Sistine Chapel (Ceiling & The Last Judgement) - Michelangelo Buonarroti (1512; 1541) 9.9/10 to 10/10
Symphony No. 9 in D Minor "Choral" - Ludwig van Beethoven (1824) 9.7/10 to 9.8/10
Tristan und Isolde - Richard Wagner (1859) 9.5/10 to 9.6/10
Trout Mask Replica - Captain Beefheart (1969) 9.4/10 to 9.5/10
Rock Bottom - Robert Wyatt (1974) 9.4/10 to 9.5/10
Peasants' War Panorama - Werner Tubke (1987) [aka, "Early Bourgeois Revolution in Germany"] 9.6/10 to 9.5/10
Ys - Joanna Newsom (2006) 8.8/10 to 8.9/10 _________________ Best Classical Best Films Best Paintings
Beyond gobsmacked by Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel this week...
This may sound bad, but I haven't even been able to watch any films yet this week because mainly what I need to revisit are in the 7.5s or 8s. And after immersing myself in this completely overwhelming masterpiece of which no adjectives suffice, it's like the void left can only be filled by other works closer to it in stature.
(I'm sure it is very temporary -- happens to me sometimes...)
The astounding compassion, humanity and conviction Michelangelo invigorated into his work... I wish artists like this were still around, that so thoroughly lived and breathed their work and their whole life was spent amounting to its culmination, the dedication, conviction and soul of which, would be mirrored in the result as supreme masterpieces for all time.
"When the work was uncovered everyone rushed to see it from every part and remained dumbfounded." --Giorgio Visari
And after immersing myself in this completely overwhelming masterpiece of which no adjectives suffice, it's like the void left can only be filled by other works closer to it in stature.
I know that feeling. I've been fortunate enough to have traveled once to Europe, and I spent most of my time in Italy. The weeks after I got home I couldn't do anything except think about how mediocre everything seemed around me. I had seen some of the peaks of human creativity, so everything else seemed banal in comparison. I'm obviously over it by now, but I get a twinge of that feeling if I ever recall a good time I had on my trip. In fact, just in typing this out, I'm trying my best to remember my exact experience in the chapel. I know one thing is for certain. My neck was killing me by the time I left.
And after immersing myself in this completely overwhelming masterpiece of which no adjectives suffice, it's like the void left can only be filled by other works closer to it in stature.
I know that feeling. I've been fortunate enough to have traveled once to Europe, and I spent most of my time in Italy. The weeks after I got home I couldn't do anything except think about how mediocre everything seemed around me. I had seen some of the peaks of human creativity, so everything else seemed banal in comparison. I'm obviously over it by now, but I get a twinge of that feeling if I ever recall a good time I had on my trip. In fact, just in typing this out, I'm trying my best to remember my exact experience in the chapel. I know one thing is for certain. My neck was killing me by the time I left.
Thank you very much for your perspective. It's quite a feeling. Thank God Michelangelo painted in such a way that his work has been extremely well preserved (unlike, for instance, Da Vinci's Last Supper). If his works were ever destroyed in a war or something (most especially the Sistine Chapel) I think I would weep as if Id lost a child or parent. _________________ Best Classical Best Films Best Paintings
If his works were ever destroyed in a war or something
Geez, I sure hope not. Enough great Islamic art and monuments have already been destroyed by insidious groups. Hopefully nothing would ever happen to that.
BTW where does folk art fall on you scale of rating things?
This is an interesting one to look into that you may or may not know.
Geez, I sure hope not. Enough great Islamic art and monuments have already been destroyed by insidious groups. Hopefully nothing would ever happen to that.
BTW where does folk art fall on you scale of rating things?
This is an interesting one to look into that you may or may not know.
Interesting thank you! Have never seen that one before. I looked over it a bit and read some about it, but would need to evaluate more before determining anything ratings-wise.
I have not found any folk art to make my "Greatest Paintings" list but I also haven't delved into it much thus far. If there are works from the genre that are as extraordinary as those on my list, I would love to know of them.
Thank you, Ive never heard of him. Not sure if his work can stand up with the Da Vinci's, Van Gogh's, Della Francesca's, Picasso's or Bruegel's of the world, but it does look like it could be intriguing nonetheless. If you find any others please let me know. This is a bit of an untapped area. _________________ Best Classical Best Films Best Paintings
I have no idea if this show existed outside my local PBS broadcast, but it's what exposed me to Outsider and Folk Art as a child. It's really great. Here's the video I was trying to find about Purvis Young. I know some other Outsider artists (Like Carlo Zinelli) that are important as well, but I'll do some harder thinking on the subject.
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