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CTyankee

(67,926 posts) Sat Mar 17, 2012, 12:59 PM Mar 2012

Answers to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! [View all]

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1. Surrender at Breda by Velazquez.

2. Battle of Romano by Uccello.

3. Field of Waterloo by Turner.

4. Drawing on the Blitz by Moore.

5. Scene of War in the Middle Ages by Degas.

6. Battle of Lepanto by Veronese.

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Answers to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! [View all] CTyankee Mar 2012 OP

DU's Friday Afternoon Challenge crowd... pinboy3niner Mar 2012 #1

I'll be going to the Frick Museum in NYC for their Renoir exhibit... CTyankee Mar 2012 #2

Leaving for Iowa and Denver following week; elleng Mar 2012 #6

I can't wait. Been cooped up too long! Itchy feet and all that... CTyankee Mar 2012 #7

frick museum IcyPeas Mar 2012 #12

Now THERE's a story! Can you share it with us? CTyankee Mar 2012 #13

well, that's pretty much all I remember IcyPeas Mar 2012 #14

Wow. I read a book about people who cried in front of paintings, but not this! CTyankee Mar 2012 #15

It IS Turner! elleng Mar 2012 #3

I thought for sure the light would give it away. CTyankee Mar 2012 #4

MUCH prefer the Turner. elleng Mar 2012 #5

It's unusual for Sargent... CTyankee Mar 2012 #8

Right, nothing portrait-like here, elleng Mar 2012 #9

# 5 Degas. interesting IcyPeas Mar 2012 #10

It is very early Degas. And yes, I recall at the MFA exhibit they had examples of poses he used CTyankee Mar 2012 #11