[soapy]

we are in the pinch of it, and one requires contemplative imagery with which to extemporise and reflect on the year

does the form of the triptych aid ones search for the inner truth..?

[Houdini]

Does the form of the triptych aid ones search for the inner truth..?

Perhaps...

[soapy]

ah bacon is the modern keeper of the tradition, yes

[soapy]

master of the magdalen, madonna and child enthroned

[Houdini]

Never understood the man when I was young, but with (a little) age, I find Rothko most persuasive:

[soapy]

"I am not an abstract painter. I am not interested in the relationship between form and colour. The only thing I care about is the expression of man's basic emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, destiny."

[jfw]

bish bash BOSCH?



detail here

[Houdini]

Great call jfw!

Bosch.  So fascinating: world upon world.

[jfw]

world upon world.

its like accessing some subconcious undercurrent of thoughts - and instead of quickly patching up the hole and repressing it - cracking the pipe wide open and channelling it onto a canvas

[r-man]

Here's my own Bosch triptych. I call it

Spin (and the Practicalities of Verbal Hygiene)

[soapy]

ah, the meditation on a row of washing machines in a laundrette, very festive depressive

[Houdini]

It's cool!

I can magic eye-it into 5.

[Houdini]

F U C K   S A N T A !

[r-man]

Whilst googling for Calum Colvin (who I dimly remember from A-level art days)
http://www.calumcolvin.com/sitesrch.htm
http://www.calumcolvin.com/media/ossian/thumbs8b.htm

I came across this, which I quite like:

GlassHouse Triptych by Brian McClelland

[r-man]

It's cool!

I can magic eye-it into 5.

Good to know I'm not the only one who does that to everything... 

[andy popp]

Cool thread. I've nothing to add except to urge anyone to go and see Rothko in the flesh, as it were. Only then does it begin to make sense

[Houdini]

Titian, when 3 isn't enough.

[Houdini]

I've no idea where this one came from, but I like it.



And this, which is just stunning, Antonio Vivarini.



And this wee beauty here,

[soapy]

leda and the swan

[Houdini]

Aerial Burnout (textile) Gretchen Hill.