Artwork of the day #1

[Gloria01]

Ilya Yefimovich Repin: Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16th, 1581. (1885)

commons.wikimeida.org

 

[KKnardi]

^ wow.

 

[Chrisdesigner]

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=tcJxPaqxVCg

 

[Moofins]

Oh my gosh, the emotion is astounding!

Ilya Yefimovich Repin: Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan on November 16th, 1581. (1885)
commons.wikimeida.org

 

[Moofins]

Flightless by Kelly McKernan
Watercolor and gouache on 9"x11" tea-stained watercolor paper.

bigger version:

community.livejournal.com/30_paintings/

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

Nikolai Ge - Conscience: Judas
source: wikipedia

 

[Diamond Star]

Wang Xizhi Watching Geese - Qian Xuan

nytimes.com

 

[Gloria01]

Franz von Stuck: The Sin (1893)

commons.wikimedia.org

 

[auxt]

Yes, that Repin painting is intense -- excellent !
A good series of contributions throughout the last few pages, too

I like the concept here ...

After The Mona Lisa 4, 2006, by Devorah Sperber
875 spools of thread, stainless steel ball chain and hanging apparatus, clear acrylic viewing sphere, metal stand

devorahsperber.com

 

[gius]

is it magnifying a section of the Mona Lisa ?? ^^

 

[Jetsetgirl]

"My love" by Eliezer Sonnenschein

source: http://www.channel-0.org

 

[MoschinoKisses]

is it magnifying a section of the Mona Lisa ?? ^^

it looks like the magnifying glass is flipping the portrait made from thread wheels (?) upside down and minimizing it, neat!

 

[ediewarhol]

The Mona Lisa one is very cool. I love it.

 

[auxt]

yeah, the glass sphere acts as a lens for the spools

exploratorium.edu

in the spools themselves, the image is not obvious at first b/c of the "low resolution" and inversion. very cool indeed !

http://devorahsperber.com/thread_works_index_html_and_2x2s/mona4.html

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]After The Mona Lisa 4 is a life-sized rendering of da Vinci's Mona Lisa (measuring 41"h x 31"w including the frame). It is constructed from 875 spools of thread so the image resolution is very low. Yet when seen through a viewing sphere, the thread spools condense into a recognizable image, conveying how little information the brain needs to make sense of visual imagery it has already been exposed to.[/FONT]

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]At first glance, the thread spool installation appears to be a random arrangement of spools of thread. A clear acrylic sphere placed in front of the work, shrinks and condenses the thread spool "pixels" into a recognizable image while also rotating the imagery 180 degrees like the human eye. This shift in perception functions as a dramatic mechanism to present the idea that there is no one truth or reality, emphasizing subjective reality vs. an absolute truth.[/FONT]

 

[gius]

very cool indeed ! thanks auxt
i assume even the shrunk image is not really crystal clear , probably like a blurred mona lisa
because there is no definite lines nor detail in the thread spools ...

 

[Mary-Anne]

source| foto decadent
I did it my way ed. by Craig McDean

 

[nat_attak]

the mona lisa one has a very cool concept.

 

[TanyaKiller]

OH! I love it when someone can do something so beautiful in such a simple way! B)

{flickr:acrossandtwokisses}

 

[Mary-Anne]

by Alicia Bock
Bockphoto - flickr

 

[wheneveriwakeup]

It's been a Lucas Samaras day...

source: getty.edu