Preatorian guards

[mikeland]

@ Mikeland...where is that painting from?

It's by a Dutch painter called Lawrence Alma-Tadema who did a lot of Classical and especially Roman Imperial stuff, focussing on the opulence of wealthy lifestyles. This one's called 'Proclaiming Claudius'.

That's the one! I found the picture on Wikipedia when first reading up on praetorians.

[Titus Flavius]

Get Cub with the cultural knowledge.

[Cubster]

I've got culture just gushing from my ass.

My fave Dutch painter has got to be Pieter Bruegel (the Younger), largely because my Grandma and Grandad had a big print of his - 'Flemish Fair' - on their dining room wall and it always fascinated me.

[Biggus Dickus]

I'm off topic a bit here...but since we are discussing fine art...My Favourite Artist is Salvador Dali.......Now who is going to be first with a new topic....Just for fun.....favourite artists.....hehehehhe

[BigMike]

@ Cubster -
My favourite is the painting with all of the sayings and proverbs in - really cleverly done.

[Cubster]

@ Cubster -
My favourite is the painting with all of the sayings and proverbs in - really cleverly done.

Is that 'The Dutch Proverbs'? Yeah, that's by his dad, Pieter the Elder, but their style and the subject matter of their pics looks identical to me.

[mikeland]

My favourite Brugel (the Elder one) is the slaughter of the innocents. It is depicting a biblical event, but by setting it in the dress of his day it could be any one of many terrible things man has done to man.

But my favorite painter... That's an even harder question than my favourite historical period for painting!