Despo...what is your AV pic? I can't make it out.

Thank Heaven someone asked already! I've been waiting for that question for you don't know how long!

 

It's The Hallucinogenic Toreador, my favorite Salvador Dali painting

Edited October 6, 201114 yr by Despothera

OMG! I love Salvador Dali! I couldn't make it out though it was so small. That was my first thought but I figured I better ask instead of being wrong! LOL

I figured since I love the painting anyways, and it kinda looks like it has a face in it, it would be a good avatar. I was thinking of making a game where you change your avatar to a favorite painting, and someone has to guess it. Might run it by Talniko if I get support for it

I love Dali, went to the museum in St. Pete once a week as a kid.

I've been there

They just renovated it, it wasn't open before I left though. :(

I would love to go there!

It's awesome. :)

What are some other favorite artists of yalls?

Edited October 6, 201114 yr by Despothera

Picasso, Escher, Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona are beautiful, ancient Egyptian/Greek/Roman art.

I like Egyptian Hieroglypghs, and Asian archecture.

Picasso, Escher, Gaudi's buildings in Barcelona are beautiful, ancient Egyptian/Greek/Roman art.

 

Good to see someone else is an Escher fan. I made a submission in Maw's siggy contest

That could be a very long list for me...

 

I'll try to keep it short.

 

 

Botticelli/daVinci/Michelangelo

Bernini/Rembrandt

deGoya/Degas/Monet/Cezanne/Renoir

Picasso/Seurat/vanGogh

 

Dali of course. I also love Andy Warhol.

 

Ancient Egyptian art just about brings me to tears. In fact I did tear up when I went to see the King Tut exhibit this summer. I was in awe.

I remember seeing the Tut exhibit when it first came to USA way back when. It was jaw dropping, even for a kid. I went with my school. It was awesome. I probly got my love of Egyptian art from that trip.

There's been so much incredible art created in the world... I'm actually also a big sculpture fan. Michaelangelo and Boticelli are probably my faves in that department. I'm also a big impressionist fan

yes, yes, and yes! me too!

I made the cutest little turtle sculpture during college, I don't know what my mother did with it though. :(

Ooooh you know who was an amazing artist, and multitalented?

 

William Blake. Powerful images AND words.

No one has any thoughts about William Blake? He's amazing

I like, I just got tied up with work and then yummy pot roast. mmm, home cooked meals.

You like his poetry as well? I heard you mention in one of the WT field trips you like poetry

I have The Complete Poetry & Prose of William Blake on my coffee table Des. Right next to The Complete Works of William Shakespeare. (now that is a THICK book)

Edited October 7, 201114 yr by Rhea

Yes I do. I also like Edgar Allan Poe.

Much Ado About Nothing is one of my favorite Shakespeare plays.