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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jun 4, 2017 14:14:44 GMT
If you had to choose an image to represent the idea "contemplation" (as in, meditation, dreaminess, rumination), what image would you choose?
I'm not talking about religious contemplation, I mean more generally. Can feature a human being or not.
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Post by servantofthechief on Jun 5, 2017 11:30:28 GMT
Generally most images of people with their heads bowed and alone comes to mind when I think of the word contemplative. First the image of the Virgin Mary, the 'Thinker' statue and so on.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jun 5, 2017 12:15:34 GMT
Thank you!
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Post by Tomas on Jun 5, 2017 20:28:06 GMT
For me, some symbol of Carmel (their simple cross with the three stars and mountain) would be prime choice because of all that it stands for. But apart from religion it might instead be some kind of picture of nature perhaps, like a forest glade in a still summer sunlight. I am not sure if I understood exactly what you meant by the question. Some little glade, imaginary or remembered, is only an direct attempt to glimpse upon such an atmosphere.
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Post by Maolsheachlann on Jun 5, 2017 20:42:20 GMT
You understand my question perfectly-- thank you for your answer!
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Post by Tomas on Jun 5, 2017 21:05:42 GMT
I don´t know if such a picture would make a good illustration in a book or something like that, but if what you wanted was to hear how another "see it" then ok :-)
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Post by seangladium on Jun 6, 2017 6:06:07 GMT
Since one of my primary interests is the weather, I enjoy most works of art that feature a natural scene. One of my favorites that I was fortunate enough to see in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was a painting by Martin Johnson Heade called Approaching Thunder Storm. I particularly liked the accurate depiction of the approaching gust front on the leading edge of the storm and the artist's use of light. I find that there is something almost ethereal in these types of scenes, and I like to contemplate how good God must be to create such beautiful brief moments in time that an artist can then capture in a painting that I can then observe more carefully. I find that modern photography can sometimes lose these qualities even though it produces perhaps a more accurate result (if that makes any sense). I am a big fan of the Hudson River School of art. I also especially like The Oxbow by Thomas Cole.
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Post by MourningIreland on Jun 6, 2017 14:33:21 GMT
Since one of my primary interests is the weather, I enjoy most works of art that feature a natural scene. One of my favorites that I was fortunate enough to see in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was a painting by Martin Johnson Heade called Approaching Thunder Storm. I particularly liked the accurate depiction of the approaching gust front on the leading edge of the storm and the artist's use of light. I find that there is something almost ethereal in these types of scenes, and I like to contemplate how good God must be to create such beautiful brief moments in time that an artist can then capture in a painting that I can then observe more carefully. I find that modern photography can sometimes lose these qualities even though it produces perhaps a more accurate result (if that makes any sense). I am a big fan of the Hudson River School of art. I also especially like The Oxbow by Thomas Cole. There is an underlying spiritual impulse to these types of images for sure and absolutely, photography cannot go there. I like Caspar David Friedrich's work a lot - he seems to tap into similar territory. |
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Post by ZenoOfCitium on Jul 29, 2017 11:10:44 GMT
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