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CTyankee

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23. No, not at all.

Fri Dec 6, 2013, 09:05 PM

Dec 2013

It is a different, and really serious, context. It's good, actually, and not at all related to the porn stuff here.

Art history research is an antidote for me from the wrangling at DU on any number of issues, many of which are not that important. Porn has a very serious side but this picture is really not involved with it. However, that said, I'd really like to know why the artist included a partially nude woman in a picture whose title has no relation to it at all...I imagine it is the time period and the culture therein....

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Hello there, DU! Ready for today�s art quiz? It�s �Another Back Story Challenge!� [View all] CTyankee Dec 2013 OP

Damn. Another quiz that I am stumped by, panader0 Dec 2013 #1

Thank YOU! They are fun for me to put together! CTyankee Dec 2013 #2

Not me. I am never stumped. grantcart Dec 2013 #33

great answer! You have a good soul... CTyankee Dec 2013 #48

Don't know a single one, but I love to see them. broiles Dec 2013 #3

#3 - "Red Door District" by that Dutch Guy jberryhill Dec 2013 #4

Well, actually, I had a more recent example than that...altho you get points for that bit of history CTyankee Dec 2013 #5

I absolutely love this one Samantha Dec 2013 #56

I've seen #5 before, I think. longship Dec 2013 #6

Well, you might have. Do you go to art museums? CTyankee Dec 2013 #7

Been to DIA in Detroit, the Met, Frick, MOMA in NYC, the Huntington in CA. longship Dec 2013 #12

Wow! You are traveled, artwise! CTyankee Dec 2013 #16

Nope. The ones I mentioned are the ones I've been to. longship Dec 2013 #21

Fabulous! CTyankee Dec 2013 #24

Never been there. :( nt longship Dec 2013 #27

#1: Gustave Courbet, "Village Girl with Goat" pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #8

It is an interesting story...this guy Gurlitt was a real character...actually, I had read that CTyankee Dec 2013 #10

I just come here for the pretty pictures. Thank you. Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #9

More than pretty they are important and moving...I truly believe that art ennobles us... CTyankee Dec 2013 #11

I keeed I keeed! One of my favorite pastimes is going to museums and galleries.... Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #13

She LIKES museums? Wow, I am impressed. You raised her well! CTyankee Dec 2013 #17

She's 23 now and she loves them... Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #28

I don't blame her for feeling that way about the Mona Lisa... CTyankee Dec 2013 #41

Winged Victory is one of my favorites. It graced the cover of Luminous Animal Dec 2013 #54

#6: White House Mantel Clock with figure of Minerva by Thomire & Co., c. 1817 pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #14

Not recent. But how was it discovered? CTyankee Dec 2013 #15

President Monroe sent agents to France to replace furnishings destroyed by the British pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #32

Great history! You are leaving out one great discovery of this fabulous piece! CTyankee Dec 2013 #35

There you go again... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #39

Yep. I am bad. CTyankee Dec 2013 #43

Okay, I'm stumped on that rediscovery pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #81

not the clock itself but the Bellange piertable. CTyankee Dec 2013 #83

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #18

Beat me to it, although I would include all of the endless porn threads. Kingofalldems Dec 2013 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #20

I think it's a Femen support painting and men might enjoy it so it's bad. The end. stevenleser Dec 2013 #22

I'm not sure what you are talking about...please explain more... CTyankee Dec 2013 #26

Sorry, private joke between me and Warren. nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #30

trashing feminists is a full time job BainsBane Dec 2013 #60

Well, the Challenge is no place for it (not that any place is). CTyankee Dec 2013 #71

I agree, that's why we didn't do that. nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #88

why are you keeping this up? CTyankee Dec 2013 #89

I'm guessing you dont really want me to respond, right? nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #99

You must be talking about what you do when you attack Femen. I agree, you should let up on it. nt stevenleser Dec 2013 #87

It's incredibly rude of you to disrupt this thread BainsBane Dec 2013 #94

Post removed Post removed Dec 2013 #100

No, not at all. CTyankee Dec 2013 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Dec 2013 #25

well, the title belies that idea. But really, I'm so used to this mild nudity in art that this just CTyankee Dec 2013 #31

I remember seeing that at the train station gallery in Paris in my 20s and... aikoaiko Dec 2013 #78

If I did post that, I'd prolly get banned from DU forever... CTyankee Dec 2013 #84

No you wouldn't BainsBane Dec 2013 #97

Well, did you take a look at it? CTyankee Dec 2013 #102

Oh, yes BainsBane Dec 2013 #103

Courbet was clearly in love with Joanna when he did that. CTyankee Dec 2013 #105

I find the issue of the face interesting BainsBane Dec 2013 #106

No, I think he didn't want Whistler to know it was her. He did other nice work of her face. CTyankee Dec 2013 #109

Oh, so he himself displayed it without the face? BainsBane Dec 2013 #110

No, she modeled for him in other paintings...sorry, I didn't mean to be confusing... CTyankee Dec 2013 #111

but if you search google images BainsBane Dec 2013 #112

Really? I didn't know that...thanks...I'll do a search... CTyankee Dec 2013 #113

I see Franz Hals! elleng Dec 2013 #29

Not Hals but pretty close...just not the Netherlands in this case... CTyankee Dec 2013 #36

Will do so. elleng Dec 2013 #38

I wish the best for your daughter and the baby...what a tense time it must be for you! CTyankee Dec 2013 #42

Thanks, I'm fine. elleng Dec 2013 #44

good for you! I hope you'll post some of your photographs here! CTyankee Dec 2013 #46

I've posted a bunch in 'Photography' here, yank. elleng Dec 2013 #47

will do! CTyankee Dec 2013 #50

#4. 11 yr old Charles Gitnick wows Miami Art Basel with gun art. longship Dec 2013 #34

I absolutely love this story! Isn't he fabulous? His art is inspired and wonderful. CTyankee Dec 2013 #37

It is pretty damned good. longship Dec 2013 #40

He has a real aesthetic sense. Perhaps that is because he has a cultural advantage, but maybe CTyankee Dec 2013 #45

I am very happy that I could contribute this week. longship Dec 2013 #49

Hey, we all need something! CTyankee Dec 2013 #51

I really like that one BainsBane Dec 2013 #61

Is one Carravaggio? kentuck Dec 2013 #52

Do you mean #5? CTyankee Dec 2013 #53

#2: Fragonard Portrait of Fran�ois-Henri d'Harcourt sells for $28 million For UNICEF pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #55

#5: Gerrit van Honthorst masterpiece seized by Nazis sells for record $3.4m pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #57

I was in that museum in Montreal in October. They had given "The Duet," spoilated from the Jewish CTyankee Dec 2013 #69

There's definitely a Dutch guy in there BainsBane Dec 2013 #58

I'll bet it's that renowned Dutch Master... pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #59

Oh yeah, it's a Dutch guy. #3 Iterate Dec 2013 #62

Nice call! pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #66

Brick by brick Iterate Dec 2013 #80

Could this be the back story? countryjake Dec 2013 #68

It is probably one of many back stories on this exquisite work! CTyankee Dec 2013 #72

I did find a cute little children's book... countryjake Dec 2013 #73

I have to get that book for my grandson! CTyankee Dec 2013 #74

Interesting article Iterate Dec 2013 #77

Number 5 is definitely by Bob Ross. edbermac Dec 2013 #63

Nobody's got #3 yet? longship Dec 2013 #64

Iterate got it as a Vermeer in #62 pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #65

Got it. It takes some time to enter a post from an iPhone. longship Dec 2013 #67

To get what I am driving at, consider this work as an inspiration for another famous piece just CTyankee Dec 2013 #70

#3 "The Little Street" backstories Iterate Dec 2013 #75

Yes! That's what I was driving at. CTyankee Dec 2013 #76

Clearly, he must have been. Iterate Dec 2013 #79

Is Rockwell condemning Vermeer or his own American iconography? CTyankee Dec 2013 #82

Well, one figure serenely attempts art and the other struggles with a tax deadline Iterate Dec 2013 #85

What I get out of it is order vs disorder Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #86

I see what you mean! He is drawing a parallel between the tidiness of the Dutch street with CTyankee Dec 2013 #90

Actually I was commenting on the 2nd set of paintings, Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #93

the more I read about art the more I see one artist copying another... CTyankee Dec 2013 #96

Very interesting parallel there too, Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #114

Yep. I didn't make it up...I read it somewhere... CTyankee Dec 2013 #115

Ha! I'll take your word for it. You definitely know your stuff. n/t Benton D Struckcheon Dec 2013 #116

I didn't know that little factoid until about a month ago when I saw that painting CTyankee Dec 2013 #117

I'm going to venture a guess, that these are pieces from the recently discovered collection of... DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #91

See post #8 by Pinboy. You are right! CTyankee Dec 2013 #92

I stumbled upon this, and found it very interesting, thank you. DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #95

glad to have you here! We're a merry little band of art lovers (usually...we do get a few CTyankee Dec 2013 #98

I would say Andy Warhol, followed by Pablo Picasso. DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #101

that must pose a challenge to you...what a creative endeavor! CTyankee Dec 2013 #104

I have been in the business for 28 years, I'm well versed in frame design etc. DrewFlorida Dec 2013 #107

Dealing with the public in general is difficult and not for everybody, but I know what you are CTyankee Dec 2013 #108