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jleopold  ·  3434 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favorite type of visual art? How does it make you feel?

I've always been a fan of DalĂ­'s sort of pseudo-religious works, like Crucifixion (Corpus Hypercubus):

And his Christ of Saint John of the Cross. In short, they make me feel enlightened. There is someething about them that I find helps capture a lot of my approach towards religion, and ideals like sacrifice and courage that I'd like to embody. Ecstacy is another good way to out it.

Besides that, I like landscapes, both paintings, like the Hudson River School, and photographs. Absolutely love Ansel Adams. The connection to nature and sheer majesty remind me a lot of John Muir's comments about the Yosemite Valley being a cathedral of stone. I also like metalwork a lot, though more because I've learned some of the process and can sort of deconstruct it that way than for the visual appeal.