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CTyankee

(68,197 posts) Fri Mar 22, 2013, 04:53 PM Mar 2013

The Friday Afternoon Challenge Resumes! Today: "We had faces then!" [View all]

Of course, you know these faces, don't you? And what paintings they are in and who created them?

And, please, play fair, folks.

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The Friday Afternoon Challenge Resumes! Today: "We had faces then!" [View all] CTyankee Mar 2013 OP

Searching for classic paintings with cats can be problematic pinboy3niner Mar 2013 #1

well, this cat is famous all by itself (and is more famous than the subjects of the painting!) CTyankee Mar 2013 #2

I am very certain I have seen that cat before. alphafemale Mar 2013 #14

Oh, no, earlier than that! But you have the right country of origin... CTyankee Mar 2013 #16

Yes. I know it isn't by Lewis Carroll. alphafemale Mar 2013 #21

It is actually looking in great anticipation! I really don't know but I don't think this artist CTyankee Mar 2013 #22

In honor of the surreal reverence shown to cats on DU reteachinwi Mar 2013 #9

Oh, my... CTyankee Mar 2013 #12

Apologies reteachinwi Mar 2013 #19

Oh, don't apologize! CTyankee Mar 2013 #20

#3 The Graham Children by William Hogarth, 1742 reteachinwi Mar 2013 #25

according to Sir Kenneth Clark, this cat is a big deal at the National Gallery. CTyankee Mar 2013 #28

#5 horseshoecrab Mar 2013 #3

great faces, aren't they? Pure Raphael...palette and all... CTyankee Mar 2013 #4

Beautiful faces! horseshoecrab Mar 2013 #36

I love the tondo, also. It seems so perfect for this work in particular...the way the madonna CTyankee Mar 2013 #37

True horseshoecrab Mar 2013 #39

No. 6 is... Brickbat Mar 2013 #5

Hi, Brickbat! Nice to see you! CTyankee Mar 2013 #6

Just some! Brickbat Mar 2013 #7

Yes, it is! CTyankee Mar 2013 #10

No. 1 is... Brickbat Mar 2013 #8

Great! Parmagianino isn't bad (for a Mannerist)! CTyankee Mar 2013 #11

I like the Vision of St. Jerome, and while I wouldn't want Madonna of the Long Neck in my living Brickbat Mar 2013 #13

Yeah. that long neck puts me off...I don't mind the pointing St. Jerome, altho I find it a little CTyankee Mar 2013 #15

The finger itself is bizarre, but I love his face. Brickbat Mar 2013 #17

Yep, I like the face... CTyankee Mar 2013 #18

Degas? talkingmime Mar 2013 #23

No Degas here. Which one did you think was a Degas? CTyankee Mar 2013 #24

The last one with the topless woman. I'm not an art expert. talkingmime Mar 2013 #26

Is #4 a Shepherd? Kurovski Mar 2013 #27

No, not a shepherd, but there are real hints in this painting about his identity...a popular CTyankee Mar 2013 #29

#6 is Danae by Italian painter Titian siligut Mar 2013 #30

thanks, siligut...actually Brickbat did guess this. But thanks for letting me know where it is... CTyankee Mar 2013 #31

In my excitement that I had actually seen it, I didn't see previous posts lol siligut Mar 2013 #32

I am having a real struggle with my view of Austria. I have considered traveling there because CTyankee Mar 2013 #33

You are correct, Austria has beautiful art and architecture and Nazi loving ways siligut Mar 2013 #34

#4 horseshoecrab Mar 2013 #35

I'm amazed none of our feminists here have guessed #2! CTyankee Mar 2013 #38