The Friday Afternoon Challenge returns, DU darlings! Today’s humble offering: Museum ‘Signatures’!

[CTyankee]

Can you identify these museums with the following “signature” characteristics?

And, please, no cheating and “guessing”...play fair...

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[monmouth]

1. I haven't a clue (I never do) but oh, how gorgeous...n/t

[CTyankee]

2. Thanks, Monmouth!

I've actually been in only 4 out of the 6 but I swear I'll go to all of them before I kick off this mortal coil...

[monmouth]

3. Good on you...n/t

[CTyankee]

4. Goodness gracious, where are our art majors?

#6 alone should make you joyful!

[cui bono]

5. I might know #3... did that exhibit just open recently? n/t

[CTyankee]

6. I don't think so, but....

What city are you talking about?

[cui bono]

45. NYC. And if it's the place I thought it might be it has one of those words

in its name.

[hfojvt]

44. is it the chutes and ladders museum?

actually this may be cheating. I googled chutes and ladders to find out where it was made, so I could make a proper joke, but first I thought, maybe there really is a chutes and ladders museum. Google came up with this http://exhibits.smm.org/wiki/display/program/Southside+Chutes+and+Ladders which may actually be #3

What can I say, the only museums I have been to in the last decade are
a. The Wizard of Oz museum in Wamego, Kansas
and
b, The C.W. Parker Carousel museum in Leavenworth.

Well, and I did watch "Night at the Museum" about five years ago.

[fascisthunter]

7. no, and I'm an Artist

the last one however looks like the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

[CTyankee]

8. No, but I can see why you thought it might be in the Gardner.

It isn't in Boston, but in its original place. And the painting you see is what was painted there so many centuries ago...

[fascisthunter]

9. very cool... ahhhh... looks like...

... it is in Italy.

[CTyankee]

11. Why, my goodness, yes! How did you ever know?

[CTyankee]

10. MAJOR HINT: A renowned film maker "featured" one of these sites

in his latest very successful movie.

[ellisonz]

12. 2. Getty Museum - Santa Monica

[CTyankee]

14. Wonderful! congrats!

I LOVE the Getty! Been there several times on trips with my dtr.

Great museum and I LOVE the trolley!

[ellisonz]

18. That's the easy one.

However, it's not a trolley. It's a tram.

I'd also highly recommend the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena and the Huntington Library in San Marino.

[CTyankee]

21. I wanted to go to the Norton Simon on my latest trip but it was closed on Tuesdays!

My only day to have that freedom. I was seriously bummed out...

Sorry about the trolley/tram thing. I guess I don't know the difference...mi dispiace!

[ellisonz]

24. Their collection of Asian art is superb.

The difference is minor and they're often used interchangeably and especially internationally - they're also hybridized often.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference_between_train_and_tram_rails

[CTyankee]

25. Thanks for the explanation!

[suffragette]

13. Figured out #4 I think, but have not been there

I keep wanting to go and keep never making it.

[CTyankee]

15. well, you have to GO!

[suffragette]

17. So many museums in Paris

Never enough time.

[CTyankee]

23. Oh, so true. This one is, however...

[CTyankee]

38. Take that guess, suffragette...you know which museum it is...

let folks know!

[suffragette]

43. Musee de l'Orangerie

I so want to see the waterlilies there.

For now, I'l just have to re-read "Light" by Eva Figes and dream of those waterlilies:

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/16/books/monet-summer-1900.html?pagewanted=all

edit for typo

[lapislzi]

48. Very special experience

In a very special setting. No one speaks. Everyone just experiences.

Then, we went outside and had ice cream!

[CTyankee]

50. Did you see "Midnight in Paris", the Woody Allen film?

they shot a scene in that room. I thought it was great that Allen was allowed to shoot in that museum. They are hugely pissy about "the rules" in the Orangerie. No flash photos permitted. However, since it was a film that the First Lady of France was in, they got "special privileges."

go see that movie for the sheer joy of experiencing Paris!

[suffragette]

60. Double yum!

[elleng]

53. Best/most satisfying Paris museum, imo;

very civilized, not crowded, fine collection, and a nice surprise because I wasn't expecting it's delights!

[suffragette]

61. Definitely on the list for next time I'm able to go,

though not sure when or how long away that might be.

[Kingofalldems]

16. Is #5 in Italia?

I would love to visit all of them though.

[CTyankee]

19. No. # 5 is NOT in Italia. HINT: it is a recently opened museum...

[Kingofalldems]

20. Sorry I meant to say Spain, but that's probably wrong also!

[CTyankee]

22. Actually, no Spanish museums here, unfortunately! I LOVED Spain for its art

but it is not represented here (unfairly!). I am so sorry...

[CTyankee]

26. OK folks, two are in the U.S. Four are in Europe and represent 4 countries...

[pinboy3niner]

27. #6: Convento di San Marco, Florence

Fra Angelico, The Crucifixion with Saint Dominic (one of two versions, the other located in the Louvre), in the Convento di San Marco, Florence.

[CTyankee]

29. Pinboy you are wonderful...

Yes, #6 is the museum of the convent of San Marco in Florence...why don't more Americans GO THERE when they go to Florence???

This cell is actually that of Savonarola! Isn't that cool?

And, of course, the fresco is by Fra Angelico, who painted these scenes in the monks' cells with tears streaming down his face...

[pinboy3niner]

31. I think I may have visited there decades ago, when I toured Florence

The monastery at Orvieto also had at least one work by Fra Angelico. What I remember most is that the monks there served a nice dinner, and they also made some excellent wines. :)

[CTyankee]

33. Glad you are here, Pinboy! We needed you for this Challenge!

[some guy]

28. 3 4 5

3 is the Guggenheim. Or else it isn't.

4 is the Rothko museum. Is there a Rothko museum? I might be wrong here.

5 is the absolute coolest outside-of-a-museum I've ever seen. ( I know I'm right about this.) It's probably not in Denver.

[CTyankee]

30. You know, I can see why you think @3 is the Guggenheim...I've been there

and I get it...but no...

#4 is not the Rothko but I also can see why you think it might be. It actually features an artist of basically the late 19th century, one you know well...

#5 is a more recent museum. You really have to think about the whole idea of its art...it was very famous in the early 20th century...it was considered very, very modern and out of the mainstream then...

and yes, it is the "coolest" of all the museums here, except maybe the San Marco...;you can't get much better than Fra Angelico...sorry...

[some guy]

34. lol

" . . .features an artist of basically the late 19th century, one you know well... " actually, I don't know any artist of any era well.

I have been to the Dali museum in St Pete FL. That was really fun. I might be able to recognize his work 3 out of 19 times.

I've been to a couple other art museums, but not really all that many, and I don't know near enough about art.

I briefly considered buying an art book today at Barnes & Noble. There was a giant one, the size of it caught my eye. I already forgot the title, but it was simple and seemed to cover all of art for all of recorded history. It was in shrink wrap, so I couldn't flip through it at all. Weighed about 20 pounds.

On the same table was another about the Louvre. It claimed to have pictures of all the art in the Louvre. 3,022 pictures.

[CTyankee]

36. I can't read those giant art books because I read art books in bed and those are just

too humongous.

Don't try to get an art book that covers all of art in history. Get what era/area interests you and read smaller volumes...it pays off.

You know more than you think you know. I'll bet you know #4's artist...my photo was not large enough to show you his works. Once you see them you'll know.

Go to Paris and decide to devote at least 3 days to the Louvre if you are serious about its art. It is huge. But decide on what you want to see ahead of time as a kind of strategy of looking...

The Louvre: my list: the Marriage at Cana by Veronese. The newly commissioned ceiling by Cy Twombly (the first American to have a ceiling commissioned by the Louvre), the "row" of Delacroix, Gericault and David paintings, The Death of the Virgin by Caravaggio.

[CTyankee]

32. Americans! You don't know #1?

How can that be?

[some guy]

35. MoMA?

in New York? I dunno, but your post made me feel like I had to put something.

[CTyankee]

37. Not MoMA,. Think north of New York City...cultural city...

[elleng]

40. Sounds like Boston to me!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

49. Hi, there!

This is a pic my dtr took when we were in September there for the Lichtenstein-Monet exhibit. The glass structure is by Chiluli, whose exhibit had recently closed there and the museum was raising money to buy it for its permanent collection, which it did. The structure is quite tall. It is in the big hall where there is a nice restaurant.

I'm going up to Boston next Tuesday for the MFA's "Degas and his Nudes" exhibit, which has gotten RAVE reviews. I'll also finally get to go to the Gardner (across the street from MFA).

Hope all is well with you...

[elleng]

52. Figured it was Chiluli, but couldn't recall artists name!

Pardon that senior moment???
:shrug:
Degas at Phillips in DC, I think, now. PARDON my failure to attend, please; busy with some 'other' things, you know. Great that you'll get to the Gardner!
:hi:

[CTyankee]

54. Well, people actually have LIVES! When all settles down you might be

able to come to the Challenge, but right now you have more than enough of your own challenges!

I'm still up in the air about Belgium but will keep you informed...

Boy, this jet lag, first from Europe then 2 weeks later from California! My body doesn't know when to sleep and when to wake up...at my age, it keeps getting harder to cope with...

[elleng]

55. Oh, right, you're REALLY jet-challenged!

[CTyankee]

56. guess I shouldn't complain, huh?

[elleng]

57. No, 2 great trips. Tea and rest!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

58. And plan the NEXT trip!...

[elleng]

59. Allons-y!!!!

[CTyankee]

62. Now, dtr in CA sends me trip info to Lake Como, sponsored by her local

fondazione italia in L.A. Sheesh! It's at the end of March and super cheap. I may HAVE to go...:evilgrin:

[elleng]

63. Was there during our honeymoon;

Amy may have been MADE there! I recommend it (as I do most of Italy!) and would go if I could! Strategy pending!

[CTyankee]

64. I went to Lake Maggiore in May of 08. I liked it a lot. Also went to Isola Bella.

It's a lovely area.

[elleng]

39. Just got here; studying.

Glad you're home, safe!
:hi:

[pinboy3niner]

41. #5: The Magritte Museum on the Place Royale, in Brussels

The house depicted in the middle is Magritte's home and studio, located a few miles away.

Whew--that was a tough one!

[CTyankee]

47. How did you get to it?

I'm really interested in what "clues" you had!

[pinboy3niner]

51. I didn't have a clue...

...so I searched for a museum with a trompe l'oeil wall. That was still pretty broad, but eventually it led to an article (with photo) published a week before the museum opened.

[pinboy3niner]

42. Looks like we still need answers for #s 1 and 3

So far we have:

#2 - Getty Museum in Santa Monica, CA

#4 - Musee de l'Orangerie, Paris

#5 - Museum at the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy

#6 - Magritte Museum in Brussels, Belgium

[CTyankee]

46. There is a BONUS round question!

It is here along with the answers to this Challenge: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2245986

Thanks everyone for playing. Try to guess the bonus round question: