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Orion Crystal Ice
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 |  Subject: The Temptation of Saint Anthony  Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:26 pm | |
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GODSWIZARD
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Tue Jun 12, 2007 8:28 pm | |
|  Interesting.
 That looks like the missing Monty Python episode. 
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Pelata
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:06 am | |
| That painting has boobs and a butt in it...it cannot be on a Christian forum.
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Angel with Attitude
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jun 13, 2007 9:08 am | |
| Thanks for posting this.
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heath
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:26 am | |
| | that is amazing |
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candlemass
The Idiot Formerley Known As The Changeling
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Thu Jun 14, 2007 5:10 pm | |
| | Shawn Of Fire wrote: | | That painting has boobs and a butt in it...it cannot be on a Christian forum. |
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metalheadz
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 04, 2007 7:48 pm | |
| | Shawn Of Fire wrote: | | That painting has boobs and a butt in it...it cannot be on a Christian forum. |
Penance time! 
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Mattk1138
Age : 32
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 04, 2007 9:18 pm | |
| | Shawn Of Fire wrote: | | That painting has boobs and a butt in it...it cannot be on a Christian forum. |
You're right! You can't be a christian if ya have boobs or a butt! |
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Follower of Jesus
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:43 am | |
| There's also a large phallic object behind the clouds.
E-V-I-L, I tell you, E-V-I-L ! ! ! ! ! |
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Mattk1138
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:30 am | |
| | Awesome Dali painting! I came back to look at this thread and it just hit me I was looking at a Dali painting. I have a copy of his Last Supper painting hanging up in my room. Thats another really trippy one if ya can find it. I have another one by Dali of the crucifixtion that I got off of ebay. I'd have to say that Dali and Bosch are probably two of my favorite artists ever. |
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alldatndensum
Mission Of One
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 11:46 am | |
| Ok, maybe I'm just too close minded, but I just really don't see "art" when I look at this. It's surreal, and there are some nice usages of colors. But, the overall picture TO ME is ugly and uninviting. A velvet Elvis is more inviting.
OK, bash away. I just am not an art appreciator. Where's my "Dogs Playing Poker" print?
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dOOm&gLOOm
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:03 pm | |
| MAN BUTT!!!! GWOOSSSSSS!!!1
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dOOm&gLOOm
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:03 pm | |
| Ok, in all seriousness, I really like Dali a lot ...
and that is some trippy-ass temptation.
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BackFromTheDawn
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:04 pm | |
| you're nothing else if not honest, alldat 
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dOOm&gLOOm
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:12 pm | |
| | alldatndensum wrote: | Ok, maybe I'm just too close minded, but I just really don't see "art" when I look at this. It's surreal, and there are some nice usages of colors. But, the overall picture TO ME is ugly and ininviting. A velvet Elvis is more inviting.
OK, bash away. I just am not an art appreciator. Where's my "Dogs Playing Poker" print? |
I think compositionally speaking it's very well constructed ... which is something I've always loved about Dali ... the flow of the image. Surrealism allows you the freedom to express flow and movement in any way you want, since you are not confined by the laws of reality. I think Dali is the most obvious example of this characteristic, but since I am no art collector I could be wrong about that.
The symbolism seems very specific as well. Near St. Anthony there are blatant symbols of death, discomfort, and pain ... and the further you move to the right side, the more you see symbols of subconscious desire, including the desire to reach the heavens. Then on the opposite side of the painting, you see the aforementioned phallic symbol, a symbol of fertility and lust ... which seems very deliberate and obvious, and, notice, is placed on the exact OPPOSITE corner of the painting from the symbols that signify death and pain.
Notice how the CROSS is the only thing between St. Anthony and the blatant symbols of lust, power, and greed.
I like how surrealism delves into the mind rather than into any external reality.
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dOOm&gLOOm
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:15 pm | |
| One more note,
I like how the movement of the image starts in the bottom right corner and moves to the top left ... directly through the middle of the two aforementioned opposing symbolic ends ... as if to suggest the presence of choice and temptation in the viewer's life as well.
Surrealism is very poetic. And Dali is the posterchild of that movement.
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GODSWIZARD
Play it LOUD!!
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 1:55 pm | |
| Alldat said:
| Quote: | Ok, maybe I'm just too close minded, but I just really don't see "art" when I look at this. It's surreal, and there are some nice usages of colors. But, the overall picture TO ME is ugly and ininviting. A velvet Elvis is more inviting.
OK, bash away. I just am not an art appreciator. Where's my "Dogs Playing Poker" print?
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1. Those are my thoughts exactly. I could have written that post word for word.
2. Let me add to the first point this: I *get* it. I *understand* it. I can *mentally embrace* all of the symbolism and all of its presence in the painting. I'm not freaking stupid. And I won't pretend to be. I've been looking at Dali paintings a lot longer than the rest of you.
3. With point two stated, let me say that there is a vast difference between *appreciating* and just *looking at*. There are a lot of artists and art that I just don't appreciate........Dali among them. It does nothing for me. Here......let me make an analogy that I think is entirely appropriate. I can appreciate classical music. I can appreciate many other forms of music besides hard/heavy/metal. But......BUT......I can like and enjoy none of them. I'm hard/heavy/metal all the way babeeee.  It is the same way with art. I look at a lot of it. I appreciate very little of it.
4. I still (seriously, in total seriousness) think it looks like a Monty Python skit.
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alldatndensum
Mission Of One
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:06 pm | |
| Hey, GW, here's another crappy Seattle hardcore band name for you:
Dilly Dali 
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GODSWIZARD
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:25 pm | |
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If I liked hardcore......DILLY DALI would be at the top of the list. 
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Orion Crystal Ice
Rider of the Astral Fire
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| | Subject: Re: The Temptation of Saint Anthony Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:29 pm | |
| d&g has made nice posts. 8)
I just thought maybe it would be something of a blessing to some, as some of his more religiously oriented works have always been that way for me to some extent.
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