Papist Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Mine is Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal Son(1662). [img]http://www.lumenchristi.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/rembrandt-return-of-the-prodigal-son11.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spem in alium Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 One of my favourites: Caravaggio's [i]Be[/i][i]heading of John the Baptist[/i]. I have been fortunate enough to see it in reality. [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/Michelangelo_Caravaggio_021.jpg/800px-Michelangelo_Caravaggio_021.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 The most beautiful work of art in my most humble opinion: [img]http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/536372_4977723487555_276842088_n.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homeschoolmom Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 [quote name='Papist' timestamp='1353431444' post='2513710'] Mine is Rembrandt's Return of the Prodigal Son(1662). [/quote] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papist Posted November 20, 2012 Author Share Posted November 20, 2012 [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1353433954' post='2513719'] The most beautiful work of art in my most humble opinion: [img]http://sphotos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/536372_4977723487555_276842088_n.jpg[/img] [/quote] I see you are a fan of Picasso. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 [img]http://narwilliams.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/1127616_88e6_625x10001.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIKolbe Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 wow... did i ever read the title of this thread incorrectly....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Hynivb2k3r8/TU6soSsyMWI/AAAAAAAAB4o/mncUYXg9FRQ/s1600/Immaculate+Conception.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregorMendel Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Anything by Mark Rothko, but I recently discovered the environmental abstracts of Lampo Leong. Anyone who fancies contemplative yet beautiful pieces should check those two out (but especially Mark Rothko) :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 All these years, and they still haven't removed the covers from the paintings in Rothko Chapel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregorMendel Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 My two favorite of Rothko's, No. 61 and Red and Black: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5f/No_61_Mark_Rothko.jpg[/img] [img]http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l1zurb9xIe1qbrj0ro1_500.jpg[/img] And a few of Lampo Leong's: [img]http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Portfolio/ContemplationForces2/VelocityPosition5WS.jpg[/img][img]http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Portfolio/ContemplationForces1/ShimmeringCirrus1WS.jpg[/img] [img]http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Portfolio/ContemplationForces1/MoltenMagma1WS.jpg[/img][img]http://web.missouri.edu/~leongl/Portfolio/ContemplationForces1/EncounteringDivinity2WS.jpg[/img] And no list would be complete without someone from the Hudson River School, especially Asher Brown Durand: [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Asher_Brown_Durand_-_The_Catskills_-_Walters_37122.jpg/482px-Asher_Brown_Durand_-_The_Catskills_-_Walters_37122.jpg[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Maybe I am just a Phillistine, but I do not really get the point of coloured blocks on canvas. I mean, I do not dislike it or anything. Just does not really do anything for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winchester Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 The second one of Leong's is badass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dominicansoul Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 Fra Angelico! [img]http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0vyyuTbol1qaw0wlo1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAI6WLSGT7Y3ET7ADQ&Expires=1353527682&Signature=wLWpwXNkgqQ179AsrXTXswEk0Xw%3D[/img] "Mocking of Christ" I'm sure many did not realize that the famous painting of St. Dominic was part of a larger work of art Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiscerningCatholic Posted November 20, 2012 Share Posted November 20, 2012 [img]http://www.leafletonline.com/images/25120_W.jpg[/img] The knots in Mary's hands symbolize the problems that we create for ourselves; she is unknotting the cord; helping us fix our lives. I love the one angel to the left; he's all like, "Yo, dawg! I mean...c'mon! Ya see dis mess? Dis all yo' fault, ya know. Can't you give the lady a break?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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