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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:06 PM Original message |
A Friday Afternoon Challenge you have prayed for: Very Cool Angels (ok, one is kinda creepy...). |
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mcranor (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. Wild guess just to get things started... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Oh, goody, yes, you are right. It is Chagall. |
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mcranor (43 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. You Don't Say! Abraham? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. uh, oh...bet you're gonna tell me! |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
3. "There are four corners on my bed, there are four angels on my spread, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Oh, that is so sweet... |
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Tansy_Gold (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. #4 just makes me think Michelangelo, but I'm probably wrong. n/t |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. no, but close in the era... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
8. #3 Botticelli |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:30 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. probably. Any artist that puts a corsage on angel wings can't be bad in my book! |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:12 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. He does levitation and floating so well |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:21 PM Response to Reply #8 |
20. My guess, too |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
11. Is #4 Michelangelo? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. That's my guess, too |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. No. No Michelangelo here...but you are close to the era...look at the style |
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gratuitous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:40 PM Response to Original message |
12. I guessed No. 5 might be Chagall - no, really |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:32 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Yep. First one guessed above...a charming and lovely work... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Yep, this is where the 15th century could just go crazy on stuff. It is in a larger |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. # 1 = Dali? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. No, Dali could go over the top but #1 definitely belongs to the 15th century... |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:22 PM Response to Reply #25 |
35. Hmmm How are the stripes significant? nt |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Well, I wondered about that but the red and white business didn't make any sense. |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
14. Number 6 is the Furniture Twins, the Keno brothers |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #14 |
59. LOL! |
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Edweird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 06:51 PM Response to Original message |
15. Did you ever notice how in the Bible, |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
26. You have nailed the truth of one of these paintings....which one? |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. One day I'll get them |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Is 3 Botticelli? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #18 |
27. #3 yes. # 4 no |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Dumb question about #4 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. maybe because this is the era for that...I usually dislike this era but I make an exception |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. So it was purposeful |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. I really have to wonder about this period of art. It mystifies me. |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #21 |
40. Michael the Archangel's legs |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:43 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. I can see that. Bronzino is properly in the Mannerist era but you can see he resisted |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Yes! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
31. Well, we have #3 and #5 identified, Hey folks, any more guesses? |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. Well, your hint does not help me a tad |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. #2 is very interesting. Notice how tiny the angel is! |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #36 |
41. The angel is tiny? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. The angel looks really small compared to the woman in the bed, I think. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #43 |
49. I think it must be a martyred saint, but I'm not sure which one. St. Agatha? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. not agatha but you are on the right path... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:17 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. St. Barbara in her tower? It looks like three windows. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. No, but I can see what you are saying... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #53 |
56. St.Ursula by Carpaccio! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:39 PM Response to Reply #56 |
57. no, you didn't cheat! You followed hints that I gave and you gathered from the thread... |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:40 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Yes, it is a horrific story. Like so many stories of martyred saints. |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
33. #4 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Hey, do you know Bronzino? |
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horseshoecrab (613 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:59 PM Response to Reply #37 |
45. Just since this evening! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. I don't much like the Mannerists! Bronzino seems like an anomaly. |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
34. Is #1 Fouquet? (n/t) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #34 |
39. wow, you know about Fouquet? He's something isn't he? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 08:38 PM Response to Original message |
42. Hey, #s 1, 2 and 6 left to guess! |
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IcyPeas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
46. number 2 reminds me... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #46 |
50. #2 is not van eyck. Wrong country... |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
54. Another marvelous quiz....Thank you so much. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. It is fascinating. I'll p.m. you with the artist and the work so you can look it up. |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #55 |
60. Got it and replied. |
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yardwork (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 09:48 PM Response to Original message |
61. #1 has such a unique style. I feel like I should recognize it.... |
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Dover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:01 PM Response to Original message |
62. Well this is really bugging me. That last one, is it Raphael? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #62 |
66. No Raphael here, altho he did angels! Also, this artist preceded |
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Liberty Belle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:25 PM Response to Original message |
63. Are #1 and #2 Michaelangelo and Renoir? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 01:19 AM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Neither one unfortuntately... |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 10:45 PM Response to Original message |
64. I'm probably totally and completely wrong here, but... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 01:20 AM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Which Lippi? |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 02:28 AM Response to Reply #68 |
70. Filippo |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #70 |
72. I'd love to know how you got to Lippi... |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 09:38 AM Response to Reply #72 |
74. It was the faces of the angels. There's something very distinctive about them. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 03:14 PM Response to Reply #74 |
75. I'm doing art history in retirement. I travel when I have enough money . |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-18-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
65. I call "Uncle" on number 2. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 01:21 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. See above... |
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blue neen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 02:33 AM Response to Reply #69 |
71. Ah, okay. Carpaccio. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-19-11 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
73. Here are the answers to the Challenge and another treat for you! |
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