Art Appreciation

[mandy]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Painting-by-Woodland...dZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/Painting-by-Woodland...dZViewItem

  :animal063: :animal080:

[BellisimaJ.]

I love it!! The orangutan painted a phallic symbol!  :blinkie:

[Kristijntje]

In pop art vivid manifestation of pop culture reflects in vibrant colors and busy, sometimes hardly recognizable artistic approaches. Street culture, trash, collage, comic books, grunge, graffiti and photo montage are usual design elements and have been widely used by designers and artists few decades ago. And since grunge found its way back and becomes popular again, it makes perfectly sense to analyze design elements of pop art which are similar to this artistic style.

This post presents 75 outstanding examples of classic and modern pop art. Hopefully, everybody will find some inspiration for future works or at least smile when scanning the images presented below. Please notice: pop art can be quite vibrant and not necessarily pretty — in fact, some examples show that it doesn’t have to be pretty at all...

full article and photos: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/...-artworks/

[mandy]

50 Beautiful Feminine Illustrations and Artworks
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/...-artworks/

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=mandy link=topic=6276.msg71763#msg71763 date=1217765331]
50 Beautiful Feminine Illustrations and Artworks
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/07/...-artworks/
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Good catch. One of my fav illustrators is featured there.

[mandy]

Tribute To Graffiti: 50 Beautiful Graffiti Artworks
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/...-artworks/

[BellisimaJ.]

[quote author=mandy link=topic=6276.msg72535#msg72535 date=1221993384]
Tribute To Graffiti: 50 Beautiful Graffiti Artworks
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/09/...-artworks/
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My favorite:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejake/2116173487/