Art History

I wanted to make a thread for Art history because they are alot of great artists in the past!

Who is your favorite Artist? What's your favorite painting? Discuss it here.

I'm not a big art person but I like that painting called Starry night but I can't seem to remember who painted it.

Van Gogh painted Starry Night, it's quite an impressive painting.
The Scream by Edvard Munch scares the hell out of me but I find it really awesome.
I wouldn't call it my favorite but I really love it.
And I'm a fan of Pointillism. It's probably my favorite movement.

germfree:

Van Gogh painted Starry Night, it's guite an impressive painting.
The Scream by Edvard Munch scares the hell out of me but I find it really awesome.
I wouldn't call it my favorite but I really love it.
And I'm a fan of Pointillism. It's probably my favorite movement.

The scream is my favorite painting! I actually did a reinterpatation of it for school!

My dad is big on art he went to The Art Institute of New York City too. I guess I like art, my favorite artist is Picasso.

my favourite art would have to be in the national art gallery..a picture of a really big horse. diamond i think its name was :)

My favourite artist is a French painter, Fragonard, (I'm not sure how you spell the rest of his name). My favourite painting by him is, "The Swing" though it's a bit suggestive, I think it's beautiful :cute:
I studied his work last year for art and chose that painting for my final project ^^

My favourite painting is The Last Supper by Leonardo Di Vinci. Its so full of secrets!

My favorite gallery is the National Portrait Gallery, full of beautiful women + old men. I love the painting of Princess Charlotte. And Victoria's coronation portrait.

My favourite artists are Dali and Magritte. My life's ambition is to buy massive canvases of their work and hang them up all over my house, when I have enough money.

My favourite Dali piece is probably Metamorphosis of Narcissus, stemming from my love of Greek Mythology and double images. As for Magritte... you can't deny that The Treachery of Images is genius in it's own right, and I;m also fond of The Lovers and The Discovery of Fire.

Degas was one of the most beautiful painters.
I love ballerinas.

I really like some of Monet's work.
Especially the one of a sunset over New York, I think it is.

Jane Doe:

My favorite gallery is the National Portrait Gallery, full of beautiful women + old men. I love the painting of Princess Charlotte. And Victoria's coronation portrait.

I envy thee I want to go thereand see my heroes like Katherine of Aragon and Sir Thomas More in portrait form

Lady More.:

I envy thee I want to go thereand see my heroes like Katherine of Aragon and Sir Thomas More in portrait form

OMG the portraits of ALL the Tudors are there. I srsly love the Anne Boylene.

I just started Art History and so far i am loving it! It seems alot of fun, learning about different type's of art, and how to do certain things.

I find Art History fascinating. At some point it was a potential major for me, but I checked the courses the university offered, and 90% of the subjects was plain history, not even related to art, and I don't think I could handle that.

My favorite painters are Gustav Klimt and Salvador Dali, but I really like Caravaggio and Manfredi, too. There's something about the dramatic lighting, I guess.

I haven't really looked at any artist's work yet. . . .. Any suggestions?

Ripped.At.The.Seams.:

I haven't really looked at any artist's work yet. . . .. Any suggestions?

A good start would be a general introduction book. Something like Isms: Understanding Art which is witty and really easy to read. From then on, it's easy to look up whichever artist or movement seems interesting. You might also want to browse through google art project which shows you incredibly high definition pictures of famous art collections and smart history which is full of interesting facts about art history.

^^ Also, try learing about the elements and principles that make up art. You know those, majority of the other stuff will follow easily. :)

I adore leonardo da vinci. c: