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

Fri Dec 27, 2013, 10:05 PM

Dec 2013

Glad you like the Challenge. I liked it too. I'm just rethinking the whole project. It really IS pretty easy to cheat, I know that. It's just discouraging to even think that someone would want to do it. Seems so self defeating. What on earth do you get from it?

Oh well....thank you for your kind words...I do appreciate them!

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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