Beautiful Art: architecture, paintings, sculptures, etc

[987baz]

I really like John Waterhouse

"John William Waterhouse RA (6 April 1849 – 10 February 1917) was an English painter known for working first in the Academic style and for then embracing the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood's style and subject matter. His artworks were known for their depictions of women from both ancient Greek mythology and Arthurian legend."

here's a slideshow of most of his work

 

[KJS]

Paintings by Thomas Cole caught my eye recently.

The Voyage of Life​

 

[Pierre]

"The Ninth Wave is an 1850 painting by Russian-Armenian marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky. It is his best-known work. The title refers to an old sailing expression referring to a wave of incredible size that comes after a succession of incrementally larger waves."

 

[Julia]

"The Ninth Wave is an 1850 painting by Russian-Armenian marine painter Ivan Aivazovsky. It is his best-known work. The title refers to an old sailing expression referring to a wave of incredible size that comes after a succession of incrementally larger waves."

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Pierre, thank you!Aivazovsky lived and worked in Feodosia.Here is his museum and the 14th century Armenian church where he was baptized.This year Feodosia turned 2551 , this is my hometown !

 

[तत्परिवर्तनं भव]

Albert Bierstadt

 

[Breo]

Saint Eustache church in Paris and its beautiful pipe organ.

 

[loreta]

Peder Severin Kroyer (1851-1909)

1892, Summer evening in Skagen

 

[Alix]

Currier & Ives - North Central Park

 

[Pecha]

Azerbaijan, a feature rich locale with an equally rich history:

Flame Towers of Baku

Ateshgah-Baku, A Remnant of Azerbaijan's Zoroastrianism Origins

 

[Alejo]

There's also La sagrada familia in Barcelona

 

[Vulcan59]

The Last Day of Pompeii by Karl Bryullov — Russian Museum in St. Petersburg

 

[Alejo]

And I did a quick search, realizing I know very little about eastern and asian architecture, but I have always found it fascinating. I found the Himeji Castle in Japan

And the Pagoda Temple in Japan

 

[sebbe]

When clothes and costumes are works of art :

 

[Mililea]

The cathedral of Auch impressed me very, very much when we were there. It was the many small details, but also the overall picture

 

[Tuulikki]

Two monumental contemporary sculptural icons of the UK.

Angel Of The North - situated in the North-East of England by sculptor Anthony Gormley. 20 metres tall with a wingspan of 54 metres. The public originally disliked it intensely but it seems to have settled itself into the public consciousness now and most opinions of it are positive. Personally I think it is great.

The Kelpies - Monumental sculptures of two horses heads - 30 metres tall - situated in the Falkirk region of Scotland. They represent the heavy horses of former Scottish industry but are named after shape shifting water spirits (kelpies). The sculptor Andy Scott modelled the heads from two actual working Clydesdale horses Duke and Baron who attended the opening ceremony in 2013. They look fabulous when illuminated in different colours at night.