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Tuesday: actually, it looked very Henry Moore,kinda abstract

Tuesday: actually,I've got a funny (art) story.When my dad passed away us kids were at his house dividing items amongst us.When I was about 13 I made a plaster paris sculpture, my dad kept it on his desk,anyway,my sister's boyfriend thought it was so valuable that he wouldn't part with it for a beautiful table true story

I wish I could claim I was being coy, but I got nuthin

Tuesday: I'm so out of my depth discussing art,that I'm drowning

Tuesday:

I posted the song coupled with Van Gogh's art on the music board

Tuesday: are you thinkin what I'm thinkin?

Tuesday: I didn't guess the painting, unless it was called "starry starry night"

Tuesday: Vincent by Don McLean

Towards the end of the month I will be getting a potters wheel and supplies.. My husband is helping me get my studio started.. if any of you have your own potters wheel and have suggestions and hints as to ones you have found to be good.. please make notes to this.. we are expecting to pay around 1200.00 for the wheel.. 

Painting Elephant.. you gotta see this!

ScarletRose: I'm not sure exactly what you mean ... but I think you liked it. ;)

ColonelCrockett: kewl.. that will work! I don't see any hard links to avoid.. so it should be accepted..

... what about my Flickr page?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/24154690@N03/

let me know what you think.

haven't seen you in a long time.. hope everything is going well for you!

www.artcyclopedia.com/
www.art-search.com/
www.gooart.com/
http://www.keoz.com/
http://www.art-atlas.net/index.php

todays art:
http://www.artisticlicense.com.au/artimages/mcewenreflectionsl.JPG
http://intimatexpressiongifts.com/kiss1.jpg
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PS
http://www.b-n.nl/php/auction.php?AuctionNumber=321&GroupNumber=68

...just an idea,for those of us who like to share...
...why dont we share any links to our own webpages.not for flirting,but to get to know what our friends like.we might share common interests. I like (clean)art & photography,I have several art links,my own art places:
http://sharebubble.gamedriven.com/bubble/website?name=cleverhunk
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/optical_illusions-BeyondTheInvisible/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/piccollectorsforallplanets/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/reachoutforahandfullofstars/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/gifs-animatedcollectors/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humourforallplanets/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fontcollectors/
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/clipartandiconcollectors/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mapcollectors/

nobleheart: http://www.wisconsincommonmarket.com/vendorlogos/acf1769.jpg
Wow - nice - Thank you nobleheart

AZUZ: Time for the Shoutout! Who painted this picture? If you think you know it, shout it out! Was it: A) Leonardo da Vinci, B) Vincent van Gogh, C) Michelangelo Buonarroti, or D) Pablo Picasso? You've got three seconds--GO! The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci sometime between 1503 and 1506. That's your answer and that's your Shoutout!

A New Look

LLOYD: It's a smile that's mystified people for centuries. And ever since da Vinci created his "Mona Lisa" masterpiece, art lovers have looked for the secret behind the smirk. A team of Canadian scientists used sophisticated 3D technology to unearth clues behind the riddle. Danny Globerman reveals what they found when they peered through the layers.

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DANNY GLOBERMAN, REPORTER: The Da Vinci Code phenomenon teased us with the notion that all sorts of great secrets lie hidden in the artist's work. Well, now we've learned, they do. And they're hidden no longer.

But the secrets announced at the National Research Council have more to do with art than religious conspiracies. In October 2004, an NRC team jouneyed to the Louvre for the most extensive physical the Mona Lisa has ever received. There were x-rays, infared and ultraviolet photos, and thanks to the Research Council's world leading technology, a state of the art, 3-dimensional laser scan.

FRANCOIS BLAIS, NATL. RESEARCH COUNCIL OF CANADA: Now, we have very precise information about the thickness of the layers. We know how the painting was painted, with very very thin layers of painting. That's one of the things we couldn't see by the naked eye and that technology brought us.

GLOBERMAN: All sorts of elements not visible to the eye are now known. A bonnet, a full veil, a waistband. They're all there, you just can't see them.

JOHN TAYLOR, NRC SCIENTIST: It just doesn't get any better than this, because great art and great science.

GLOBERMAN: John Taylor is one of the NRC scientists who took part in the project. He says while the Mona Lisa has now given up many of her secrets, he's still amazed and baffled by one of them.

TAYLOR: In this painting, there are no signs of brush strokes anywhere on the painting. That includes the very fine details of embroidery on the dress, the hair. This is the "Je ne sais quoi" of Leonardo, the genius. We don't know how he applied it.

GLOBERMAN: Beyond the mysteries, this project gives and accurate and highly detailed snapshot of the painting's current physical condition. That will allow conservators to know if anything changes in the painting over the years. And while the wood panel on which she rests is warped, the experts say Mona's ailments are all under control and should be for some time to come. And for art lovers, that's truly something to smile about.

(END VIDEO CLIP)









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Jacopo Tintoretto-the last supper:

http://studwww.ugent.be/~kandree/images/tintoretto.jpg

matthias grunewald-theresurrection
http://www.anthroposophy.org.nz/images/The%20Resurrection%20of%20Christ.jpg

john constable-Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/images/Constable.jpg


john constable-the haywain
http://www.angelo.edu/faculty/rprestia/1301/images/IN461Haywn.jpg

caspar david friedrich-the abbey in an oak forest
http://www.uncp.edu/home/rwb/friedrich_abbey.jpg


caspar david friedrich-the polar sea
http://www.wright.edu/cola/Dept/ML/images/FriedrichPolarSea.jpg

claude monet-on the banks of the seine
http://www.artic.edu/artexplorer-assets/aeimages/m/E10368_WM.jpg

nobleheart: it's been deleted Steve..

which link was to nudity?msg me please.did thet change the target link? oh no

For the record. I didn't remove the link of a link. I removed a link that contained nudity. That link should not have been put there, and should have been REMOVED by the moderators of this board.

What people do or do not let their children do does not pertain to the issue here.

The issue is, NO LINKS containing nudity should be posted on this board, or any other public board. I fail to see why this seems to be so hard to understand.

ScarletRose: No it's your job as moderator to check the links to this board.If i was a minor would you tell me the same? My kind of Art would bore you.

nobleheart: I read your link which linked to other links that weren't very nice for this board.

Toofer: no nude photos please.I realize that photography is an art.too many "artisitic" directions these days push the envelope af art too far towards porn.
I agree the human form is beautiful,and in an innocent & descent world this would be an accepted concept.but we live in a world of many unhealthy,depraved & abusive ideas towards the body.
I saw nothing wrong with the paintings posted,nothing revealing,but to avoid controversy,lets avoid anything that might even possibly be offensive.
I have heard of people who have an extreme viewpoint,taking offense at the most innocent of artworks.
even if we limit ourselves to really nice art,we could not be guaranteed to avoid an art controversy,example:

The Kiss (Rodin sculpture)controversy
read about it here:
* link removed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kiss_(Rodin_sculpture)#The_Kiss.27_More_Recent_Controversy

*Being that it is difficult to define exactly where a line should be drawn, the Globals do not want to see direct links to nudes be posted on the public boards. This is a public board. We expect the moderators of this board to adhere to this issue. This is not an "art" site, this is a "game site".....a family game site.

Hello - I figured I would share my opinion on the subject just so everyone understands what I'm thinking on the subject.

First I wanted to say that I think the pictures that were linked to here were very nice pieces of art. The problem that I see is where do you draw the line to what is art and what is "porn". For example, I have a page of naked girls who were painted on to create works of art. Since it includes nudity, I'm carefull on who sees these pictures so I won't post a link in public. But would something like be acceptable since it is art? Lets take an extreme example, I strip down and take a picture of myself naked. I call it art. Is it? The problem is where do you draw the line on the public board. For that reason, I personally feel it is almost beter to say "no nudity" at all then to have to try to determine where the line is between what is art and what is not.

The second reason I'm concerned is that all public boards on BrainKing are searchable from the outside (non-members). This incudes search engines like Google, and "bad site" blocker sites. [I'm going to use a worse-case senerio] Lets say one of the "bad site" blocker sites decided to scan BrainKing to make sure the site was acceptable, and came across a link to a site which contains nude pictures. Since some of these program are very picky, they may end up putting BrainKing on their blocked site list - which in turn may be a program used by ISP's or work of some of the players, which in turn may lose them access to this game site. Again, I'm using a worse-case type of example, but is another reason why I would worry if links to nude pictures would be allowed on a public board.

Those are my opinions on the subject

Toofer: That is a good question. This issue has been brought up in the Globals fellowship for discussion. After all of them have had a chance to contribute to the discussion, the moderators of this board will be notified of what we feel are or aren't appropriate links for this (public) board.

This is a difficult line to draw when comes to appreciating classic, masterful artists, and the appropriateness of this being a family site.

nobleheart: nude pictures of women are allowed here?