Reply to: What's the greatest piece of art ever created?

[mudskipper]

Did anyone visit the 'Sacred made Real' exhibition at the National Gallery? Amazingly lifelike 17C Spanish devotional sculptures and painitings - I'm not a religious person, but you can see how people can really believe they see these things move. Wasn't convinced by the breastfeeding monk though!

[DS23]

gustave courbet - l'origine du monde

nsfw

[MrMark]

I think the painting that had the greatest effect on me was "The triumph of Death" by Bruegel the elder. I was fairly young when I saw it for the first time, and it effectively taught me (as life was to do so later) that everyone you know and love will be hurtling towards death. Probably not a good idea for anyone who suffers from depression.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Triumph_of_Death
I mentioned Carmen in my opening post, and for me it's an astounding piece of art. What amazes me is that its opening run was a disaster, and indeed Bizet died broken from a heart attack, never knowing that his work would become such a success.
Carmen on Wiki

[Gibbon]

Hmm I remember being moved to tears in front of a Cezanne once

Which painting was that, I've been doing a bit of Cezanne and whilst I can appreciate what he was trying to do, I haven't felt moved or touched by any of his work, although the 'house ofthe hanged man' does have a mechanoloy feel to it.

[Pogle]

Hmm I remember being moved to tears in front of a Cezanne once and I always been a big fan of Picasso, as one of my lectures said at art college It took him 60 years to learn how to paint like a child . I love Van Gogh too, but my very favorite has to be Chagal
I saw an exhibition of his in London when I was still an art student (aeons ago) and I was blown away by it, the colours, the vibrancy, the movement, the love it was wonderful.

[gingerjedi]

Vermeer's View of Delft. I don't know why, but reproductions don't do it, you have to see the original. Then it looks great: not in-your-face, but great.

Hmmm there's no denying it's technically brilliant but the subject mater is a bit dull don't you think? The VW Golf of the art world?

My vote goes to the Lamborghini Miura, engine bay open and Kylie leaning in.

Off for a lie down now.

[NickFitz]

Beethoven's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Some Greek Bloke's Venus de Milo

I'll see if I can get them delivered by Friday

You'll have trouble getting Amazon to deliver the first one. Maybe Bob could do it.

Mozart

[Mich the Tester]

I saw Guernica at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. Very impressive. Go and see it.

[stingman123]

Kylie Minogue's arse. Absolute masterpiece.

+1

[Tarquin Farquhar]

That's the thing with this piece of art though you don't have to believe to appreciate it. Not only is it sublime in it's execution, the limpness of christ carved out of rock is difficult to comprehend until you have seen it, but it transcends its religious meaning. It is a mother holding her dead child and indicative of a lived reality e.g. Rhys Jones recently in Liverpool.

I know. It's giving me goose bumps and moist eyes right now. As you say, the limpness of a dead child in marble.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

The Millau Bridge? Linky

Personally I can get lost in anything by Dali or Mauritz Escher although it is questionable whether that is art

I think I'd have to go cliched for best art

Beethoven's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Some Greek Bloke's Venus de Milo

I'll see if I can get them delivered by Friday

You'll have trouble getting Amazon to deliver the first one. Maybe Bob could do it.

[DiscoStu]

Kylie Minogue's arse. Absolute masterpiece.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

The Mona Lisa? Bizet's Carmen? Picasso's Guernica? That shark by Damien Hirst. Or "Bat out of hell" by MeatLoaf?

Are we likely to even have 4 of us agree on this?

The greatest piece of art ever created

[Halcyon]

I'd probably go for a peice of engineering, but I can't think of anything specific at the moment.

The Millau Bridge? Linky

Personally I can get lost in anything by Dali or Mauritz Escher although it is questionable whether that is art

I think I'd have to go cliched for best art

Beethoven's Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
Da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Some Greek Bloke's Venus de Milo

I'll see if I can get them delivered by Friday

[Gibbon]

Mmmmmmm. The Pietà is absolutely gobsmacking. And I'm an atheist.

That's the thing with this piece of art though you don't have to believe to appreciate it. Not only is it sublime in it's execution, the limpness of christ carved out of rock is difficult to comprehend until you have seen it, but it transcends its religious meaning. It is a mother holding her dead child and indicative of a lived reality e.g. Rhys Jones recently in Liverpool.