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grantcart

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29. I am not mad. I am making fun of those of us, and I am in the front row

Fri Aug 10, 2012, 08:28 PM

Aug 2012

who marvel that people like know so much about art that you can discuss these works intelligently.

Reread the post as a self depreciating humorous post by someone who wishes they knew a fraction of what you guys know.

Yucaipa CA

am I getting closer?

Timbuktu, Mali?

There are hundreds of us how click on your threads and have absolutely no clue what you are referring to but love the fact that you guys do.

Rancho Cucamonga, CA (homage to Jack Benny)?

We can't get close to an intelligent answer so all we can offer is a little friendly snarky answer and help kick your thread.

Winnemucca NV?

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Your Friday Afternoon Challenge returns with “Capital Art”! [View all] CTyankee Aug 2012 OP

OK, I accepted your challenge ..... oldhippie Aug 2012 #1

Share with everyone? CTyankee Aug 2012 #2

I wasn't sure of the rules ...... oldhippie Aug 2012 #3

Sure. CTyankee Aug 2012 #5

Number 3 is from "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" ... oldhippie Aug 2012 #6

Bonus Question: do you know the connection between this and W.H.Auden? CTyankee Aug 2012 #8

From the poem? oldhippie Aug 2012 #12

It sure was. In the poem he talks about the painting... CTyankee Aug 2012 #15

I learned while researching this Challenge that Bruegel is no longer considered the artist! CTyankee Aug 2012 #9

I saw that, too. oldhippie Aug 2012 #13

I thought it was that they didn't think HE did it...or maybe I got it wrong... CTyankee Aug 2012 #17

Not sure of the name of the work RZM Aug 2012 #4

It is in Vienna... CTyankee Aug 2012 #7

Apparently they are different places RZM Aug 2012 #10

It is on my bucket list along with various other places. I just read a book on Gustav Klimt and CTyankee Aug 2012 #11

Number 5 is Prague, St. Vitus Cathedral... joeybee12 Aug 2012 #14

I'm thinking you were there and saw it... CTyankee Aug 2012 #16

I've been to Prague 12 times! joeybee12 Aug 2012 #18

Prague is another one on my bucket list! CTyankee Aug 2012 #19

No, but I first went there in 1992 and fell in love with the city... joeybee12 Aug 2012 #20

what did you like the most? CTyankee Aug 2012 #21

Loved it all...but I really loved hanging out in Mala Strana joeybee12 Aug 2012 #22

Prague's The Bunker in the 1990s was the place to be. aikoaiko Aug 2012 #47

Toledo HopeHoops Aug 2012 #23

Holy pinboy3niner Aug 2012 #24

Sorry, but Toledo? Which one? CTyankee Aug 2012 #25

(hint: random response. Answer: OH) HopeHoops Aug 2012 #26

How about if I say Tupelo Mississippi grantcart Aug 2012 #27

Please dont be mad, I just didn't get the reference and I am sorry about that. I meant it.. CTyankee Aug 2012 #28

I am not mad. I am making fun of those of us, and I am in the front row grantcart Aug 2012 #29

Oh, I am so relieved! I thought you must just hate me! CTyankee Aug 2012 #30

I love to share in this and every week I click on and think I'll get some small part of it. grantcart Aug 2012 #32

Oh CTyankee!!! blaze Aug 2012 #44

Aw, thanks Blaze! Your and others' encouragement keep me doing this...besides, I love the CTyankee Aug 2012 #46

A big hint here! CTyankee Aug 2012 #31

I'll hold the Challenge open for a while longer if anyone has answers... CTyankee Aug 2012 #33

I'll provide some diversion...#4 is Berlin. Iterate Aug 2012 #34

YES, indeed! CTyankee Aug 2012 #35

#6 has got to be Matisse, so I'm going to guess that it's in Paris. I don't know the specific work. yardwork Aug 2012 #36

It sure LOOKS like a Matisse, doesn't it? CTyankee Aug 2012 #37

LOL! I just read the subthread below. How interesting! yardwork Aug 2012 #45

I only knew about it from a NYT article a few weeks ago. That's when I got the idea for CTyankee Aug 2012 #48

I love your Friday Art Challenge thread. It is one of my favorite parts of DU. yardwork Aug 2012 #49

I'm so glad you like them! And I love finding the pictures and putting them up. CTyankee Aug 2012 #50

# 6 copy of stolen Matisse librechik Aug 2012 #38

Did my hint give it away or had you seen the story in the newspaper (like I did)? CTyankee Aug 2012 #39

your hint made me remember the story librechik Aug 2012 #40

do you want to hazard a guess on #1? CTyankee Aug 2012 #41

I'm really bad with the Italians--can't tell a Raphael from a Giotto librechik Aug 2012 #42

No, it is late enough Renaissance to be on canvas... CTyankee Aug 2012 #43

who won the challenge? was I close? grantcart Aug 2012 #51

darlin' you are close to mah heart! CTyankee Aug 2012 #52

Well the way I see it I was the only one that submitted a complete slate of 6 answers grantcart Aug 2012 #53

Honey, you get a "participation" trophy! You tried! CTyankee Aug 2012 #54

Yess! grantcart Aug 2012 #55