Classical Art Thread

[Salvatore]

Post Classical Art

 

[Faeryl]

Here is a classical sculpture. The people look so real (at least to me), they might just hop right off the sculpture itself and come to life!!

"Prometheus and the Oceanides and eagle Ethon"
- Scuplture by Eduard Müller (1872/79) at Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin.

Source: https://unsplash.com/photos/FcCIRZHMg1w

 

[Faeryl]

"The Lady of Shallot", painting.

I came across this painting again.
I have seen this before. The entire piece is very intriguing.

If you want to learn about the origins of the painting:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lady_of_Shalott

"The Lady of Shallot", poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson:
https://poets.org/poem/lady-shalott

 

[Salvatore]

 

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[Sy]

I don't know which version of "classical" is meant, but here's The Winged Victory of Samothrace (Nike)

 

[Pandagnome]

The opera Ruslan and Lyudmila by Viktor Hartmann 1874

I like this one makes me want to visit this place


The Garden of Earthly Delights, Hieronymous Bosch, 1500, Museo del Prado

A bird is smoking a person as it farts birds this is the world of birds !


Lord and Lady of the Cemetery late 19th–early 20th century Thomas Laird

No party like a skeleton party!

 

[Salvatore]

I don't know which version of "classical" is meant, but here's The Winged Victory of Samothrace (Nike)

:O well classical art is on the beholder but if you have old art from statues to paintings you should just post it

 

[Salvatore]

 

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[Pandagnome]

Stormy Sea (1930) – Emil Nolde

I like the contrast of the blue sea and the stormy skies.

Inside the Temple of Philae in Egypt jean baptiste 1821/1822

Nice patterns and pillars

Stalking Tiger India 18th century

A hungry Tiger!

New Zealand flax plant, Robert Benard 1778

A tough plant that still holds in its habitat.

 

[Pandagnome]

Classic car Alan Fearnley 1942

Up on the hill with their classic car where will they go next?

 

[Salvatore]

Giovanni Boldini, The Dispatch-Bearer, ?1879

 

[Salvatore]

Barine by Sir Edward John Poynter 1894

 

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[Salvatore]

The Wild Hunt of Odin

 

[liandri]

"A warm response" by William Strutt, 1889.

"The Catastrophe" by Eduard von Grützner, 1892.

They both always made me chuckle.

 

[Salvatore]

"A warm response" by William Strutt, 1889.

"The Catastrophe" by Eduard von Grützner, 1892.

They both always made me chuckle.

heh, they do say Comedy is based on suffering

 

[Salvatore]

The Many Faces of Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries​