Art that you like

[facehugger]

i thought this would be nice thread.

basically, post art. because art kicks ass

and what better way to start, than with raphael

The nymph Galatea
c. 1512-14


god, the composition is so perfect. i think i like raphael most of all at the moment. there's such purity in his line

[facehuggerie]

little angel at left top is funny

[The Emperor]

I thought this was supposed to be a porn thread 

[facehugger]

get your mind out of the gutter

[Danny]

Raphe's portrait of Leo X raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawks!

[facehuggerie]

I thought this was supposed to be a porn thread 

ohh, you mean porn is art for you ? you are sick.

[The Emperor]

ohh, you mean porn is art for you ? you are sick.

It was a joke, don't worry

[facehuggerie]

It was a joke, don't worry

i was being sarcastic.

[mahlertitan]

porn
art
it depends purely on the audience, it depends how one perceives it.
porn can be art, art can be porn.

[facehugger]

oh shut up

[facehuggerie]

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[facehuggerie]

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[facehugger]

I like this. what is it?

[Bunny]

I thought this was supposed to be a porn thread 

Actually, there are many art historians who say that paintings like the first Raphael in the thread were the 16th century's equivalent of a Playboy centerfold.  In the Renaissance, a naked female chest as well as an ankle were very provocative and arousing.  These weren't works that were displayed in a room where guests (and particularly ladies) were entertained, but rather were saved for the private apartments of the owners who commissioned them.

You should do a little reading about Raphael's life.  He was quite the bon vivant: He was no stranger to wine and women and over indulgence in the two probably contributed to his early demise.  Start your reading with Giorgio Vasari (The Lives of the Artists) who actually lived at a time when many of Raphael's contemporaries were still alive.  He wrote that Rafael's death was the result of a night of sexual excess with his mistress.

[Symphonien]

Music is art.

[mahlertitan]

Actually, there are many art historians who say that paintings like the first Raphael in the thread were the 16th century's equivalent of a Playboy centerfold.  In the Renaissance, a naked female chest as well as an ankle were very provocative and arousing.  These weren't works that were displayed in a room where guests (and particularly ladies) were entertained, but rather were saved for the private apartments of the owners who commissioned them.

You should do a little reading about Raphael's life.  He was quite the bon vivant: He was no stranger to wine and women and over indulgence in the two probably contributed to his early demise.  Start your reading with Giorgio Vasari (The Lives of the Artists) who actually lived at a time when many of Raphael's contemporaries were still alive.  He wrote that Rafael's death was the result of a night of sexual excess with his mistress.

there are plenty of pornographic statues left by the romans for the sole purpose to arouse.

[facehuggerie]

I like this. what is it?

which one ?

1st and last one : -
2nd-3rd-4th-5th : -

[facehugger]

all of them

thanks!

[facehuggerie]

 

[Bunny]

there are plenty of pornographic statues left by the romans for the sole purpose to arouse.

You should also check out the grafitti from Pompeii.  There are books devoted to the erotic art found there, but that's got little to do with Raphael of Urbino who lived before the discovery of Pompeii.  While the Renaissance artists tried to associate themselves to the Classical tradition through the use of heroic nudes, they also produced numbers of nudes that were centerfold art by using classical themes.  Titian's Venus of Urbino, for instance, was not a painting that would have been displayed in the salon but rather something a gentleman would keep in his bed room or private office.  It's actually a portrait of a famous courtesan, but by describing the painting as a picture of Venus, it gains some respectability.  Similarly, all of those allegorical paintings of Venus and Mars also skirted the boundaries between respectability and obscenity.  To see how art became more and more provacative over time, merely compare Botticelli's Venus and Mars to the later painting by Veronese.  It clearly was not necessary to paint Venus unclothed to illustrate the allegory.

Titian, Venus of Urbino



Botticelli, Venus and Mars



Veronese, Venus and Mars