Get real

Originally posted by ebrilla
I was looking at art.
The Tribuna.by Zoffany

its here if anyone wants a look

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/z/zoffany/tribuna.html

Interesting picture, I had not seen it before

Andrew

Originally posted by latex bishop
its here if anyone wants a look

http://www.kfki.hu/~arthp/html/z/zoffany/tribuna.html

Interesting picture, I had not seen it before

Andrew

This is all for free.

Originally posted by ebrilla
This is all for free.

No one cares
Could anyone do it?
If I'm going out I will ask questions

Is Zoffany too good for people who want little women to melt in the background.?

Originally posted by ebrilla
I was looking at art.
The Tribuna.by Zoffany

It is certainly impressive from a technical standpoint, but that's about all it has to recommend it. It lacks any of the dynamism and emotional impact of someone like Francisco Goya, who was a contemporary of Zoffany's. I'll take Goya's The Third of May, 1808, or Saturn Devouring His Children over Zoffany's dreary paintings any day.

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/goya/may_3rd.jpg.html

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/goya/saturn.jpg.html

Originally posted by rwingett
It is certainly impressive from a technical standpoint, but that's about all it has to recommend it. It lacks any of the dynamism and emotional impact of someone like Francisco Goya, who was a contemporary of Zoffany's. I'll take Goya' ...[text shortened]... g.html

http://www.artchive.com/artchive/G/goya/saturn.jpg.html

Each to thier own tastes, i do not like either painting. That is not a comment on thier artistic value but on my own personal taste (for what little that is worth), i prefer the Zoffany's painting talked about earlier.

-trekkie

Originally posted by trekkie
Each to thier own tastes, i do not like either painting. That is not a comment on thier artistic value but on my own personal taste (for what little that is worth), i prefer the Zoffany's painting talked about earlier.

-trekkie

I understand that the subject is, to some degree, a subjective thing. You are free to like whatever it is you like. What I am curious to know is what is it about the Zoffany painting that attracts you to it? Is it the technical aspects, or the amount of detail he has shown? Zoffany has certainly exhibited a large degree of technical skill, but I am reminded of the old saying of someone who can't see the forest for the trees. Each individual part of the painting has been lavished with extraordinary detail, but the painting as a whole lacks any vitality. It seems dreary and dated.

Goya's paintings, on the other hand, are revolutionary accomplishments when taken into the context of that era. They seem years ahead of their time, and prefigure later developments in modern art. The Saturn painting seems as though it could easily have been painted in the twentieth century. To my mind, Goya has transcended his age and has remained relevant to this day, whereas Zoffany has become a mere sidenote in art history.