# We're evacuating the planet. What 100 paintings do you insist we bring with us? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 2, 2011, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976 "2011-09-02T17:09:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/21 "2011-09-02T18:52:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > You could, I suppose, but the actual painting is different than a print or digitized scan of it. If you’ve ever seen something like Starry Night or a Rothko in person, you’d know what this means. Rothko, in particular, is not very compelling to me as a reproduction. In person, though, his work–and I know this sounds all mystical and woo-like–is to me the closest a human has come to capturing spirituality on canvas. +1 If you ever stand 2 feet in front of [wheatfield with crows](http://cgfa.acropolisinc.com/gogh/gogh9.jpg) You’ll happily jettison beer to make room for it. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/22 "2011-09-02T18:53:30Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I demand that more space be given to more modern paintings! Dump the old crap and bring more Georgia O’Keeffe! You could hang hers over all the airlocks. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/23 "2011-09-02T18:56:57Z")
I am not leaving with out the collective works of Bob Ross. Humanity is not worth saving unless we have happy, little trees! ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/24 "2011-09-02T19:06:24Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I am not leaving with out the collective works of Bob Ross. Humanity is not worth saving unless we have happy, little trees! You have lost your goddamn mind. > [@outlierrn](#): > > +1 > > If you ever stand 2 feet in front of > [wheatfield with crows](http://cgfa.acropolisinc.com/gogh/gogh9.jpg) > You’ll happily jettison beer to make room for it. While you are entirely correct, your argument is still flawed. If you could support your point adequately with a jpg, well, your point would be wrong. > [@Cuckoorex](#): > > Can I sneak a book of the collected works of [Franklin Booth](http://indianaillustrators.blogspot.com/2011/06/franklin-booth-1874-1948.html) onboard? 😕 No need tosneak. How the hell would you justify leaving it behind, if you have it? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/25 "2011-09-02T19:16:44Z")
Nudes. Lots and lots of nudes. Excluding abstract nudes. Titties need to be seen in all their glory and space can get lonely. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/26 "2011-09-02T19:19:59Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > While you are entirely correct, your argument is still flawed. If you could support your point adequately with a jpg, well, your point would be wrong. 😕😕😕 ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/27 "2011-09-02T19:27:40Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Nudes. Lots and lots of nudes. Excluding abstract nudes. Titties need to be seen in all their glory and space can get lonely. Fool of a cartoon! Breasts are also best seen in reality. Reproductions fail as utterly as Dan Quayle’s 1996 presidential bid. > [@outlierrn](#): > > 😕😕😕 The painting you are talking about is quite beautiful, and its beauty must be seen in person to be fully appreciated. If it was possible to communicate why the original deserves to be preserved by showing a reproduction, that very fact would undercut the argument. In other words, Van Gogh is not Boris Vallejo, who is adequately represented by photos. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/28 "2011-09-02T19:55:38Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The painting you are talking about is quite beautiful, and its beauty must be seen in person to be fully appreciated. If it was possible to communicate why the original deserves to be preserved by showing a reproduction, that very fact would undercut the argument. Ahh, quite true; but then again, you _asked_ for links. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/29 "2011-09-02T19:56:39Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > No need tosneak. How the hell would you justify leaving it behind, if you have it? Sneaking, as technically the majority of Booth’s works are drawings, not paintings as per the OP. Maybe that’s me being too strict in my interpretation, though. If that’s the case, then I’m also bringing some [Dore](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&gbv=2&tbm=isch&q=gustave+dore&oq=gustave+dore&aq=f&aqi=g10&gs_upl=84820l88293l0l88675l16l15l1l3l4l0l338l2254l0.4.5.1l10l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&biw=1680&bih=963&uss=1)… Another: [Glass of Absinthe](http://www.oilpaintingboutique.com/uploadfile/Edgar-Degas-nbsp-gt-nbsp-Shop-By-Artists_205/360%20Labsinthe%20Oil%20Painting%20by%20Edgar%20Degas.jpg) by Degas ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/30 "2011-09-02T19:56:45Z")
> [@outlierrn](#): > > Ahh, quite true; but then again, you _asked_ for links. Don’t bother me with facts. Facts are a crutch for people without the balls to stand behind their prejudices no matter what. ---
**Author:** ![branjon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@branjon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/branjon)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/31 "2011-09-02T20:08:14Z")
Probably not the nude **Drunky Smurf** was looking for, but [Olympia](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Manet%2C_Edouard_-_Olympia%2C_1863.jpg) by Manet certainly deserves a spot in the one hundred. If only because of all the Frenchmen it scandalized during its heyday. Also, I think I read somewhere that 100 paintings by Monet = 1 by Manet, according to artistic value. Let’s all keep that in mind as the thread progresses. ---
**Author:** ![QuanSu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/c37758/32.png) [@QuanSu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuanSu)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/32 "2011-09-02T20:24:46Z")
Just want to add a few: Konstantin Makovsky’s ["Russian Bride’s Attire](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:The_Russian_Bride%27s_Attire_-_Konstantin_Makovsky.jpg) (although this photo does not do it justice) Jean-Marc Nattler’s [“Thalia, Muse of Comedy”](http://www.topofart.com/artists/Jean-Marc_Nattier/art_reproduction/2949/Thalia,_Muse_of_Comedy.php). Charles Hermans - [“A L’Aube”](http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Hermans-A_L'Aube.jpg) Jean-Leon Gerome - [“The bath”](http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=2895273). I second the taking of his entire collections. William Adolphe Bouguereau’s [“The Broken Pitcher”](http://www.bouguereau.org/La-Cruche-Cass%C3%A9e-(The-Broken-Pitcher).html), or [“Youth”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Youth_(1893).jpg). Come to think of it, can we take his entire collections? ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/33 "2011-09-02T20:38:10Z")
**Crutch with Balls Standing Behind Prejudice** would make an interesting still life. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/34 "2011-09-02T20:44:03Z")
Oh, Cezanne’s [The Bather](http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=78296) must be saved, too. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/35 "2011-09-02T20:45:34Z")
> [@QuanSu](#): > > Jean-Leon Gerome - [“The bath”](http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=2895273). I second the taking of his entire collections. Why, in the name of Athena and her seven victims, wouldn’t the depiction of Bathsheba below be your first choice? [Not safe for work if you work for prudes.](http://public-domain-photos.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Jean-Leon-Gerome-Bathsheba-1889.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![carlotta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@carlotta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlotta)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/36 "2011-09-02T20:59:11Z")
[Girl With A Pearl Earring](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Johannes_Vermeer_(1632-1675)_-_The_Girl_With_The_Pearl_Earring_(1665).jpg/300px-Johannes_Vermeer_(1632-1675)_-_The_Girl_With_The_Pearl_Earring_(1665).jpg) and [several](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vermeer/i/wtrpitch.jpg) [other](http://a1reproductions.com/girl-reading-a-letter-at-an-open-window-1657-by-jan-vermeer-van-delft.jpg) [Vermeers](http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/images/aria/sk/z/sk-a-2344.z?leftcoulisse). ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/37 "2011-09-02T21:04:56Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > [Girl With A Pearl Earring](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Johannes_Vermeer_%281632-1675%29_-_The_Girl_With_The_Pearl_Earring_%281665%29.jpg/300px-Johannes_Vermeer_%281632-1675%29_-_The_Girl_With_The_Pearl_Earring_%281665%29.jpg) > > and [several](http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/vermeer/i/wtrpitch.jpg) [other](http://a1reproductions.com/girl-reading-a-letter-at-an-open-window-1657-by-jan-vermeer-van-delft.jpg) [Vermeers](http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/images/aria/sk/z/sk-a-2344.z?leftcoulisse). Now you’re being silly. The purpose of Vermeers before “Girl…Earring”’ was the pave the way for that paining. The purpose of Vermeers after “Girl…Earring” is to remind us of it. This was covered in Introduction to Humanities. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/38 "2011-09-02T21:06:33Z")
> [@Death\_of\_Rats](#): > > I am not leaving with out the collective works of Bob Ross. Humanity is not worth saving unless we have happy, little trees! I endorse this heartily! Others I’d save: _American Gothic_ _Washington Crossing the Delaware_ Gilbert Stuart’s portrait of George Washington Rockwell’s Four Freedoms ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/39 "2011-09-02T21:09:10Z")
I love this thread. Please, can we take this painting along? [Self Portrait of a Heel part 2](http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/basquiat/heel_part_two.jpg.html) by Jean Michel Basquiat. ---
**Author:** ![Washoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecae2f/32.png) [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2011, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976/40 "2011-09-02T21:18:43Z")
> [@QuanSu](#): > > William Adolphe Bouguereau’s [“The Broken Pitcher”](http://www.bouguereau.org/La-Cruche-Cass%C3%A9e-(The-Broken-Pitcher).html), or [“Youth”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_(1825-1905)_-_Youth_(1893).jpg). Come to think of it, can we take his entire collections? You do know that Bougereau was considered tacky even in his own time, right? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-evacuating-the-planet-what-100-paintings-do-you-insist-we-bring-with-us/594976.md?page=3)