This week’s Friday Afternoon Challenge: “Your fabulous face!”

[CTyankee]

We ponder six memorable faces in the history of art. Can you identify the work and the artist?
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[1620rock]

1. I don't know, but I think #6 looks the best.

[CTyankee]

2. Isn't she gorgeous? And it looks like she knows it!

[Honeycombe8]

23. She looks like Liza Minelli in the face. nt

[seabeyond]

3. i have seen 3, 4 and 6.... see how good i am. lol. happy

challenge day

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

4. I finally know one!

#1 The girl in the red hat - ver meer

[CTyankee]

5. Hey, that's great! Did you see it in the National Gallery in D.C?

I love it a lot (even tho there are those art critics who deny that Vermeer did it).

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

6. Not quite. I saw it in a Nat Gallery of Art tv program on ver meer

They were analyzing it ( how he did it ) and all of his other works.

i should go see it since it is only a metro ride away.

[CTyankee]

8. I love the look he captured with her face. Was she trembling? Crying?

I never saw an analysis of it so I don't really know. She looks like she's on the verge of tears, tho...

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

11. ...

the name of the nat gallery program is Vermeer... Master of
Light. maybe it's online.

[CTyankee]

13. It's just what I've read from various sources...I dunno...

[elleng]

39. I'll meet you there!!!

[CTyankee]

42. Hey, there's an idea! nt

[elleng]

44. Wanna get downtown, after recent excursion!

Just learned there's a big Picasso 'show' in Richmond, Virginia Art Museum (?) and may go (even tho he's not a huge fave of mine, but they may have other stuff of interest.) Do like his 'blue' stuff.

[CTyankee]

47. Any Picasso, rather than no Picasso, is better, if you have the chance!

Right?

[elleng]

49. Sure!

[Kingofalldems]

7. Don't know the answers but #6 is beautiful

[CTyankee]

9. Oh, man, she's getting "good press" on this thread!

[xchrom]

10. recommend

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

12. Does #2 have something to with the french revolution?

[CTyankee]

14. No.

[elleng]

34. No, s/he's still got a head!!!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

36. Not "shortened" for sure....

[elleng]

40. HA!

:rofl:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. #3 is an Italian work, but I don't know by who...

The person pictured might be a Borgia.

#4 is a self-portrait...

That's all I got, sorry!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

16. #3 is Italian, but not a Borgia. #4 is a self portrait..

Go at it!

[immoderate]

18. How about Marco Polo.

I'm guessing because of his hat. I can't see his shirt.

--imm

[CTyankee]

19. sorry, but no.

[randr]

17. #2 Ann Frank?

[CTyankee]

20. No, sorry, it is not Anne Frank....

[blogslut]

21. #3 is a bust of Lorenzo de Medici

by Andrea del Verrocchio.

[1monster]

25. Damn! You beat me by two freakin' minutes. I should have skipped the

spell check and just hit post message. :( Congratulations, anyway. :D

[blogslut]

26. Aww

Well, I've seen images of this bust numerous times over the years. I'm pretty sure the first time I saw it was in a costumer's morgue back in my showbidness daze. :hi:

[1monster]

31. Really? I was a theatrical costumer for about ten years. After I was retained

to design and build sixteen sixteenth century costumes for a school pageant and only given the fabrics necessary three days before the teacher had to have them, I burned out. I got the costumes built on time (only got about seven hours of sleep in thirty hours!) but since then I haven't been able to make costumes since. Not even for my son who is into cosplay.

But back in the day, I designed and built six or seven prize winners for him. I wish I still had it in me, but I'm not even trying until I feel the burn to design again...

[blogslut]

32. I hear you

Burnout sucks. :hug:

[CTyankee]

62. God, what an awful job! My dtr was a costume designer for a short while and gave it up!

She's now in finance and making 6 figures....enough was enough...

[1monster]

64. It certainly isn't a job for those who are looking to make money. I don't enjoy

sewing, but I do--scratch that--did enjoy designing and making the design work.

[CTyankee]

43. thank you, blogslut! Yes, it is Verrocchio.

[philly_bob]

87. Captures the spirituality and lighthearted nature of the Borgias.

[tekisui]

22. Number 6, is it cropped in on her?

It looks so familiar.

[CTyankee]

37. Not sure. I don't think so...

[1monster]

24. Number 3 is Lorenzo de' Medici. He was the ruler of Florence

and also known as Lorenzo the The Magnificent.

[CTyankee]

38. But, the artist who did this?

[1monster]

45. Blogslut, above, posted two minutes before me and remembered to

name the artist: Andrea del Verrocchio.

[CTyankee]

50. Yep. Verrocchio on Lorenzo de Medici...whatta face...

[Honeycombe8]

27. #1 artist Rembrandt? #5 artist Renoir? #6..the artist who paints with dots...Sauerne or something

I've seen most of these, but I don't remember the artists exactly. Beautiful, though.

[CTyankee]

48. Oh, no, not any of them...sorry...

[woo me with science]

28. #1 is Vermeer, Girl with the Red Hat

[CTyankee]

60. Yep. First one guessed. See above...

[woo me with science]

86. Always enjoy your quizzes.

:hi:

[suffragette]

29. Is #2 by Camille Claudel?

[CTyankee]

35. No Claudel.

[suffragette]

55. Ah, then Rodin

and now found - Jean de Fiennes

[CTyankee]

56. Yep! Got it! Have you been to Paris to see it?

[suffragette]

81. To Paris, yes., but not to the Musee Rodin yet.

The style and material looked familiar though, probably from seeing their works at Musee D'Orsay.

For example: http://www.musee-orsay.fr/index.php?id=851&L=1&tx_commentaire_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=8810&no_cache=1

[sasha031]

30. #6 is Renoir

[CTyankee]

46. No Renoir.

[sasha031]

57. then who

:)

[CTyankee]

63. No. Not Renoir....

[WinkyDink]

33. #4 = Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) ~~Self-Portrait

http://www.lifeasmyth.com/journalWinter2008Berthe.html

(Googled "Famous French Women Painters" for a list; then Google-Images for each name + "self-portrait". Fourth name worked!)

[CTyankee]

41. Morisot is a fave for feminist artists and beloved. Did you know anything about her before ?

How did you realize she was a famous French woman painter?

[WinkyDink]

66. 1.) Didn't know of her; 2.) The painting looked French to me!

[CTyankee]

59. Her face is SO famous for Manet's paintings of her in so many works.

She was in his "Balcony" and in several other paintings he did of her. She married Manet's brother and everyone wonders of he was jealous. He never painted her again after she wed his brother...so you have seen here numerous times in his works....

[eleny]

68. This one is my favorite of today's paintings! Thanks for telling us who she is

[Parker CA]

51. No idea who #6 is, but she's gorgeous!

[CTyankee]

61. Isn't she? And whatta portraitist! He did a great job!

[marions ghost]

52. #2 is by sculptor Auguste Rodin

The sculpture is 'Jean de Fiennes, Draped' which was originally modeled c.1885-86 and cast by the Musee Rodin in 1987.

[CTyankee]

54. Tell me how you know this?

[marions ghost]

65. Rodin's style

= very distinctive. He put expression & emotion into faces instead of precisely chiseling the features.
Style is interpretive, abstracted, not realistic. Captures the spirit as much as the form. I think this is from Burghers of Calais?

[CTyankee]

67. Yes, it is. Have you been to Paris to see it?

I was there a month ago and I walked all around it to get the full effect.

I loved the Rodin Museum in Paris. It was a delight. He wasn't the greatest guy in the world but I did enjoy the art...

[marions ghost]

74. I've never been to Paris

I've been to the Hirshhorn in DC tho :P

[CTyankee]

78. I loved the Rodin Museum in Paris. What a wonderful place...a smallish house and

a very nice garden, where I saw the Burghers. On a really lovely street. I walked down from the Orsay on a pleasant afternoon. What could be better? Morning in the Musee D'Orsay and afternoon in the Rodin?...

[marions ghost]

82. That sounds like my kind of a day all right

...now if I can just get to Paris...

:D good challenge, thanks CTyankee:D

[CTyankee]

53. OK, folks. #2, #5 and #6 remain...Really?

[CTyankee]

58. We're down to # 5 and #6....getting close...

[tekisui]

73. Is #6 Monet?

[CTyankee]

79. No...

[eleny]

69. Welcome back!!!

[CTyankee]

71. Been back a while...a few weeks...in Paris, what a shame...

Thanks!

Give a guess on the last two!

[marions ghost]

70. #5 -- Susanna Bathing by Tintoretto

!?!

I thought it was Titian and looked at a lot of his work & couldn't place it and so then I thought of Tintoretto.

Here's a picture of the whole painting:

http://fineartamerica.com/featured/susanna-bathing-jacopo-robusti-tintoretto.html

[CTyankee]

72. Hey, great job! How did you know Tintoretto? He's kind of an "outlier" in Renaiisance art.

But what a great face she has!

[marions ghost]

75. Yes the delicate expression (& the hair)

reminded me of Titian. I thought she might be hovering over a baby or something. But she was looking at herself in a mirror. When I gave up on Titian, "Tintoretto" flashed in my mind. I guess I remembered studying the Venetian School, which I now see (Wiki) they were both a part of. Way back machine in my head is still working...

PS--Who's the old peeping tom guy in that painting? This painting is really kind of bizarre, beautiful but odd. Is that why he's an outlier?

[CTyankee]

76. Great hair!

I'm not the biggest fan of Tintoretto but this one is great.

Saw a very wonderful exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston of the Venetian artists. LOvely...

[marions ghost]

77. I have to agree

this is a good one.

[marions ghost]

80. #6 = James McNeill Whistler -- "Lady Meux" ca.1880

!!! :bounce:

I just got lucky on that one. I looked up all the "Post-Impressionists" and as soon as I saw that Whistler was included, I knew this was by him....

edited--I think I have the title right now--

This is how it would look in one's living room for only $360:

http://www.oceansbridge.com/oil-paintings/product/33652/ladymeux1881

[WorseBeforeBetter]

83. Harmony in Pink and Grey, indeed.

What a stunner.

[emilyg]

84. #2 Rodin?

[Habibi]

85. Oh, I wish I had my old door-stopper Art History textbook with me.