I didn't get the Final Jeopardy question tonight! (spoiler alert!)

[CTyankee]

I shudda known it but my "guess" was wrong.

None of the contestants got it.

I thought it "might" be Victor Hugo because of "Les Miserables" but....

Did anybody here get it?

[flying_wahini]

1. Vincent Van Gogh

[CTyankee]

2. I did not know that, and I write about art history. I had not read those letters to Theo altho I

knew about them.

Did you know it? If so, how?

[nocoincidences]

3. I got it.

The brother was the tipoff for me, since he supported Van Gogh his whole life.

[CTyankee]

4. I shudda got that reference. Usually, I check my first reading of the question over again and find

the answer that way. I missed that altho I knew about his letters to Theo.

I hang my head in shame

[nocoincidences]

5. Amy didn't know it either.

Reclaim your pride.

[CTyankee]

6. Thanks, but I spend so much of my time on art history I always think I know the art question!

If I don't hubby says why didn't you....

I see that they "cloaked" the Final Jeopardy answer as "notables" not "artists" of the 19th century. how dare they make it so hard?

[nocoincidences]

7. Be kind to yourself.

I am a retired Neuropsychologist and I have already forgotten more than most students learn. Deliberately.

[CTyankee]

9. Oh, thank you for the helpful words!

Sometimes it's hard to accept the fact that there just might be somebody out there who knows the answer to something you feel you "should" know.

I spend a lot of each day reading the critical analysis (and surprising information!) about art and artists. Right now I am reading a tome of 500 pages of "Rembrandt's Eyes" by Simon Schama, who is one of my favorite authors on art. It is extraordinary! He was in a series on art for PBS a while back. You can probably get them on youtube. Worth your time watching!

[nocoincidences]

18. I've completely lost interest

in my former passion for understanding human brain function which is all I did or thought about for 40+ years!

When I retired my brain said: Enough brain! Think about other things.

Rembrandt's Eyes is the kind of thing I think about now, so thank you for mentioning it. I am also watching a series on the fall of civilizations on YT that is fascinating. Right now I am on the Assyrians after watching the great empires of South America disappear into history.

When you have a good mind, you just give it permission to go where it wants, you know?

[CTyankee]

19. I often revisit Emily Dickinson for the alternative view to just about everything.

She says things like eluding the wind and I don't know, but I think I have just an inkling, of what she means. I gave up long ago trying to figure out her mind. I have enough to deal with, anyway, when it comes to my own mind. I find solace in art and I am happiest when I am reading about art or visiting a museum. Picasso said that the meaning of life is to find your gift; the purpose of life is to give it away.

[Diamond_Dog]

8. I got it

It was more of an “educated guess” than knowledge.

And yes, my hubby says the same thing when I don’t know an art question!

[CTyankee]

10. Are you an artist or an art devotee?

[Diamond_Dog]

11. I suppose you could say so!

B.A. in fine arts (graphic design) including 3 quarters of Art History
I still have my Janson book around here somewhere!
I have posted photos of 2 paintings I’ve done recently and I usually have an entry in the Photography contest.
I love Art History but am a bit rusty with my memory of it.
I have bookmarked the Schama book you mentioned, it sounds right up my alley!
I was lucky enough to see the DaVinci exhibit at the Cleveland Museum of Art right before before pandemic began and it was absolutely awe inspiring….
Are your books for sale on line?

[CTyankee]

14. I have one published privately (I'm too old to try hawking them to publishers)

I have another finished (focusing on how artists portray music) and waiting on my editor/designer to finish her work on it. And I am writing another on the artist's command of gesture and pose.

My advanced degree is in Liberal Studies and that's where, in my 70s, I started researching/writing about art. I've traveled a lot (pre Covid of course) to see art and am planning a trip, tentatively scheduled for next october, to Barcelona and Paris.

If you are interested in the first book it is a collection of essays I published here back in the day. And more after I had finished one of my trips. I tried to make them readable for a broad audience.

If you would like a copy, PM me your address. I think I have a few here left...

[LakeArenal]

16. This months photos are great.

[Diamond_Dog]

17. Yes, every entry worthy to win!

It was a great theme, I thought.

[rurallib]

12. had no idea on this one.

[El Supremo]

13. Amy won anyway, right?

Sorry, I was watching the College Super Spreader pre-game.

[CTyankee]

15. yep.

[we can do it]

20. What was the answer?

[CTyankee]

21. "Who is Vincent Van Gogh?"

I don't have the question handy but it was phrased in such a way as to use the term "notables" of the 19th century and not "artists." The key in the phrasing was 'wrote to his brother" and Van Gogh was famous for his letters to his brother. I missed that, dammit!