Attention, DUers! Here’s your Friday Afternoon Challenge: Look Up!

[CTyankee]

Six world famous ceilings appear below. Where are they? What artists crafted the artwork in them?
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6.

[elleng]

1. Oh, the CEILING LADY!

Missing one, aren't you???

:hi:

[CTyankee]

3. Hi!

Now let me think what I am missing...:shrug:

[JoePhilly]

2. I think #2 is from my master bathroom, but from this angle you can't see the basketball court.

[CTyankee]

5. geez, I'm sorry. I tried real hard to get that basketball court in the pic!

aaarrgh...

[JoePhilly]

16. That's ok ... my master bath will be on CRIBS soon, so we'll call you in ...

Actually, I enjoy these ... but I never know what any of them are.

I considered claiming that #5 was Trump's bedroom, and that all those people are there to manage his hair during sex, but that seemed "too soon" given this week's events.

Again, enjoy the pics, even though I never know where they came from.

[blogslut]

4. #3 Is Matisse

I don't know where the building is but that's done by Matisse.

[CTyankee]

6. ohhh...

sorry, no...

[blogslut]

10. Yeah, I guess not

Just someone ripping off his style. Don't know the artist but I've now learned the ceiling is in the Louvre.

EDIT ADD: Can't name which one - just a guess - but do one of your ceilings feature work by Tintoretto?

[CTyankee]

12. not sure if it was a rip off...but I don't know...

[blogslut]

15. Well, I guess we'll find out :)

BTW, I amended my response above. ;)

[CTyankee]

17. No, there is no Tintoretto... I wasn't aware he did ceilings...that's interesting!

I LOVE ceiling art!

[blogslut]

20. LOL

I'm just referring back to that movie, Cat Ballou, remember? The ceiling of the villain's fancy rail car bedroom had a painting on the ceiling...?

[CTyankee]

23. Oh, yes, now I do! That was funny!

Tintoretto is no quite my idea of a famed ceiling artist (compared to the ones in this quiz, that is).

[lumpy]

7. 3rd one down looks like kindergartener work

x

[CTyankee]

8. hmm...

[Canuckistanian]

62. My cousin Craig painted that when he was in Grade one

He didn`t want to do it, but I threatened to throw him from the scaffold unless he finished it correctly.

[kentuck]

9. #4 looks like the work of Botticelli...

:-)

[CTyankee]

11. perhaps a closer look would reveal something ...

but it wouldn't be Botticelli...

[Staph]

13. Number 6

is, I believe, from the Vatican. It's a hallway/museum on the way to the Sistine Chapel.

I was there last summer, but I can't remember the name of the room or the artist.

[CTyankee]

18. No, it is not in the Vatican.

[Renew Deal]

14. Lets see. 48 ceiling paint colors ÷ by 2(9 minutes to look at this and 3 minutes to think about it)

:evilgrin:

[CTyankee]

19. Aw, you could dash off one of these bad boys on a warm afternoon in May!

And there you'd have it: yer own masterpiece ceiling!

[marions ghost]

21. #5 Grand Central NYC Oyster Bar

Ceiling at the Grand Central Oyster Bar
& Restaurant New York City, New York
designed by the architectural firms of Reed and Stem and Warren and Wetmore

[CTyankee]

24. Hey, have you been there?

[marions ghost]

29. Yes

a long time ago and I have a strong memory of these heavy tiled vaulted ceilings.

[CTyankee]

26. Actually, what is the name of the artist?

[marions ghost]

28. Do you mean

Guastavino tile is the "Tile Arch System" patented in the US in 1885 by Valencian (Spanish) architect and builder Rafael Guastavino (1842–1908).

It is a technique for constructing robust, self-supporting arches and architectural vaults using interlocking terracotta tiles and layers of mortar to form a thin skin, with the tiles following the curve of the roof as opposed to horizontally (corbelling), or perpendicular to the curve (as in Roman vaulting). This is known as timbrel vaulting, because of supposed likeness to the skin of a timbrel or tambourine, or "Catalan vaulting".

Guastavino tile is found in some of New York’s most prominent Beaux-Arts landmarks and in major buildings across the United States.

[marions ghost]

22. #6 = Giotto--Scrovegni Chapel Padua

The decoration of the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua (between 1303-1305) has been universally recognized as the most significant and most paradigmatic creation of Giotto and one of the capital events in the history of the European painting.

[CTyankee]

25. Wow, are you an art history lover? Sounds like you know a bit about Giotto!

[marions ghost]

30. Went to art school once

always liked Giotto. I am dredging up memories from many years ago!

[CTyankee]

32. There are more for you to dredge up!

[jberryhill]

27. Is No. 1 in Versailles?

Because if it is, the answer would be that guy who painted all that stuff there.

[CTyankee]

31. No, not Versailles. It preceeds Versailles...

and that guy did paint that ceiling...really...

[jberryhill]

36. So it was the same guy, right?

That French guy who painted all that stuff in France, right?

[CTyankee]

47. If you are talking about #1, it is not "a French guy."

And it could not have been painted in France.

[jberryhill]

49. Well what did it say on his birf certificate?

That French guy painted a lot of stuff. Maybe he got bored on a trip outside of France and painted #1.

Or maybe it was that other French guy who didn't paint as much stuff as the guy who painted all that stuff at Versailles.

Hey, look pal, I always pay extra for the audio tour thingie, so it's not like I don't know what I'm talking about.

[CTyankee]

68. next time, buddy, do a little research...not a big deal, ya know...

nt

[dixiegrrrrl]

33. #4 ....in Paris?

[CTyankee]

41. No. 1 is not in France

[dixiegrrrrl]

53. I asked about # 4

[CTyankee]

56. #4 is in Paris. Sorry I didn't respond to you earlier....my bad...got distracted with diiner...

[dixiegrrrrl]

81. No prob.

[Kurovski]

34. Oh! There you are!

I used to do mud and taping, but none of these look familiar to me. :hi: May I guess that #6 is a subway in Russia? Or a subway
station in france?

EDIT: I see it was alredy answered. Grand Central oyster bar.

[Kurovski]

35. Is # 2 a chapel contained within a palace?

[CTyankee]

42. not a chapel I think...

[Kurovski]

50. Is it in a palace in England?

[CTyankee]

64. No palace in England here, sadly....

[Kurovski]

37. To your knowledge, has Antonio Vivaldi ever performed

beneath any of the ceilings pictured?

[CTyankee]

43. I do not know...

[Kurovski]

48. Are any in Italy?

Is #2 in Italy?

[CTyankee]

55. Yes, it is!

[Kurovski]

57. Anything to do with the Medici family?

I keep lookin and can't find anything.

[CTyankee]

61. I truly doubt that...

[Kurovski]

58. Are any of these ceilings by Peter paul Rubens?

[CTyankee]

60. Did Rubens do ceilings? OMG, I didn't know....not this certainly....

[Kurovski]

67. Banquet hall...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/markatwell/4166632159/

[CTyankee]

69. No, this is not by Rubens.

[Kurovski]

70. Whitehall palace. Rubens.

I have a migraine so maybe I'm missing something?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banqueting_House,_Whitehall

"The ceiling by Peter Paul Rubens."

[CTyankee]

71. Sorry, but it is not Rubens...no Rubens at all on this thread....

sometimes, stuff on ceilings tend to look like other artists works. I get that. It is all too frequent...but this is not a Rubens... sorry to say...(and I LOVE Rubens!)...

[Kurovski]

73. You wondered if he painted ceilings, and he did.

again, migraine. Very confused. I'll step out now.

[CTyankee]

76. I'm sorry for your problem. Please get some rest...

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

38. Don't know the location, but #3 looks like a Chagall.

[CTyankee]

44. Not Chagall...

[Kurovski]

39. Is #6 a Russian Orthodox Church?

Or a Greek orthodox Church?

[CTyankee]

45. No, no Russian Orthodox churches here...

[Kurovski]

40. Are any of these within Versailles?

[CTyankee]

46. No, no Versailles...as I said above...

[jberryhill]

51. Okay, but the other one was painted by that French guy

The one who painted all that stuff.

[marions ghost]

52. No 1 FINALLY !!! Carracci--Palazzo Farnese

Triumph of Bacchus and Ariadne by Carracci
1597-1602 Fresco Palazzo Farnese, Rome

:kick: HARD!!!

[CTyankee]

54. Yes. I was frankly thinking this would be guessed earlier...it seemed like a natural on

Google and other sites.

It is quite an adventure, and a lot of Baroque fluff, but well worth the effort, if you can, to make the reservation (tours are in French and Italian only) for the tour of this ceiling painting: the Carracci ceiling is in the Farnese Palace in Rome, which also happens to be the French Embassy! No kidding...

Anilbale Caracci is a Rome artist who was a contemporary of Caravaggio...please go and visit but know that you will get a tour in either Italian or French when you go...

[marions ghost]

65. It would've been guessed earlier, most likely

if there were more people here to beat me, the tortoise, plodding away...

Maybe they are exhausted from the Royal Wedding. ;-)

[CTyankee]

59. 2, 3, and 4 seem to be in question here...

Does anyone have any ideas?

[marions ghost]

63. #3 = Georges Braque --ceiling in The Louvre, Paris

"Les Oiseaux" --the birds

[CTyankee]

66. Hey, there you go! How did you get this?

It is right in the next room to the new Twombly ceiling, which was installed exactly one year ago on April 1,2010. Twombly's work is much more beautiful in real life than in the photos. It is quite a work! I was most impressed!

[marions ghost]

72. OK well the thought process was...

Looks like Picasso. Looked him up. No ceilings, so I thought who's that guy who was of the same era and sorta like Picasso, the cubist guy? And that's how I got there...thru Cubism.

A Twombly ceiling? Didn't he do all the sketchy swirly lines? Will look up.

Now the baroque job--that should be easy, but not...

[CTyankee]

74. Twombly did not do swirly lines. His ceiling is beautiful. It is more beautiful

in real life than in the photos, believe me!

I think the Baroque job was guessed. It was Annibale Caracci, a contemporary of Caravaggio, and it is in the Farnese Palace which is of course now the French Embassy in Rome...

[DainBramaged]

75. You forgot the Seventh sign, uh ceiling

[CTyankee]

77. How on earth could I have done that?

Shame on me...

[horseshoecrab]

78. #4

#4 is the ceiling of Le Train Bleu Restaurant in Paris. The painting is "Paris" by Francois Flameng.

Good clue to look up and maybe find something CTy. I found the name Emile Loubet to the right of the painting by Flameng. That began the search for Emile Loubet and Paris ceiling. Took a while.

Good one. :-)

Good to see you as always CTyankee!

horseshoecrab

[marions ghost]

79. curious about #2...

good one CT Yankee

[CTyankee]

80. #2 is the Doge's Palace in Venice.

The gilt in that room is overwhelming, almost making you fear the ceiling will come crashing down due to its sheer weight!

Quite a spectacle!

[elleng]

82. You awake, Yank???

OK, what do I do next year, Florence, Rome, Venice, etc. etc. etc???

[CTyankee]

83. What, no more France?

[elleng]

84. Peut etre, mais

je voudrais manger a l'italien maintenant!!!

[CTyankee]

85. Sardinia and Corsica!