• nocturne
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    403 months ago

    There was a thread recently asking why museums were worth it or something like that. The Dalí museum in St Pete Florida is what I used as an example, so many of good paintings are either tiny or huge and no art book I have has properly conveyed that.

    • @[email protected]
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      103 months ago

      I went there on a field trip through my community college. The museum was amazing, definitely worth the trip if you’re in Florida.

  • @gedaliyah
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    233 months ago

    Wow, I didn’t realize that. It’s pretty surprising considering he also has some truly massive paintings. Like, reconsider your architecture if you’re planning to buy one, big.

    • xep
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      123 months ago

      If I could get Escher to reconsider my architecture I’d do it in a heartbeat.

  • maegul (he/they)
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    173 months ago

    I went to an exhibition of his works that did a very good job of collecting many of his well known paintings from various sources.

    It quickly became clear that the physical size any painting was unpredictable however familiar I was with it from a book. The guy knew how to paint!

  • @[email protected]
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    113 months ago

    Hehe, that’s funny. So everyone thinks it’s this profound thing, but he was actually just talking about the size of office paper?

  • @cbarrick
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    73 months ago

    I saw it at the MoMA in NYC. The thing is tiny…