[SeekAndFind]

The Resurrection, Piero della Francesca, 1460

[Argus]

Dude, it’s even better on acid.

[miss marmelstein]

Great painting; great story of the young British soldier who save this from destruction.

[newfreep]

It’s “Elvis on velvet” - nothing else is close....

Seriously!

[a fool in paradise]

So Aldous Huxley is in good company in his praise. But is Piero’s Resurrection of Christ in little San Sepolcro “the greatest picture in the world”?

GREATEST is subjective term and should NEVER be confused with "biggest grossing" or "most expensive".

Take a look at the

10 most expensive photos sold (often at auction)

The Billy the Kid photo's value is concentrated in the historical worth, not the "art" of the image.

2 are Cindy Sherman self portraits (or Selfies as the grownups trying to sound hip are calling them today)

The Pond/Moonlight, by Edward Steichen has historical significance and is an "early master". It's also 1 of only 2 prints of the image (both hand-colored). It isn't his greatest work.

3 are contemporary "landscapes" by Andreas Gursky.

One is a plagiarism from a Marlboro cigarette ad.

On the whole, none of them qualify as The Greatest Photo.

[Revolting cat!]

But he fends off the common, nihilistic modern argument that art “is all a matter of personal taste,” saying that there is “an absolute standard of artistic merit,” which is “in the last resort a moral one.”

If you agree with Huxley here, you can (and should) apply his standard to other art forms. I do.

[Lancey Howard]

This restoration has to be up there, too:

[eartrumpet]

[urtax$@work]

Banishment of Beauty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGX0_0VL06U

[Mr. Jeeves]

William Bouguereau is the greatest. I used to have a print of this one, "Song of the Angels", hanging in my house. But I gave it to a friend and it got smashed during a move...

[kabumpo]

Huxley was extremely vision-impaired, possibly even legally blind.

[Utah Binger]

Modernism in the American west in 1925.

[Flag_This]

"The Greatest Painting? So Aldous Huxley deemed Piero della Francesca’s Resurrection of Christ"

Opinions are like a-holes...

[SaxxonWoods]

I’m partial the painting of the crucifixion of St. Andrew which is displayed in the apse of the church called Sant’Andrea della Valle, in Rome.

The lighting and placement are spectacular and enhance the experience. The church is almost hidden on a street along the route from the Forum to Piazza Navona.

[editor-surveyor]

Charming.

This stuff disgusts me.

Could these twisted paintings be the reason that Yehova forbid the making of images?

[Daffynition]

This sums it up for ya:

**At the age of 14 Aldous Huxley would lose his mother and he himself would subsequently become ill in 1911 with a disease that would leave him virtually blind.**

http://www.egs.edu/library/aldous-huxley/biography/

[Revolting cat!]

Is there no avoiding tabloidal discussions of people?

“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.”