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Here are more famous ceilings in famous places for you to identify. Five of the six are by some of the worlds greatest artists for you to also identify.
...and, as always, we dont cheat here...
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)It's that rotunda in that building somewhere that has that stuff painted on the inside of its rotunda.
First out of the box! Woo-hoo!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)glad you could be the FIRST to reply!
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Me & the Mrs. LIVE for this thread. We quit working for the weekend when you post it.
But it is a rotunda, right? And not one of those Trumple Oil things?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I'm glad to hear that you and the Mrs. like this!
Have you visited this place?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Although I don't why they don't identify the Italian city it was named after.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)It's exit 2 on the New Jersey Turnpike. But I never saw nothing like that there.
So, I figured it had to be the one in Ohio.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)We had to scrap Lombardy the last time around, but it was on the list before that part of the trip went down the tubes.
The ceiling is, as I understand it, flat in the bride's room of the Ducal digs in Mantua, though.
Mantua, New Jersey, though, is not so bad. It's an easy commute to Philly.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)that is too bad. I hope it wasn't because of bad problems...
I had hideous problems in northern Italy. Note to everyone: do not have your passport stolen in any city that is not a capital. My train trip to Milan from the Italian Riviera was a real pain in the butt.
Oh well...I hope your experience wasn't so awful...
Yes, a lost passport was involved. Hotel safe and "Honey, I thought YOU had them!" That's not so much of a big deal, except sometimes the Swiss will ask to see it on the way in, as they are not in the EU. It's like one of those every tenth car things, or if they think you look odd.
But stuff like that turns a trip into an adventure.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)hey, I lived to tell the tale...but having to go to a city with consulate ain't no fun...except that in Milan I got to go to the Cathedral (did I say I was also suffering from a stomach virus?) and La Scala.
Hotel safe is now a requirement. I've never had a problem since. My stupid...
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)suffragette
(12,232 posts)I think it's Music at the Paris Opera
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)That's the only one I know of.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)joeybee12
(56,177 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I was in Paris in April and had never been to the Opera Garnier before. What an experience!
Paris is beyond wonderful...no wonder Republicans can't stand it...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Repukes don't understand that.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)about having to be there! French people grow up knowing their cultural institutions and respecting them. Going to museums is just "what you do."
I was impressed.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)We don't...we don't repspect intelligence or even education, really.
elleng
(130,975 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Altho I DO see some Boston kids in the MFA when I visit...
elleng
(130,975 posts)Y'all OK?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)elleng
(130,975 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I think it is beautiful!
Have you been there to see it?
suffragette
(12,232 posts)but the last time I was in London, I saw some lithographs for sale which depicted part of it. Really fell in love with one of them, but couldn't afford it.
J'adore!
ceile
(8,692 posts)But I have no clue as to any of them...
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)I keep thinking the cherubs inside the fence are going to pee or poop on me, and I scroll down very quickly. I suppose the peacock and the faces on the people should be a giveaway.
monmouth
(21,078 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Lochloosa
(16,066 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The floor of the Sistine Chapel
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)But not many people bother to check out the floors.
There are some awesome floors in some of these joints.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)There are some that are wonderful, tho. Have you seen the maze on the floor of the Cathedral of Chartes, France?
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I think you posted that one once.
I got dragged around a lot of places as child and have vivid memories of the floors of most of them. Ceilings, not so much.
I have terrible posture.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)and I did post the maze at Chartres. I haven't been there. I wish I could go and at one point planned a trip to visit all of the cathedrals by train within a relatively short distance from Paris. My husband's spinal surgeries interrupted that idea...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)And WHERE...looks like a fascinating building.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Or maybe not...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)No one's tried even on that one.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)...the pipework support to the top and left side support what appears to be a fabric roof section as would be used in an open air venue. The circle of the zodiac rules out most religions but I think I see an Arabic or Moorish influence...
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)reason for it in this place. I mean, literally...
Iterate
(3,020 posts)Not long ago I read Peter Ackroyd's "Shakespeare: The Biography" and along the way had looked up photos of the new Globe as the original was being described.
Something about the image and the faux marble columns seemed familiar but it didn't click until your clue arrived, just in time.
Great book, by the way.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Have you seen this ceiling?
this wasn't a google photo. My daughter took it on a trip to London over the Christmas break.
Iterate
(3,020 posts)and I missed the "G". "Fuzzy heraldic crest on an opera house ceiling" was as far as my poor eyes could take me with that part of the image. Due credit goes to the author for a vivid description.
Peter Ackroyd's description of the Globe was fascinating, including such detail as the column decoration and orientation of the stage, angled to catch the afternoon sun. Performances continued through the winter, open air, in all weather. Plague seasons would close the theater and send the company out of town for the duration.
It's certainly on the "must see" list at the next opportunity. I've been lucky enough to visit southern England several times and each time we've made it a point to see some terrific, locally-staged plays, so good in fact that it might take some effort to charm my hosts into a trek to London.
Whew! All of this looking up has left me feeling like a gawking tourist.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)will each screen for one day at theaters across the US and the World. The filming is purpose made and in performance. I recommend anyone who likes this sort of thing to go to the link and find a local screen and plan to attend.
-Monday, June 27th The Merry Wives of Windsor
-Monday, August 1st Henry IV Part 1
-Thursday, August 18th Henry IV Part 2
-Thursday, September 15th Henry VIII
http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/theatre/on-film
Iterate
(3,020 posts)One or both of us should repost as an OP close to the performance dates. I hope many DUers will be interested.
ananda
(28,867 posts)Gorgeous!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)In case that is not the one you referenced, you should know that there is no ceiling here from the Sistine Chapel...
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Hey, jberryhill, where are you?
Hi CTYankee!
#1 is by Andrea Mantegna, who was a real master of perspective.
Lovely challenge today! Thanks as always.
horseshoecrab
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)anyone have some ideas out there?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)#s 2, 4 and 5 are in different countries...
one is England, another is France, and another is Italy...
is in France. It is "St. Michael Defeats the Devil" by Eugene Delacroix. It resides at the church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, France.
T S Justly
(884 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Do you have any guesses for those not guessed?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)away...
Solly Mack
(90,773 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Of the Piazza Della Pepperoni.
Is it set up for a wedding reception? Was I invited?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)I had me some good hors d'oeuvre in that Hotêl!
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)burrowowl
(17,641 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)I've never seen this. Have you, by any chance?
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)But that didn't make it any easier to find it again.
I've also seen the image in #4, but I haven't been able to find it this time. The central figure may be St. Peter. Or maybe it's that St. Peter Paul guy. Is the ceiling made of chocolate, coconut and nuts, by any chance?
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)which is why it, along with Rococo, is my least favorite art era (with the exception of Bronzino).
this is the Vision of St. John the Evangelist by Correggio. It is in Parma, Italy. Though a bit ugly to me, it is fascinating. You can google the work and get lots more images. It's kinda fun, but to me totally off the wall...pardon the pun...
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)and googled identified each one in about a second.
I don't know if that's good or bad.
Thanks for the beautiful pics tho.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)to "guess." That's what I mean by "cheating."
You were honorable, tho.
I wonder how you found the image location for the Globe Theatre photo. That was not from Google or another Internet site. It was taken by my daughter...
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 28, 2012, 08:10 PM - Edit history (1)
regardless of image source.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)why is it a desirable app to have?
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)Let me rephrase. What was it originally designed for?
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)It can scan downloaded pictures or pictures you take on the spot with your phone's camera.I thought it sounded neat but I only played with it for a bit when I got it and then forgot about it.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)It would save me time and energy trying to find it on Google just making a description of it?
OK, but you had actual use of the app and you say you didn't use it (except for my you know what). I find that interesting.
As far as I am concerned, it really makes no difference to me. I was really just curious as to its usage. It didn't seem to have a practical application in people's daily life and I was wondering if there was something I "missed."
This is beginning to tell me that there are apps out there that people acquire because it sounds "cool." I am wondering if this is a thought-through acquisition. Maybe so, but maybe not...I haven't heard a cogent argument for acquiring it, altho I am open to suggestions...maybe there is one out there...I certainly don't know everything, that's for sure!
leeroysphitz
(10,462 posts)The science behind this image recognition is fascinating. The app was free.
It sounded like the app would turn my phone into a futuristic scanning device like a tri-corder from Star Trek and it did but the reality is I don't walk around on a day to day basis wondering what the objects around me are. I'm on familiar ground I know my home town pretty well but I haven't gone on vacation yet this year or to the DIA, for that matter, and I can imagine it would be very useful at such times.