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48. Great! You are right! It is the Bruges Madonna! Hooray!

Fri Feb 22, 2013, 08:16 PM

Feb 2013

First, Napoleon, after his conquest, demanded that the Bruges Madonna be sent to Paris. It was and when Napoleon was defeated it was sent back. Then, in 1944, the Allies Monument Men raced to Bruges after the D Day invasion to save the Madonna but, in a heartbreaker, they arrived only a couple of days too late...the Madonna had been taken by the German Army. It was later found in a mine in Austria and then restored to its rightful place.

I saw the Bruges Madonna in 2012. It is fabulous. There are two sculptures above it flanking each side and they are of such poor quality it is embarassing...

Michelangelo sculpted this work in the same year he was working on the David and after he had done the Pieta. There are art historians who claim that he had originally planned the work for the Pope but got a better offer from Bruges...

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DU darlings! Welcome to your Friday Afternoon Challenge. Today: �Hey, what�s Going On?� [View all] CTyankee Feb 2013 OP

I think one is The Pieta, not THE Pieta, joeybee12 Feb 2013 #1

Research! CTyankee Feb 2013 #3

That confused me! nt joeybee12 Feb 2013 #5

I shudda said, "what does your research show you? CTyankee Feb 2013 #7

ut it this way, I've been to St Peter's, and the Pieta, even behind joeybee12 Feb 2013 #11

Oh, no, when I say cheat I mean the trick we can all do. I don't mean research on Google. CTyankee Feb 2013 #13

I've seen The Pieta in real life, think it was when we went to a World's Fair when I was a kid Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #76

I saw it at St. Peter's Basilica in 1972 pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #78

I've forgotten when that was, but I remember being grateful that I saw it intact Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #79

I also had a very emotional reaction visiting the Smithsonian pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #80

Wow! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #84

For me it wasn't the Teddy Bear--it was the desk and the rocking chair pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #86

I can certainly identify with that Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #93

No, I haven't seen the movie yet pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #102

She was really impressive in person, an encyclopedia of information Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #106

My new Friday diversion. R&K longship Feb 2013 #2

i am always "outta my element" and it is always fun. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #10

#3 looks like the last republican national convention I went to Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #4

Lewis and Clark, hmm... CTyankee Feb 2013 #6

ha ha. lol. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #9

3 is way interesting. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #8

The artist is way interesting, too... CTyankee Feb 2013 #15

well, you just gave it away. now i know. you made it TOOO easy. lol seabeyond Feb 2013 #16

well, maybe he was the Garry Trudeau of his day... CTyankee Feb 2013 #17

#2: Andrea Mantegna - Calvary (also called The Crucifixion) pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #12

whoa, Pinboy! Go back and google the Mantegna and then look again at what I posted. CTyankee Feb 2013 #14

I've just been off on an Andrea Mantegna jag... countryjake Feb 2013 #81

I know that ceiling well pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #82

I can't believe how he's got those little cherub's heads... countryjake Feb 2013 #87

The most striking thing is the bird pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #88

Isn't that a peacock? countryjake Feb 2013 #90

You're probably right pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #91

All of us country kids liked to get the goats of our school friends... countryjake Feb 2013 #95

To this day, I consider spiders a blessing pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #97

Ya, me too, raised on a farm, we weren't allowed to kill spiders. countryjake Feb 2013 #99

I'm sorry you lost your guy to the river pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #103

Mantegna was considered a master of "foreshortening" which is done in abundance with those CTyankee Feb 2013 #96

1st one, Madonna with child ... Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #18

good, good...but where I am getting is what is or has gone on with this particular work of art? CTyankee Feb 2013 #19

The Piet� was attacked, Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #26

Great! You are right! It is the Bruges Madonna! Hooray! CTyankee Feb 2013 #48

If you squish your eye right next to #4 annabanana Feb 2013 #20

I saw it called "anapomorphosis." But it is a famous work of art in addition to that... CTyankee Feb 2013 #23

The title is 'The Ambassadors' pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #45

There are a lot of interesting things about it. nt DevonRex Feb 2013 #60

Number 4 is, I believe, ... surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #21

The 4th is really intriguing. Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #22

where do you see this in urban and architectural places? I'd love to research that!!! CTyankee Feb 2013 #24

There are a lot, really cool: Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #28

thank you for giving me more things to research in an area I love! CTyankee Feb 2013 #58

Sidewalk art that only 'works' from one perspective.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #29

That is amazing, too! Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #32

#3 Go Vols Feb 2013 #25

It is Hogarthl I have found a different title, however...with an explanation as to what it means.. CTyankee Feb 2013 #27

'An Election Entertainment' pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #30

Excellent! Funny how this stuff really agitated folks back in the day... CTyankee Feb 2013 #36

Can't believe this is the same guy who did "The Shrimp Girl"! countryjake Feb 2013 #83

I see similarities there in his depictions of people pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #85

Did you notice the lobster down in the corner? countryjake Feb 2013 #92

6 looks like an early Spanish map of the New World Warpy Feb 2013 #31

I wonder if that's a clue.. perspective.. n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #33

This IS an early map certainly, but it appears in a painting by a non-Hispanic genius who was CTyankee Feb 2013 #37

Is it a Vemeer? countryjake Feb 2013 #44

Nice! And it looks like the story behind this one is the 'Golden Rectangle.' pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #46

Yes, indeed! Here is a quote from an art historian: CTyankee Feb 2013 #49

Remember the Vermeer with the globe, The Astronomer, I think it's called... countryjake Feb 2013 #52

You are such a dear, countryjake! Love you! CTyankee Feb 2013 #54

There's an intriguing explanation of that reversal... countryjake Feb 2013 #61

I think this is the other one: pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #47

Heh, note my update... countryjake Feb 2013 #50

I FOUND WALDO IN #3!!!!!!!!! jberryhill Feb 2013 #34

Oh, thank god, jberryhill! I didn't want you to be all out of sorts here... CTyankee Feb 2013 #38

LOL! (nt) Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #39

While completeley missing Carmen Sandiego in #2 pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #89

I'm thinking they all have tricks of perspective but don't understand the Madonna at all. Shrike47 Feb 2013 #35

No, there is not one overarching theme here. Just individual stories about them... CTyankee Feb 2013 #40

That's what I was asking. Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #42

I'm not sure it could be moved at all without the damage you can see. CTyankee Feb 2013 #59

OK, here's the thing. It doesn't have to be just ONE trick of anything...it was meant to CTyankee Feb 2013 #51

Outtakes from Monty Python's "A Life of Brian" grantcart Feb 2013 #41

#4--a memento morii lapislzi Feb 2013 #43

Here is a major hint... CTyankee Feb 2013 #53

Then it has to be the copy placed in the San Zeno, done by a Louvre copyist pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #55

No, it is by a famous artist. His work is also in the Louvre. He is French. CTyankee Feb 2013 #56

Is it Edgar Degas? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #62

thereyou go, Pinboy! You can tell there is an Impressionist afoot in the execution of his copy. CTyankee Feb 2013 #70

You may be less impressed with my research skills when I tell you... pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #73

I learned about Degas doing this in an essay I mentioned during the Challenge two weeks ago... CTyankee Feb 2013 #94

HINT on #5: It is part of one of the most famous works of art in Western Europe. CTyankee Feb 2013 #57

Is it a tapestry? countryjake Feb 2013 #63

Jan van Eyck - (a panel of) the Ghent Altarpiece nt pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #64

You are too fast! countryjake Feb 2013 #65

LOL! Also--A minor panel of the masterpiece was stolen in 1934: pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #67

Neener neeners...see my update to #65! countryjake Feb 2013 #69

Nice again! pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #74

Maybe you can help me with this... countryjake Feb 2013 #77

It is from the St. Zeno Altarpiece in Verona, Italy (one of my fave places!). CTyankee Feb 2013 #98

Thanks, CTyankee! countryjake Feb 2013 #107

Oh, I am so glad you like this stuff. I am a hard core case so it's hopeless with me! CTyankee Feb 2013 #108

there is a copy on the main floor of St. Bavo's and the real deal is in a basement room where CTyankee Feb 2013 #71

Did you read pinboy's yahoo article? countryjake Feb 2013 #72

St. Bavo is pretty large and I think you'd be as overwhelmed by it as I was, walking around... CTyankee Feb 2013 #100

Made sure to check this today. #4 entanglement Feb 2013 #66

Guessing #5 entanglement Feb 2013 #68

In #4, The Ambassadors, the skull has a special meaning. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #75

For all you newly minted Mantegna fans! CTyankee Feb 2013 #101

A great review! pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #104

thanks, pinboy! Ya done good on this Challenge (altho you always do). CTyankee Feb 2013 #105