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CTyankee

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

Reply to pinboy3niner (Reply #1)

Fri Mar 22, 2013, 05:23 PM

Mar 2013

Got my computer back today but almost screwed up this Challenge midway into posting...dang changes in the set up...but I'm still sick...went to the doc and got strong cough medicine and a Z pack...and I hope you feel as sorry for me as I do for myself! LOL...

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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