Anything that appeals to one's sense of the sublime. A lithographed copy of a can of bad soup or Marilyn Monroe in shockadelic colors doesn't do it for me.
Posted on 01/20/2018 9:03:58 AM PST by mairdie
Great stuff for the queer army.
The problem with time is that we never know what’s going to make it way out there in the future. Could those Lascoux Cave prehistorics had the faintest idea how magnificent we’d see their painted horses today?
There’s a story that French Impressionism came to be because an artist was walking close to the wall to examine the paintings. He came across one and stopped, lost in the colors and the passion of movement. Then suddenly realized he hadn’t the faintest idea what the painting was of, and couldn’t have cared less. Thus the movement into non-geometric pure colors that led into the post-impressionist and modern periods. There are some that don’t have the depth to last. You look at them and you quickly see it all. Boredom sets in. But there are others... You can hardly turn away. When I find that anywhere, I call it art.
Where in the world did that unbelievable statement come from?
Actually, I agree! One of the absolute greats, P.D.Q.
What, you think it might be my Ode to Venison body spray?
EXACTLY!
Anything that appeals to one's sense of the sublime. A lithographed copy of a can of bad soup or Marilyn Monroe in shockadelic colors doesn't do it for me.
Many thanks are due to Prof. Schickele for preserving the works of this genius.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2003/dec/27/art
Thanks for the pointer. I’ll look more into him.
I’m of the Supreme Court school of art appreciation - I don’t know what art is, but I’ll know it when I see it.
I’ve been putting up landscape photographs and some of them are almost perfect art. Balance, depth, complexity and heart stopping. For me. But the difference in art appreciation is what makes people exciting and conversations places to learn, as you’ve done with your kind pointer.
Art, to me, is deep happiness. And I get it from many different styles - some popular; some obscure. Corot is well thought of, and he bores the heck out of me. Turner, now! And there I am back to color.
We don’t need to like the same art. We just need to both find joy in art.
Don’t you wonder if they bought the cushion AFTER they took in the kitty? It’s those coincidences that just blow your mind.
Did you notice even the purse on the floor between the two women is camouflaged with the floor tiles?
Then the camera did a close up into the stands and I saw that the entire stadium was chuck full of people.
Officers were wearing their uniforms, but the regular Joe's and Jane's were in camouflage. From far away they were invisible.
Gey
Well PDQ is a Scholar...
The best one was the Bugs Bunny guy whose pattern on his plaid shirt would move as he moved. Incredible.
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