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pinboy3niner

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8. I often find that I've encountered a work before in researching past Challenges

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #6)

Fri Aug 24, 2012, 05:35 PM

Aug 2012

All kinds of stuff turns up in searches, and it's easy to go off on tangents.

The hard part is remembering titles and artists, so it usually takes more research to locate a work again and identify it properly.

Sometimes you catch the bus, sometimes the bus runs over you. But doing the Challenges is both challenging and fun, and I may even be learning something along the way.

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An intriguing Friday Afternoon Challenge awaits you: Madness and Terror in the Romantic impulse! [View all] CTyankee Aug 2012 OP

#5 is Fuseli's The Nightmare (added more on edit) cthulu2016 Aug 2012 #1

yup. had been considering the detail of the horse's head in the painting but liked this CTyankee Aug 2012 #3

#2 is not the Death of Sardanopolus. CTyankee Aug 2012 #7

#5 has something to do with nightmares, The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2012 #2

"The Great Red Dragon and the Beast of the Sea" is the title and yes, it is Blake! CTyankee Aug 2012 #5

William Blake the poet? lovemydog Aug 2012 #14

Blake rather epitomized the Romantic era in his writing and painting. CTyankee Aug 2012 #15

Now that I know Blake painted lovemydog Aug 2012 #19

#4: Girodet, The Revolt of Cairo pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #4

Ooh, that was a toughie...how did you get it or do you know it? CTyankee Aug 2012 #6

I often find that I've encountered a work before in researching past Challenges pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #8

I like that explanation! I, too, find things I didn't know about when I read widely... CTyankee Aug 2012 #9

# 6 is William Blake illustration librechik Aug 2012 #10

Sure is... CTyankee Aug 2012 #11

I would have thought that the artist of #3 would have caused more interest here! CTyankee Aug 2012 #12

#3: Theodore Gericault, Severed Heads pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #13

Grim, isn't it? Gericault is mostly known for ""The Raft of the Medusa" which is a fine work but CTyankee Aug 2012 #16

These always make me realize how much my knowledge of great art is lacking. n/t ellisonz Aug 2012 #17

Two guesses entanglement Aug 2012 #18

right on #5. #2 does look like it could be Rape of the Sabine Women but it is not... CTyankee Aug 2012 #21

#2 is the Death of the Virgin... joeybee12 Aug 2012 #20

You might be thinking of Caravaggio or another depiction of Death of the Virgin CTyankee Aug 2012 #22

I've posted the answers above each work. CTyankee Aug 2012 #23