APW- Renoir (602 hits)
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Submitted by Anansie (View user info) at 2006-10-04 18:45:44 EDT
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"(b. Feb. 25, 1841, Limoges, France--d. Dec. 3, 1919, Cagnes)
French painter originally associated with the Impressionist movement. His early works were typically Impressionist snapshots of real life, full of sparkling colour and light. By the mid-1880s, however, he had broken with the movement to apply a more disciplined, formal technique to portraits and figure paintings, particularly of women (e.g., Bathers, 1884-87).
Renoir is perhaps the best-loved of all the Impressionists, for his subjects---pretty children, flowers, beautiful scenes, above all lovely women---have instant appeal, and he communicated the joy he took in them with great directness. He was one of the great worshippers of the female form."
"Auguste Renoir and Monet worked closely together during the late 1860s, painting similar scenes of popular river resorts and views of a bustling Paris. Renoir was by nature more solid than Monet, and while Monet fixed his attentions on the ever-changing patterns of nature, Renoir was particularly entranced by people and often painted friends and lovers. His early work has a quivering brightness that is gloriously satisfying and fully responsive to what he is painting, as well as to the effects of the light.
Renoir seems to have had the enviable ability to see anything as potentially of interest. More than any of the Impressionists, he found beauty and charm in the modern sights of Paris. He does not go deep into the substance of what he sees but seizes upon its appearance, grasping its generalities, which then enables the spectator to respond with immediate pleasure. "Pleasure" may be decried by the puritanical instinct within us all, but it is surely the necessary enhancer that life needs. It also signifies a change from Realism: the Impressionists' paintings have none of the labored toll of Millet's peasants, for example. Instead they depict delightful, intimate scenes of the French middle class at leisure in the country or at cafes and concerts in Paris. Renoir always took a simple pleasure in whatever met his good-humored attention, but he refused to let what he saw dominate what he wanted to paint. Again he deliberately sets out to give the impression, the sensation of something, its generalities, its glancing life. Maybe, ideally, everything is worthy of attentive scrutiny, but in practice there is no time. We remember only what takes our immediate notice as we move along."
Quotes:
"Why shouldn't art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world."
"I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it"
My Blathering: I love this guy's work. Why? Because it's pretty. Do I need another reason? My favorite is probably La Danse à Bougival. I love the intense look on the man's face. He seems enamored of this young woman. She however, does not let on that she feels the same. Instead, she tilts her head coyly away from his gaze. Renoir manages to capture the moment perfectly. The level of detail he rendered in this painting while still remaining true to the Impressionist style amazes me. Look at the girl's dress, the way the cloth bends and folds. Look at the floor. He even included the discarded cigarettes. Look at her eyes.
User Reviews
Submitted by Method (user info) at 2006-10-11 10:06:27 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
+2 YOU HAVE A BAJINER
Submitted by shark25 (user info) at 2006-10-06 08:36:59 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
I'm here.
Good post.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-10-05 14:12:34 EDT (#)
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Yeah, that's the point really. His style isn't for everyone, but I don't think anyone could deny the beauty and use of color.
Bob, I think the reason why Impressionism is "overrated" as you put it, is because when the movement started, it was something of a revolution in art. They broke away from traditional art in many ways. They attempted to capture the effects of light, and movement, as well as mood. This was opposed to what we might call "photorealistic" painting. The old masters were amazingly talented as well as skilled, but Impressionism helped break away from what I would call a stagnation of creativity. Impressionism was a stepping stone toward a new kind of art, based more on expression of concepts and ideas rather than just painting exactly what the eye could see. Also, Impressionists were the first artists to paint outside, and travel. Previously, traditional painting had been done in studios, even landscapes. I think that the great Renaissance painters and sculptors took traditional realism as far as it could go as far as technique. I suppose if you strictly adhere to traditionalism, then Impressionism is overrated. But if you enjoy other types of art, traditionalism, then you should at least acknowledge the impact Impressionism had at the time, and its influence on future painters.
Submitted by Amontillado (user info) at 2006-10-05 13:56:53 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
gorgeous
Submitted by Susie_Derkins (user info) at 2006-10-05 13:34:51 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
His paintings are beautiful.
Submitted by v8lover (user info) at 2006-10-05 11:20:22 EDT (#)
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+2
Submitted by CaptainThorns (user info) at 2006-10-05 08:38:45 EDT (#)
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I don't even NEED to justify this rating.
Submitted by Life101 (user info) at 2006-10-05 00:50:09 EDT (#)
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APW +2
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-10-05 00:39:34 EDT (#)
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Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-10-04 23:57:17 (#)
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*Dresses up as Renoir and shows up at O's house*
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I'd expect to wrestle you first, then.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2006-10-05 00:16:03 EDT (#)
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Great paintings but I still think impressionism is just damned overrated.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-10-04 23:57:17 EDT (#)
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*Dresses up as Renoir and shows up at O's house*
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-10-04 23:37:08 EDT (#)
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Nude and with the sunlight in my eyes.
Submitted by Orgasmatron (user info) at 2006-10-04 23:36:49 EDT (#)
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If I was granted three wishes, my third wish would be for Renoir to be brought back from the dead so he could paint a picture of me wrestling a bull.
Submitted by Stagger_Lee (user info) at 2006-10-04 23:13:03 EDT (#)
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No Comment
Submitted by Jack_McCallum (user info) at 2006-10-04 21:56:12 EDT (#)
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In the world of art there is Renoir, and then there is all the other shit.
His portraits of Jeanne Samary are just beautiful.
Submitted by HighVoltage900 (user info) at 2006-10-04 21:31:53 EDT (#)
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Well said.
Submitted by Crystle (user info) at 2006-10-04 20:58:40 EDT (#)
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I love pretty art.
I do particularly enjoy impressionism as a whole - don't know if I prefer Monet or Renoir... I don't know that I technically HAVE to prefer one or the other - I just enjoy them both
Submitted by inion_de_trua (user info) at 2006-10-04 20:54:33 EDT (#)
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renoir rocks.
Submitted by goferforhire (user info) at 2006-10-04 20:14:20 EDT (#)
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I wish I could +1million this just for having all of my favorite Renoir paintings in the same place.
Submitted by The_taste_of_Monkeys (user info) at 2006-10-04 18:59:23 EDT (#)
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Again not to my tatses but this is a VERY comprehensive, well thought out post, well done
Submitted by Sacrilicious (user info) at 2006-10-04 18:58:46 EDT (#)
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I'm not a big fan of his subject matter, but his colors are pretty.
I'm glad a few people celebrated APW today.
Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-10-04 18:55:57 EDT (#)
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ahahah.
Submitted by Maltese (user info) at 2006-10-04 18:54:55 EDT (#)
Ranking: 2
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Tokyo City like a big playground
When suddenly Batman jizzed from the shade
And hit Godzilla with a bat cumspray
Godzilla got laid and began to fuck back
But didn't expect to be fucked by Shaq
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When Aaron Carter came out of the blue
And he started sucking off Shaquille O'Neal
In the back seat of the Batmobile
But before they could make it back to Aaron's loveshack
Abraham Lincoln teabagged his sack
Took a 9-inch vibrator out of his hat
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Then he ran out of rubber and he ran away
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Good guys and bad guys with dildos (as far as the eye can see)
There's quite a lot of fellatio and much sodomy
This is the ultimate orgy (of homosexuality)
Godzilla took a shit on Optimus Prime
Like Scruff McGruff shit all over crime
Then Shaq came back covered in Godzilla's scat
Then Jackie Chan jacked off and nutted on his back
And Batman was flaccid and trying to get horny
So he thought of an armadillo named Corey
But suddenly something caught his eye and he licked
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Then he took Godzilla from behind
Reached around for his cock which he just couldn't find
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Then he jumped in the air and gave the peace sign
As Abraham Lincoln tried to sixty-nine with Optimus Prime
And they both got some
Then they all got showered in Care Bear cum
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Good guys and bad guys with dildos (as far as the eye can see)
It's gayer than Brokeback Mountain, I think you would agree
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Cue porno music, a funky jive chorus
Down from the heavens came naked Chuck Norris
Who discovered a dick as hard as bones
Attached to the crotch of Indiana Jones
He bent over on the ground, smiling with glee
As Batman changed into Ron Jeremy
But Chuck saw through this clever disguise
And buried Batman's face in between his thighs
Then Gandalf The Pimp and Gandalf the Ho
Matt Damon and the guys from Mr. Show
And Benito Mussolini and his big weenie
And Tony Curtis in a pink bikini
Robocop, The Terminator, William Shatner, Ralph Nader
Lo Pan, Peter Pan, every male Power Ranger
Keanu Reeves and Bill S. Preston, Spok, The Rock, and Charleton Heston
Came outta nowhere lightning-fast
And they all fucked Norris in his cowboy ass
It was the greatest bukkake that the world ever saw
Making Japanese men stare in total awe
The sex went on for a century
Many cocks were sucked, but eventually
A champion stood and all the girls got wetter:
Mr. Rogers in a cumstained sweater
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Hot chicks and bad girls with strap-ons (as far as the eye can see)
Tits and vaginas and coming, all continuously
This is the ultimate orgy... (one great big lesbian orgy)
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Submitted by Anansie (user info) at 2006-10-04 18:49:57 EDT (#)
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I forgot to mention, I have Dance at Bougival on my wall. It's hot.