Your Favorite Work of Art. Period.

FreshShabazz · Post by **FreshShabazz** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:34 pm

Not just fine art. Any medium. Books, Film, Fine Art, Music, Theater. Pick one and don't wimp out. Compare apples to oranges and ride with your choice.

Website · Post by **Random Sample** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 5:48 pm

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

The most beautiful piece of art created.

frank b · Post by **frank b** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:00 pm

Leaves Of Grass - 1855 version

Spartan · Post by **Spartan** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:29 pm

Random Sample wrote:Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata

The most beautiful piece of art created.

That's a really good choice. I've always found that composition to sound really sad, instead of how it is meant to be perceived as a joyful love theme.

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:33 pm

juelz santana - santana's town

Quotashun · Post by **Quotashun** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:36 pm

STILL TIPPIN', SON.

cascarrabias · Post by **cascarrabias** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:54 pm

2001: A Space Odyssey

Dids · Post by **Dids** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:54 pm

A Day Like Any Other

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 7:57 pm

Too Short - Cusswords. The way Todd Shaw managed to weave a tapestry of four letter words into such an Earth-shattering beat by Ant Banks is unmatched, and quite simply... ahead of our time.

varick pyr · Post by **varick pyr** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:03 pm

BOOK

FILM

FINE ART

MUSIC

Icesickle · Post by **Icesickle** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 8:42 pm

Lolita, the book.

Snuggles the DESTROYER · Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:21 pm

Painting:

Book:

ackbar · Post by **ackbar** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:26 pm

^^^
i'm family friends with james clavell (rip)

Hasenfefer · Post by **Hasenfefer** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 9:32 pm

FreshShabazz · Post by **FreshShabazz** » Thu Jun 09, 2005 10:38 pm

varick pyr wrote:BOOK

FILM

FINE ART

MUSIC

See... what you were supposed to do... nevermind

X is really you favorite movie... I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that.

slimebucato · Post by **slimebucato** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:18 am

varick, what is that painting of?

I really detest alot of the people who argue about videogames being art, their arguments are usually very overwrought and pretentious-sounding. Nevertheless, I think that while right now the medium doesn't have a whole lot of titles that would qualify as "art", videogames have probably had more of an impact on my life than anything besides music.

So, I choose Metroid Prime. At the time I played it, I had never played anything else like it. The world of Tallon V that Retro Studios created was incredibly immersive and coupled with a deep and engaging story was an amazing experience. The enemy design and AI made the world come alive and feel like a a living, breathing place. The first attack of the Chozo ghosts, as well as the first time I stepped into the Phendrana drifts are two of the most memorable moments I have had with a video game. The soundtrack is also expertly crafted and fits beautifully with the game.

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:23 am

^^ This post almost made me feel like getting back into video games.

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:24 am

Hasenfefer wrote:

Best post yet, and it's gonna be nearly impossible to beat (no pun).

So far...

1. Vida's ass
2. Cusswords

3. Metroid

FoJaR · Post by **FoJaR** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:33 am

varick pyr wrote:BOOK

i was thinking of saying this.

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:35 am

FoJaR wrote:
varick pyr wrote:BOOK

i was thinking of saying this.

Not dissin' ya, but this seems strange coming from a forever sober guy. Maybe I'm mistaking you for someone else, but I thought you said you didn't do drugs or drink.

FoJaR · Post by **FoJaR** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:43 am

nah you were right, i am forever sober.

and it's hard to say why i like that book so much... but i do.

Rachel Hobozal · Post by **Rachel Hobozal** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:49 am

FoJaR wrote:nah you were right, i am forever sober.

and it's hard to say why i like that book so much... but i do.

Good enough for me.

varick pyr · Post by **varick pyr** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:50 am

FreshShabazz wrote: See... what you were supposed to do... nevermind

X is really you favorite movie... I don't think I've ever heard anyone say that.

You expect ME to obey your inferior human rules?

I think not, flesh-monkey. I do as I please.

varick pyr · Post by **varick pyr** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:54 am

ChristPuncher wrote:varick, what is that painting of?

Breast cancer surgical procedure.

a.k.a. The Agnew Clinic by Thomas Eakins

Andvil · Post by **Andvil** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 1:58 am

I'm a fan of The Gross Clinic myself
Mainly because of the presence of the one incredibly grossed-out person
as opposed to the one kina shocked person

THEY ARE WAY DIFFERENT TRUST ME

nah I'm a fan of ALL his work. One of the true GREAT American painters

as far as picking one favorite thing out of all of these categories, I'm waving the white flag. It's impossible.

FoJaR · Post by **FoJaR** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:42 am

varick pyr wrote:a.k.a. The Agnew Clinic by Thomas Eakins

lemme see if i can dial this number right quick..
click... whirrrrrrr.. click.
i'm sorry, the government you have elected is inoperative.
click. inoperative.

just how blind will america be?
the world is on the edge of it's seat,
defeat on the horizon, very surprising that we all could see the plot, and claimed that we could not;
just how blind america?
just as vietnam exploded in the rice, snap crackle and pop could not stop people determined to be free,
just how blind will america be.

the shock of a vietnam defeat sent republican donkeys scurrying down on wall street,
and when the roll was called, it was pepsi-cola and phillips 66, boeing, dao and lockheed,
ask them what they're fighting for, they'll never mention the economics of war.
ecological warfare above all else destroyed a land; if we cant break the asian will we'll bomb the dikes and starve the man.

america, the international jekyll and hyde, the land of a thousand disguises, sneaks up on you but rarely surprises,
plundering the asian countryside in the name of fu man two.
afraid of shoeless, undernourished cambodians,
while we strike big wheat bargains with russia, our nuclear enemy,
just how blind america? tell me?

who was around where hale boggs died?
and what was the cause of LBJ's untimely demise?
and what really happened to j edgar hoover, the king is proud of patrick grey,
while america's faith is drowning beneath that cesspool, watergate.

how long will the citizens sit and wait, it's looking like europe in '38, did they move to stop hitler before it was too late?
how long america, before the consequences of keeping the school systems segregated, allowing the press to be intimidated, watching the price of everything soar, and hearing complaints cause the rich want more,
it seems that macbeth and not his lady went mad.
we've let him eliminate the whole middle class.
the dollar's the only thing we cant inflate, while the poor go on without a new minimum wage.

and what really happened to j edgar hoover, the king is proud of patrick grey,
and there are those who say america's faith is drowning beneath that cesspool, watergate.

how much more evidence do the citizens need that the election was sabotaged by trickery and greed?
and if this is so, and who we got didnt win, lets do the whole damn election over again.
the obvious key to the whole charade would be to run down all the games they played

remember dita beard and itt the slaughter of attica?
the CIA in chile, knowing nothing about al guinde?
at this time in the past, as i reccolect,
augusta georgia, the nomination of supreme court justice to head off the tapes,
william calley's executive interference in the image of john wayne,
kent state, jackson state, southern louisiana, authorized bombing raids, the chaining and gagging of bobby seal, somebody tell these maryland governors to be for real.
we recall all of these events just to prove the buggers in the watergate aint no news,
the thing that seems to justify all of our fears is that all of this went down in the last five years,

but tell me, what really happened to j edgar hoover the king is proud of patrick grey,
while america's faith is drowning beneath that cesspool, watergate.

we leave america to ponder its image of justice from it's new wave of leaders:
frank rizzo, the higschool graduate mayor of philadelphia whose ignorance is surpassed only by those who voted for him.
richard daley, imperial napoleanic mayor of chicago who took over from al capone and continues to implement the same tactics.
george wallace, lester maddoux, strom thurmond, ronald reagan,
an almost endless list that wont be missed, when at last america is purged.

and the silent whitehouse, with the james brothers once in command,
but see the saurkraut mafia men, desert that sinking whitehouse ship and that main, mindless, meglomaniac ahab.

mccord has blown, mitchell has blown, no tap on my telephone,
mccord has blown, mitchell has blown, no tap on my telephone,
haldeman erlichman, mitchell and dean, it follows a pattern if you dig what i mean.
haldeman erlichman, mitchell and dean, it follows a pattern if you dig what i mean.

and what are we left with now?
bumperstickers that say "free the watergate 500"
spy movies of the same name, with a cast of thousands,
and that ominous phrase that if nixon knew agnew, but ag didnt knew enough to stay out of jail...

and what really happened to j edgar hoover the king is proud of patrick grey,
and there are those who swear they've seen king richard... king richard... king richard...

beneath that cesspool... watergate.

four more years,
four more years,
four more years,
four more years of THAT?

FoJaR · Post by **FoJaR** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:43 am

YES I TYPED THAT ALL OUT WHILE LISTENING TO THE SONG.

Y@k Bollocks · Post by **Y@k Bollocks** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 4:51 am

Hell - Jake & Dinos Chapman

There are eight of these huge glass cases, all filled with these little figures in this horrible war scene - Nazis, mutilated bodies, people being crucified... Its seriously incredible. All the figures are only a few cms tall, all hand painted. I think theres about 5000 of them.

I count myself very lucky for seeing this, as it was all destroyed during that fire in east London a while back. Seriously, the most impressive art feat i've EVER seen.

See more here...

http://www.xs4all.nl/~lpbrull/digipage/ ... erview.htm

Career Over Like Mike(NJJ) · Fri Jun 10, 2005 8:46 am

Icesickle's black and white photography
..makes Robby Muller's cinematography in Wim Wenders 70's road movie trilogy and his work on Jim Jarmusch's Down By Law and Dead Man look like super 8 mini-movies of crayon scrawlings by autistic children.

Employee · Post by **Employee** » Fri Jun 10, 2005 9:18 am