The gun fondlers just love the climate of fear » « Absolutes vs. Plastic Sorry, art historians… You’ve all been replaced by a simplistic algorithmic protocol, which, as a side effect, has completely ruined van Eyck for me for all time. Share this:PrintEmailShare on TumblrTweet The gun fondlers just love the climate of fear » « Absolutes vs. Plastic
apfergus says 6 March 2014 at 8:15 am If there’s a vaguely happy looking skull hovering somewhere it’s James Ensor.
gussnarp says 6 March 2014 at 8:33 am Pretty funny. Not enough to ruin van Eyck for me. He’s one of my favorites. What can I say, I love the hyper realism. You could say, if it looks like an incredibly realistic depiction of your last acid trip, it’s Bosch, but that wouldn’t differentiate him from Dali.
fabianocaccin says 6 March 2014 at 10:29 am If it causes nausea, loss of libido and death wish but you can’t look away it’s Giger. If it reminds you of giraffes or ostrichs it’s Modigliani. Human husbandry, it’s Botero.
holytape says 6 March 2014 at 11:04 am Putin looks pretty good in a green dress. Not too many megalomaniacs can pull it off the 14th century wedding dress like that.
Rey Fox says 6 March 2014 at 2:05 pm If everyone looks classical and manly, including the women, it’s Michelangelo.
gobi's sockpuppet's meatpuppet says 6 March 2014 at 4:55 pm No no no! It has to be done as a question… For example: ‘If everything looks like it has been left out in the sun too long it’s ___________’
Ugo Cei says 7 March 2014 at 4:23 am I have no idea who Amerighi da Caravaggio was, but there was never a painter with that name.
dannysichel says 7 March 2014 at 12:37 pm Michelangelo Merisi o Amerighi da Caravaggio ? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
Ugo Cei says 7 March 2014 at 12:39 pm Michelangelo Merisi, also known as Caravaggio from the name of the town he was born in.
richardelguru says
Funny, but how does he differentiate Bruegel form Lowry?
apfergus says
If there’s a vaguely happy looking skull hovering somewhere it’s James Ensor.
gussnarp says
Pretty funny. Not enough to ruin van Eyck for me. He’s one of my favorites. What can I say, I love the hyper realism.
You could say, if it looks like an incredibly realistic depiction of your last acid trip, it’s Bosch, but that wouldn’t differentiate him from Dali.
The Apostate says
Really “Putin” Van Eyck in his place, eh?
Captaintripps says
My Dad’s an art historian and thought it was funny.
fabianocaccin says
If it causes nausea, loss of libido and death wish but you can’t look away it’s Giger.
If it reminds you of giraffes or ostrichs it’s Modigliani.
Human husbandry, it’s Botero.
holytape says
Putin looks pretty good in a green dress. Not too many megalomaniacs can pull it off the 14th century wedding dress like that.
Rey Fox says
If everyone looks classical and manly, including the women, it’s Michelangelo.
gobi's sockpuppet's meatpuppet says
No no no!
It has to be done as a question…
For example:
‘If everything looks like it has been left out in the sun too long it’s ___________’
ironflange says
I love Bosch, mostly because of all the crazy bullshit.
Ugo Cei says
I have no idea who Amerighi da Caravaggio was, but there was never a painter with that name.
dannysichel says
Michelangelo Merisi o Amerighi da Caravaggio ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaggio
Ugo Cei says
Michelangelo Merisi, also known as Caravaggio from the name of the town he was born in.