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15. Oh, I'm sorry, I just didn't get it at first...

Fri Feb 28, 2014, 06:51 PM

Feb 2014

good for her!

Speaking of 1, I included it only because it was cropped. I dislike white artists conceptualization of black women as sex objects and the cropping makes it more acceptable. However, having said that, it is not the truth of the painting, which sexualizes a black woman. As an art lover, I must accept the painting on its own terms and that means politically as well as everything else about it. This is what is called "the bloody crossroads of politics and art." At the end of the 19th, beginning of the 20th, centuries there was "orientalism," sexualization of women as captives of harems. Matisse is one of those artists and many others as well. It was evergreen as a topic of artists and had a good run for quite a while.

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Hello, DU! The Friday Afternoon Challenge returns with: Feminine Beauty in Portraits! [View all] CTyankee Feb 2014 OP

I don't know, but it's very nice. Thank you. nt Sarah Ibarruri Feb 2014 #1

You are welcome! Thank you for coming by! CTyankee Feb 2014 #2

#2: Marie Louise Elisabeth Vig�e-Le Brun - Portrait of a Young Woman. nt pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #3

Of course! Glad to see you Pinboy! CTyankee Feb 2014 #4

I wasn't familiar with the artist, so I had to play Columbo again pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #49

I was reading Sir Kenneth's book, you see... CTyankee Mar 2014 #52

From the replies (and the recs) I hope you can see that your hope was realized pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #54

thank you most sincerely! It's so good to hear! CTyankee Mar 2014 #58

It's hanging in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston Warpy Mar 2014 #76

Very nice! badtoworse Feb 2014 #5

3 looks like a Manet and 6 reminds me of Klimt Pretzel_Warrior Feb 2014 #6

No Manet and no Klimt actually...I can see where you are going with Klimt tho... CTyankee Feb 2014 #20

really? I guessed klimt too nt arely staircase Mar 2014 #67

But #6 doesn't have an empty chair... pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #72

1 is Number 23 BainsBane Feb 2014 #7

Number 23? I don't know that reference... CTyankee Feb 2014 #10

A Duer who uses that image as her avatar. BainsBane Feb 2014 #11

Oh, I'm sorry, I just didn't get it at first... CTyankee Feb 2014 #15

Yes, though I think that era produced a series of images BainsBane Feb 2014 #22

thank you so much for those images...haunting... CTyankee Feb 2014 #31

Oh please tell me all you know about picture number 1 Number23 Mar 2014 #78

See the link in #13 pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #79

Yep, just read it! Number23 Mar 2014 #81

no, but it is very usual in the "dress with top pulled down to reveal breast" as if to suggest CTyankee Mar 2014 #84

#3: George Romney - Lady Hamilton as Circe pinboy3niner Feb 2014 #8

Nice work...what gave it away...the swish around the painting? CTyankee Feb 2014 #9

Not to sound weird secondvariety Feb 2014 #37

I have to admit I couldn't remember who had done the paintings of her pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #47

Checking in... longship Feb 2014 #12

you were pretty close, actually! CTyankee Feb 2014 #21

1. Portrait d'une n�gresse, painted in 1800 by Marie-Guilhelmine Benoist BainsBane Feb 2014 #13

You just beat me to it! Divernan Feb 2014 #14

what wonderful scholarship you bring to the Challenge today! Thank you! It informs me as well... CTyankee Feb 2014 #16

this is a cropped version. She is quite lovely. It's a beautiful portrait... CTyankee Feb 2014 #17

Thank you so much for the Smalls piece. What a find! CTyankee Feb 2014 #19

Can I have another hint for 6? BainsBane Feb 2014 #23

the artist is not a European. CTyankee Feb 2014 #30

Beat me to it Aerows Feb 2014 #39

Amazing. Though I'm depressed reading the description Number23 Mar 2014 #80

This message was self-deleted by its author LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #18

I have to admit, I'm not well versed on art.. However, #1 and #3 are stunning and moving glowing Feb 2014 #24

K&R!!! DeSwiss Feb 2014 #25

thank you! the are lovely, aren't they? Any guesses? CTyankee Feb 2014 #34

I Think No. 3 Is Lady Hamilton Dirty Socialist Feb 2014 #26

Yes, it is! She was a beauty, wasn't she? CTyankee Feb 2014 #28

Yes. Very Pretty. Dirty Socialist Feb 2014 #35

my knowledge is limited, but I thank you for this beautiful touch of grace this afternoon. niyad Feb 2014 #27

well, god knows we needed SOMETHING to redeem this pretty awful DU day (and week)... CTyankee Feb 2014 #29

We have 4, 5 and 6 not guessed! CTyankee Feb 2014 #32

Hints for #s 4 and 5. Both are from the same era in art... CTyankee Feb 2014 #33

#6 is "Tanagra" (The Builders, New York) by Childe Hassam 1918 countryjake Feb 2014 #36

You are wonderful, Jake! CTyankee Feb 2014 #38

I love that screen (if you remember, I'm also a bird nut)... countryjake Feb 2014 #41

I've shown Hassam's works in past Challenges, but only recently came across this one... CTyankee Mar 2014 #48

Yes, I do remember when you did his Easter morning woman... countryjake Mar 2014 #63

so lovely...so entrancing... CTyankee Mar 2014 #64

Well done, countryjake! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #56

It only took me three whole hours to find it... countryjake Mar 2014 #87

Now we are down to #4 and #5! C'mon folks! CTyankee Feb 2014 #40

the story of 5 is interesting. nt seabeyond Feb 2014 #43

kick Whisp Feb 2014 #42

I get such an education here. Lovely paintings. Thanks CT! nt Mnemosyne Mar 2014 #44

#5: Jacopo da Pontormo - Portrait of Maria Salviate de� Medici and Giulia de� Medici pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #45

#4: Parmigianino - Pallas Athene pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #46

ANSWERS RECAP pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #50

Absolutely correctamundo! CTyankee Mar 2014 #59

For "Tanagra" you must note that it's also subtitled (The Builders, New York)... countryjake Mar 2014 #61

I have never seen the first one! Thank you, Jake! CTyankee Mar 2014 #62

Ha, my former mother-in-law used to always carry a magnifier, too... countryjake Mar 2014 #69

I don't know. I haven't done an exhaustive search of his life and his art ideas... CTyankee Mar 2014 #71

Well, he did much of his stuff at a time when Conservation... countryjake Mar 2014 #82

My Mom had a magnifier when she was alive pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #75

You should have gotten her a monocle... countryjake Mar 2014 #86

Thanks--edited to add that pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #66

I have much to say here about your reply, but... countryjake Mar 2014 #70

I hope you're weathering the storm okay pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #77

It's no real storm up here, just spitting frozen rain most of the day... countryjake Mar 2014 #83

Why, you mean my evil plan is WORKING? CTyankee Mar 2014 #73

As if you didn't know! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #74

Ha, same here, exactly! I noted that ghostly coloring of the Pontormo... countryjake Mar 2014 #85

Stumped again, but I learn something every Friday panader0 Mar 2014 #51

that makes me happy... CTyankee Mar 2014 #53

. pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #55

Thankyou, CTyankee, for a great Challenge this week! pinboy3niner Mar 2014 #57

You are welcome! Hmm, maybe you should try your hand at doing a Challenge! CTyankee Mar 2014 #60

thanks Beringia Mar 2014 #65

I like them all but #1 is my favorite. nt arely staircase Mar 2014 #68