadays, I'm a bit fed up of overly complicated art right now, and they're great at that.

>>4728316
Your furious breakdown when seeing a picture is a sure sign of autism. The distress has been bought about by an overload of stimulus (flowers), and I would suggest that you remove your clothes and sit in a cool, quiet place.

>>4728316
'scuse me, 'scuse me. Can I ask a question?

>>4728329
And another example.

>>4728292
If she can provoke that powerful of a reaction in you, then was clearly a talented artist.

>>4728338
Go ahead.

>>4728332
I am addicted to overload of stimulus, i require a constant stream of caffeine, exercise endorphins, alcohol, music, literature, philosophy, conversation, and writing just to not go insane. I cant go without stimulating interaction for more than half an hour at the most

It isnt a 'furious breakdown'. Its a specific reaction to one painter, whose work is indescribably ugly and pops up all the time

>>4728338
yes sure
>>4728341
maybe she is a talented artist, i dont dispute it

>>4728343
Haven't you ever seen a vagina before?
A picture even?

>>4728346
Maybe that explains your autism.

>>4728236
>why are her paintings famous
She drew flowers that looked like vaginas.

>>4728350
Yes, its not the vagina imagery that bothers me its the shapes she uses, theyre so fucking awful

>>4728292
>i literally just get angry when I see one, they look like absolute shit to me. shes the only painter i have this reaction to
Anon, I have bad news. You are gay.

>>4728346
Sounds like sexual frustration.

End of the day, anything done to town down carnal desires usually fail in the long run.

Most of O' Keeffe's works are charged with physical innuendo.

At least I know I'm not arguing with a troll now.

>Red Canna

>>4728357
>its not the vagina imagery that bothers me
>its the shapes she uses
>uses vagina-shaped flowers
Fuck off fag.

>>4728346
That sounds pretty serious. If it's not autism what is it?

>>4728358
Im not ruling out the possiblity but that would be some very deep denial
>>4728360
Sexual frustration as in not having sex? because I have sex. My sex drive is pretty low either way, I think Im emotionally a child or something because I prefer kissing and lying about to actually having sex

can we stop psychoanalyzing me though this is abot the paintings which are abominations

I REALLY enjoy this painting. I love Magritte for some reason. I'm not much into paintings/visual arts but I can't get enough of his work.

>>4728299
ha ha ha
makes you more feminine than most american women

>>4728361
You're conflating shape and symbol
There are many ways to draw a vagina or flower, using many shapes

I agree with vagina-kun, I dislike overly sexualised paintings, I know they're meant to make you feel something like that, but it's nothing more than a gimmick.

"lel, look, I made these flowers and cotidian objects look like genitals, aren't I a great artist?"

>>4728329
That garish sky makes the painting postcard tier.

>>4728369
Why not Pollock? Why isn't his multicoloured blood and gore spatter "abominations"?

>>4728370
why are his hands different colors

>>4728369
But we ARE talking about it, you're treating her like she painted the flowers that raped your family.

You sound like the type of individual who would go to town with an exacto on one of her paintings if you ever saw it in person.

>>4728387
Pollocks painting look nice
I dont understand why hes so highly regarded other than lelrandomdrips but his paintings just look really nice

O'Keeffe's paintings look like crossections of fat people or those fake plants you seem in medical buildings

>>4728388
The light is coming from the left side of the painting. You can see his left cheek is slightly darker and his suit is darker on that side as well.

>>4728380
Like these >>4728033 >>4728120

>>4728120
dude I went to a summer camp once with an effeminate boy that looks kind of like her
>tfw didn't get his number

>>4728402
Nah, those are fine.

These are what I mean:
>>4728387
>>4728367
>>4728360
>>4728302
>>4728276

The human form is stylised beauty most of the time, and I have nothing against it, but when people are just painting genitals, well, I see the point and I don't really enjoy it.

>>4728400
oh right
looks sort of unnatural though doesnt it

>>4728367
Its not serious at all, its just an excess of energy, i should be gathering berries and yelling at my tribesfolk or somethign

>>4728400
HAHA EXACTLY

>>4728399
>Pollocks painting look nice

>>4728418
That's the point, it's why he took effort to shade him and the apple, and not the surroundings.

At least that's how I see it.

>>4728418
Yeah the hand is more of a deeper brown than fleshy colored with shadow over it. I dunno. Maybe Magritte goofed up?

Wasn't someone from the adt thread going to upload a folder of these?
I want these all on my hard drive but I'm too lazy to do all that right clicking and button saving

>>4728372
And yet I'll never be a woman.

>>4728429
>>4728430
its unsettling anyway

And here's some of his music:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY4o2G6hmaQ

>>4728360
>o'keeffe
>hey guys do you get it yet its not just flowers in all my paintings, its also something else! i don't want to give it away, but be warned - its a little bit naughty!

show me a female artist that doesn't paint purely about her gender pls

>>4728456
dude that is terrible

>>4728417
No, I'm saying they're over sexualized. They are.

>but when people are just painting genitals
But they're flowers and the insides of reproductive organs. That's why the bull is a symbol of femininity. The Fashion magazine petit commie girl is just ironic kitsch

>>4728456

>>4728459
>ironic kitsch
tfw gaiety is the most outstanding feature of the Soviet union

>>4728460
This is pretty cool. What's the style called so I can find more like it? (I already found a site with all of this artist's stuff).

>>4728458
http://ciurlionis.eu/en/painting/gallery/

Maybe you can find something that you like.

>>4728466
lots of them look nice
the fairy tale castle looks completely retarded why do you like it

>>4728471
It's nice to look at.

This one is probably my favorite.

>>4728465

"SYMBOLISM".

>>4728490
haha i actually had the page open on that one as you posted it, its pretty cool. sort of frightening
i dont understand the appeal of the castle at all though i must be missing some way of looking

>>4728497

>>4728399
have you seen a pollock in real life?

>>4728399
You're a fool
Pollock like Rothko are stunning images that could only have come from the vast American landscape.

Anything by Munch
Anything by Degas

always liked this one

>>4728694

>>4728703

>>4728655

>>4728677
>Degas
Degas is pretty great

But Gauguin is the bomb

>>4728648
jesus fuck

>>4728710
woah this is great
i dont usually like Klimt this much

>>4728781
I was just think the exact same thing. This one reminds me quite a bit of Mucha.

>>4728732
Beksinski is great

>>4728648
>>4728655
I like how paintings like these makes you feel small, I remember seeing something like these on a museum when I was a bit younger, feels really different when you look at it on equally huge-as-fuck canvas though.

>>4728284
why?

>>4728941
"I can't find a perfect girl for me so I became the perfect girl"

-"decent" trap from /cgl/

>>4728952
the process might be pretty interesting

Klimt, Fulfilment.

Waterhouse and everything that involves beautiful naked girls with red head

No fans of A Week of Kindness on here?

Schiele, the dark and twisted "other" of Klimt

>>4728978

>>4728980
self-portrait

>>4728999

franz von stuck - self portrait

None of you understand a thing about peinture.

>>4728040
Is there some deeper meaning to this I'm not getting or is it just a cool picture with a neat gimmick?

painting is too restrictive (and academic) for me to enjoy much anymore but I like this; I haven't found my favorites online

"Protect the interests of the youth, women and children - provide assistance to young students who cannot afford to continue their studies, help the youth and women to organize in order to participate on an equal footing in all work useful to the war effort and to social progress..."

any good artist biographies/autobiographies?

>>4729156
Vasari is pretty standard but this is more 'academic'
http://faculty.uml.edu/rinnis/cezannedoubt.pdf

Yves Klein - Vampire

>>4728971
Beautiful painting, but I always thought how that shoulder looks like dislocated

>mfw this thread

Stick to the books, guys.

Damn, I love Zhang Daqian's landscapes.

>>4729156
In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in Mexico and the United States and more specifically Remedios Varo: Unexpected Journeys

>>4729155
just imagine what soviet artists could have done without stalin's cock constantly up their ass

almost as depressing as thinking about the potential of pre-hitler germany

>>4728077

It's not even that spooky though, it's just symbolic.

>>4729162
the halo over mao's head absolutely ruins it for me

>>4729222

>>4729225
what's the story with this one

>>4729225

>>4729226
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Godiva

>>4729227

>>4729235

>>4729233
why do you relate to that story?

>>4729242

>>4728238
Did it go for $164 million to an anonymous buyer? If it did, someone wasn't really buying the painting but rather trying to pass off drug money and blood money as a legitimate transaction so it can be legally circulated. Most "modern art" is actually a big money laundering scam and the FBI is onto it, which is why you see scribbles go for obscene amounts with some half-baked artistic interpretation slapped onto it to convince the cops it's really art.

>>4729181

Surely this is bait?

>>4728452
you deny her subjectivity
you imagine a chidlike innocence in her mind, because you see it in her form, but she is an adult the same as you
you will never been the little girl

>>4728952
>"I can't find a perfect girl for me so I became the perfect girl"
This would make a good story

>>4728655
Thatis my wallpaper. I love Beksinski.
This one is my favourite.

>no Musashi

Anyone has this in a higher resolution? It's by Moreau, about Salome and Herodes.

>>4728340
I think a scene in Frank Miller's 300 is heavily based on this.

No love for Bacon?

>>4729317

Not really a painting, but whaddyawant.

>150 images is limit on /lit/

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT!

We will have three or four full threads before even one is bumped into the void beyond page 10.

Who else do you think I should look into if I'm a fan of Goya, Magritte, O'Keeffe, and Grunewald?

>>4729104
I believe it's just the gimmick.

>>4729288
Myra Breckenridge?

>>4729305
Here ya go

>>4729372
Thank you, Butterfree!

boom

Ernst Mach yo

>>4729208
there's a more striking one [that I think is] called "Listen to Chairman Mao and be a good student of Chairman Mao" by Liu Wenxi but I couldn't find it

something from Mariazell

>>4728203
this isnt a YES album cover?

>>4728197
>>4728203
>>4728210
WORTHLESS

>>4728825
if on a winter's night a traveller

i liek dis 1

>>4729555
>dat titty

> no xue jiye

time to step it up

i like grimshaw

I know precisely dick about art interpretation, but his pictures are pretty and make me feel nice.

>>4729682
What is it with plebs and Salvador Dali

>>4729685
Why are you calling me a pleb, I just like him :(

>>4728402
>paintings of young woman taking a moment to enjoy nature between fighting periods that are necessary for her to obtain the right to enjoy life and nature her own terms
>hur dur over secsualized

Please contain yourself.

I will admit I know little about painting and art history, but this is my favorite painting. The Garden Of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch. I can never get over just how much is going on in this painting, and how absolutely bizarre it is for a 15th century work.

Don't even bother with the image I uploaded, if your browser can handle it you need to view the 19,568 × 11,139 version here: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6d/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights_by_Bosch_High_Resolution.jpg

>>4729708
>if your browser can handle it
I thought that was a joke but my browser literally crashed when I tried to tab out while it was loading.

fauvist bros ww@?

>>4729708

dat Bosch

>>4729155
>>4729162
I hate how people have been trained to be afraid of artworks like these. I love their cautious optimism and everyman quality. This isn't art intended to be decadent, billion-dollar monstrosities that sit in person's home to rot or in museums to be -maybe- seen, with no purpose other than "it looks pretty and it generates cash value over time".