I'm not sure what makes a legendary artist.

I keep thinking before I die I'd like to make one peice of art whether it is painting or drawing or music or poetry, but I'm not sure what makes the other famous stuff so legendary.

I'll use 2 of the most famous paintings, The Mona Lisa, and Starry Night.

Yeah, Starry Night is an amazing painting, but what made it go down in history? Same with Mona Lisa?

The same applies to poetry and writings. Any ideas?

Get a blank canvas.

Hung it on the wall.

sign your name on it.

cover your signature with a piece scotch tape.

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get a chair.

position the chair so it's back is facing the said canvas.

sit on the chair...

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get a handgun.

load it with hollow point bullets.

put it in your mouth.

pull the trigger.

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The unique pattern of brain matters and skull fragments and pieces of skin and hair[if any] infused in an emulsion of blood and body fat splattered onto the canvas is a piece of magnificent and marvelously breathtaking art...

HOLY SHIT! The grammar in that post.

Alas your little plan is foiled because after the bullet penetrates the canvas, rips it, then continues on who knows where.
The velocity of the BRAIN MATTERS, would surely just go right through.

Seriously though, when looking at paintings like the Mona Lisa, and others you think are magnificent. Consider the time period in which they were created. The Mona Lisa came at a time when there were no cameras and portraits came as close as anything else, and it was extremely life like.
It also had a hint of mysterious(ness) to it.
Do your research and I'm sure you'll find what your looking for.

Keywords to note : handgun; hollow point; wall; fucktard; you.

It will when you don't have one.

keywords to note : brain; don't have; you.

Can you explain that to me?

Key ideas to note: Don't hi-jack someones thread to make yourself look like a dumbass.

I can, but without your comprehension capability, it'll be useless to you anyway.

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but I'm not sure what makes the other famous stuff so legendary.
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Inovation - Ability - Conviction..........and most importantly - Time for the rest of us to realise their genius.......Van Gogh never sold a painting during his lifetime and many of the "Greats" survived on patronage from the church or royalty. Without the aid of the Pope Michaelangelo couldn't even afford to buy his paint or brushes.

In a hundred years time will anybody remember Damion Hirst/Tracy Emmin? I doubt it.

And thus revealing the true structure of a canvas painting and challenging the tradition that painting can and always was on a 2d surface.

Wah-la, the invention of installation.

But the real answer is this :

the Mona Lisa is "famous" because of stupid people who don't know other paintings by Leonardo and that faggot Dan Brown and his shitty ass book "The Da Vinci code" where, just like in every other book written by him, he talks about what it's like to get fat cocks up his blond ass. Da Vinci has much better paintings and drawings than Mona Lisa.

Starry Night (my wallpaper BTW) is legendary because it is one of the best examples of Van Gogh's work, represented by the unique brush strokes that set him apart from other artists. Also, the colors blend in well, the composition is harmonious, and those brush strokes give it an energic, yet calm flow. Hands down, one of the best paintings ever.

Voilà.

I agree.
Even if Van Gogh wasn't famous in his time, we can clearly see from his "Starry Night" his genius. It just goes to show that his paintings are well advanced for his own time.

Invention and Innovation are two of the most important key words in creating an art that will surely be legendary. For example, correct me if I'm wrong but I think it was during Leonardo's time when artists start dissecting bodies in order to study and know anatomy better. By having a mastery of anatomy, Leonardo was able to create more lifelike paintings as compared to former masters. His perspective was more three-dimensional and make used of shadows also known as "sfumato" in order to show more lighting effects in his paintings.

Aside from this, especially in music, I would like to say that not all beautiful works of art are famous. Some of the greatest works of art in this world are already destroyed, forgotten and only have a small cult-following.