The Friday Afternoon Challenge Returns to you! Today’s Challenge: The Worshipful Artist!

[CTyankee]

Artists have historically designed and/or graced the walls of houses of worship. Identify the artists whose works are displayed below, and the names of the places where they are found.

And as always, gentle folk, we do not cheat...

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. But, but, how do we find the answer if we don't cheat?

[CTyankee]

7. It's called using Google tricks. It's not researching on Google, which is fine.

There is a difference. If you know the subject at hand, you google that with other characteristics of the image and that often gets you the answer!

OR, sometimes you happen to know the art work itself. DUers are incredibly art oriented I have found. I sure can't stump them...

[jberryhill]

2. #1 is a trick question

There's no art hanging on the wall. I call shenanigans.

[CTyankee]

4. Maybe the walls ARE the art, hmm?

[jberryhill]

6. Okay, smarty pants, then who painted them?

[CTyankee]

8. Oh, so now you want me to give you the answers?

[lumberjack_jeff]

9. Sherwin and Williams. n/t

[CTyankee]

13. Late Mannerists, I do believe. Important ouevre they had, old chap!

[monmouth]

3. All so beautiful, I believe #5 is The Stations of the Cross. After that I'm clueless..n/t

[Tansy_Gold]

5. #5

The leaves and Celtic work in the background suggests Morris/Burne-Jones, but the figures seem too simple and flat. Anyway, I haven't located it specifically so i could be wrong.

#6 looks like L. C. Tiffany, but I haven't located that one either.

Fun, as always!

[CTyankee]

11. Well....

[Tansy_Gold]

12. Oh. My. Goodness.

I usually don't get any of these without doing some research first. On this one, I only had to confirm. I actually KNOW SOMETHING about art!!!


Trinity Church, Boston, MA.

Stained Glass Windows, 1882, designed by Edward Burne-Jones, executed by William Morris.

[CTyankee]

14. You absolutely do! Have you seen these windows?

I was there a couple of weeks ago and saw them for the first time. Very impressive.

Good work, Tansy!

[Tansy_Gold]

15. I am a huge huge huge fan of William Morris

so I've seen pictures of a lot of his work and the other PRB artists. I recognized the style, especially the use of the leaves. That was the first thing that hinted at Morris.

Funny story -- a gazillion years go, 20 or more, was watching an episode of "This Old House" on PBS. They were remodeling/restoring a Victorian home in Boston, I think. One of the finishing touches was the carpeting, and as soon as they showed the design, I said, "Oh, that looks like a Morris design. Perfect for that era house." My husband looked at me and said, "What are you talking about?" Before I could explain, the hosts of the show (I think Bob Vila was still doing it, that's how long ago it was!) went into the history of William Morris's designs for fabrics, wallpapers, and carpet. Score one for me!

I still think#6 is Tiffany.

[CTyankee]

16. The leaves are the prime giveaway.

I am fascinated by the the Pre-Raphaelites. Such lovely designs. It must have been a lovely world in which they lived.

[Tansy_Gold]

18. Oh yes

They did indeed live in a lovely world, but it was very sheltered from the not-so-nice world around them. What makes Morris so fascinating to me is how he tried to connect the two worlds through art.

Another funny story -- I did my master's thesis on the sociology of arts & crafts shows and in my oral defense, I brought up Morris's Socialist (capital S) work. One of the professors, who happened to be a British transplant, immediately jumped down my throat and said "William Morris was no socialist!" One of the other professors said, very quietly, "Uh, yes he was." I then pointed out that in my bibliography I cited most of Morris's works as being available online at www.marxists.org. "Yes, Dr. T*****," I informed him, "William Morris was a Socialist. With a capital S."

Burne-Jones maybe not so much.

[CTyankee]

19. Thanks. I didn't know that about Morris. I guess I always thought of him as an upper class

type, not terribly political, but then I didn't study what you did.

I love how Morris does attract people today. His design skill is so popular. Everyone loves him. It's interesting...I wonder if he would be surprised to find such wells of support here in the U.S. in this day and age...

[Tansy_Gold]

25. Morris was deeply and actively political.

One has to wonder what he might have accomplished had he not died so young (62).

His artistic and design influence, of course, crossed The Pond during his lifetime, as those Boston church windows testify. Though the "Arts & Crafts Movement" went in a slightly different direction here, much of the aesthetic philosophy of Morris and the PRB remained intact. Even now, as I'm shirking my paid work to surf through google images I'm coming across examples of Frank Lloyd Wright and other American artists and designers and architects who seem to have that same worldview as Morris: that there can be beauty in both function and form.

Morris was what you'd probably consider middle class, but his wife Jane Burden was lower working class (at best) and despite her long affair with Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Morris apparently loved her very sincerely, and they remained married. Their younger daughter Mary was also an active socialist well into the 20th century.

[1monster]

10. Number six has the look of Tiffany, but I can't find this window attributed to him.

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Must be an admirer of his.

[Tansy_Gold]

21. I'm wracking my brain

I could be totally wrong on this, but I seem to remember somewhere in my miscellaneous ramblings on the InterTubes, something about a church in Chicago with these arched windows. The church may have been torn down, but some of the windows were saved???? I don't know, but that's what's lurking in the back of my head.

[CTyankee]

23. Not that I know of.

[Bluerthanblue]

26. you sent me in the right direction! finally found it

by adding Tiffany to my search- but only found a small portion of it. Then I added 'favrile' and voila.... there it was!

"The Flight of Souls"-

This is such a beautiful window. I love the rainbow effects the delicate gradation of colors.

It's in the Wade Chapel in Cleveland Ohio

[CTyankee]

34. Yes, a nice work, isn't it?

I don't like it as much as I do the Jones-Burne/Morris but it is noteworthy....

[Bluerthanblue]

46. I'm a sucker for

colors like this window has- (adolescent Peter Max addiction) But I agree the other windows are really beautiful.
It's petty... and I'm sure it's crucial but the framework on the Trinity windows distracts my attention a bit.
Would love to see these in person some day.

[LASlibinSC]

17. Clueless

As usual, but know a learning opportunity when it falls on me! Thank you!

[CTyankee]

20. I'm so glad you like it!

I learn from every interaction with DUers that I have on these threads. They have SO much information and insights. It's really inspiring to me...and rejuvenating!

[IcyPeas]

22. looking at number 6

I am wondering if it is, in fact, even stained glass or a painting? or both. It certainly looks like Tiffany, as mentioned by a few above.

[CTyankee]

24. It is stained glass. It is in a house of worship.

[joeybee12]

27. No 6 looks like Tiffany, but I don't think it is...

The flowers do, but the angles don't...dying to know who/where it is...it's fantabulous!

[CTyankee]

28. My goodness. #s 1, 2, 3 and 4 have gone begging!

Get busy, folks...

[sabrina 1]

29. I really don't have a clue, but I'll take a wild guess and maybe learn something.

Is #2 Michelangelo?

[CTyankee]

36. You know, I stay away from Michelangelo because he is SO famous and

I want to give more room to other artists of the Renaissance. So many others contributed in his time and they are noteworthy...

[Tansy_Gold]

30. #1

has an interesting piece of artwork on the far right side. Looks Picasso-ish??? Miro???

I thought at first the church/chapel might be Frank Lloyd Wright, but didn't find anything that looked even close. of course, I might be using the wrong search terms......

[pinboy3niner]

32. #2 looks similar to the Angelico at San Marco

Looks like Icy Peas solved it.

[IcyPeas]

31. number 2 is:

Andrea da Firenze, The Passion of Christ, altar wall of the "Spanish Chapel"

(not familiar with it, just searched around google) found it here:

http://counterlightsrantsandblather1.blogspot.com/2011/06/florence-disaster-and-reaction-art.html

and if I am not mistaken you gave us this one as a challenge a while back (from the same link)

The Seven Liberal Arts from the Triumph of Saint Thomas Aquinas

[CTyankee]

39. I'm wondering how you pieced that together...the spanish chapel is gothic (late 14th century)

and the Santa Maria Novella main church is (now) Renaissance.

[IcyPeas]

44. googled

one thing leads to another and I searched "3 crucifictions fresco arch" and it came up as one of the (many) images. (that's not cheating is it? )

[IcyPeas]

49. here are a few really amazing details from the fresco

(the first 3)

http://www.wga.hu/html_m/a/andrea/firenze/index.html

[CTyankee]

51. Ah, I get it. Didn't know about that site. I think of it mainly as the fresco with the

medieval pun. The one with the dogs...

[IcyPeas]

33. number one is:

Chapelle Notre Dame du Haut by Le Corbusier

I searched for "modern architecture churches interior" It is a very unusual looking church from the exterior too.

http://www.greatbuildings.com/buildings/Notre_Dame_du_Haut.html

[Bluerthanblue]

37. ah!

you beat me to it- your question about Picasso got me searching for bauhaus sanctuaries. (on edit- it was actually Tansy's comment about Picasso that led me to look there).

You are good.

[burrowowl]

54. Damn! you beat me to it!

I didn't have to search, have seen it.

[CTyankee]

55. Oh, that's wonderful! When was that? How come you got to visit there?

I am impressed! How I would love to visit it. Sounds so wonderful...

[burrowowl]

60. I lived in France for 20 years

Did technical translation.
Missed my Rio Grande and my parents were in bad shape.
However for healthcare and civilized society, miss France and my godchildren a lot.

[CTyankee]

61. lucky you! But I can understand missing your home. Esp. when loved ones are

involved. Where were you in France?

[burrowowl]

62. Levallois-Perret

[Bluerthanblue]

35. is #1

Ronchamp?

I found a church that looks very similar to this designed by Le Corbusier.

Searching under bauhause church scantuary.

These are tough!

[CTyankee]

38. Yes, of course, Ronchamps. Recently in the news because Renzo Piano has updated

the site, altho not the chapel.

[Bluerthanblue]

40. had no idea-

I learn something new every time I participate in your challenges.

Thanks for doing this CTyankee. It's fun and interesting to try figuring these out.

[CTyankee]

41. Uh, oh. Now we have #3 and #4. Eek.

n/t.

[WillyT]

42. Here's One For You...

[CTyankee]

43. Wow! Incredible. Where are these from?

[WillyT]

45. Here Ya Go:

http://mytraveljewels.com/SeaRanch.htm

http://www.thesearanchchapel.org/

It's really cool.

[CTyankee]

47. It is very nice. Very spiritual. I love both examples. Really lovely...

thank you for this. It reminds us that there are chapels of faith and love all around us and we have only to look for them. These are profound. They speak to us. Love them.

[WillyT]

48. More Here:

http://tinyurl.com/7eoymx2

[sabrina 1]

50. That is beautiful!

[WillyT]

53. Check This Out... The Architect's Website...

Link: http://jameshubbellart.com/

[CTyankee]

52. Wow, somebody has flunked Western Art 101 by not guessing on 3 and 4.

I covered it in the lectures. Did you miss class that day?

[CTyankee]

56. I'll post answers later but one last hint: There are 3 artists involved in #3 and 4

(combined). All 3 are Italian.

Good luck!

[Baitball Blogger]

57. On number three I want to say it's a Caravaggio, but that's because

it's the only one that is fresh in my mind. I'm going to check google out to see if I can find it.

[CTyankee]

58. I posted the answers earlier today...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002648175

The painting is by Raphael and is a bit hard to find all by itself. The sculpture is by Bernini (a contemporary of Caravaggio). The two works are in the Chigi Chapel of the Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome. Interestingly, another chapel in that church contains two masterpieces by Caravaggio!

Here is a description of these interesting works http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chigi_Chapel

On a trip to Rome in 2006 I took a day to visit as many Caravaggio's as I could (he was a Rome painter) and so I was in this Church. I had done an Independent Study on him in grad school, which actually was a lot of fun.

You might be interested in watching the Caravaggio episode in Simon Schama's The Power of Art, which you can find on YouTube. It's a great series on several artists throughout history. You can watch it in half hour episodes. Schama is a fabulous narrator. He really brings the art to life. His last one is on Mark Rothko and it is a wonderful experience, altho sad. The episode on Bernini is stunning, also. The Power of Art is also in book form.

I hope you enjoy it!

[Baitball Blogger]

59. This is going to be a lot of fun to follow.

Thanks Ctyankee.