The DU Friday Afternoon Challenge for this week: “Moments" in art.

[CTyankee]

Great art often “crystallizes” the meaning of a work for the viewer in one image. The following six have been selected for you to decipher -- the artist and the name of the work.

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6.

[gateley]

1. Beautiful, as always. Thank you again for my Friday Afternoon Art Lesson! nt

[CTyankee]

51. Can you venture a guess?

[gateley]

82. Me??? Never! I was even AT one of those Churches you had one week and

I didn't know what it was until some smart DUer i.d.'d it. I just bask in the beauty. :)

[CTyankee]

86. Glad you like them! It keeps me going, I'll tell ya...

[Brickbat]

2. No. 4 is Masaccio's Adam and Eve being expelled from Eden.

Sorry, had the number wrong.

[joeybee12]

18. Might I add, on the wall of I believe, the Branacci Chapel in Florence...

the Church of Santa Maria del carmine...I have actually seen this in person.

[CTyankee]

20. Isn't it wonderful? I loved it and all the other panels in the fresco.

When I was there they had helpful guides in several languages that described each one.

It's funny that a lot of Americans don't go to the Brancacci Chapel to see this masterpiece. I guess they are unaware of it. And walking around in the Oltrarno is lovely.

[joeybee12]

26. I wish I had my photos of that to add here...unfortunately I took "real" photos

as opposed to digital ones, I was there that long ago.

Yeah, it's not even mentioned in all the guidebooks, and it's great that you can spend time in a hardly crowded space and take it all in.

[CTyankee]

34. It was pretty well attended when I was there but I don't know how many people there

were Americans. The Europeans from other countries seem to know all about these places...Americans, not so much, they go to see the David and a couple of Botticelli in the Uffizi and "maybe" the Convent of San Marco to see the Fra Angelico frescoes on the walls of the monks cells...Outside of the Santa Maria Novella Church I was asked by an American tourist "Anything in there I should see?" Aaargh...

[joeybee12]

67. Well, i was there in January...hit Florence, Rome, Venice and Milan...

Rome and Florence...the weather was fantastic, rain in Milan and fog in venice...still the prices were cheap ad no crowds!

Yeah I didn't know about Massacio until I was there and was reading up, and I knew the Expulsion was something I HAD to see...it's such an important work.

[Brickbat]

3. No. 1 is Manet's Laundresses.

[CTyankee]

Right-o on both...

Are you an artist?

[Brickbat]

11. No, just a liberal arts student from long ago.

I don't know it all, but what I know, I know very well. :)

[CTyankee]

14. Just saw the Masaccio last September. Have you been to Florence to see it?

[Brickbat]

17. No, but I remember it from my Renaissance art history course. I always liked it because it looks so

modern. And Michealangelo must have liked it, too. ;)

[CTyankee]

23. Did you also see Masaccio's Holy Trinity in the Santa Maria Novella?

I was staying in that neighborhood so I was there a few times.

[Tansy_Gold]

4. You know I know nothing about art.

#5 looks like an Expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden and somehow or other looks like DaVinci.

#2 with all its red suggests Titian.

And that's all I can even speculate.

But I had so much fun with last week's challenge and the Pre-Raphaelites that I came back to learn more!


TG

[Brickbat]

5. No. 2 is what I see when I turn my back to the mirror and then look over my shoulder.

[Tansy_Gold]

6. Is that a dog in the upper left corner? n/t

[CTyankee]

16. I really don't think so but I'll check...

[CTyankee]

19. no, no dog in this work...

[CTyankee]

7. Well, of course it is!

[Brickbat]

9. I mean No. 2! I had the number wrong.

:rofl:

[alfredo]

69. I bet your co workers were surprised.

[Brickbat]

94. Only at home!

:rofl:

[alfredo]

105. That's good, otherwise I'd say that casual Fridays have

gotten out of control.

[lumberjack_jeff]

100. Ahem. Allow me to introduce myself.

:hi:

I may not know art, but I know what I like. :rofl:

... on edit, seeing the bigger picture spoils it for me.

[Brickbat]

103. Well he-LLO, sir!

:rofl: :hi: :toast:

[Angry Dragon]

8. Do you guys have different numbers than me

Adam and Eve #4

[Recursion]

10. #6 really reminds me of Gentileschi, but that one faces the other way (nt)

[CTyankee]

12. Not Gentileschi...

[Recursion]

80. Yeah, I was thinking of "Susanna and the Elders"

But he's looking down, not up. Eerily similar face, though.

[CTyankee]

87. I love that Gentilseschi. She was a rape victim herself so it colored her work.

Some of her stuff is pretty serious...but it is not Gentileschi...

[Kurovski]

13. #2 looks like a Peter Paul Ruebens.

[CTyankee]

15. Doesn't it? But, unfortunately...

[Kurovski]

21. Is the last one a carravagio?

The one of the guy looking at a UFO?

[CTyankee]

24. It DOES resemble Caravaggio, but...

[Kurovski]

28. So then...

it is a UFO he's observing? :hide:

[CTyankee]

30. sadly, no...

[Kurovski]

35. Are you completely certain of that?

[CTyankee]

39. When it is guessed, you can google it...

[Kurovski]

45. Oh, like google is going to tell the truth about UFO's!

[femrap]

22. I have no

idea...but I was thinking there was a theme to the 7...no one looks particularly happy, except maybe the person w/ the nicely-shaped buttocks, strong legs and adorable sandals.....but we can't see the face. I do wonder about those arrows on the floor...was someone out hunting?

Number 4??? What the hell is that contraption on her head? And the chin thing? Is this some kind of sadistic nun wear?

Number 7....is he waiting for some greedy dudes to jump after the crash on Wall Street? "Jump you fuckers."

Poor Number 6...she is working hard and getting nothing for it. A future rebel!!!

Number 5....that's really Adam and Eve getting the boot? Looks like 2 dudes....ooooooooooooh, so that story about the rib was all a bunch of hooey then?!

Number 1....that's me. I'm damn tired.

[CTyankee]

27. sandals and arrows, good catch esp. for identifying this work.

Your take on #6 is getting a bit closer...her look his why I chose this one. Meaningful and sad in one "look."

[Kurovski]

25. Does #6 have the word "ascension" in the title?

[CTyankee]

29. Ah, I think I know what you are thinking!

but this is not an ascension painting...

[Kurovski]

32. You know what I'm thinking?

...well that makes one of us. :D

[CTyankee]

53. Well, maybe I'm off base...I could be reading something into it that I think you are thinking!

If that makes any sense...

[Kurovski]

70. If you say so I think it is so, which is to say, when I think you to be thinking of me thinking.

You "fill in the blank" as it were.

[CTyankee]

91. Uh, yes, I think it is...well...okay...

[Kurovski]

31. Is #2 Venus and Cupid?

[CTyankee]

41. No...

[trackfan]

33. 2 (if I'm seeing the #s correctly) is The Death of Sardanaplaus

by Delacroix.

[CTyankee]

38. Wow, you done good...how did you know this?

I happen to be a huge delacroix fan myself...

[trackfan]

56. I just happened to be sitting within easy reach of a couple hundred art books,

and made a close enough estimate to find it.

[CTyankee]

59. Really? You must be former art major, an artist or a collector...

(please don't tell me you used reverse google technology...)

[trackfan]

66. Well, I did take a lot of art history classes,

as did my wife; and we both have pretty much held onto every book (art, or otherwise) that has ever crossed our paths.

[CTyankee]

74. what a treasure trove. You MUST visit the Friday Challenge when you can!

Most of the time, not always, I do a challenge on art that I have loved or been fascinated by. Since I'm retired, I have lots of time to read art books and do research at the library and online. What discoveries!

[trackfan]

78. Cool.

I'll be on the lookout.

[CTyankee]

48. That sandal...I think delacroix had a sandal fetish.

Between that one and the one at the bottom of his "women of algiers" (Cezanne said it was "like a shot of red wine down the throat" it had to carry some meaning for him...

[suffragette]

36. No clue on #3, but that is one drastic wimple she's wearing

So high up the chin.

[CTyankee]

40. That and the look in those eyes really fascinated me and is why I chose this work.

Also, to give you some idea of the period and where the artist lived...

[Kurovski]

37. Is #5 a Millet?

[CTyankee]

43. I can't help thinking that this artist was influenced by Millet. It kinda resembles Millet.

You have a good eye, Kurovski!

[Kurovski]

42. Is #6 witnessing the Crucifixion?

[CTyankee]

44. It is not.

[Kurovski]

46. Is #6 Lazurus?

Or is it another story from the Bible?

[CTyankee]

49. Not a Biblical action figure...

[Kurovski]

47. Did Jesus just heal that man's sight in #6?

[CTyankee]

50. nope...

[Kurovski]

52. #3 St Anne, by Durer

[CTyankee]

54. Hey, congrats! How did you find this out, if I may ask?

[Kurovski]

58. Well, it's like this, see...

I thought, "where have I seen that look before?" and "St. Anne" popped into my head. She's one hell of a proud grandma. A lot of paintings of that. (Da Vinci's is the most famous, i guess.)

I googled "St Anne" under images, and there she was on page one or two.

[CTyankee]

61. My fave is Leonardo's. quite a fabulous work. Leonardo does not have a rival when

it comes to faces. That finest of hands....his St. Anne and the Virgin with the Child is just exquisite...it's too bad he didn't do more painting...and then he got whisked away to France...

[Kurovski]

63. Always the loving proud look, with a shade of foreboding sadness.

How do they do that?

[CTyankee]

73. Good question. I guess that's why they are called "The Old Masters."

But the "look" is one thing, the fine hand doing the face is just genius...

[CTyankee]

62. My favorite IS Leonardo's. quite a painting...Leonardo was the master when

it comes to faces. That finest of hands....his St. Anne and the Virgin with the Child is just exquisite...it's too bad he didn't do more painting...and then he got whisked away to France...

[suffragette]

55. #5 The Cotton Pickers - Winslow Homer

http://collectionsonline.lacma.org/mwebcgi/mweb.exe?request=record;id=93056;type=101

[CTyankee]

57. Did you see it at LACMA?

I really like that museum...

[suffragette]

65. I must have when I lived down near there

Had a strong sense of recognition of it.
Did have to search for it, but didn't take long.
Had the name almost exactly in searching for it, if that makes sense.
I think because I'd seen it and the name was just tucked away in my mind from years past.

[CTyankee]

72. Winslow Homer was a good guy. This is a sad painting because he did it before Reconstruction

failed in the South and horrible white oppression of African Americans ramped up. You can see such determination in that young woman's eyes...what a tragedy befell these poor people after the hope of the emancipation...a lesson for today, if ever there was one...

[suffragette]

104. Very sad

To think you at last have the opportunity to have a chance at a decent life for yourself ad your family, only to have that brutally taken. And yes, that resonates today.

Thank you again for these threads.

[Kurovski]

60. Is the man in #6 a tradesman? Is he building something?

[CTyankee]

64. no.

[Kurovski]

68. Is the painting from the 17th century?

[CTyankee]

71. yes, it is...

[Kurovski]

75. I know the answer is "no", but I keep thinking "Saint Matthew"

I don't know if he'd be a bilical action figure?

Well, At least say no in another language.

[CTyankee]

76. Well, I'm no Biblical scholar but I don't "think" this person is in the Bible.

Not Saint Matthew, tho...

[Kurovski]

77. Who is the painter famous for a certain shade of red?

oops, i'm about to be thrown offline...see ya in a bit

Titian?

[CTyankee]

85. No, not Titian...

[yardwork]

79. Is #6 from a Rembrandt?

[CTyankee]

88. I know it looks like Rembrandt but....

[yardwork]

97. van Dyck?

[NYC_SKP]

81. Does #2 Depict Achilles?

I see what looks like an injury and a quiver of arrows.

:shrug:

No idea about the painter...

:P

[CTyankee]

89. It has been guessed. It is delacroix, "the death of sardanopoulos."

This is a detail of one of his harem women about to be savagely murdered. Delacroix had this thing about women in concubinage in particular and with orientalism in general.

[Kurovski]

83. Well thanks, CT, I actually forgot about the sorrows of the world

for a brief time. See you next week. :hi:

[Bluerthanblue]

84. yes, me too- Thank you!!

was # 6 identified?

[CTyankee]

90. Not yet. Do you have it?

[CTyankee]

92. Oh, my dear Korovski, you know that "art always saves you" , don't you?

I go to art out of despair with the world. Everything seems so bleak, then I read poetry, see a painting, hear great music and I am transformed. If there is any glory in the world at all, it is with art. No people can live without art of some kind. And art in so many cultures is considered holy and sacred.

We are born to be appreciators of art...

[Kurovski]

96. Theater used to be my passion. And when i was a kid, I drew for hours and hours

No money for classes, no one there to say it was worth pursuing. (Steel mill neighborhood) Actually discouraged from it. I also studied art books from the library. Maybe one day I'll scan some of what's left.

art nourishes you. It is not a line of crap to say that it opens the world to you and enriches every experience.

There is a play out about coalminers who were taught to draw, and they were opened by art, while most of the world would say it's not possible. The ashington group.

http://thekomisarscoop.com/2010/11/the-pitmen-painters-a-riveting-story-of-british-coal-miners-who-were-fine-artists/


Art is for everyone. The Kochs certainly wouldn't want that news to be wide spread.

[horseshoecrab]

93. #6

looks like it's a Velasquez. The darkness. At first I thought Caravaggio, but now I'm not so sure. Now I'm thinking it's Velasquez.

Not sure which though. Will keep on looking.

Good to see you CTyankee!

horseshoecrab

[CTyankee]

95. Hey, horseshoecrab!

It is not Velasquez. It most certainly is not Caravaggio.

Nice to see you here!

[Bluerthanblue]

98. I'm completely

stumped. I was thinking Velasquez too- Is it Dutch or Flemish?

[CTyankee]

99. Nay.

I will reveal the artist tomorrow morning (but pretty early since I have to go tutor at 9:15).

So tune in tomorrow in GD...

[horseshoecrab]

101. Will be here for the big reveal!

It's so "photographic" ... like Caravaggio. I think it must be one of the "Caravaggisti." The dark, the light.

Thanks CTyankee.

[CTyankee]

102. Hmmm....

[CTyankee]

106. You were on the right track, crab!

Here is the full painting:



Jusepe Ribera is the artist. He was a caravaggisti and a tenebrist, meaning he contrasted light and shadow dramatically.

He did works depicting brutal and violent martyrdoms and human suffering.

All answers are here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x622941

[horseshoecrab]

107. Oh! I actually had stumbled upon Ribera but...

decided to take a break and figured I'd get back to it later. Had looked through a slew of Caravaggisti by then.

Wow... Just took a look at some of his work, and you're most certainly right. Violent martyroms and human suffering.


horseshoecrab

[CTyankee]

108. I think this falls into the Baroque era where emotions were strong and strongly depicted.

Not the formalized Baroque. Very dramatic and realistic. Caravaggio really did the art world a service with his ground breaking work here...