Art meme

[vilakins]

From glitterboy1, an art quiz that I enjoyed for the pictures presented, and the range of styles. I just went for what I'd like to have on my walls, which meant that the religious Renaissance paintings rather missed out. The last bit they say about me is totally wrong though, and there's no call to insult people either. :-(

Your result for What Your Taste in Art Says About You Test...

Simple, Progressive, and Sensual

21 Ukiyo-e, 18 Islamic, 10 Impressionist, -13 Cubist, -21 Abstract and 2 Renaissance!

Ukiyo-e (浮世絵, Ukiyo-e), "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese, and paintings produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries. it mostly featured landscapes, historic tales, theatre, and pleasure. Ukiyo is a rather impetuous urban culture that has bloomed in popularity. Although the Japanese were more strict and had many prohibitions it did not affect the rising merchant class and therefore became a floating art form that did not bind itself to the normal ideals of society.

People that chose Ukiyo-e art tend to be more simplistic yet elegant. They don't care much about new style but are comfortable in creating their own. They like the idea of living for the moment and enjoy giving and receiving pleasure. They may be more agreeable than other people and do not like to argue. They do not mind following traditions but are not afraid to move forward to experience other ideas in life. They tend to enjoy nature and the outdoors. They do not mind being more adventurous in their sexual experiences. They enjoy being popular and like being noticed. They have their own unique style of dress and of presenting themselves. They may also tend to be more business oriented or at the very least interested in money making adventures. They might make good entrepreneurs. They are progressive and adaptable.

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Comments

[pet-lunatic.livejournal.com]

It's difficult to assess the relationship between personality and art preferences in this way, I think - there are too many variables! What if you like the style, but not the content, or vice-versa? I like the style of Renaissance paintings, but not what they depict; I like the content of the Japanese paintings above, but not really the style.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

That's why I didn't make many Renaissance picks. I'd admire them in a gallery, but wouldn't want them at home, which was the criterion I used.

I rare;y put any store in these tests, but this was a fun one because of the paintings.

[cicero-scobie.livejournal.com]

There were some lovely pieces of art in there! I'm totally ignorant about it, though. It comes down to pretty/not pretty with me :)

(logged in as my other journal!)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I liked that there wasn't much that was well known. I just went for what appealed too.

[crycraven.livejournal.com]

I think they called you simple. Hmmmm.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

My tastes are simple. (Which is what they'd better mean.) And progressive and sensual; poor glitterboy1 just got the 'simple'. They really should have chosen a better word, like maybe 'plain'.

[entropy-house.livejournal.com]

'Simple' has unfortunate additional meanings. 'Unadorned' or 'Uncomplicated' or 'Uncluttered' might have been better. Or 'bold' if they didn't want to use an 'un' word.

[azdak.livejournal.com]

They don't know the difference between "simple" and "simplistic" either.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Yup.

[vjezkova.livejournal.com]

Yes! I didn´t finish it...for those reasons...