Post a painting you like

[Gilder]

Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog by Caspar David Friedrich

This one is The Skater by Gilbert Stuart:

 

[Ziggy Stardust]

Dali - Temptation of Saint Anthony

Used to stare at this in the english classroom. That's wy I have such perfect grammar and spelling

 

[Godwynn]

@Godwynn: "He too is Alexander"? (another guess, hopefully correct this time..)

Yes, the people in front of him is the family of Darius.

 

[Little Raven]

La Mort Du Fossoyeur

 

[Masquerouge]

Bartleby: Very good choice



Le Moulin de la Galette by Renoir. I tried to use a small image, but real-sized, it's awesome.

 

[aneeshm]

Nobody does good, decent elemental art as well as Raja Ravi Verma:

The Milkmaid



Two photos of Ravana cutting off Jatayu's wings:




Damayanti and the Swan



Harischandra in distress, parting with his only son



Shakuntala, writing a letter to her lover



Shantanu falling in love with Matsyagandhi

 

[Technocactus]

The Scream by Edvard Munch.

 

[Darth_Pugwash]

@Darth_Pugwash:

The Baron versus Hawker, it seems...A legendary battle between two aerial heroes.

I thought it was the Baron versus Hawker at first as well, but according to the link it is of a later fight in which Richthofen was almost killed.

Here's another one from the same painter - goes well with your sig!

 

[Atlas14]

Napoleon at St. Bernard's Pass

I actually sketched about 75% of the painting before I got tired and haven't worked on it since.

 

[Arcadian83]

Et in Arcadia ego
The memento mori is fascinating, and symbolizes well the human condition, or perhaps more particularly, the mortal condition.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Here's one of my fav:

Two photos of Ravana cutting off Jatayu's wings:

I remember that part.

 

[Bast]

Ulysses Returns Chryseis to her Father by Claude Lorrain (1648)