The Huskerboard High Culture thread

[Excel]

See guys, walksalone gets it.

 

[walksalone]

See guys, walksalone gets it.

No problem homie, sorry the pictures are so f*ckin' big, I suck at the internet...

 

[Excel]

Your Goya painting got me thinking about the darker side of things.

Here's another bright and cheery painting, The Triumph of Death by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, 1562. Try to find Waldo/someone not in excruciating pain.

He painted some really wild stuff. The fall of the Rebel Angels, also in 1562.

Dulle Griet, 1562 based on a Flemish folk tale about a woman who leads an army into hell.

and then he had those two really famous paintings of the tower of Babel

 

[walksalone]

That is pretty freaking awesome...

On a unrelated note, I was asked to leave the Louvre...

 

[Ratt Mhule]

I happen to like Gregorian chanting which started in the 9th century. Does that count?

 

[walksalone]

I happen to like Gregorian chanting which started in the 9th century. Does that count?

I think so...

I had to listen to the Gregorian Chants in Jr High music class, and I couldn't stand them...

 

[Excel]

I happen to like Gregorian chanting which started in the 9th century. Does that count?

I think so...

I had to listen to the Gregorian Chants in Jr High music class, and I couldn't stand them...

Yea Gregor is a pretty crappy singer and he's even worse at chanting.

 

[Ratt Mhule]

I also love the paintings in the Sistine Chapel. My favorites being the Creation of Adam and The Last Judgement

 

[walksalone]

I also like the western artists, Remington and Russell, but neither of them are as good as my mom...

 

[walksalone]

Oh, I forgot the book...

I'm rereading Clausewitz "On War"... I think he's a pompous prick, but trying to understand his train of thought...

 

[The Dude]

 

[NUance]

Mona Lisa, Louvre

musee-d'orsay statue

Michelangelo's David, Accademia Gallery in Florence

The Thinker and The Gates of Hell, the Musée Rodin

Burghers of Calais, Hirshhorn

/ My wife liked to go to museums.

 

[knapplc]

I was underwhelmed with the Mona Lisa. It's not particularly impressive unless you're in to pigments and brush strokes. I wouldn't put that thing up in my house if you gave it to me for free.

Stuff at the Louvre I thought were pretty amazing:

The Venus de Milo:

Winged Victory:

Just about anything in the Egyptian section:

But the thing I thought was most impressive was the Code of Hammurabi:

I set off the alarms leaning in to this magnificent piece of history like that girl in the photo. The curators didn't exactly come running, and I got chewed out in French, but the guy did it in a pretty bored voice, since I gather that happens all the time.

Basically, I love works in stone. There's a permanence to stone that has always drawn me. Long after the Mona Lisa is crumbled to dust, the Code of Hammurabi will still exist, in nearly exactly the same form as when it was first created.

 

[tschu]

This thread...is not for me.

 

[StPaulHusker]

I am on the same side as Tschu. Although I have been trying more to learn about things like this. I have found I really like Van Gogh paintings. I have been listening to audiobooks of classic novels like The Invisible Man and Treasure Island.

Been reading a lot about American culture in pre-Revolution and the times shortly after. I have a long way to go to match up with some of you though.