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Hey ๐Ÿ™‚

i'm trying to find a painting that'd look cool on the wall above the head of my bed.

I like art, but don't know much about it.

Goya, Caravaggio, Blake, ... love that kinda stuff.

But i'd like to find an image that somehow depicts hedonism (preference hedonism / desire satisfaction theory) in a not so creepy way. Don't wanna scare away my potential companions ๐Ÿ˜…

Do you have an idea?

Thx!

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[โ€“] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To me nothing says hedonism like the Belle Epoque.

Degas has fantastic depictions of urban leisure: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-ballet-scene-from-meyerbeers-opera-robert-le-diable-30908

This is one of my favorite paintings of the time, though you might want to pass due to the "implication". Show me the "Manet": https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/a-bar-at-the-folies-bergere-207293

If you want more merry colors and simpler times then probably going back to Jan Steen might be a good idea: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/merrymaking-in-a-tavern-209153 He liked painting people having a grand time: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-interior-of-an-inn-the-broken-eggs-115662

If you like alcohol as a motive, but also seeing hedonism pushed to the metal, here's some moral teaching in fantastic colors: https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-last-day-in-the-old-home-200702

If you don't like sermons but enjoy light: https://www.wikiart.org/en/peder-severin-kroyer/hip-hip-hurrah-1888

For maximum debauchery, Gin Lane's your lane: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/gin-lane-1

In case you need something more Mediterranean, Triumf of Bacchus has some of that vivid face depiction Velazquez provides: https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/los-borrachos-o-el-triunfo-de-baco/4a23d5e2-9fd4-496b-806b-0f8ba913b3d8

As a piece of resistance, James Bartolacci does clubbing art: https://anatebgi.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/James-Bartolacci_JB1006_1664490656.jpg

If there's nothing you fancy, please let me know.

[โ€“] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Excellent recommendations, but I have to say those artUK links are absolutely infuriating on mobile, you can't actually zoom in on the (quite small) painting for some reason.

Sorry about that I'm cursed with excellent taste and unparalleled laziness.