What are your favourite works of Art?

[-:Undertaker:-]

Empress Victoria + Family


Queen Elizabeth I (painted around the time of the victory over Spain i'm sure)

I love all older-style art really but the historical ones are the best by far, for example Queen Elizabeth I with her hand on the globe symbolises the start of the British Empire and English dominence across the world. I like art with history/meaning in it which automatically excludes modern 'art'.

[wixard]

ANDY WARHOL


beethoven


cowwwwwwwwww (i love cows)


my fav dictator!!!

[GommeInc]

I love all older-style art really but the historical ones are the best by far, for example Queen Elizabeth I with her hand on the globe symbolises the start of the British Empire and English dominence across the world. I like art with history/meaning in it which automatically excludes modern 'art'.

Indeed, there's always some sort of symbolism or meaning in aload of old portraits. You do not really get it in modern art :/

I'll have a look for my favourite sculpture/artist. He wrapped landscapes and items, creating new works of art.

[Adamm]

photography is my favourite works of art, the more personal, the more artistic.

[FlyingJesus]

I do a fair amount of painting myself but haven't really come across many artists that I like that much - I'm probably too into myself for it I guess. Only artist I really like is Wassily Kandinsky, whom one of my art teachers in college likened me to without knowing that I love him so that was pretty fab

A couple of my favourites from him:

"White Oval"


"Composition VIII"

Not very creative with the names but I just love how he puts so much geometrical work in, all looks fantastic to me regardless of meaning, and for me art is about aesthetics rather than what nice stories you can write about your work afterwards

[rnix]

Banksy because they are everywhere in bristol :L
http://www.banksy.co.uk/

[FlyingJesus]

Just realised that 2nd one won't let me hotlink and can't edit now, whoops.
Here it is from a site that'll hopefully like me more


Can't stand Banksy, boring hipster art

[rnix]

Banksy has some good stuff. But some awful trash.
But i don't really look at much other art than his.

[Catzsy]

@ LoveToStack - love that Peter Chang bracelet

@ Keri - I love Barbara Kruger too. A great contemporary visual artist.

@ Undertaker - who is the artist on these. Not really my thing but the colours and detail is
remarkable.

@ Wizard. Warhol is without doubt a master in his style of painting.

@ FJ - I have to say I haven't come across Wassily Kandinsky, before. He seems to be a great
abstract artist. I am going to research him further.

[FlyingJesus]

Pretty incredible guy really, he had sound-colour synaesthesia so when he was using certain colours he "heard" them and was literally trying to paint music. He does have a fair amount of more formed paintings of actual scenes and people etc. (mostly in his early work), which you might enjoy more having seen your personal favourites, but I'm an abstract man through and through