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What piece of visual artwork would you choose?

You have won your choice of any piece of visual artwork on the planet! The terms of the agreement are that you may display it in your own home or on your grounds as appropriate, for your own personal enjoyment and that of your family and guests, for the rest of your life. Upon your death it returns to the individual or organization from which it was borrowed to lend to you.

You may not sell it, nor charge admission to see it, nor use this piece of artwork for financial gain of any kind. It's just for your enjoyment. Nor may you destroy it or allow it to be destroyed. (Let's just say that it will magically disappear from your collection just before the harm is done or profit made- there is no one poking into your private business to see what you do with it).

If you could have any piece of artwork added to your life, what would it be? If you cannot decide, you can have a piece chosen for you in the medium of your choice.




VotesAnswer
10I would choose this painting:
0Please choose a painting for me.
4This sculpture:
1Please choose a sculpture for me.
2This drawing:
0Please choose a drawing for me.
0This lithograph, monoprint, or other print:
1Please choose a print for me.
1This tapestry or other textile art:
0Please choose a textile for me.
VotesAnswer
1This photograph:
0Please choose a photograph for me.
0This video or film or other moving picture
0Please choose a moving picture for me.
2This piece of an other medium not listed here:
0Please choose a piece of this other medium not listed here for me.
2I can't decide on a medium. Please choose anything for me.
3No thanks, I would not like a piece of artwork under these conditions.

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juliw
posted 23-Dec-2001 8:55am  
That painting by Claude Monet where the woman is holding a parasol.
Enheduanna Survey Central Subscriber
posted 23-Dec-2001 10:27am  
A couple of the Unicorn Tapestries.
Gamera
posted 23-Dec-2001 10:50am  
I think John Singer Sargent's Carnation, Lily, Lily Rose would be nice in my dining room.
Gamera
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 10:58am  
Do you mean this one? That's really lovely!
Zang
posted 23-Dec-2001 11:18am  
"Christ of St. John of the Cross" by Salvador Dali.

http://members.tripod.com/~chippit/dali_stjohn.html
juliw
(reply to Gamera) posted 23-Dec-2001 11:34am  
Yes. Thank you for posting it! It really is a beautiful paintimg. I just love his work.
spidertea
posted 23-Dec-2001 12:33pm  
A painting by Salvador Dali.
confetti
posted 23-Dec-2001 12:34pm  
WOW! GREAT SURVEY! * smile *

I would like Degas' famous ballerina painting (I forget the name of it right now) where they're in rehearsal and just coming into the scene. I love that one. If I ever have a little girl I'd hang it in her room.
juliw
(reply to Zang) posted 23-Dec-2001 2:31pm  
That is a cool painting!
Biggles Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
posted 23-Dec-2001 2:32pm  
Da Vinci's cartoon (sketch) of St. Anne, Mary, Jesus and St. John the Baptist. There's love in that.
juliw
(reply to Zang) posted 23-Dec-2001 2:33pm  
That is a beautiful painting. It would make a nice note card.
mandy
posted 23-Dec-2001 4:06pm  
The Birth of Venus
Alexander Cabanel 1862
Louvre, Paris
mandy
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 4:11pm  
It is called The Beach at Trouville
It's in the National Gallery, London
* smile * Nice choice!
mandy
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 4:13pm  
Oh wait...there's a different one...I see...
I like the one you picked better...it's light and airy
mandy
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 4:15pm  
The one you like is called La Promenade
juliw
(reply to mandy) posted 23-Dec-2001 5:19pm  
Thank you for giving me the names of the paintings. They are both so pretty. Have you been to the National Gallery?
mandy
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 5:37pm  
Not that I remember. I may have been dragged around it as a child but I think I'd remember.
mandy
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 5:38pm  
What other artists do you like?
juliw
(reply to mandy) posted 23-Dec-2001 5:56pm  
I like a lot of Impressionist stuff, but I am not familiar with that many artists. I also like the Peter Max greeting cards.
Zang
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 6:42pm  
It loses a lot of the impact having to scroll down to see it all. It is a very striking image when you can see Christ and the fishermen all at once. I like the contrast of the black and the shadows in the top section. It has a nice symmetry and incorporates an arrangement with very simple geometry.
Jemmy
posted 23-Dec-2001 7:22pm  
I think I'd have to research first.
juliw
(reply to Zang) posted 23-Dec-2001 7:27pm  
I also like the contrast of the black and the shadows. But what I like best is the three-dimensional aspect. It appears like you are looking at Christ and the fishermen from a mountaintop or something.
Gamera
(reply to Zang) posted 23-Dec-2001 8:47pm  
I like that one much better than his Crucifiction ("Hypercubic Body"), which is still pretty cool, but not as powerful. I have my screen at pretty high resolution and don't have to scroll to see the whole of the image you're linking to. It's powerful.
phi
posted 23-Dec-2001 9:15pm  
Tough call, between Flaming June and Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose.
phi
(reply to Gamera) posted 23-Dec-2001 9:19pm  
I disagree. We'd definitely have to paint the dining room; the green in there is too saturated and the trim color is all wrong.

Oh, but it would be worth it.
Cleo
posted 23-Dec-2001 9:31pm  
If I can't have a piece of art work to have indefinitely then I don't want it.For me it's all or nothing.
Zang
(reply to juliw) posted 23-Dec-2001 11:53pm  
Yeah, it is like he's flying through the air right towards you.
Zang
(reply to Gamera) posted 24-Dec-2001 12:00am  
Yeah, I agree with you there. I like this one too:

http://www.guggenheim-venice.it/english/03_Collections/Images/Ernst_1940_Attirement.htm

and this one:

http://www2.prestel.co.uk/youngjohns/delvaux/musee_spitzer.jpg
Gamera
(reply to phi) posted 24-Dec-2001 4:05am  
The dining room is the only room with a wall left in it big enough for it. Oh, except for my bedroom.... hmmmm....
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
posted 24-Dec-2001 9:51am  
the japanese footbridge and waterlily pool at giverny by monet or almost any monet or klimet painting.
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
(reply to Zang) posted 24-Dec-2001 9:56am  
have you seen his artwork in person? there is a dali museum in st. pete in florida........ it is amazing. i took a tour and the images within the images within the images he has created are amazing!!!!!!
juliw
(reply to Zang) posted 24-Dec-2001 10:33am  
Exactly! Merry Christmas!
phi
(reply to Gamera) posted 24-Dec-2001 12:30pm  
Whatever room we put it in, we'd have to change the trim color.
Zang
(reply to jettles) posted 24-Dec-2001 6:27pm  
Unfortunately, no. I know of the museum of which you speak. My parents visited it several years ago. Some of my friends visited the one in Spain last year.
Zang
(reply to juliw) posted 24-Dec-2001 6:27pm  
Merry Christmas! * grin *
Zang
(reply to Gamera) posted 24-Dec-2001 6:29pm  
Merry Christmas Rachel! * grin *
juliw
(reply to jettles) posted 25-Dec-2001 2:56pm  
I actually have the painting of the footbridge and water lily pond by Monet in my home. I bought a print of it at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for about $10.00, then had a framer friend mount and frame it. We have it in the living room over the mantel.
jettles Survey Central Gold Subscriber Gold Qualifier
(reply to juliw) posted 25-Dec-2001 5:10pm  
i just love his work!!!
juliw
(reply to jettles) posted 25-Dec-2001 5:47pm  
me too
Gamera
(reply to Zang) posted 26-Dec-2001 4:22pm  
* smile * * smile * Happy Boxing Day! (uh, hey, what is Boxing Day, anyway?)
Zang
(reply to Gamera) posted 27-Dec-2001 1:41am  
Well, it used to be Boxing Day. Lately, I keep hearing "Boxing Week".
Gamera
(reply to Zang) posted 27-Dec-2001 5:05am  
Does it have to do with the sport? or with boxes? or with what?
Dino
posted 27-Dec-2001 7:28am  
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/bosch/haywain/haywainr.jpg

hell by Hieronymus Bosch.
Zang
(reply to Gamera) posted 27-Dec-2001 8:23am  
Let's see what Cecil Adams has to say:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mboxingday.html

Zang
(reply to Dino) posted 27-Dec-2001 8:26am  
That's a good one!
autumnlight
posted 27-Dec-2001 12:09pm  
I would choose my own artwork, which is photographs paintings and drawings.
Gamera
(reply to Dino) posted 27-Dec-2001 10:17pm  
Would you hang it where you would see it every day?!? I think that would be hard to take.
Dino
(reply to Gamera) posted 28-Dec-2001 3:33am  
It would assimilate with the landscape of my mind.
kaleb777 Bronze Star Survey Creator
posted 28-Dec-2001 11:14am  
A sculpture that actually looks like something. None of that abstract crape.
mandy
(reply to Dino) posted 28-Dec-2001 2:05pm  
I absolutely love paintings and writings that describe/depict the hell of the authors/artists imagination. I love depictions of the "mouth " of hell. The Bosch one is very cool.
cuteasabutton
posted 28-Dec-2001 2:10pm  
Claude Monet
JOUR D ETE.
I am sure that I could find another if I search one out, but I like this one okay.
Dino
(reply to mandy) posted 31-Dec-2001 7:05am  
http://intermonet.com/oeuvre/pontjapo.htm

for all you Monet fans. I love the bridge pictures.
sweetpea
posted 2-Jan-2002 4:58am  
A beautiful black and white photo of my son.
natsim
posted 2-Jan-2002 10:42pm  
It would be nice to have almost any painting by Marc Chagall. There are also a number of (not well known) artists that I enjoy, but I can't think of their names right off the top of my head.

You know, I think I'd like it better if you just put me in a room with a whole lot of artworks and I could just choose one from those. I'm sure I'd find something that I'd enjoy.
Biggles Silver Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier
(reply to natsim) posted 3-Jan-2002 7:26am  
I love some of his work * smile *
Galomorro Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (2 minutes ago)
posted 8-Jan-2002 8:11pm  
There is a Website called Novica and I like some of the paintings for sale there.
Gamera
(reply to Galomorro) posted 9-Jan-2002 1:10am  
Wow! that is an incredibly cool website! I like how weel the work is categorised and cross referenced and I love the way they do business.

What do you like most from there?

Galomorro Bronze Star Survey Creator Gold Qualifier This user is on the site NOW (2 minutes ago)
(reply to Gamera) posted 10-Jan-2002 6:53pm  
There are some paintings by Brazilian artists available which I would love to have if I could afford it. I like the way artists from other countries can get attention at this site.
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