What's your favourite form of art?

[Agent Provocateur]

I love architecture. The fact that these buildings grew from scratches on paper to a massive structure really appeals to me.

I specifically like brutalist:

https://67.media.tumblr.com/de01e2e0d683350d623e8d3838f91bc4/tumblr_o8zi044ymh1r4ldqvo1_1280.jpg

for its starkness and hypermasculine beauty.

Victorian:

for its charm, ornateness and refinement.

And Art Deco:

mainly because of the time period, I love the 40s.

What about you guys?

 

[NotHardUp1]

Great thread, Dante.

I have not ever thought to choose a favorite among the arts. Many things that are properly crafts are now deemed arts by those who use the term indiscriminately. However, as much as I love cooking, I will never consider it an art. It is a skill that is often inspired by genius, but it remains a craft.

My first inclination is photography due to the control of perspective and the use of the palette. The control of lighting is also impressive. But ultimately, I believe sculpture captivates me most. It seems impossible to those of us without the muse to see a sculpture within a medium, much less to summon it.

Some favorites:

Auguste Rodin's The Burghers of Calais from his The Gates of Hell:

The head of Liberty Enlightening the World, in Paris 1878, by Auguste Bartholdi:

Michelangelo Buonarroti's Pieta, in the Vatican, after restoration:

Force of Nature by Lorenzo Quinn (son of actor Anthony Quinn), installed at Doha, Qatar:

 

[GreyUnderscore]

Music. From orchestra to what you hear on the radio. I could sit around all day and listen to music. Vocals not even required.

If that doesn't count then photography. Photos of nature and architecture.

 

[rareboy]

All of it. I couldn't imagine a day without the beauty of art and look at paintings, sculpture, photography, drawings, architecture throughout the day.

I love realism and abstraction. I love art that makes people angry and art that calms the soul.

I love theatre and music and poetry.

I love the simple crafts that are not even mindful of being art.

 

[eastofeden]

I like pretty much any form of art but I love carved wood more than anything else. I have an African Story Board from Mali that is a couple hundred+ years old...I never get tired of looking at it.

I love Art Deco Design...love the lines...

...and I like the Memphis Modern Style......the shapes and colors and abstract design....a lot of great Italian Designers...

Both the Art Deco and Memphis Design inspire me ...I like the vibe...

 

[Cormac135]

I love every kind of art, though if i had to choose i'd pick paintings.

From the old masters to the modern.

Link to my Splendour Thread.

http://www.justusboys.com/forum/threads/444947-The-Splendour-Returns

 

[Alistair]

I love ancient Greek and Roman statuary

 

[Agent Provocateur]

I love art that makes people angry and art that calms the soul.

This jumped out at me. I absolutely love anything that makes you feel strong emotion. My first impression of Brutalist/New Brutalist architecture was, "My GOD, is that ever ugly!" Similar, but different, with surrealism; I didn't get it for a while. But it's that emotional (and often also intellectual) response that really makes art art.

Also, eastofeden, I absolutely LOVE the Memphis Modern-style stuff! It's so Art Deco. If I had a ton of money I think that's how I'd decorate my house. Thanks for posting those pics!

 

[Shelby29]

I love all forms of art but esp. nude art: paintings, drawings, sketches, sculpture, photographs.

 

[Rickrock]

I love three dimensional art, whether it is perspective or actually three dimensional. I didn't think of architectures as art, but I also love architecture and that makes sense because it is three dimensional. I love art where the longer you look at it the more you find that you didn't originally see.

 

[eastofeden]

Also, eastofeden, I absolutely LOVE the Memphis Modern-style stuff! It's so Art Deco. If I had a ton of money I think that's how I'd decorate my house. Thanks for posting those pics!

Me too...and the Memphis which is mostly from the 1980s compliments the Deco stuff very nicely. I could fill pages of pictures of the stuff I love....

I have some pieces...my friend in New York specializes in it and she gets some cool stuff. She turned me on the the Memphis Design magazine years ago which I loved looking at.

The whole vibe..the colors and shape and the funky abstract design turn me on a lot....

Maybe 10 years ago in Sacramento I was at an antique show and there was this cool wall mounted coat and hat rack that had different colorful and geometric shapes and while I was contemplating buying it...this other guy came up and grabbed it when I was distracted and bought it for 25.00...

...then I saw it in her magazine...worth thousands of dollars..from a famous designer. Oh well....I would have wanted it even if it was worth 10 bucks...

 

[JerryPic]

Music, movies, classical era paintings, Art Nouveau