THIS IS THE GREATEST PAINTING EVER. GAZE AT ITS WONDER AND POST ONE YOU THINK IS AS GOOD !

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― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:05 (twenty-three years ago)

It's great!

― man, Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Monkeys stuffing aristocrats' armpits with dead hamsters = classic

― donut bitch (donut), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:07 (twenty-three years ago)

mickey mouse in 1300s maltese fresco

http://www.ananova.com/images/web/35654.jpg

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:10 (twenty-three years ago)

http://tudorhistory.org/edward/edwardmonkey.jpg

― RJG (RJG), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:10 (twenty-three years ago)

what the fuck is that thing in his arms richard ?

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:14 (twenty-three years ago)

does '16 jackies' count as a painting ?
that then if so and not if not.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Mark, that Maltese fresco looks like a hybrid man-mouse touching himself and fantasizing about a duck.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:19 (twenty-three years ago)

what the fuck is that thing in his arms richard ?

A sea monkey!!

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:24 (twenty-three years ago)

I cannot agree that the painting is the greatest painting ever. However, I will post a painting that I think is as good:

http://www.vincent.nl/images/ptg/other/0300/a354.jpg

(Anthony: This is an excellent idea for a throw-down, BTW!)

― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:41 (twenty-three years ago)

I like Felicity's choice because of where the foot in the lower left hand corner eventually ended up.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:42 (twenty-three years ago)

"Austrian art historian Eduard Mahlknecht… is not even certain the creature is a mouse at all. 'It could just as well be a painting of the weasel legend,' he said. According to legend, the weasel is fertilised through its mouth and gave birth through its ears…"

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 16 January 2003 01:43 (twenty-three years ago)

mark i love you.

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 16 January 2003 03:06 (twenty-three years ago)

THROUGH ITS EARS!!!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 16 January 2003 06:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Everyone knows this is the BEST painting ever though!

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Although perhaps. . .

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:06 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.kajstenvall.com/2002/valistettu_olkoon.jpg

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:13 (twenty-three years ago)

bah¡ ignore previous post, this is it

http://www.kajstenvall.com/2002/valistettu_olkoon.jpg

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:16 (twenty-three years ago)

no. for instance...

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/rembrandt/self/self-1660.jpg

― gabbneb, Thursday, 16 January 2003 07:46 (twenty-three years ago)

http://home.worldonline.dk/lfmat/Succes/amorvictortilpas.jpg

― erik, Thursday, 16 January 2003 08:04 (twenty-three years ago)

or...

http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/france19/corot/COC006_L.jpg

― gabbneb, Thursday, 16 January 2003 08:06 (twenty-three years ago)

or...

http://www.oir.ucf.edu/wm/paint/auth/davis/mellow.jpg

― gabbneb, Thursday, 16 January 2003 08:10 (twenty-three years ago)

thats a stuart davis right. tell me about it.

― anthony easton (anthony), Thursday, 16 January 2003 08:20 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.angelfire.com/ga/ofmontreal/images/paradecover377.gif
This painting is by David Barnes, although I was tempted to put a painting in from the mad period of Giorgio di Chirico where he thought he was a cavalier

― jaunbersin (anthonee), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Well, there's already a Rembrandt. I could only find a small version of this, but I've always been fascinated by...

http://www.metmuseum.org/calendar/images/balthus_poster_R.jpg

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:46 (twenty-three years ago)

felicity's pick was my first thought too, but I'll now try and think of summat else ...

― Jeff W, Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

ooh yes, this 'un:
http://www.trabel.com/gent/gent-misticlambintroduction.htm

(several jpegs, so won't try to remote link them all)

― Jeff W, Thursday, 16 January 2003 15:59 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/leighton/LEF009_L.jpg

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:07 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.armchair.mb.ca/~scissors/adamscis.jpg

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Frodo, bottom left:
http://www.artunframed.com/images/compressed9/dobson501.jpg

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 16 January 2003 16:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Felicity's still winning for the lady giving God the "rock on" hand signal

― Curtis Stephens, Thursday, 16 January 2003 20:52 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.the-wallace-collection.org.uk/c/w_a/p_w_d/f/jpg/p430.jpg

― erik, Thursday, 16 January 2003 20:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Fancy a pint?

― j.lu (j.lu), Thursday, 16 January 2003 21:02 (twenty-three years ago)

I always hated Fragonard. Though it does take on new meaning when you think that (and I may have my dates wrong) women were very unlikely to wear anything like panties under their skirts at that time. So it looks nasty and has the depth of an old seaside postcard. (Sorry, Erik, no offence intended - your pic-postings have given me great joy of late.)

No 15th C Japanese Zen paintings so far, I note...

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 16 January 2003 21:20 (twenty-three years ago)

I always hated Gentle Giant.

― teeny (teeny), Thursday, 16 January 2003 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)

When I go back to my small flat
I want to hear somebody bark

http://www.abcgallery.com/B/borisov-musatov/sborisov10.jpg
http://www.meotida.orc.ru/img/passerotti.jpg

oooooh, you can get lonely

― erik, Thursday, 16 January 2003 22:02 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.rosacordis.com/humument/images/scans/rock_music.jpg

― Lek Dukagjin, Thursday, 16 January 2003 22:50 (twenty-three years ago)

It's a drawing not a painting, but this Lysistrata by Aubrey Beardsley never ceases to amaze me:

http://www.artpassions.net/galleries/beardsleye/lys_def_acropolis_e.jpg

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 16 January 2003 23:09 (twenty-three years ago)

THROUGH ITS EARS!!!

In medieval theology, among many theories about the nature of Jesus' birth to a virgin mother, it was suggested that the Angel Gabriel spunked into Mary's ear.

― Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Thursday, 16 January 2003 23:28 (twenty-three years ago)

how bout this

― brg30 (brg30), Friday, 17 January 2003 00:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Gabriel was a true playa!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 17 January 2003 00:10 (twenty-three years ago)

this Lysistrata by Aubrey Beardsley

Anything from his Lysistrata is mind-boggling. There's your Victorian-repression-leads-to-this-kind-of-thing example.

I suppose I could also talk about the Beardsley worship in the Smashing Pumpkins' "Stand Inside Your Love" video...

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 17 January 2003 03:01 (twenty-three years ago)

― anthony easton (anthony), Monday, 20 January 2003 09:40 (twenty-three years ago)

four years pass...

This thread must be revived. Help.

― Andi Mags, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 04:33 (eighteen years ago)

thats not beardsley thats arthur rackham

― and what, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 04:41 (eighteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Hans_Hofmann%27s_painting_%27The_Gate%27%2C_1959%E2%80%9360.jpg

― Mr. Snrub, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 05:39 (eighteen years ago)

http://artscenecal.com/ArtistsFiles/CelminsV/CelminsVJPGs/VCelmins1a.jpg

― Eazy, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 05:49 (eighteen years ago)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Victor_Brauner_-_Autoportret2.jpg

― humansuit, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 05:53 (eighteen years ago)

http://cgfa.dotsrc.org/c/carriere3.jpg

― W4LTER, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 05:57 (eighteen years ago)

Was searching around for some Victor Brauner, saw this, and thought - isn't this referenced in Donnie Darko?

― humansuit, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 05:58 (eighteen years ago)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/58/161814634_8d5a0796b2.jpg?v=0

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, 21 August 2007 11:57 (eighteen years ago)

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