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Hey 🙂

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 😅

Do you have an idea?

Thx!

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[-] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 46 points 4 months ago
[-] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 months ago

well ... this is pretty much perfect 😄

[-] friek@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

I don't know why I love this so much, but I do.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 7 points 4 months ago

Is that the one robot from Futurama who binges grapes?

[-] card797@champserver.net 4 points 4 months ago

It's as if you've read my mind.

[-] Twofacetony@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago
[-] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago

I apologize for nothing.

[-] Zathras@lemm.ee 35 points 4 months ago

Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch

[-] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 19 points 4 months ago
[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

Have you been to Burning Man?

[-] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

I still haven't found Waldo

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 months ago

I love el bosco, but the evolution of this painting was probably Bruegel in 'the triumph of death'. If you include the other panels of the triptych, it is less salutary.

[-] shinigamiookamiryuu@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

This is the one I'd recommend.

[-] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

While it certainly fit's the description it's a bit busy, lol.

I might consider a few sections of it though, if i can find a source with high enough resolution.

Thx!

[-] Nefara@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

How about The Romans in Their Decadence? (Thomas Couture)

[-] MyDogLovesMe@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

With the soundtrack of Caravan of Fools, by John Prine.

[-] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

Looks like a fun situation ☺️ Thx for the suggestion!

[-] Zombiepirate@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

The Feast of the Gods- Giovanni Bellini & Titian, oil on canvas (1514)

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 21 points 4 months ago

The English Bed - by Guillermo Lorca García Huidobro (2020)

[-] runswithjedi@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

It's not exactly hedonism, but is kind of adjacent.

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

[-] finestnothing@lemmy.world 11 points 4 months ago

I know it's probably meant to be semi-serious but I can't stop giggling at their faces

[-] runswithjedi@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months ago

That's intentional. Jean-Honoré Fragonard had a goofy style.

Self portrait

Self portrait

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson with a Dog

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson with a Dog

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 16 points 4 months ago

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.

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 7 points 4 months ago

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

[-] AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 months ago

Still a very generous post, no faulting you there

[-] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 4 months ago

omg, what an incredible answer!

Some of these are amazing.

I feel like i need to hang more than the one i planned; turning my little flat into a tiny gallery ^^

No seriously. Great suggestions!

I especially like "The Broken Eggs", "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!" and "Gin Lane" 🙂

[-] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Hip, Hip, Hurrah! comes from a Norwegian-Dutch painter that makes fantastic captures of life "as it is" in my opinion. Not what you've asked but this is a favorite of mine: https://www.wikiart.org/en/peder-severin-kroyer/in-the-store-during-a-pause-from-fishing-1882

Plus anything on the beach is fantastic from this author.

Jan Steen (the author from The Broken Eggs) has a deep repertoire of people just "cooked", having great fun, with lots of color.

If you enjoyed Gin Lane, you could also pair it with "Beer Street", from the same author: https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/work-of-art/beer-street-1

Basically this author thought that Beer is great, but Gin is rubbish, and his depiction of both are fantastic. Plus, as any interior designer worth their salt would say, "it's a conversation piece". ;)

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

Manet's Déjeuner sur l'herbe comes to mind:

[-] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Eduard von Grutzner painted a lot of monks enjoying beer and spirits.

[-] catharso@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

This is another great one! Thx! ☺️

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 months ago

This is some great art in here! I'm really enjoying the different approaches to the subject. Maybe I need to sift around some galleries after all?

[-] geoma@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I'd searxh for Bacchus or dionysius paintings

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I really like this one.

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