We are so..

[Gibbon]

PS Only just realised that, given your interest in ancient history, your name Gibbon is probably nowt to do with apes but based on Edward Gibbon.

Both actually.

[ladymuck]

That's rather funny. Films and books might cause a slight moistening of the eye but pictures and buildings? No.

[vetran]

That's rather funny. Films and books might cause a slight moistening of the eye but pictures and buildings? No.

I beg to differ this is one of the Louvre's most popular paintings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Martyr

This is technically brilliant and awe inspiring when you stare at it.

https://www.thehistoryofart.org/chardin/ray/

and the Rueben's Gallery was breath taking.

I too was underwhelmed by the Mona Lisa.


plenty of buildings worth investigating.

[ladymuck]

I beg to differ this is one of the Louvre's most popular paintings

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Young_Martyr

This is technically brilliant and awe inspiring when you stare at it.

https://www.thehistoryofart.org/chardin/ray/

and the Rueben's Gallery was breath taking.

I too was underwhelmed by the Mona Lisa.


plenty of buildings worth investigating.

Good paintings, yes, and I love architecture. I will spend hours tramping around cities looking at the buildings.

Paintings and buildings don't make me cry, and certainly don't make me wail in anguish.

It would seem you interpreted my failure to be moved to tears by paintings and buildings as me not appreciating them.

[SueEllen]

Good paintings, yes, and I love architecture. I will spend hours tramping around cities looking at the buildings.

Paintings and buildings don't make me cry, and certainly don't make me wail in anguish.

I'm more likely to laugh about how absurd some modern art is and how unfunctional some buildings are.

It would seem you interpreted my failure to be moved to tears by paintings and buildings as me not appreciating them.

I guess we are all philistines then.

[vetran]

Good paintings, yes, and I love architecture. I will spend hours tramping around cities looking at the buildings.

Paintings and buildings don't make me cry, and certainly don't make me wail in anguish.

It would seem you interpreted my failure to be moved to tears by paintings and buildings as me not appreciating them.

I must be an emotional wreck then, both of those paintings in person move me significantly. I'm always stunned by the Reubens Gallery.

[WTFH]

There are some works of art that really move me, mostly it's something that is bringing back a memory, rather than purely absorbing it on its own. The same is true for music or images (paintings, photographs, etc).

Buildings and statues don't tend to do it for me, they might fill me with awe at their size, location, etc, but wouldn't move me to tears. There are exceptions, such as the concentration camps. But in that case, it's not the bricks and mortar but what happened in them.

[SueEllen]

There are some works of art that really move me, mostly it's something that is bringing back a memory, rather than purely absorbing it on its own. The same is true for music or images (paintings, photographs, etc).

But the important question is do they get you crying so violently and wailing strangers have to calm you down?