Which painting represents you?
As part of my just-completed website redesign, I added some comment avatars that anyone who comments on my blog can choose as their avatar (you know, that little picture that accompanies your comment). I chose some of my favorite paintings and sculptures by some of my favorite artists for the avatars. It was very tough to whittle the list down to some number small enough for loading and presentation purposes. I did try to make myself select a well-rounded representative sample of famous artists throughout art history, or at least art history in the last few hundred years, but in the end I couldn’t remove some of the art and artists who have most influenced me as an artist.
The image above is the group of images I had selected–before I cut it in half. Here are larger images of the selection you can choose from in the comments section on every post, along with the artist’s name for each piece:
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You can view the list I started with on the Comment Avatars page.
And please comment, if you would, on that page or on this one, choosing your favorite avatar from the group of sixteen that made the final cut. I’d love to hear what artists/art you would have chosen for your group, or what painting/sculpture/artist you would rather see represented.
Thank in advance for any and all replies!
*Feb. 2011: The comment avatars were one of several nice but unnecessary things that were slowing down my site, so I have removed them. Sigh.
I Loves Me Some Art!
Which painting represents you?
As part of my just-completed website redesign, I added some comment avatars that anyone who comments on my blog can choose as their avatar (you know, that little picture that accompanies your comment). I chose some of my favorite paintings and sculptures by some of my favorite artists for the avatars. It was very tough to whittle the list down to some number small enough for loading and presentation purposes. I did try to make myself select a well-rounded representative sample of famous artists throughout art history, or at least art history in the last few hundred years, but in the end I couldn’t remove some of the art and artists who have most influenced me as an artist.
The image above is the group of images I had selected–before I cut it in half. Here are larger images of the selection you can choose from in the comments section on every post, along with the artist’s name for each piece:
[nggallery id=59]
You can view the list I started with on the Comment Avatars page.
And please comment, if you would, on that page or on this one, choosing your favorite avatar from the group of sixteen that made the final cut. I’d love to hear what artists/art you would have chosen for your group, or what painting/sculpture/artist you would rather see represented.
Thank in advance for any and all replies!
*Feb. 2011: The comment avatars were one of several nice but unnecessary things that were slowing down my site, so I have removed them. Sigh.