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19. I can see why you said this. It is an outdoor sculpture...

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Fri Sep 14, 2012, 08:05 PM

Sep 2012

but several centuries separate these works...not the burghers of Calais...

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Today�s humble offering of the Friday Afternoon Challenge:�Ready for My Close-up!� Pt. I Sculptur [View all] CTyankee Sep 2012 OP

Although I recognize several of these sculptures I can guess only one. AllenVanAllen Sep 2012 #1

doncha love it? Perseus is SO ripped! CTyankee Sep 2012 #2

I love your Fridays threads malaise Sep 2012 #3

Love you back, Malaise! We have a great time in your threads on Morning Joe! CTyankee Sep 2012 #4

LOL malaise Sep 2012 #7

I do love the anatomy and the head detail. AllenVanAllen Sep 2012 #8

Tell me about your sculpture. What medium do you mainly work in? CTyankee Sep 2012 #11

I work in the toy and collectible statue industry. AllenVanAllen Sep 2012 #37

Very ripped!! <g> but.... blaze Sep 2012 #24

Mannersim followed the High Renaissance. It is marked by some odd CTyankee Sep 2012 #27

Woah! blaze Sep 2012 #30

sorry if I overwhelm. I don't mean to. CTyankee Sep 2012 #35

No no no!!!!!! blaze Sep 2012 #36

Forgive me, the proper name of the sculpture is 'Perseus with the Head of Medusa.' AllenVanAllen Sep 2012 #10

Would the first piece be Nero? Has that crazed eye thing going on..Love, love Fridays and Art.n/t monmouth Sep 2012 #5

No, not Nero. I think the artist was trying for "determined." At least, that is what CTyankee Sep 2012 #6

#2 (edit!) horseshoecrab Sep 2012 #9

funny thing, I don't see the wing on his foot. It looks like he is stepping on the wind... CTyankee Sep 2012 #12

the wings of merc ... horseshoecrab Sep 2012 #15

wow, I'm going to have to go back and look at this thing again. I missed several points CTyankee Sep 2012 #20

Always pictured Merc with his foot (and helmet) wings too! horseshoecrab Sep 2012 #40

Oh! It's a column of wind! blaze Sep 2012 #23

ALl I know about sculpture is OriginalGeek Sep 2012 #13

BAROQUE! Hint, hint, hint: #6 is Baroque! CTyankee Sep 2012 #14

#6 horseshoecrab Sep 2012 #39

I am just astonished that more folks didn't get this right away...we have a real CTyankee Sep 2012 #41

do you have a guess on #3? CTyankee Sep 2012 #42

#3 is driving me nuts! horseshoecrab Sep 2012 #43

No. It is real art. I gave another hint...the artist is contemporary...alive and well... CTyankee Sep 2012 #44

#3 is by Jeff Koons and is titled "Louis XIV" just so you know... CTyankee Sep 2012 #45

Oh! horseshoecrab Sep 2012 #46

Look up the NYT from either Thursday or Friday this past week. In the CTyankee Sep 2012 #47

Found it, thanks... horseshoecrab Sep 2012 #50

OH, BTW, if you are anywhere near NYC, "Girl with Pearl Earring" is slated to CTyankee Sep 2012 #55

Prince of Peace and the Huntress rusty fender Sep 2012 #16

# 5 is correct! How did you know this? Are you a fan of St. Gaudens? CTyankee Sep 2012 #18

I think that I entered Huntress in Google rusty fender Sep 2012 #48

Didyou see the recent book titled "The Greater Journey"? It's about Americans in the 19th CTyankee Sep 2012 #49

Haven't seen it, but rusty fender Sep 2012 #52

You will love it, what a read! I got it at my library... CTyankee Sep 2012 #53

The first one maybe Rodin? Puzzler Sep 2012 #17

I can see why you said this. It is an outdoor sculpture... CTyankee Sep 2012 #19

Hey, guys! Ya got three out of six... CTyankee Sep 2012 #21

#1 looks like a Roman emperor, but I don't know which one or the sculptor. yardwork Sep 2012 #22

It is a not a Roman emperor. It is an early Renaissance artist's rendering of a hero. CTyankee Sep 2012 #25

I'm really stumped.... yardwork Sep 2012 #26

well, think of the really famous sculptors of early Renaissance Florence... CTyankee Sep 2012 #28

Donatello: Erasmo of Narni pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #29

Hey, there you go Pinboy! What gave it away for you? CTyankee Sep 2012 #32

Early Renaissance helped pinboy3niner Sep 2012 #34

#1 is Gattamelatta annabanana Sep 2012 #31

Wow! GMTA with pinboy! You both got it simulataneouly! What a great job. CTyankee Sep 2012 #33

Here is another HINT: You will be very surprised to know the artist of #3 is still alive! CTyankee Sep 2012 #38

#2--Fortuna by Giovanni rusty fender Sep 2012 #51

It is Mercury by Giambologna, a Mannerist sculptor in Florence... CTyankee Sep 2012 #54

It is the same guy. rusty fender Sep 2012 #56

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, YANK! elleng Sep 2012 #57

Many thanks!, ellen! And best of luck to Powell! CTyankee Sep 2012 #58