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pinboy3niner

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26. So how do we stand--3, 4, 6 solved and 1, 2, 5 remain?

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Sat May 26, 2012, 10:06 AM

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Just for you today on the Friday Afternoon Challenge: My ‘Curious’ Discoveries! [View all] CTyankee May 2012 OP

#2 looks like Goya! CaliforniaPeggy May 2012 #1

No, but Goya definitely had his black period when his stuff got a little weird... CTyankee May 2012 #4

#2 is cthulu2016 May 2012 #2

do you know this work? CTyankee May 2012 #5

Not a clue. cthulu2016 May 2012 #9

You are close with the era. I find the artist pretty fascinating. John Updike wrote an interesting CTyankee May 2012 #10

#6: Paolo Uccello, Saint George and the Dragon pinboy3niner May 2012 #3

I laugh every time I see it. I knew it would be easy but I just had to include it... CTyankee May 2012 #6

See the Uccello with the great Fanthorpe poem... ananda May 2012 #24

This poem is how I knew about this painting! I read it in a grad school course called CTyankee May 2012 #25

#4: Masaccio, Holy Trinity pinboy3niner May 2012 #7

Oh, yes, this is an outstanding example of "cadaver tomb" art, kind of perfectd by the CTyankee May 2012 #8

number 3 is peculiar in that IcyPeas May 2012 #11

Yes, you got it! It IS Pontermo! CTyankee May 2012 #13

The picture you posted IcyPeas May 2012 #17

The color is important in Mannerism. Do you see the relationship of this painting with #1? CTyankee May 2012 #18

BIG HINT: #1 was reviled by Mary McCarthy in her book "The Stones of Florence" CTyankee May 2012 #12

great clue! horseshoecrab May 2012 #22

would you believe that this thing is in the Uffizi? CTyankee May 2012 #29

I saw that when I looked up the book, lol! pinboy3niner May 2012 #30

Just bookmarking blaze May 2012 #14

Great. I think lots of folks are away for the Memorial Day holiday... CTyankee May 2012 #15

#1 - Look! This is the Youtube app. MineralMan May 2012 #16

It's a pretty scary kitty video then...it freaks me out... CTyankee May 2012 #19

No...look at the two putti at the bottom of the painting. MineralMan May 2012 #20

Ah. Now THAT is the conundrum. Here we have a freak show at the top of the canvas and CTyankee May 2012 #21

I got nothing. ellisonz May 2012 #23

I thought everyone would love the Goth look of the Child in #1! CTyankee May 2012 #28

So how do we stand--3, 4, 6 solved and 1, 2, 5 remain? pinboy3niner May 2012 #26

Answers are here http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002730414 CTyankee May 2012 #27

#2 looks like one of the paintings in the Haunted Mansion in Disneyland. Johnny Rico May 2012 #31

well, since artists copy earlier artists, this does not surprise me. Evidently, the Disney artists CTyankee May 2012 #32

Cinderella's Castle in the Magic Kingdom was based on a number of castles. Johnny Rico May 2012 #33

That's interesting. My information came from a lecturer, a Brit living in Paris, who CTyankee May 2012 #34