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CTyankee

(63,889 posts) Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:01 PM Apr 2012

Welcome to the Friday Afternoon Challenge: The Art of Good Friday!

Here are six works interpreting of the events of Good Friday. Can you identify these famous works and their artists?

...and please, folks, don’t cheat...
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Welcome to the Friday Afternoon Challenge: The Art of Good Friday! (Original Post) CTyankee Apr 2012 OP

It has something to do with Jesus, right? immoderate Apr 2012 #1

could be... CTyankee Apr 2012 #2

#2 looks like Breughel. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #3

#2 is not Bruegel. You are correct about Durer. I saw that sign but didn't know it was CTyankee Apr 2012 #4

Most of Dürer's engravings have this monogram: The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #5

good for him! Not many artists of his time did this (or any, that I know of). CTyankee Apr 2012 #6

Really. Marvelous. Which DUer painted it? Quite good actually. grantcart Apr 2012 #27

Don't know who did #3, but that's an incredible painting. nt Poll_Blind Apr 2012 #7

It is! I have alot of respect for this artist as a human being in his time... CTyankee Apr 2012 #8

#6: Tintoretto, Christ Carrying the Cross nt pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #9

hey, pinboy! You are right! CTyankee Apr 2012 #11

I got lucky pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #14

numbers 3 and 5? IcyPeas Apr 2012 #10

No, sorry. Not any of those. I didn't know Blake did this kind of work but then I don't know CTyankee Apr 2012 #12

Blake's stuff is amazing. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #13

Was he on laudenum? So many people were in the early part of the 19th century. CTyankee Apr 2012 #15

Some of his contemporaries thought he was mad. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2012 #17

Actually, so much of what went before is used for those creating that which is to come... CTyankee Apr 2012 #23

5 is Goya, no? librechik Apr 2012 #16

Yes! You are a Goya fan? I am too! CTyankee Apr 2012 #19

Kick pinboy3niner Apr 2012 #18

#s 4, 5 and 6 are identified, but not #s 1,2,and 3. CTyankee Apr 2012 #20

is No.2 depicting the stations of the cross? IcyPeas Apr 2012 #21

You know, I think it may be. There is definitely a time continuum going on. CTyankee Apr 2012 #22

Found it by searching for Passion of Christ suffragette Apr 2012 #24

I am generally weak in Northern European art of that era...I am much better informed CTyankee Apr 2012 #28

Good point suffragette Apr 2012 #29

I got nothing. n/t ellisonz Apr 2012 #25

Answers are here (edited with correct link) sorry about that. CTyankee Apr 2012 #26

immoderate

(20,885 posts)

1. It has something to do with Jesus, right?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:05 PM

Apr 2012

--imm

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

2. could be...

Reply to immoderate (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:10 PM

Apr 2012

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,589 posts)

3. #2 looks like Breughel.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:12 PM

Apr 2012

and #4 is clearly Dürer. It's even got his logo in the upper-left corner.

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

4. #2 is not Bruegel. You are correct about Durer. I saw that sign but didn't know it was

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:15 PM

Apr 2012

just his logo. I assumed it stood for Dominus. That's what I get for "overthinking" this work!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,589 posts)

5. Most of Dürer's engravings have this monogram:

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #4)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:20 PM

Apr 2012

(A.D. for Albrecht Dürer).

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

6. good for him! Not many artists of his time did this (or any, that I know of).

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #5)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:22 PM

Apr 2012

grantcart

(53,061 posts)

27. Really. Marvelous. Which DUer painted it? Quite good actually.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 12:19 PM

Apr 2012

Poll_Blind

(23,864 posts)

7. Don't know who did #3, but that's an incredible painting. nt

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:24 PM

Apr 2012

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

8. It is! I have alot of respect for this artist as a human being in his time...

Reply to Poll_Blind (Reply #7)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:25 PM

Apr 2012

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

9. #6: Tintoretto, Christ Carrying the Cross nt

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:27 PM

Apr 2012

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

11. hey, pinboy! You are right!

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #9)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:45 PM

Apr 2012

Are you a fan of Tintoretto?

I must say that I am not a fan very often...when he gets all Mannerist on me...but I do like this one. It is interesting in its angled view of the ascension to Calvary.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

14. I got lucky

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #11)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:56 PM

Apr 2012

I was actually searching for #1, lol!

IcyPeas

(21,841 posts)

10. numbers 3 and 5?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:29 PM

Apr 2012

3. reminds me of a William Blake

5. reminds me of either Rembrandt or Caravaggio

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

12. No, sorry. Not any of those. I didn't know Blake did this kind of work but then I don't know

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #10)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:48 PM

Apr 2012

Blake all that well.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,589 posts)

13. Blake's stuff is amazing.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #12)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:54 PM

Apr 2012

Hard to believe it dates from about 1780-1820. He was way ahead of his time - like by at least 100 years.

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

15. Was he on laudenum? So many people were in the early part of the 19th century.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #13)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 05:58 PM

Apr 2012

Robert Browning gave Elizabeth the "Chianti cure" in Florence, to help her get over hers.

Hell, if I lived in an apartment in the oltrarno of Florence, on the edge of the Palazzo Pitti, I'd drink Chianti with delight as I sat on my balcony and enjoyed the view!

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,589 posts)

17. Some of his contemporaries thought he was mad.

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #15)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:02 PM

Apr 2012

And maybe he was, but in a really fascinating way.

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

23. Actually, so much of what went before is used for those creating that which is to come...

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #13)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 07:56 PM

Apr 2012

you see it in art all the time...

librechik

(30,673 posts)

16. 5 is Goya, no?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 06:01 PM

Apr 2012

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

19. Yes! You are a Goya fan? I am too!

Reply to librechik (Reply #16)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 07:32 PM

Apr 2012

I love this work...

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)

18. Kick

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 07:03 PM

Apr 2012

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

20. #s 4, 5 and 6 are identified, but not #s 1,2,and 3.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 07:36 PM

Apr 2012

Hmmm.

IcyPeas

(21,841 posts)

21. is No.2 depicting the stations of the cross?

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 07:44 PM

Apr 2012

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

22. You know, I think it may be. There is definitely a time continuum going on.

Reply to IcyPeas (Reply #21)

Fri Apr 6, 2012, 07:46 PM

Apr 2012

I love this painting and this artist for the precision of detail going on with the people, the architectural detail (telling us how people actually lived in those days) and the story lines.

But I am not sure it directly follows the stations of the cross...

suffragette

(12,232 posts)

24. Found it by searching for Passion of Christ

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #22)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 02:47 AM

Apr 2012

so stations of the cross is in the zone.

Interesting.
The style seemed familiar, but I don't recall seeing the artist's name before.
Then again, I am bad with names - lol.

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

28. I am generally weak in Northern European art of that era...I am much better informed

Reply to suffragette (Reply #24)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 12:49 PM

Apr 2012

about the Italian Renaissance. But I have found Memling to be a very interesting artist. I love how he does his large panoramic scenes. It fascinates me to see how he presents daily life and integrates the Biblical stories therein. It's an historical glimpse into the lives of people of his time.

suffragette

(12,232 posts)

29. Good point

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #28)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 01:18 PM

Apr 2012

Also was interesting in terms of his patrons and his inclusion of them. The woman on the right jumped out a bit, being perhaps slightly larger than the other figures and i saw in the wiki that was a portrait of the patron's wife.

Poking around a bit, I found these more detailed ones at the Met:
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110001503

ellisonz

(27,711 posts)

25. I got nothing. n/t

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 03:37 AM

Apr 2012

CTyankee

(63,889 posts)

26. Answers are here (edited with correct link) sorry about that.

Reply to CTyankee (Original post)

Sat Apr 7, 2012, 12:18 PM

Apr 2012

http://sync.democraticunderground.com/1002529367

Hope you enjoyed the art. See you next week!

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