analogZero
12-13-2008, 09:40 PM
This doesn't necessarily need to be off topic, but I thought a touch of culture would do us all a little good. I chose to post this here in the hopes that sharing our favorite art works/ artist might provoke some interesting discussion and debate, while avoiding pictures of lol cats and such.
I say it doesn't need to be off topic, as I'm interested to see the fine works done by anime artists as well as those of past and current masters of visual art.
These guys start the show for me:
Paulo Uccelo
you can check out most of his work here: http://www.paolouccello.org/ but these three paintings of his in particular I find astounding.
Battle of San Romano
http://www.paolouccello.org/Battle-of-San-Romano-(Battaglia-di-San-Romano).jpg
Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horse
http://www.paolouccello.org/Bernardino-della-Ciarda-Thrown-Off-His-Horse.jpg
Micheletto da Cotignola Engages in Battle
http://www.paolouccello.org/Micheletto-da-Cotignola-Engages-in-Battle-1450s.jpg
From what I recall they originally hung in an estate in Florence, but were separated (thievery I believe) and the three haven't hung together since. Two were purchased by Du Louvre in Paris, while the third remains in Florence.
Yasushi Suzuki:
Not long ago I purchase the manga Purgatory Kabuki and I've been stoked on this guy's art ever since. I'm quite the fan of detailed art work, which is often cause for my appreciation of anime and manga, but Yasushi takes it overboard and manages to make even the elegant and beutiful look deadly and brutal, and vice versa.
cover of purgatory kabuki vol. 1 (it's big so you'll have to click, sorry)
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3453/purgikabukicovercopysz9.jpg
artbook cover
http://www.comicbitsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/artbook_suzuki.jpg
I say it doesn't need to be off topic, as I'm interested to see the fine works done by anime artists as well as those of past and current masters of visual art.
These guys start the show for me:
Paulo Uccelo
you can check out most of his work here: http://www.paolouccello.org/ but these three paintings of his in particular I find astounding.
Battle of San Romano
http://www.paolouccello.org/Battle-of-San-Romano-(Battaglia-di-San-Romano).jpg
Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown Off His Horse
http://www.paolouccello.org/Bernardino-della-Ciarda-Thrown-Off-His-Horse.jpg
Micheletto da Cotignola Engages in Battle
http://www.paolouccello.org/Micheletto-da-Cotignola-Engages-in-Battle-1450s.jpg
From what I recall they originally hung in an estate in Florence, but were separated (thievery I believe) and the three haven't hung together since. Two were purchased by Du Louvre in Paris, while the third remains in Florence.
Yasushi Suzuki:
Not long ago I purchase the manga Purgatory Kabuki and I've been stoked on this guy's art ever since. I'm quite the fan of detailed art work, which is often cause for my appreciation of anime and manga, but Yasushi takes it overboard and manages to make even the elegant and beutiful look deadly and brutal, and vice versa.
cover of purgatory kabuki vol. 1 (it's big so you'll have to click, sorry)
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/3453/purgikabukicovercopysz9.jpg
artbook cover
http://www.comicbitsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/artbook_suzuki.jpg