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CTyankee

(63,889 posts)
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 10:21 AM Jan 2012

Answers to the Friday Afternoon Challenge!

If you'd like to try your hand at the Challenge before viewing the answers, stop here and go to: http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002230546#post70

1. Ceiling Oculus by Mantegna, Ducal Palace, Milan.

2. Rubens ceiling in Banqueting Hall at Whitehall, London.

3. Chagall ceiling, Opera Garnier, Paris.

4. Vision of St. John the Evangelist by Correggio, Parma, Italy.

5. St. Michael slaying the Devil by Delacroix in St. Sulpice, Paris.

6. Globe Theatre Heavens at the Shakespeare Globe Theatre, London.

It was great fun, folks. Thanks to all who played along. Next week, another Friday Challenge comes your way. Hope to see you then!

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Answers to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! (Original Post) CTyankee Jan 2012 OP
the only one I sort of recognized... IcyPeas Jan 2012 #1
The Chagall was the most famous one there, IMO. I also knew the Mantegna would be CTyankee Jan 2012 #2

IcyPeas

(21,841 posts)
1. the only one I sort of recognized...
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 03:02 PM
Jan 2012

was the chagal one although I had no idea where it was - the others not-a-one

love the game though.

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)
2. The Chagall was the most famous one there, IMO. I also knew the Mantegna would be
Sat Jan 28, 2012, 03:20 PM
Jan 2012

guessed by someone who had actually seen it. I had actually seen (to my surprise) the Delacroix ceiling when I visited St. Sulpice last April and I just had to put it in a Challenge...

Glad you stopped by. I have another Challenge next Friday...

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