Cool paintings that depict hedonism?

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!

thawed_caveman ,

Eduard von Grutzner painted a lot of monks enjoying beer and spirits.
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/e92da0f1-f056-4d13-9350-bf81a5e5b696.jpeg

flambonkscious ,

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?

Rolando ,

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

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/95c93a89-66f3-46d3-829a-bf44d113324f.jpeg

geoma ,

I'd searxh for Bacchus or dionysius paintings

Twofacetony ,

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/6434180c-1895-4238-abd6-4fcf30076a8a.jpeg

NauticalNoodle ,

I apologize for nothing.

electric_nan ,

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.fineartamerica.com%2Fimages%2Fartworkimages%2Fmediumlarge%2F1%2Fa-reclining-turk-smoking-a-hookah-1844-henri-baron.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=c22233da41a8cae9b6ec1f412cc0b3f99bf12658d8a5a75dd2a655b6003097cd&ipo=images

I really like this one.

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

https://lemmy.ca/pictrs/image/1d12558e-b21a-4dab-ae3d-c8277e286bb3.jpeg

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

AFallingAnvil ,
@AFallingAnvil@lemmy.ca avatar

Still a very generous post, no faulting you there

Nefara ,

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

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/394c6973-8be2-45cf-9a84-4cf508023559.jpeg

MyDogLovesMe ,

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

Zathras ,
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Garden of Earthly Delights - Hieronymus Bosch

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/b299ce76-202e-4094-a088-f00f52134e38.jpeg

Cheradenine ,

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.

todd_bonzalez ,

I want to be them

https://lemm.ee/pictrs/image/1e5fbf1e-de08-426e-91bc-61bc2b02c29e.jpeg

intensely_human ,

Have you been to Burning Man?

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

This is the one I'd recommend.

Pulptastic ,

and then there's this guy

Thcdenton ,

Relatable

dQw4w9WgXcQ ,

I still haven't found Waldo

runswithjedi ,

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

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

finestnothing ,

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

runswithjedi ,

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

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

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/461ba15b-90dc-437b-bfe1-2bf862fb3dcd.jpeg

CyberSyndicalist ,
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https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/58794945-066b-4038-84fd-a2626d568d48.jpeg

catharso OP ,

well ... this is pretty much perfect 😄

friek ,

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

card797 ,

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

shinigamiookamiryuu ,

Is that the one robot from Futurama who binges grapes?

dditty ,
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Yup!

https://youtu.be/e6XXCip04us

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