Favorite Works of Art ?

[TexasLidig8r]

To take a brief respite from the incessant line of political posts... what is your favorite work of art? Mine... Manet's "Christ with Angels." It hangs in the Met and is truly awe inspiring. Yours?

http://www.mystudios.com/manet/1860/manet-christ-w-angels-1864.jpg

[Mjcpr]

He looks stoned out of his gourd.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

You spelled Monay wrong, you turd.

[Mjcpr]

Monay....Monay, so good to me....

[SoonerInKCMO]

Caravaggio - David With Head of Goliath

http://www.malaspina.org/GIF/bar_caravaggio_12.jpg

[Mjcpr]

He doesn't look so big.

[JohnnyMack]

Dogs playing poker posted in 3...2...1...

[TexasLidig8r]

You spelled Monay wrong, you turd.

NO NO NO... you delectable Hillbilly Queen you!

It's Edouard Manet on this one.. NOT Claude Monet.

Now.. bend over my knee and take your just desserts!

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

You spelled Edward wrong, you turd.

[Frozen Sooner]

Does this have to be paintings or any work of art? Does music count?

Painting: Kyrok, the Seamstress Fred Machetanz
Sculpture: The Caryatid Auguste Rodin
Composition: Ninth Symphony, Fourth Movement Ludwig von Beethoven.

[Mjcpr]

Anytime I have four movements you can bet there is a symphony behind it.

[Mjcpr]

You spelled Edward wrong, you turd.

Oh, Eddie... If I woke up tomorrow with my head sewn to the carpet, I wouldn't be more surprised than I am now.

[TexasLidig8r]

You spelled Edward wrong, you turd.

You really like being over my knee dont' you? ;)

oh.. and Bach's Air from Orchestral No. 3 is exceptional also.

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

Anytime I have four movements you can bet there is a symphony behind it.

http://cache.boston.com/bonzai-fba/Original_Photo/2008/03/13/1205445341_3532.jpg

[silverwheels]

Nike of Samothrace

http://www.sandrashaw.com/images/AH1L21Nike.jpg

[BlondeSoonerGirl]

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/2194/pic1jt5.jpg

[olevetonahill]

Fags ;)
http://www.acmewebpages.com/graphics/playboyjune1962.jpg

[soonerscuba]

Death of Marat, JL David

[Howzit]

http://casinocritic.files.wordpress.com/2007/11/dog-poker-background-1024x768.jpg

[olevetonahill]

See you really cant trust those Damn Bulldogs.:mad:

[soonermix]

nothing in particular for me. but i would like to look at a nice winter landscape with trees and mountains.

[yermom]

i'm a bit of a Georgia O'Keefe fan, myself:

http://www.tfaoi.com/cm/3cm/3cm423.jpg

[JohnnyMack]

Pervert.

[yermom]

you don't like flowers?

[TexasLidig8r]

Rodin's "The Gates of Hell" based upon his interpretation of the entrance to hell in Dante's Inferno...

http://www.danteinferno.info/gates-of-hell.jpg

[JohnnyMack]

Rodin's "The Gates of Hell" based upon his interpretation of the entrance to hell in Dante's Inferno...

http://www.danteinferno.info/gates-of-hell.jpg

I stared at the original at the Orsay for about an hour. It's mind boggling.

[Rogue]

The Korean War Memorial. It changes with the weather, season, and time of day. Always powerful and moving to me.



http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j257/soonercody/Korean_War_Memorial_Back2.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j257/soonercody/korean-war-memorial.jpg

[TopDawg]

Good call, Rogue. That is a powerful one.

[TopDawg]

How 'bout some local art?!

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/79/278848133_6435fdf066.jpg?v=0

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2347/1525451421_6df8ff981f.jpg?v=0

;)

[Curly Bill]

http://www.goaling.it/documentstore/documentsFiles/796881/cover.jpg

Michelangelo's La Pieta

[47straight]

The Transfiguration by Raphael. In person it was amazing


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Transfiguration_Raphael.jpg

[12]

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/nike.jpg

[NYC Poke]

To be clear, this is NOT my favorite work of art, but it just came to my attention today.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080619/K061902AU.jpg

What is it, you ask?


Monument to enema treatments opened in a southern Russian spa resort
Published: Thursday, June 19, 2008 | 12:04 PM ET
Canadian Press: THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MOSCOW - A monument to a procedure many people would rather not think about has been unveiled at a spa in the a southern Russian city.

The 363-kilogram bronze syringe bulb held by three angels honours the enema. It was unveiled Wednesday at the Mashuk-Akva Term spa in the Caucasus Mountains community of Zheleznovodsk. Spa director Alexander Kharchenko says there is "no kitsch or obscenity" involved.

In this Wednesday, June 18, 2008 hand out photo, nurses are seen, posing near a monument to enemas at Mashuk Akva-Term Sanatorium in the town of Zheleznovodsk, Russian Caucasus Mountains region. He calls the monument a "successful work of art" that pays tribute to what is "almost a symbol of our region."

The area is known for dozens of spas where enemas with water from mineral springs are routinely administered to treat digestive and other complaints.

Kharchenko, 50, said the monument cost $42,000 and was installed in a square in front of his establishment.

A banner declaring: "Let's beat constipation and sloppiness with enemas" - an allusion to a line from "The Twelve Chairs," a famous Soviet film comedy - was posted on one of the spa's walls.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/080619/K061902AU.html

Putin must be behind this.

[12]

http://www.tedwatts.net/images/OU/oumuralfulllarge.jpg

[Sooner_Havok]

http://webfea-lb.fea.aub.edu.lb/arch121/Roman%20Art/VII11.jpg

[12]

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/williamsjpg.jpg

[Curly Bill]

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j200/zebthethird/williamsjpg.jpg

Indeed a beautiful sight. :D

[Crimson_Balls]

http://www.cartermuseum.org/files/imagecache/artwork_detail/files/images/collection/screen/1961-230.jpg

[Crimson_Balls]

http://www.humanitiesweb.org/gallery/346/25.jpg

[Whet]

This lovely piece of artwork is in the lobby of the building I work:

http://www.brainsnack.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/town_ho_7779.jpg

The Town Ho's Story by Frank Stella

http://www.brainsnack.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/town_ho_01_lrg.jpg

[Curly Bill]

http://hermonadams.org/paintings/gallery/medium/nafemaleMED/daughterofthemoonMED.jpg

[Sooner_Havok]

This lovely piece of artwork is in the lobby of the building I work:

http://www.brainsnack.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/town_ho_7779.jpg

The Town Ho's Story by Frank Stella

http://www.brainsnack.net/cpg/albums/userpics/10001/town_ho_01_lrg.jpg

http://www.crra.org/images/trashosaurus.jpg

[Whet]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2326/2067063463_34b850b1c1_d.jpghttp://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/history/johnson/Chicago2.jpg

[Sooner_Havok]

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/previews/1051/393829.JPG

[12]

Geeze. What does that thing smell like?

I'm guessing Roy smells like Dior Homme, something made by God and menthol.