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51. OK, here's the thing. It doesn't have to be just ONE trick of anything...it was meant to

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Fri Feb 22, 2013, 08:30 PM

Feb 2013

discuss some of the stories behind these different works of art.

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DU darlings! Welcome to your Friday Afternoon Challenge. Today: “Hey, what’s Going On?” [View all] CTyankee Feb 2013 OP

I think one is The Pieta, not THE Pieta, joeybee12 Feb 2013 #1

Research! CTyankee Feb 2013 #3

That confused me! nt joeybee12 Feb 2013 #5

I shudda said, "what does your research show you? CTyankee Feb 2013 #7

ut it this way, I've been to St Peter's, and the Pieta, even behind joeybee12 Feb 2013 #11

Oh, no, when I say cheat I mean the trick we can all do. I don't mean research on Google. CTyankee Feb 2013 #13

I've seen The Pieta in real life, think it was when we went to a World's Fair when I was a kid Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #76

I saw it at St. Peter's Basilica in 1972 pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #78

I've forgotten when that was, but I remember being grateful that I saw it intact Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #79

I also had a very emotional reaction visiting the Smithsonian pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #80

Wow! Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #84

For me it wasn't the Teddy Bear--it was the desk and the rocking chair pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #86

I can certainly identify with that Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #93

No, I haven't seen the movie yet pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #102

She was really impressive in person, an encyclopedia of information Rhiannon12866 Feb 2013 #106

My new Friday diversion. R&K longship Feb 2013 #2

i am always "outta my element" and it is always fun. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #10

#3 looks like the last republican national convention I went to Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #4

Lewis and Clark, hmm... CTyankee Feb 2013 #6

ha ha. lol. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #9

3 is way interesting. nt seabeyond Feb 2013 #8

The artist is way interesting, too... CTyankee Feb 2013 #15

well, you just gave it away. now i know. you made it TOOO easy. lol seabeyond Feb 2013 #16

well, maybe he was the Garry Trudeau of his day... CTyankee Feb 2013 #17

#2: Andrea Mantegna - Calvary (also called The Crucifixion) pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #12

whoa, Pinboy! Go back and google the Mantegna and then look again at what I posted. CTyankee Feb 2013 #14

I've just been off on an Andrea Mantegna jag... countryjake Feb 2013 #81

I know that ceiling well pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #82

I can't believe how he's got those little cherub's heads... countryjake Feb 2013 #87

The most striking thing is the bird pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #88

Isn't that a peacock? countryjake Feb 2013 #90

You're probably right pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #91

All of us country kids liked to get the goats of our school friends... countryjake Feb 2013 #95

To this day, I consider spiders a blessing pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #97

Ya, me too, raised on a farm, we weren't allowed to kill spiders. countryjake Feb 2013 #99

I'm sorry you lost your guy to the river pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #103

Mantegna was considered a master of "foreshortening" which is done in abundance with those CTyankee Feb 2013 #96

1st one, Madonna with child ... Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #18

good, good...but where I am getting is what is or has gone on with this particular work of art? CTyankee Feb 2013 #19

The Pietà was attacked, Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #26

Great! You are right! It is the Bruges Madonna! Hooray! CTyankee Feb 2013 #48

If you squish your eye right next to #4 annabanana Feb 2013 #20

I saw it called "anapomorphosis." But it is a famous work of art in addition to that... CTyankee Feb 2013 #23

The title is 'The Ambassadors' pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #45

There are a lot of interesting things about it. nt DevonRex Feb 2013 #60

Number 4 is, I believe, ... surrealAmerican Feb 2013 #21

The 4th is really intriguing. Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #22

where do you see this in urban and architectural places? I'd love to research that!!! CTyankee Feb 2013 #24

There are a lot, really cool: Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #28

thank you for giving me more things to research in an area I love! CTyankee Feb 2013 #58

Sidewalk art that only 'works' from one perspective.. X_Digger Feb 2013 #29

That is amazing, too! Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #32

#3 Go Vols Feb 2013 #25

It is Hogarthl I have found a different title, however...with an explanation as to what it means.. CTyankee Feb 2013 #27

'An Election Entertainment' pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #30

Excellent! Funny how this stuff really agitated folks back in the day... CTyankee Feb 2013 #36

Can't believe this is the same guy who did "The Shrimp Girl"! countryjake Feb 2013 #83

I see similarities there in his depictions of people pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #85

Did you notice the lobster down in the corner? countryjake Feb 2013 #92

6 looks like an early Spanish map of the New World Warpy Feb 2013 #31

I wonder if that's a clue.. perspective.. n/t X_Digger Feb 2013 #33

This IS an early map certainly, but it appears in a painting by a non-Hispanic genius who was CTyankee Feb 2013 #37

Is it a Vemeer? countryjake Feb 2013 #44

Nice! And it looks like the story behind this one is the 'Golden Rectangle.' pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #46

Yes, indeed! Here is a quote from an art historian: CTyankee Feb 2013 #49

Remember the Vermeer with the globe, The Astronomer, I think it's called... countryjake Feb 2013 #52

You are such a dear, countryjake! Love you! CTyankee Feb 2013 #54

There's an intriguing explanation of that reversal... countryjake Feb 2013 #61

I think this is the other one: pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #47

Heh, note my update... countryjake Feb 2013 #50

I FOUND WALDO IN #3!!!!!!!!! jberryhill Feb 2013 #34

Oh, thank god, jberryhill! I didn't want you to be all out of sorts here... CTyankee Feb 2013 #38

LOL! (nt) Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #39

While completeley missing Carmen Sandiego in #2 pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #89

I'm thinking they all have tricks of perspective but don't understand the Madonna at all. Shrike47 Feb 2013 #35

No, there is not one overarching theme here. Just individual stories about them... CTyankee Feb 2013 #40

That's what I was asking. Call Me Wesley Feb 2013 #42

I'm not sure it could be moved at all without the damage you can see. CTyankee Feb 2013 #59

OK, here's the thing. It doesn't have to be just ONE trick of anything...it was meant to CTyankee Feb 2013 #51

Outtakes from Monty Python's "A Life of Brian" grantcart Feb 2013 #41

#4--a memento morii lapislzi Feb 2013 #43

Here is a major hint... CTyankee Feb 2013 #53

Then it has to be the copy placed in the San Zeno, done by a Louvre copyist pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #55

No, it is by a famous artist. His work is also in the Louvre. He is French. CTyankee Feb 2013 #56

Is it Edgar Degas? pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #62

thereyou go, Pinboy! You can tell there is an Impressionist afoot in the execution of his copy. CTyankee Feb 2013 #70

You may be less impressed with my research skills when I tell you... pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #73

I learned about Degas doing this in an essay I mentioned during the Challenge two weeks ago... CTyankee Feb 2013 #94

HINT on #5: It is part of one of the most famous works of art in Western Europe. CTyankee Feb 2013 #57

Is it a tapestry? countryjake Feb 2013 #63

Jan van Eyck - (a panel of) the Ghent Altarpiece nt pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #64

You are too fast! countryjake Feb 2013 #65

LOL! Also--A minor panel of the masterpiece was stolen in 1934: pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #67

Neener neeners...see my update to #65! countryjake Feb 2013 #69

Nice again! pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #74

Maybe you can help me with this... countryjake Feb 2013 #77

It is from the St. Zeno Altarpiece in Verona, Italy (one of my fave places!). CTyankee Feb 2013 #98

Thanks, CTyankee! countryjake Feb 2013 #107

Oh, I am so glad you like this stuff. I am a hard core case so it's hopeless with me! CTyankee Feb 2013 #108

there is a copy on the main floor of St. Bavo's and the real deal is in a basement room where CTyankee Feb 2013 #71

Did you read pinboy's yahoo article? countryjake Feb 2013 #72

St. Bavo is pretty large and I think you'd be as overwhelmed by it as I was, walking around... CTyankee Feb 2013 #100

Made sure to check this today. #4 entanglement Feb 2013 #66

Guessing #5 entanglement Feb 2013 #68

In #4, The Ambassadors, the skull has a special meaning. Manifestor_of_Light Feb 2013 #75

For all you newly minted Mantegna fans! CTyankee Feb 2013 #101

A great review! pinboy3niner Feb 2013 #104

thanks, pinboy! Ya done good on this Challenge (altho you always do). CTyankee Feb 2013 #105