What is your favorite genre of art and why?- Page 2

[madbrian]

Posted: 3/10/13 at 11:42pm

Auctions are fantastic! We used to attend an auction in Engelwood, NJ. The vast majority of buyers were dealers, so I always felt like I was getting great value. Paintings, lamps, accent furniture, etc. Most of house was furnished via auctions and estate sales.

[After Eight]

Posted: 3/10/13 at 11:50pm

My favorite genre of art is porcelain: Sèvres and Limoges, Louis XV and XVI styles. And my favorite kinds of porcelain are teacups and saucers in those styles.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/10/13 at 11:58pm

The Sevres are exquisite, After Eight!

[CalebMeyer]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 12:27am

I just have such a crush on Frida Kahlo, but I don't really know what she'd be classified as. I guess you could call her a symbolist except for the fact that she considered herself a realist...so who knows. I also really love the fauvists, especially Matisse. I grew up with his famous goldfish painting hanging in our house so maybe I was pre-disposed.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 12:34am

I'd say Kahlo was a realistic Surrealist, lol.

I'm also a fan of Fauvism, but almost entirely because of color.

[SNAFU]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 12:45am

Fauvism rocks! Having studied under Betty Buckley at Pratt, a student of Joseph Albers, I enjoy the shear glee in the celebration of color!

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/11/13 at 1:00am

Albers provided such important theories of color interaction a la Bauhaus.

But I"m not a big fan. I prefer the wild abandon color of the fauvists and the period known as the Blue Rider (Franz Marc).

So you went to Pratt! Did you work in design since then?

[javero]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 3:28pm

For some reason, last year I developed in interest in medieval art, especially heraldry. I'm fascinated by the symbolism incorporated in sigils, seals, banners, and coat of arms from that era.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 4:02pm

Javero, do you live in or near NYC? You'd go nuts at the Met! You must go there!

[javero]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 4:49pm

@Jane

I'm in the DC metro area but hit up NYC from time to time. Oddly, I've never toured the Met but will add it to the bucket list. Thanks for the suggestion!

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 4:58pm

Seriously- For Medieval Art you must not miss the Met. I'm not even a big fan of that genre, but when I'm in those galleries, I'm transported into another time and place.

[~tiny~]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 10:12pm

and the Cloisters!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 11:04pm

I can honestly admit that I don't really know enough about art to say. I do like artists that use a lot of bright colors.....probably because my dream house would be a house on the beach somewhere and I think that would look nice in a house with lots of windows and light. Something like Matisse. That is probably cliche to people to know a lot about art, but that's what I like.

[StockardFan]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 11:07pm

I do have sort of a cute story about art and my son. When he was in 1st grade he was talking about an artist they were discussing in art class, but he couldn't remember the name. He was trying to describe it, but he was 6 so he wasn't doing a good job verbalizing it. He finally took a piece of paper and some colored pencils and drew it - it was Mondrian and I recognized it right away. I was like "Mondrian!" He's like "That's it!" Probably of no interest to anyone else, but I thought it was cute and said a lot for our art department in our school.

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/13/13 at 11:36pm

that is cute-says a lot about the art teacher as well as your son!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 3/14/13 at 12:03am

We are lucky where we are to have a really good arts program!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 3/14/13 at 9:55pm

Jane, I had to laugh. After we had the Mondrian conversation, Tina on Glee is wearing a Faux Mondrian dress tonight.

[Jim Colyer]

Posted: 3/17/13 at 8:01pm

I like the French paintings of the 18th century. Tour the National Gallery in D.C, and you will see why.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 3/17/13 at 8:03pm

Cause they're all white?

[Jane2]

Posted: 3/17/13 at 8:51pm

"I like the French paintings of the 18th century. Tour the National Gallery in D.C, and you will see why."

Because you like to wear frilly dresses and frolic in the woods?