http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/-t1.htm An image is more valuable than a thousand words. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:02:04 GMT 10 http://illiweb.com/fa/logo_en.gif http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/-t1.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/share-your-knowledge-so-i-too-may-understand-t2243.htm Woo! http://artoftimcaton.blogspot.com/ I've never studied art, so I don't know what to say about pieces or movements other than to say, I like it, or I don't. So, here are some paintings by Tim Caton. Am I to call these paintings Abstract and/or Modern or something else? What does a person with art knowledge see when they view these paintings? Am I suppose to know certain things about art of the artist to "get it"? Paintings and Photography Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:56:58 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/share-your-knowledge-so-i-too-may-understand-t2243.htm#34446 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/share-your-knowledge-so-i-too-may-understand-t2243.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/fucking-hell-t2340.htm Le Néant This isn't a painting or a picture, but since all I can post here are pictures I thought this was the best section for it. I wonder if these are Orwellian pigs: Paintings and Photography Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:02:04 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/fucking-hell-t2340.htm#35867 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/fucking-hell-t2340.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/joel-peter-witkin-t1172.htm Nico An absolute genius, when it comes to photography. I thought I'd post some links, so here's the first one and and right here the second one. And on this site, you can enlarge all the pictures by right clicking on them and picking something like "show this image" (sorry, it's in German for me ) For everyone, who finds his art interesting, there's a great documentary on Youtube. Here's the link to part 1. Thank you for your attention. Nico Paintings and Photography Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:56:27 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/joel-peter-witkin-t1172.htm#13906 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/joel-peter-witkin-t1172.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/marshal-ney-sustaining-the-rearguard-of-the-grande-armee-t2270.htm Eddie Marshal Ney- Adolph Yvon. Note that in the left foreground the conditions endured by soldiers in the course of the Retreat from Moscow were so inhuman that the naked Christ has actually fallen off the cross represented by the gun carriage. It was a case of "Sauve Qui Peut" at funeral pace: no room at all here for Christian compassion, represented here by the mother and children at the right of the frame. Paintings and Photography Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:53:24 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/marshal-ney-sustaining-the-rearguard-of-the-grande-armee-t2270.htm#34952 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/marshal-ney-sustaining-the-rearguard-of-the-grande-armee-t2270.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/pet-portraits-t26.htm Ste - Paintings and Photography Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:29:39 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/pet-portraits-t26.htm#262 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/pet-portraits-t26.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/1930-s-nazi-exhibition-of-degenerate-modern-art-t1965.htm Eddie I've always wondered whose twisted idea it was in the upper echelons of the Nazi party to stage an exhibition of "Degenerate" Modern Art in the 1930's which juxtaposed, say, a Cubist portrait with a photograph of a cretin. (The word "cretin" is obviously used here in the strictly medical sense: a person suffering from physical and mental retardation caused by a thyroid deficiency.) Like most Nazi propaganda, it appealed crudely to a fear of the challenging, the ... Paintings and Photography Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:33:59 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/1930-s-nazi-exhibition-of-degenerate-modern-art-t1965.htm#29696 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/1930-s-nazi-exhibition-of-degenerate-modern-art-t1965.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/personal-photography-t13.htm Stellar Ok, I am into photography and I usually walk around to take some photos. I'm not very talented, but I would like to know your opinion about some of my photos there is my web "portfolio": http://universe.carbonmade.com/ Thank you for your time If you have one of your own, please let us know Paintings and Photography Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:21:51 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/personal-photography-t13.htm#129 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/personal-photography-t13.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/augustus-john-t2190.htm Eddie

The bohemian Welsh Post-Impressionist portrait painter on the cover of Time magazine.]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:34:36 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/augustus-john-t2190.htm#33377 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/augustus-john-t2190.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/leonardo-the-turin-shroud-the-mona-lisa-t1411.htm Eddie Just watched an entertaining Channel 5 documentary which claimed that Leonardo da Vinci faked the Turin Shroud for the Duke of Savoy by using existing camera obscura techniques to create the world's first photograph (of tortured and a crucified man). The case presented was that Leonardo is known from his notebooks to have both experimented with optics and dissected the corpses of criminals to enhance his understanding of human anatomy. The shroud image is said to be a montage of ... Paintings and Photography Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:29:02 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/leonardo-the-turin-shroud-the-mona-lisa-t1411.htm#20125 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/leonardo-the-turin-shroud-the-mona-lisa-t1411.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/most-modigliani-t2167.htm Uncle Thadeus Ramone Esq. ]]> Paintings and Photography Thu, 15 Oct 2009 03:46:51 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/most-modigliani-t2167.htm#32962 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/most-modigliani-t2167.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/4th-trafalgar-square-plinth-finally-vacant-t2161.htm Eddie Today the last of 2,400 members of the public climbed down from the normally vacant 4th plinth in London's Trafalgar Square. Each has occupied the space for one hour, 24 hours a day for 100 days in sculptor Anthony Gormley's "One and Other" project. The other three plinths in the famous square are occupied by long-forgotten Victorian generals. This was an opportunity to engage ordinary citizens in Public Art. Anyone over 16 was eligible to occupy the space, the only ... Paintings and Photography Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:31:51 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/4th-trafalgar-square-plinth-finally-vacant-t2161.htm#32884 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/4th-trafalgar-square-plinth-finally-vacant-t2161.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/picasso-s-bull-t1100.htm pinhedz I guess that this was intended to be a lesson in economy for drawing, but also a lesson in writing for busy readers: Paintings and Photography Sun, 10 May 2009 23:08:07 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/picasso-s-bull-t1100.htm#13251 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/picasso-s-bull-t1100.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/feeding-time-in-the-orchard-t2133.htm Ida Slugder ]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:09:36 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/feeding-time-in-the-orchard-t2133.htm#32391 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/feeding-time-in-the-orchard-t2133.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/paintings-by-the-kray-twins-t2155.htm Eddie

Ronald Kray. Note "RR" sign and river of blood.]]> Paintings and Photography Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:53:07 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/paintings-by-the-kray-twins-t2155.htm#32805 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/paintings-by-the-kray-twins-t2155.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/cave-art-hillside-art-and-standing-stones-t1982.htm Eddie

Picasso believed we haven't learned much since these images were created.]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 20 Sep 2009 06:05:09 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/cave-art-hillside-art-and-standing-stones-t1982.htm#29984 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/cave-art-hillside-art-and-standing-stones-t1982.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/piero-della-francesca-the-geometry-of-innocent-flesh-t2153.htm Eddie

The Resurrection by Piero della Francesca.]]> Paintings and Photography Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:24:03 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/piero-della-francesca-the-geometry-of-innocent-flesh-t2153.htm#32769 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/piero-della-francesca-the-geometry-of-innocent-flesh-t2153.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/old-masters-and-album-covers-t2134.htm Eddie

At Le Moulin de la Galette- Renoir]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:02:17 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/old-masters-and-album-covers-t2134.htm#32406 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/old-masters-and-album-covers-t2134.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/francisco-goya-t7.htm TinyMontgomery


By the way, did anybody watch Godard's "Passion"?]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 28 Apr 2008 15:09:25 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/francisco-goya-t7.htm#54 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/francisco-goya-t7.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/my-cats-t2125.htm Ida Slugder ]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:59:23 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/my-cats-t2125.htm#32305 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/my-cats-t2125.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/gericault-the-pogues-t2109.htm Eddie

The Raft of the Medusa- Gericault]]> Paintings and Photography Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:23:47 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/gericault-the-pogues-t2109.htm#32062 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/gericault-the-pogues-t2109.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/death-of-marat-by-j-l-david-t2110.htm Eddie

Death of Marat- Jacques-Louis David, 1793

The French Revolutionary leader as the slain Christ. Snowy-white linen and gaping wounds, the painting uses all the techniques of religious iconography to portray Marat as a martyr to the great cause.]]> Paintings and Photography Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:34:00 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/death-of-marat-by-j-l-david-t2110.htm#32065 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/death-of-marat-by-j-l-david-t2110.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-low-man-on-the-totem-pole-t2079.htm Eddie When Robbie Robertson- half native-American- complains to Martin Scorsese in "The Last Waltz" that the Tin Pan Alley-era songwriter was "the low man on the totem pole" he's apparently not accurately reflecting any consistent artistic or cultural tradition in the hierarchical arrangement of these images, but is speaking in common American vernacular. So says Wikipedia, at any rate. The meaning and arrangement of these carved images varies from region to region, ... Paintings and Photography Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:43:22 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-low-man-on-the-totem-pole-t2079.htm#31218 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-low-man-on-the-totem-pole-t2079.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/do-you-live-on-beer-alley-or-gin-lane-t2078.htm Eddie

Beer Lane- William Hogarth.

Note the merry, apple-cheeked faces of the industrious beer-drinkers.]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:12:48 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/do-you-live-on-beer-alley-or-gin-lane-t2078.htm#31141 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/do-you-live-on-beer-alley-or-gin-lane-t2078.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/emperors-kings-generals-politicians-tits-bums-t2076.htm Eddie

George III and Bonaparte as the King of Brobdignag and Gulliver- James Gillray

Gillray was the Godfather of modern political cartoonists. Frequently scatological, always disrespectful of those in power.]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:45:22 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/emperors-kings-generals-politicians-tits-bums-t2076.htm#31130 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/emperors-kings-generals-politicians-tits-bums-t2076.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/girls-on-film-t1998.htm President Eisenhower ]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:18:25 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/girls-on-film-t1998.htm#30110 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/girls-on-film-t1998.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/rene-magritte-t1991.htm Eddie

La Trahison des Images (Ceci n'est pas une Pipe).

Ah! Magritte!

The treachery of images. He's absolutely right, of course: this isn't a pipe; it's an oil painting of a pipe.]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:30:35 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/rene-magritte-t1991.htm#30055 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/rene-magritte-t1991.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/more-dark-fun-with-the-surrealists-t2000.htm Eddie

Object, Paris 1936- Meret Oppenheim]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 21 Sep 2009 08:12:16 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/more-dark-fun-with-the-surrealists-t2000.htm#30131 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/more-dark-fun-with-the-surrealists-t2000.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/marcel-duchamp-s-urinal-t1990.htm Eddie

Fountain- Duchamp.

One of the most influential Modern Art objects: "Found" sculpture.]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:14:13 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/marcel-duchamp-s-urinal-t1990.htm#30052 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/marcel-duchamp-s-urinal-t1990.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-pre-raphaelites-t1999.htm Eddie

Ophelia- John Everett Millais]]> Paintings and Photography Mon, 21 Sep 2009 07:28:59 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-pre-raphaelites-t1999.htm#30115 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-pre-raphaelites-t1999.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/christ-s-entry-into-brussels-t1897.htm Le Néant Probably the most renowed piece of work of Belgian painter James Ensor (he's parents were British, if the name might arrouse some suspicion concerning his nationality). A couple of years ago I found a book in a local bookstore which juxtaposed this painting and the Bob Dylan song 'Desolation row', sort of claiming that the painting is what inspired Dylan to write that song. As far as I remember, they didn't produce any serious arguments to prove their opinion. In fact, all the book contained ... Paintings and Photography Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:44:24 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/christ-s-entry-into-brussels-t1897.htm#28685 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/christ-s-entry-into-brussels-t1897.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/leonardo-s-last-supper-t1983.htm Eddie

This is the painting that got Dan Brown so excited in The Da Vinci Code. Mary Magdelene's there- if, like Mr Brown, you want to see her.

It depicts the moment after Jesus announces that one of his disciples will betray him.The effect is all in the hand gestures and the body language.]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:20:12 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/leonardo-s-last-supper-t1983.htm#29994 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/leonardo-s-last-supper-t1983.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-enigmatic-smile-of-the-mona-lisa-t1981.htm Eddie

Why is she smiling?

1. She represents the eternal feminine.
2. She won't part her lips because she has bad teeth.
3. Jugglers and clowns are keeping her amused.
4. She is Leonardo da Vinci in drag.]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 20 Sep 2009 05:51:56 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-enigmatic-smile-of-the-mona-lisa-t1981.htm#29981 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/the-enigmatic-smile-of-the-mona-lisa-t1981.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/dutch-still-life-t1985.htm Eddie

Willem Kelf.

Always liked this particular style.]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:45:14 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/dutch-still-life-t1985.htm#29996 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/dutch-still-life-t1985.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/bacon-s-three-studies-for-figures-at-the-base-of-a-crucifixion-t1984.htm Eddie

The Triptych that first established Bacon's reputation as the painter of modern alienation and anxiety.

Note that it's "a" crucifixion, and not "the" crucifixion. No room for Christianity in Bacon's world view. To him, we're all meat.]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 20 Sep 2009 07:29:31 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/bacon-s-three-studies-for-figures-at-the-base-of-a-crucifixion-t1984.htm#29995 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/bacon-s-three-studies-for-figures-at-the-base-of-a-crucifixion-t1984.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/how-to-unstick-photos-from-glass-t1980.htm tatiana it has been in the frame many years.
moisture must has gotten into it.
it is stuck quite firmly to the glass.
i tried pulling it in the corner but all that does it leave the colour on the glass and the paper white.
the stuck part is from the bottom upwards.
the photo is about 14" by about 10" in total with about 3" stuck]]> Paintings and Photography Sun, 20 Sep 2009 02:28:01 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/how-to-unstick-photos-from-glass-t1980.htm#29963 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/how-to-unstick-photos-from-glass-t1980.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/vincent-van-gogh-t1976.htm Eddie His work is so well known- so, too, the details of his tragic life- and so widely reproduced that one sometimes forgets just how good the paintings are. One of my best-ever experiences in an art gallery was a visit to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam. Only by seeing the works up close do you realise that the raised texture of the paint (impasto, is that the term?) makes the paintings almost three-dimensional objects. His paintings of Sunflowers (above) are pleasant enough viewed on ... Paintings and Photography Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:00:23 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/vincent-van-gogh-t1976.htm#29881 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/vincent-van-gogh-t1976.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/hieronymous-bosch-t720.htm Eddie Nobody has ever satisfactorily explained to me how Bosch looks so much like Dali. Centuries apart. Same style. Paintings and Photography Sat, 02 Aug 2008 08:31:56 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/hieronymous-bosch-t720.htm#8513 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/hieronymous-bosch-t720.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/caravaggio-s-the-supper-at-emmaus-t1904.htm Eddie
Sorry, can't post it. Anyone?]]> Paintings and Photography Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:51:18 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/caravaggio-s-the-supper-at-emmaus-t1904.htm#28774 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/caravaggio-s-the-supper-at-emmaus-t1904.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/ralph-steadman-t828.htm Eddie Would Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" have become a modern cult classic without Ralph's illustrations? I've been reading Steadman's account of his long uneasy friendship with Thompson ("The Joke's Over: Memories of Hunter S. Thompson") and it seems pretty clear that the genesis of "Gonzo" journalism was their first encounter at the Kentucky Derby, a "method" of "working" which stood them in good stead, man, over many ... Paintings and Photography Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:22:13 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/ralph-steadman-t828.htm#9615 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/ralph-steadman-t828.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/turner-t1972.htm Eddie

The Fighting Temeraire.

The old wooden three-master which once stood in Nelson's line of battle at Tragalgar is towed to the breaker's yard at Rotherhithe by one of the new-fangled steam tugs.

In the Rotherhithe parish church stand two chairs fashioned from the timbers of the Temeraire.]]> Paintings and Photography Sat, 19 Sep 2009 07:59:12 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/turner-t1972.htm#29830 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/turner-t1972.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/tracey-emin-t1975.htm Eddie

"My Bed". Soiled knickers. Used condoms. Empty vodka bottles.

What a gal, eh?]]> Paintings and Photography Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:33:57 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/tracey-emin-t1975.htm#29878 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/tracey-emin-t1975.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/damien-hirst-t1974.htm Eddie

Pickled shark.]]> Paintings and Photography Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:22:28 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/damien-hirst-t1974.htm#29875 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/damien-hirst-t1974.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/walter-sickert-t1914.htm Eddie
Cornwell makes much of Sickert's practice of beginning a canvas by tying a red handkerchief around his neck.

Stick to the novels, love.]]> Paintings and Photography Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:36:16 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/walter-sickert-t1914.htm#28932 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/walter-sickert-t1914.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/jack-b-yeats-t1913.htm Eddie
The man was a poet, just like his brother Willy.]]> Paintings and Photography Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:30:16 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/jack-b-yeats-t1913.htm#28931 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/jack-b-yeats-t1913.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/daniel-farson-s-photography-t1973.htm Eddie

Portrait of angry young playwright John Osborne.]]> Paintings and Photography Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:46:12 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/daniel-farson-s-photography-t1973.htm#29854 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/daniel-farson-s-photography-t1973.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/don-mccullin-t1947.htm Eddie Does anyone know the shocking work of War Photographer Don McCullin? If you've never seen it, you may be familiar with his grainy b/w style if you've ever watched Antonioni's movie BLOW-UP, for which McCullin provided the photos of the murder- or was it?- in the park. His illustrated autobiography "Unreasonable Behaviour" documents his work in some of the world's worst trouble-spots: Uganda, Vietnam, Biafra, Cambodia, the Golan Heights, Iran, you name it. After what ... Paintings and Photography Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:00:05 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/don-mccullin-t1947.htm#29453 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/don-mccullin-t1947.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/john-deakin-and-francis-bacon-t1474.htm Eddie How much did the paintings of Francis Bacon owe to the bleak, brutal and uncompromising photographic work of fellow 1950's Soho bohemian, the photographer John Deakin? After Deakin's death Bacon was typically dismissive of the man he'd once commissioned to take particular photographs as a tool to assist him with his paintings. Bacon claimed he'd only given Deakin such commissions because he felt sorry for him, but that's not to say that they weren't important to Bacon's work. The ... Paintings and Photography Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:44:48 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/john-deakin-and-francis-bacon-t1474.htm#21106 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/john-deakin-and-francis-bacon-t1474.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/andy-warhol-s-electric-chair-t1912.htm Eddie
That, or the contents of state hangman Albert Pierrpoint's hand-luggage. Or even the free return ticket to Durham nick tucked neatly into the breast pocket of Albert's business suit.]]> Paintings and Photography Fri, 11 Sep 2009 07:04:35 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/andy-warhol-s-electric-chair-t1912.htm#28924 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/andy-warhol-s-electric-chair-t1912.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/william-blake-as-a-visual-artist-over-rated-t1952.htm Eddie I've tried very hard to like William Blake's engravings, but I've decided that I don't- much. Very cold and abstract, they seem to me, even when he's trying to depict, say, Joy in "Glad Day" or "And The Morning Stars Sang Together". Credit to him, by all means, for devising a novel combination of poetry and text on the same plate by means of an innovative engraving/printing technique of his own invention. But without the poetry, I don't think he'd be remembered as anything ... Paintings and Photography Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:31:28 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/william-blake-as-a-visual-artist-over-rated-t1952.htm#29577 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/william-blake-as-a-visual-artist-over-rated-t1952.htm http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/picasso-and-the-invocation-banishment-of-spirits-t1964.htm Eddie I like Patrick O'Brian's suggestion in his Picasso biography that the key to much of the great artist's work is Ritual Magic. O'Brian's proposition arises from his discussion of "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon", perhaps the first major-fully-fledged work we might consider to be early Cubist in style. POB points out the unmistakable influence of the African Mask on Picasso's thinking at this time, but he extends the range of this influence from a merely formal/stylistic source ... Paintings and Photography Fri, 18 Sep 2009 07:59:29 GMT http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/picasso-and-the-invocation-banishment-of-spirits-t1964.htm#29694 http://acrosstheuniverse.forumotion.com/paintings-and-photography-f6/picasso-and-the-invocation-banishment-of-spirits-t1964.htm