Art Thread
Posted on Monday, 22nd August 2005 @ 11:22pm
Where did my old art thread go?!
This is disgraceful.
Let's start off with Picasso - Synthetic Cubism period.
No idea why I like this one, it's called "Violin and Guitar" and is presently housed in the Hermitage.
Irf - got any more pics you took from your trip to Istanbul?
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
for anyone familiar with the Tekken series on PS2, i did this one maself in about 5 mins, but i think it looks great!
ermm....how do you get pics in ur post?
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
I did try to be arty-farty with some of them. But it didn't quite work.
I'll pick out the acceptable ones.
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
Here you go Dave.
Sultanahmet (Blue) Mosque.
(The sky isn't meant to have those bits of purple in it. My dodgy scanner.)
Tower of Justice, Topkapi Palace
Suleymaniye Mosque
16 August 2005
13 weeks 5 days
Tourist photos are always amazing - because from all those professional pictures you start to get the feeling these aren't actual buildings in real places.
And then you see them there with cars running back and forth and people looking at them and you just stare
Just curious - it is still a functioning mosque I believe - did they let you inside, and did they let you bring a camera?
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
It's probably the main mosque in Istanbul.
Tourists are allowed in, but they have their own entrance/exit. They also have to stay behind a barrier which stops you from going any further than about 1/5th of the main prayer hall. This applies to all the imperial mosques.
Tourists are generally kept away at prayer time.
Cameras are allowed in all the mosques. Even the smaller mosques happily allow photos to be taken. But cameras are not allowed in churches, which was dissappointing.
25 June 2005
1 day 6 hours
Dave there are some pics on this site of mosques in istunbul but you gota go thru them:
http://www.minhajfrance.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=27
How do u put post pics up? i got a few frm my cuz which she took frm her tour in syria/turkey
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
Upload the image from your comp to http://imageshack.us .
Then on the forum type the url for the uploaded image between [img] and [/img].
Maybe someone else can describe the process better.
25 June 2005
1 day 6 hours
hmm lets see if this work probs doesnt!
p.s. dont knw which mosque this but found it pretty. beautiful work done on it
Thanks irf
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
It's the Great Mosque of Damascus. Built in 715! But rebuilt after a fire in 1893.
25 June 2005
1 day 6 hours
so when did you go to istunbul and where bouts did you go?
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
Went in April. Sent by Uni.
Only confined ourselves to European part of Istanbul.
25 June 2005
1 day 6 hours
was it part of your course?
I am defnitely gona go to istunbul sometime in my life, beautiful places there.
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
Part of the course. But didn't get much of a grade for it
.
I would def recommend Istanbul. The sheer size of the mosques takes your breath away. And the azaan seems to go on forever.
There is part of Istanbul called Fatih. It's very religious and tourists tend to stay away. Also there are noticeably more women around Fatih than men. I went to Zuhr namaz at Fatih Mosque. It was packed as if it was Jumma. But it probably gives you the best experience of Istanbul because of the lack of tourists. Fatih def the most interesting area of Istanbul.
For all the 'modern' 'westernized' types there is Taksim. The modern city centre with its 'high-street' shops, clubs, and gay bars, and belly dancing and all the rest of it.
25 June 2005
1 day 6 hours
ewwwww hayder what kind of ugly so called art is that?
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
UGLY???
ITS TEKKEN!! i designed it maself, dont care wat u say.....i think its great
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
25 June 2005
1 day 6 hours
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
it wasnt easy, but all in 5 mins work for me!
assume? course i did.
i wud show u some of my computer artwork for my imaginary showroom....but i plan to use it one day, cant have any1 stealing my ideas
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
16 August 2005
13 weeks 5 days
That is very unusual architecture for early islamic art - I daresay there is some crusader influence like on the Al-Aqsa Mosque
What are the murals on the outside of it?
16 August 2005
13 weeks 5 days
lol like angel said it's not precisely the kind of art I am used to, but I gotta admit it's phenomenal work - I dunno much about computer art - did you seriously do it 5 minutes?
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
computer art and islamic art are the only ones i find appealing. yeah its fairly easy if u knw wat ur doin.
there was this nice mosque i seen wen i was in dubai, cant find the pic tho
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
25 June 2005
1 day 6 hours
I duno much bout the mosque but didnt irf say that the old building caught fire and the above pic was of the new buildin? It is unusual which is why i find it apealing.
24 June 2005
4 hours 32 min
It's decribed in a book I've got as: Christian architecture Islamicized. Completed in 715 by the calpih al-Walid I. The sanctuary facade and dome were rebuilt after the catostrophic fire of 1893; the original arcade would have been much lighter.
It was built around the temple of Jupiter Damascenus and the curch of St John the Baptist.
Many meanings have been proposed for the mosaics: topographical references to Damascus or to Syria in general, wishfulfilling depictions of a world at peace under Islamic sway, or evocations of Paradise. Perhaps such ambiguity is intentional.
16 August 2005
13 weeks 5 days
One of my favorite by Caravaggio
The Conversion of St. Paul
I always thought Caravaggio was a fabulous painter - I think I remember Afro didn't like him much.
Of course she always outgunned me for taste!
The Strad incident.. ugh
Where is Afro?? I miss her.
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
My big bro will probably kill me 4 this......
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
24 June 2005
1 min 23 sec
what is he doin?
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
drinkin from a petrol pump....what does it look like!
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
24 June 2005
1 min 23 sec
? why?
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.
2 August 2005
7 weeks 2 days
sheer stupidity...ask him, hes on this forum now n then!
The Lover is ever drunk with love;
He is free, he is mad,
He dances with ecstasy and delight.
Caught by our own thoughts,
We worry about every little thing,
But once we get drunk on that love,
Whatever will be, will be.
ɐɥɐɥ
24 June 2005
1 min 23 sec
Original phone pic. trees from my bus stop in february.
Now the follow up:
Summer from same spot. Same camera, same lampost, but higher res.
Hayder can you guess where that is from?
People say nothing is impossible, but I do nothing every day.