🤷‍♀️🖼️ What do you think of this art? 🖌️👩‍🎨

Tahiti amongst others. And i like his work a lot🙂

Tahiti amongst others. And i like his work a lot🙂

YESSS true and ALSO French Polynesia. What do u like of his paintings @Dracula?? I like the colours that is not super darkish and grey like for example work of picasso but it is colourful in a nice way (so NOTTT too much) and it really tells a story about how it is to live there. But i do think that he should not paint people who live there completely naked because he should have protected them for it. But the other paintings also show how the normally wear clothes and what it is to live there and some things he does NOT paint but u can think of it in that place. So he gives like clues BUTTT he does not tell everything in the paintings. I hope it makes sense what i write and that it is not super weird!!!! 😛

📸️ ....listen to Mother Nature

Thank u very much @LIGHT__HOUSE and i hope that u like this forum!!! 😊😊

😁😊 his use of colours is different and stylish. My favorite artists are dali and duchamp btw😁🥰

😁😊 his use of colours is different and stylish. My favorite artists are dali and duchamp btw😁🥰

That is really nice Mr. Draciiee!!! 🙂 What are your favourite art works from them??? I can later post some nice things from them when i have more time but i have to bike soon!!! 😛 😛 But i will try to do that later. ✨

Dali- the persistence of memory

Duchamp-fountain

Thank u dear friend yue😁🙂

@Korisnik i saw on ur profile a LOTTT of art so it was a nice surprise to see that!!!! What kind of art do u like the most?? Sorry for the tag but it was really nice surprise!! 🙂

@Korisnik i saw on ur profile a LOTTT of art so it was a nice surprise to see that!!!! What kind of art do u like the most?? Sorry for the tag but it was really nice surprise!! 🙂

I like all the pictures on his profil

@Korisnik i saw on ur profile a LOTTT of art so it was a nice surprise to see that!!!! What kind of art do u like the most?? Sorry for the tag but it was really nice surprise!! 🙂

Paintings, literature and music

I would like to show two paintings that are not my favourites but i saw them online and i want to understand how people look at them and maybe see things that i dont see yet (and maybe others too).

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This painting is from Vincent van Gogh and is called Starry Night in English. What I like of the painting is how a colour goes ino a different colour everywhere in the painting. And i like that it is not painted too specific bc you see more like the atmosphere and not like almost a photo. The colours make me bit unresty and tensed bc it is very dark the shadow of a building or I am not sure what it is. But that is very big on the painting and it is like something dark and you dont know EXACTLY what it is. The sky looks nice because for a night it is not very dark BUTTT it looks like a big storm so it feels for me super unresty like it will get worse soon. And I dont understand the moon bc it is round AND it is the half moon shape at the same time.

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This painting is from Pablo Picasso and is called The Poet. I just dont understand this painting. My mom also does NOT understand it what he tries to do. So it looks like a broken mirror in very small parts but i cant see a person in it bc the shape is super weird. And i dont understand why he has chosen these colours. But the colours do go nice into each new colour. But it looks not human but like industrially what you can see.

I maybe WAYYY to late but omg I love Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh so much. I don't know what it is but it's fascinating. I have a small puzzle of it, and even as my "normal" Homescreen on my I pad so the background I use at home. And when I was younger and I saw this painting for the first time it was just stuck in my head for days and I always wanted to know how It would feel like being in one of his paintings (especially in Starry Night). I'd sell my sould so see this painting in real life one day. I sometimes even try to daydream about being inside that painting (when I have nothing other to daydream about I usually do this) and I always feel sad when I remember that Van Gogh died thinking he'd never be famous but now his paintings are worth millions. I think he even said it in his last letter to his brother before you know.. and I think he wrote something like "think I am a failure and that is the fate I have to accept" or something and it just makes me so sad. So looking at the painting it's a mix of a calming effect but also an unsettling feeling about the person behind the painting.

I maybe WAYYY to late but omg I love Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh so much. I don't know what it is but it's fascinating. I have a small puzzle of it, and even as my "normal" Homescreen on my I pad so the background I use at home. And when I was younger and I saw this painting for the first time it was just stuck in my head for days and I always wanted to know how It would feel like being in one of his paintings (especially in Starry Night). I'd sell my sould so see this painting in real life one day. I sometimes even try to daydream about being inside that painting (when I have nothing other to daydream about I usually do this) and I always feel sad when I remember that Van Gogh died thinking he'd never be famous but now his paintings are worth millions. I think he even said it in his last letter to his brother before you know.. and I think he wrote something like "think I am a failure and that is the fate I have to accept" or something and it just makes me so sad. So looking at the painting it's a mix of a calming effect but also an unsettling feeling about the person behind the painting.

Absolutely beautiful how u write that Abby!! 🙏🙏😊🥰 I really love how u write what it means to u and what u feel about it!!! THATTT was one of the reasons why i made this forum so u understand how others maybe look at certain arts. I first was not completely sure if i should make it because maybe people think would be super nerdy or boring to talk about but i think if u LISTEN to how other people like art and WHAT they see and feel it can make art works that we talk about MUCH MORE special so u can see also from other ways to it. 🙂 I hope that others understand what i mean because it is super late and my head does not function super well now but it is exactly why i made this forum and how u write about this beautiful painting from Van Gogh!!! 😊😊 If u would be in Amsterdam NOW i would take u to the Van Gogh museum that is in Amsterdam and hope that u really ❤️ it!!! ⭐🥰💫

@Korisnik i saw what u wrote in this forum: https://penpal-gate.net/forum/12-everyday-life-and-customs/13343-freedom/ and i thought maybe u like this forum too on page 7 bc we talked abt the SAME painting so i hope that maybe u like it!!! 🙂

@Korisnik i saw what u wrote in this forum: https://penpal-gate.net/forum/12-everyday-life-and-customs/13343-freedom/ and i thought maybe u like this forum too on page 7 bc we talked abt the SAME painting so i hope that maybe u like it!!! 🙂

Thank oyu for letting me know about this forum. @diogenes_cask explained it well. God offers Himself (extended His finger fully) and it's up to us will we accept Him or no - we have free will to accept or reject God and God won't force us to accept Him if we don't want. But we should be aware that all actions has their consequences. I've also read that cardinals told Michelangelo to make fingers that way.

I maybe WAYYY to late but omg I love Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh so much. I don't know what it is but it's fascinating. I have a small puzzle of it, and even as my "normal" Homescreen on my I pad so the background I use at home. And when I was younger and I saw this painting for the first time it was just stuck in my head for days and I always wanted to know how It would feel like being in one of his paintings (especially in Starry Night). I'd sell my sould so see this painting in real life one day. I sometimes even try to daydream about being inside that painting (when I have nothing other to daydream about I usually do this) and I always feel sad when I remember that Van Gogh died thinking he'd never be famous but now his paintings are worth millions. I think he even said it in his last letter to his brother before you know.. and I think he wrote something like "think I am a failure and that is the fate I have to accept" or something and it just makes me so sad. So looking at the painting it's a mix of a calming effect but also an unsettling feeling about the person behind the painting.

Update guys I'm going to Amsterdam next week and we actually got tickets for the van Gogh museum

Thank oyu for letting me know about this forum. @diogenes_cask explained it well. God offers Himself (extended His finger fully) and it's up to us will we accept Him or no - we have free will to accept or reject God and God won't force us to accept Him if we don't want. But we should be aware that all actions has their consequences. I've also read that cardinals told Michelangelo to make fingers that way.

Thnxx @Korisnik! 😊😊 We had it in our art history class and i thought maybe it was nice for this forum bc LOTTT of ppl like it but it is also important to talk what maybe the painter means with it. 🙂

Update guys I'm going to Amsterdam next week and we actually got tickets for the van Gogh museum

Abbyyyy @Whatsername_ when are u exactly in Amsterdam???? If u need tips u just tell me and the Van Gogh museum is really nice BUTTT there is often a very long line of ppl. But is really worthwile and also if u need more tips for Amsterdam i can give u a LOTTTT!!!! Maybe u like this forum: https://penpal-gate.net/forum/13-anything-and-everything/9200-amsterdam-any-tips?hl=en but just let me know if u need to know more things and i can share with u. We will maybe be in Amsterdam this Friday afternoon or Saturday later on the day bc my mom said we need to go soon to the Oriental supermarket so perhaps im this weekend also in Amsterdam but not the centre.

Alexandre Cabanel's "L'Ange déchu".

When you first look at the painting, you see a winged young man with a flawless physique—reminiscent of an ancient Greek statue—sitting on a rocky surface. His arms are raised, his fingers interlaced, concealing the lower part of his face. In the background, angels—the very ones who cast him down—drift through the sky. Yet, the focal point of the painting is his eyes: bloodshot, brimming with rage, and fixed on vengeance. And then, there is a single tear tracing its way down—a tear that transforms the entire painting.

I was deeply moved the first time I saw this painting—in fact, it affects me every single time I look at it. I believe it is the tear in the painting that makes it so iconic; without that tear, we would simply be looking at evil itself. With the tear, however, we see a being who knows it has been defeated—a being enduring the pain of rejection, a shattered ego, and utter helplessness. And take note of the wings: the feathers near the top remain pure white, while the tips that touch the ground have begun to darken. It is as if this being has been torn away from heaven, yet has not truly found a place on earth.

The inspiration for Cabanel’s painting was John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost, published in 1667. In the epic, Satan is a tragic figure who defends his rebellion to the bitter end, famously declaring, "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven!" However, Milton’s work begins while Satan is already in Hell. Cabanel, by contrast, chose a different moment: the very instant of Satan’s fall. He is neither the angel in Heaven nor the ruler in Hell; he exists in the space between—a being who has just realized that he has lost everything. And how did the Academy react? As you might guess, they were not impressed. According to historical records, no student at the Villa Medici had ever before submitted a work centered on Satan. The jury deemed the painting overly romantic, dismissing it with the critique: "The movement is incorrect, the drawing is careless, and the execution is inadequate!" Cabanel’s reaction is one that many people today might find relatable; in a letter to his friend and patron Alfred Bruyas, he wrote, "This is the reward for all the effort I put in to avoid submitting a mediocre piece!" In other words, much like the angel he depicted, he found himself rejected precisely at the moment he presented his most ambitious work.

Alexandre Cabanel's "L'Ange déchu".

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When you first look at the painting, you see a winged young man with a flawless physique—reminiscent of an ancient Greek statue—sitting on a rocky surface. His arms are raised, his fingers interlaced, concealing the lower part of his face. In the background, angels—the very ones who cast him down—drift through the sky. Yet, the focal point of the painting is his eyes: bloodshot, brimming with rage, and fixed on vengeance. And then, there is a single tear tracing its way down—a tear that transforms the entire painting.

I was deeply moved the first time I saw this painting—in fact, it affects me every single time I look at it. I believe it is the tear in the painting that makes it so iconic; without that tear, we would simply be looking at evil itself. With the tear, however, we see a being who knows it has been defeated—a being enduring the pain of rejection, a shattered ego, and utter helplessness. And take note of the wings: the feathers near the top remain pure white, while the tips that touch the ground have begun to darken. It is as if this being has been torn away from heaven, yet has not truly found a place on earth.

The inspiration for Cabanel’s painting was John Milton’s epic Paradise Lost, published in 1667. In the epic, Satan is a tragic figure who defends his rebellion to the bitter end, famously declaring, "Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven!" However, Milton’s work begins while Satan is already in Hell. Cabanel, by contrast, chose a different moment: the very instant of Satan’s fall. He is neither the angel in Heaven nor the ruler in Hell; he exists in the space between—a being who has just realized that he has lost everything. And how did the Academy react? As you might guess, they were not impressed. According to historical records, no student at the Villa Medici had ever before submitted a work centered on Satan. The jury deemed the painting overly romantic, dismissing it with the critique: "The movement is incorrect, the drawing is careless, and the execution is inadequate!" Cabanel’s reaction is one that many people today might find relatable; in a letter to his friend and patron Alfred Bruyas, he wrote, "This is the reward for all the effort I put in to avoid submitting a mediocre piece!" In other words, much like the angel he depicted, he found himself rejected precisely at the moment he presented his most ambitious work.

I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall having seen this work on one of my work related trips in southern France. It is a true masterpiece - albeit not my immediate artistic flavour of choice. I appreciate the admiration as presented in your post above and will gratefully use your commentary to revisit any personal thoughts.

I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall having seen this work on one of my work related trips in southern France. It is a true masterpiece - albeit not my immediate artistic flavour of choice. I appreciate the admiration as presented in your post above and will gratefully use your commentary to revisit any personal thoughts.

Yes, your memory serves you right, it is currently stored at the Musee Fabre in Montpellier.

Thnxxx very much for posting it @diogenes_cask!!! Tbh i dont know that painting and i think it is beautiful how it is made BUTTT i think it also looks bit dark and scary mood. Bc how he looks is NOTTT like how u think of an angel and also if u look at the wings it is dark and not white but in a way that it LOOKS like it is almost the same as the rocks ORRR that maybe they are even made of rocks. So then it becomes like an angel which is evil or angry or with negative feeling. So i think that there is smt about that the painter maybe means to say.

✨ ALSOOO i have a question for everybody:

We have now a topic for art history class and although it is on Wednesday we have to already think abt it but it is NOTTTT for a grade. It says that in some countries in Scotland they have now rules and they say it is forbidden to show in museums for example mummies or other parts of humans if they are dead. And it says that they do that bc of privacy of that person EVEN if the mummy is dead for more than 2000 years. But other museums said they will still show it bc it can be important for history or art and science. And now we have to think what we agree with the most and what we think is right but i think u can say BOTH can be right and it just depends what that person thinks. I think it is ok if u show a mummy which is really old if it is for an important museum exhibition abt Egypt or similar things bc that is also history AND art. But i also understand that u dont know if that person has a problem with it so it is a difficult choice. 🙄🙄