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12-03-2018, 12:22 AM | #131 (permalink) | |
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I've always been an art history buff, so there's a ton of art I could talk about. Any fans of Edward Hopper's work? I've always loved the atmosphere that comes with the majority of his paintings. One of my favorites is New York Movie: |
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12-03-2018, 11:45 PM | #134 (permalink) |
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It adds a lot to that "only people still up late at night" atmosphere that there's so few details. Where's the street lights, cars, fire hydrants, drains, dirt, road markings, signs and discarded bits of trash in the street? The cracks in the sidewalk tiles? There's not even any individual tiles painted - as if the sidewalks are one solid slab of polished concrete. The only real details inside are the people, glasses and the containers in the background. Even that yellow door is very simply illustrated. Where are the lights that shine so brightly on the inside of the bar even?
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12-03-2018, 11:58 PM | #135 (permalink) |
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I'm not a huge fan of how photorealistic he paints his people in comparison to their surroundings. Nighthawks is a good example, with these heavily detailed people surrounded by a semi-blurred, murkier environment. Maybe it's supposed to emphasize them as the subjects of the painting to add to where they're spaced, but they look weirdly out of place.
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05-18-2021, 06:21 AM | #138 (permalink) |
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Just saw this great presentation on a very interesting 20th century American artist Alice Neel who is having a huge retrospective at the New York Met. Have a gander:
Edit: We have a thread already, thanks!
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