Comments on: The Mystery of Picasso. http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:46:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: solojony http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-87421 solojony Wed, 14 Mar 2007 10:24:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-87421 Aramax: "I never understood Picasso paintings and now it seems like he could never decide what he was going to do… random stuff over random stuff and he gives an explination for everything." He is an artist, not an engineer. He is expressing himself, not building a thing. He solved the problem of expressing something that cannot be painted of photographied, you just look for a representation of a reality, when you should look a picture, like you listen to music. Good luck getting your mind out of the cage. Aramax: “I never understood Picasso paintings and now it seems like he could never decide what he was going to do… random stuff over random stuff and he gives an explination for everything.”

He is an artist, not an engineer. He is expressing himself, not building a thing. He solved the problem of expressing something that cannot be painted of photographied, you just look for a representation of a reality, when you should look a picture, like you listen to music.

Good luck getting your mind out of the cage.

]]> By: mEE http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-71888 mEE Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:26:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-71888 wow...such a cool painting=]nice... hahas...it is so realistic...and really lyk cubism... amaZinG!! wow…such a cool painting=]nice…
hahas…it is so realistic…and really lyk cubism…
amaZinG!!

]]> By: sandor http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-68031 sandor Fri, 19 Jan 2007 05:55:49 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-68031 Art should generate itself..the way a tree grows....The big jump made in Modern Art is to not imitate or duplicate reality, but to emulate it. Art should generate itself..the way a tree grows….The big jump made in Modern Art is to not imitate or duplicate reality, but to emulate it.

]]> By: trav http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67925 trav Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:10:59 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67925 hmmm, seems like he took a realistic 3-d depiction of a feature on an object, then brought it through the object in 2-d but splayed it out in a novel angle. like the two eyes, flounder-style, or the crazy horns. wacky boy. hmmm, seems like he took a realistic 3-d depiction of a feature on an object, then brought it through the object in 2-d but splayed it out in a novel angle. like the two eyes, flounder-style, or the crazy horns. wacky boy.

]]> By: dan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67558 dan Wed, 17 Jan 2007 21:44:09 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67558 There are a whole slew of these things floating around YouTube. Picasso, in my mind, was an undisputed master, and the thing to remember here is that his working process was always different. Sometimes it was a straight shot to a finished painting, and sometimes he would just keep tweaking it until he was satisfied. I'm paraphrasing, but my favorite quote of his goes something like, "I paint like the Chinese. I don't copy nature - I work like her." There are a whole slew of these things floating around YouTube. Picasso, in my mind, was an undisputed master, and the thing to remember here is that his working process was always different. Sometimes it was a straight shot to a finished painting, and sometimes he would just keep tweaking it until he was satisfied.

I’m paraphrasing, but my favorite quote of his goes something like, “I paint like the Chinese. I don’t copy nature - I work like her.”

]]> By: mei fang http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67549 mei fang Wed, 17 Jan 2007 20:18:34 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67549 Absolutly beautiful. It is clear that 'Steve' really doesn't appreciate art. I never knew picasso would alter his ideas so frequently, yet is is so beautiful how he does so. Awsome stuff! I have to admit, picasso is not one of my favourite artists, but I admire the way he paints. Its amazing. Im a budding artist/animator myself ^_^ Absolutly beautiful. It is clear that ‘Steve’ really doesn’t appreciate art. I never knew picasso would alter his ideas so frequently, yet is is so beautiful how he does so. Awsome stuff! I have to admit, picasso is not one of my favourite artists, but I admire the way he paints. Its amazing. Im a budding artist/animator myself ^_^

]]> By: norm http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67058 norm Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:01:57 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67058 Awesome clip for art teachers! I've never seen this before. Artists often 'pre-visualize' the idea of their image before painting. As Picasso progresses through the painting, I'm surprised at the number of alterations he makes! Is he working by trial and error, for visual impact, or subconscious feeling? Fantastic! Awesome clip for art teachers! I’ve never seen this before. Artists often ‘pre-visualize’ the idea of their image before painting. As Picasso progresses through the painting, I’m surprised at the number of alterations he makes! Is he working by trial and error, for visual impact, or subconscious feeling? Fantastic!

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67008 ted Tue, 16 Jan 2007 23:33:36 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-67008 Yeah, I'd agree. We tend to forget that a lot of impressionist and abstract artists did know how to paint quite realistically, but deliberately painted differently from the traditional method. I may not like all of Picasso's work, but he certainly knew how to paint. This was definitely a look into how the painting developed, and how the artist's own vision changed over the course of the painting. Cool. Yeah, I’d agree.

We tend to forget that a lot of impressionist and abstract artists did know how to paint quite realistically, but deliberately painted differently from the traditional method.

I may not like all of Picasso’s work, but he certainly knew how to paint. This was definitely a look into how the painting developed, and how the artist’s own vision changed over the course of the painting.

Cool.

]]> By: PeaceLove http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-66955 PeaceLove Tue, 16 Jan 2007 22:57:16 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-66955 Yeah, it's just you. Yeah, it’s just you.

]]> By: Aramax http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-66870 Aramax Tue, 16 Jan 2007 21:07:40 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-66870 I never understood Picasso paintings and now it seems like he could never decide what he was going to do... random stuff over random stuff and he gives an explination for everything. Picasso true tallent was charisma if he could brainwash so many peoples to come to the conclusion that what he was doing was art. Maybe it's just me... I never understood Picasso paintings and now it seems like he could never decide what he was going to do… random stuff over random stuff and he gives an explination for everything.

Picasso true tallent was charisma if he could brainwash so many peoples to come to the conclusion that what he was doing was art.

Maybe it’s just me…

]]> By: yayo http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-66317 yayo Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:32:53 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-66317 I don't like the theme but that was cool! I can't handle it, there must be a reason for every single line on Las Meninas studies by picasso, and there are docens of tryals on the Velazquez's picture. He was obsessed by that portrait. http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ags/000015pi.htm I don’t like the theme but that was cool!

I can’t handle it, there must be a reason for every single line on Las Meninas studies by picasso, and there are docens of tryals on the Velazquez’s picture. He was obsessed by that portrait.

http://www.ctv.es/USERS/ags/000015pi.htm

]]> By: Detlef http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65955 Detlef Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:06:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65955 About the 1:27 mark I thought it was a good painting, then everything started to get abstracted and then it became even better. Guess that's what makes him Picasso. The intermediate painting would have been forgotten in time, but the finished product is remarkable. I agree with Bryan, I had no idea he started in such a "normal" way and then twisted it. I would love to see the process behind all famous paintings like this. It is very illuminating. About the 1:27 mark I thought it was a good painting, then everything started to get abstracted and then it became even better. Guess that’s what makes him Picasso. The intermediate painting would have been forgotten in time, but the finished product is remarkable. I agree with Bryan, I had no idea he started in such a “normal” way and then twisted it. I would love to see the process behind all famous paintings like this. It is very illuminating.

]]> By: Bryan http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65755 Bryan Tue, 16 Jan 2007 07:14:19 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65755 Yes it was mesmerizing. The most amazing part was how the detailed, realistic bull suddenly became twisted and abstract. Never knew that's how he worked. Yes it was mesmerizing. The most amazing part was how the detailed, realistic bull suddenly became twisted and abstract. Never knew that’s how he worked.

]]> By: kuroashi http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65742 kuroashi Tue, 16 Jan 2007 06:35:50 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65742 The progression up to 1:30 is fun, and everything afterthat is... Picasso-esque. Cool. You wonder what he was thinking when he goes back and changes an angle of an arm or the color or shade of a surface. The same might go for a toddler, I don't know any toddlers that paint though. The progression up to 1:30 is fun, and everything afterthat is… Picasso-esque. Cool. You wonder what he was thinking when he goes back and changes an angle of an arm or the color or shade of a surface.

The same might go for a toddler, I don’t know any toddlers that paint though.

]]> By: Joe http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65721 Joe Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:54:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65721 i was transfixed, i don't know what steve was watching, or maybe he just doesn't "get" art. i was transfixed, i don’t know what steve was watching, or maybe he just doesn’t “get” art.

]]> By: Steve http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65719 Steve Tue, 16 Jan 2007 05:40:10 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/01/15/the-mystery-of-picasso/#comment-65719 Looks like I just watched the time lapse of a toddler finger painting a man getting gored by a bull. Looks like I just watched the time lapse of a toddler finger painting a man getting gored by a bull.

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