Studying the impressionist nudes

Brett1000Brett1000 Registered Users Posts: 819 Major grins
edited September 18, 2015 in Street and Documentary
At the Auguste Renoir section in the National Gallery of Art, Wash. DC



20719926348_f4d8066135_b.jpgsmithsonian by c w, on Flickr


20895899386_78ac881d16_b.jpgsmithsonian by c w, on Flickr

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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited September 8, 2015
    Great exposure for museum shots. If #1 were mine, I'd crop out the woman at the left, perhaps a 4x3 or even a square aspect ratio. Isn't it weird how many people you see in museums who are too busy taking pics of the paintings to like, you know, look at them? lol3.gif
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  • Brett1000Brett1000 Registered Users Posts: 819 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2015
    Richard wrote: »
    Great exposure for museum shots. If #1 were mine, I'd crop out the woman at the left, perhaps a 4x3 or even a square aspect ratio. Isn't it weird how many people you see in museums who are too busy taking pics of the paintings to like, you know, look at them? lol3.gif

    right, but then I was there taking pics of paintings - - seeing why the Vermeer's introduced the optical "Camera Obscura" era in paintings
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2015
    What does this mean "Studying the impressionist nudes"????

    Where are they?
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  • Brett1000Brett1000 Registered Users Posts: 819 Major grins
    edited September 12, 2015
    torags wrote: »
    What does this mean "Studying the impressionist nudes"????

    Where are they?

    Auguste Renoir was an impressionist artist that painted nudes
    the people in the photos are studying or looking at Renoir paintings
    (I did not show actual naked ladies in the photos since this is a family foto site, sorry to disappoint you )
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2015
    That is a misleading title

    I was interested in seeing how the artist used impressionism to disguise the reality of a nude

    I'm more interested in artistic technique and less in mammary gland pouches

    There used to be a nudes thread section here - separate because of people with visual sensitivity (I think it's gone)
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  • RichardRichard Administrators, Vanilla Admin Posts: 19,967 moderator
    edited September 15, 2015
    torags wrote: »
    There used to be a nudes thread section here - separate because of people with visual sensitivity (I think it's gone)
    The Go Figure forum is still on Dgrin, though it isn't very active. Interestingly, when we were discussing its creation, one of the arguments in favor was that people of all ages see nudes in art museums and nobody (well, almost nobody) has a problem with it.
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  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited September 15, 2015
    Richard wrote: »
    The Go Figure forum is still on Dgrin, though it isn't very active. Interestingly, when we were discussing its creation, one of the arguments in favor was that people of all ages see nudes in art museums and nobody (well, almost nobody) has a problem with it.

    Glad to hear it's still here

    I'd love to shoot nudes; the last time I did, there was a revolution in my house...

    I'm still healing.. rolleyes1.gif
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  • Brett1000Brett1000 Registered Users Posts: 819 Major grins
    edited September 18, 2015
    torags wrote: »

    I was interested in seeing how the artist used impressionism to disguise the reality of a nude

    I'm more interested in artistic technique and less in mammary gland pouches

    OK ................... like reading Playboy for the articles
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