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Lithos

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9. A stab

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 06:15 PM

Dec 2013

1. The Ghosts of Paolo and Francesca Appear to Dante and Virgil - Ary Scheffer
2. Cephalus and Aurora - Francois Boucher
3. The Loves of Paris and Helen - Jacques-Louis David
4. Cupid and Psyche - Francois Picot
5. The Bolt - Jean Honore Fragonard
6. Aurora and Cephalus - Pierre-Narscisse Guerin

Commonality - Rococco style

On edit - my wife helped a lot.

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Hi, DUers! A post-Christmas Friday Afternoon Challenge for you: �The Beautiful Couples!� [View all] CTyankee Dec 2013 OP

I really don't know... but should actually fascisthunter Dec 2013 #1

You might be right! Nothin's new... CTyankee Dec 2013 #4

never, but the artsists are always original fascisthunter Dec 2013 #67

I think the last one dipsydoodle Dec 2013 #2

I was gonna say what they have in common is bare butts, but # 5 blows my theory. Shrike47 Dec 2013 #3

lots of closed eyes. and there is a fluidness in all. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #5

No, but there ARE lots of closed eyes! CTyankee Dec 2013 #8

#4 is Cupid and Psyche by Francois-Edouard Picot Shrike47 Dec 2013 #6

Hey, good for you? Do you know this painting? CTyankee Dec 2013 #7

No, I just thought of the pairing and found it. Shrike47 Dec 2013 #13

A stab Lithos Dec 2013 #9

Is this your specialty? You have them right of course...but I wonder... CTyankee Dec 2013 #10

My wife knew the pictures Lithos Dec 2013 #12

well, perhaps your wife knows the real commonality of style here... CTyankee Dec 2013 #15

She said you would be looking for Neoclassicism Lithos Dec 2013 #35

Boucher and Fragonard are in the Rococco era. Three others are in neoclassicisim. CTyankee Dec 2013 #44

Dogs love to hang out with the family in the boudoir.... Tikki Dec 2013 #11

I just want to say "Titian" jberryhill Dec 2013 #14

sorry I can't accommodate you here with more Titian... CTyankee Dec 2013 #16

All of them look sort of blurry Aerows Dec 2013 #17

No, they are all oils. CTyankee Dec 2013 #18

LOL Aerows Dec 2013 #19

Actually, you are right! Do you know where that is? CTyankee Dec 2013 #20

OMG! I actually guessed something right? Aerows Dec 2013 #21

well, take a guess. You will probably be right! CTyankee Dec 2013 #22

I was going to say the Louvre Aerows Dec 2013 #25

Oh, don't worry, you got a big one with your earlier guess... CTyankee Dec 2013 #27

I only got it because you pointed me toward location, location, location pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #30

It was the lighting that lead me to that idea Aerows Dec 2013 #32

You did good pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #70

The Louvre? pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #23

It certainly is! CTyankee Dec 2013 #24

Yeah and "they all seem kind of blurry" Aerows Dec 2013 #28

You know, I always get the image on Google blurry first but then it "self corrects" on my computer. CTyankee Dec 2013 #31

You probably have some type of photoshop Aerows Dec 2013 #33

If I do, I'm lucky, because I don't know that I got that! CTyankee Dec 2013 #46

The use of illumination? pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #36

it is not that complicated, really...very simple... CTyankee Dec 2013 #43

You know, that's true. There is no chiarascuro! CTyankee Dec 2013 #45

Naw, the Boucher... jberryhill Dec 2013 #26

Boucher was more about butts really...this wasn't one of them but his biggie at the Louvre was... CTyankee Dec 2013 #29

That's why I'm more of a Titian kind of guy jberryhill Dec 2013 #38

I meant age-wise. I don't display art if I think it exploits children.... CTyankee Dec 2013 #47

How old is the cherub in #6? jberryhill Dec 2013 #64

Usually cherubs are not sexualized in the way that girls are. CTyankee Dec 2013 #65

I thought he went home to Texas pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #34

You are thinking of the Aerows Dec 2013 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Turbineguy Dec 2013 #39

Is there a reason you posted this here? CTyankee Dec 2013 #40

They are all Rubenesque? n/t Ms. Toad Dec 2013 #41

No, Rubens was earlier, in the Baroque era. This was later. However, CTyankee Dec 2013 #42

So ultimately, what was the answer? Aerows Dec 2013 #48

Simply that all the artists on this thread are all French... CTyankee Dec 2013 #49

Oh, is that why all of them are displayed at the Louvre? Aerows Dec 2013 #50

Yes, that is why. I just thought it was interesting after perusing a big art book on the Louvre. CTyankee Dec 2013 #53

Here's an idea Aerows Dec 2013 #54

Oh, thanks, I know folks like it... CTyankee Dec 2013 #56

Since I now know the names of the paintings, redqueen Dec 2013 #51

The Bolt is a different genre from all the others. It is Fragonard and it is Rococco. CTyankee Dec 2013 #55

Fabric! elleng Dec 2013 #52

Well, hi! I like your answer! CTyankee Dec 2013 #57

Mais oui!!! elleng Dec 2013 #59

Altho on second thought I did look at the fabric more and it seemed to be pretty exciting! CTyankee Dec 2013 #61

Quite, elleng Dec 2013 #62

I would say sfumato, but that is only on #6. Manifestor_of_Light Dec 2013 #58

We are dealing here with a lot of Neoclassicistist painting by French artists following the French CTyankee Dec 2013 #60

You say sfumahto and I say sfumayto... jberryhill Dec 2013 #63

...let's call the whole thing oeuf pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #66

Did I miss the answer? redqueen Dec 2013 #68

See #9 for the answers pinboy3niner Dec 2013 #69