Comments on: Feel Art Again: Irises

By: Andréa

Andréa — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 19:50:34 +0000

cinthya: I’ve added him to my list of possible posts.

lotusgreen: Great idea!

By: lotusgreen

lotusgreen — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:29:02 +0000

this is great, Andréa! i spend all day every day dealing with this subject! another neat thing to try doing with van gogh’s paintings is to try to match up the prints in the background on the wall with the original prints. not easy, though. i think i only found one!

(by the way, i think raoul dufy was also very influenced by japonisme, particularly in his design of fabrics)

i’m so glad i discovered you and i love all of the correspondences that you draw. thank you.

By: cinthya

cinthya — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 11:23:00 +0000

Thanks for the great post.
One of my favorite (much underrated, I think) artist is Raoul Dufy. It would be interesting to put forward lesser-known artist for further posts as well.

By: Andréa

Andréa — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:41:33 +0000

tricia: Good idea! I’ll keep it in mind.

By: tricia

tricia — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:16:59 +0000

I’m such a fan of Van Gogh! My husband and I have a huge replication of Starry Night in our house and I certainly will be going to the Van Gogh museum before I leave Europe.

And speaking of requests… I know it’s a few months off but I saw a documentary on the 3rd of May by Goya and thought it would be fitting on said date.

By: Andréa

Andréa — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:10:22 +0000

pjl: I’ll look into it. We try to stick to pre-1900 artwork, to avoid copyright issues, but we might be able to do a Mondrian.

By: pjl

pjl — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:01:32 +0000

Andrea,

Can you put something together about Mondrian? He is interesting.

thanks

By: Andréa

Andréa — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:47:45 +0000

I’m glad you all are enjoying the series! I’m always open to suggestions, so if you know of any great art that hasn’t gotten the attention it deserves, let me know.

Stew: I try, as often as possible, to include links to larger versions. (I put them at the end of the post, like the two for today.) Sometimes, though, the version we post is the largest I can find.

By: Stew

Stew — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 19:02:15 +0000

One of the highlights of my trip to Amsterdam was a visit to the Van Gough museum.

It really would be great if you had links to larger images in your ‘Feel Art Again’ series. The thumbnails are so tiny, that it’s hard to really appreciate the works.

By: witetra33it

witetra33it — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:42:48 +0000

The entire art nouveaux movement was inspired by Japanese art. There was a surge of decorative arts very much reminiscent of Japanese decor. Especially Tiffany.
I love this blog. I went to art school and this is the way art history should have been. Instead, I got hot, dark rooms filled with dry data that instantly put me to sleep.