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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 04:59 PM Original message |
Welcome to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! The Bloody Crossroads: when art is condemned! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
1. Kick to give you guys a little more time...no guesses? |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Caravaggio: St Matthew and the Angel |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Oops, that waould be #1 |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:22 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. You would be right but do you know why? |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #10 |
18. On description stated "lack of decorum" |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:34 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. Have you seen the St. Matthew paintings in Rome? |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. Haven't been to Rome |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:54 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. The 3 paintings are in a smallish church in Rome. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
3. #1 looks sort of like Goya. Goya? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. Was 3 considered decadent by the reagan, er, I mean Hitler regime? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. not Ernst... |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:25 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. Max Beckmann or Egon Schiele? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. no, neither. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:26 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. make that the DEGENERATE art, as considered by hitler regime |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #17 |
20. and... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:36 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Is it george Grosch? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. OMG, It's a Kokoshka, isn't it? #3 |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:59 PM Response to Reply #35 |
43. Or Ernst Kirchner ? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:03 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. sorry, I didn't respond to your second question, for which the answer is yes. |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Then, definitely a german expressionist. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. well,... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Tisn't. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
38. no. |
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Angry Dragon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
6. Is that Grace Kelly in number 6?? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. no, but it sure looks like her... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Is 6 an Ingmar Bergman film? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. No. |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. Kick and Rec |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
23. Hi sugar blossom! |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:41 PM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Sweetski! |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
9. Is 4 michael moore film? Farenheit 911? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. No, not Michael Moore... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Is it the gore film? |
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jannyk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
11. kick |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Does number 5 represent a novel? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:35 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. I really don't know. Do you have an idea? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:42 PM Response to Reply #25 |
31. Well, madame bovary commits suicide, but I can't remember if she does it at home |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Neither bovary nor nana is in the house...sorry... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
27. Is #2 a portrayal of Shakespeare's character Shylock? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. Ahhhh...but no. I see why guessed it, tho! |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:58 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Well, the nose putty is fairly obvious |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:01 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. The more you think about it, the more you will realize what it is... |
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blogslut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
30. #3 looks like some of the art I saw in a book about the Apartheid |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:57 PM Response to Reply #30 |
40. No, nothing to do with apartheid... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:48 PM Original message |
Is 6 "A Doll's House" by Ibsen? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
41. No, not Ibsen... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:09 PM Response to Reply #41 |
54. ...Strindberg? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:24 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Aww, no... |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
32. ## PLEASE DONATE TO DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND! ## |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 05:51 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. You startled me Grovelbot! |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:02 PM Response to Reply #34 |
45. lol |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:04 PM Response to Reply #45 |
48. Maybe he'll give you the answers if you donate?! |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:08 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Ah, but I did donate already |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
59. yes, of course... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
46. #5 kinda looks like a Manet, but more like an illustrator copying the style. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:05 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I know opera pretty well of this era but I don't think so. |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #49 |
69. OK, process of elimination: Is the city Paris or Amsterdam? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #69 |
72. my goodness, why on earth would you think about sex when you see this painting? |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #72 |
80. I'm seeing beyond sex, i.e., |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #80 |
83. Yet, somehow, it was...go figure... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #83 |
85. Rolla (1878) - Henri Gervex. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:46 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. Can you tell me how you got this? |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:09 PM Response to Reply #86 |
90. It looks French, the man looks to be distressed (like there's some sort of urgency), |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
50. #2 is Sergei Eisenstein's Ivan the Terrible |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
60. Which one? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #50 |
68. Ivan IV and Stalin hated the second part of the movie |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. Yeah, I am. I'm retired you see so I have the time to dream up these tyranical challenges... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Hells bells, folks. We have # 3, 5 and 6 unidentified! |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #50 |
82. Didn't that actor also play the lead in Nevsky? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I really don't know! Maybe... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #82 |
91. Yes, it was Nikolai Cherkasov |
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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
52. Is #2 Alexander Nevsky by Eisenstein banned for |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
65. It is not Alexander Nevesky... |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:19 AM Response to Reply #65 |
100. It's Ivan the Terrible (Part 1?) by Eisenstein, banned by Stalin. |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:09 PM Response to Original message |
53. #4 refers to the day Guernica by Picasso was covered up at the UN |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:26 PM Response to Reply #53 |
61. Yep, but how did you know that? |
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Generic Other (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #61 |
67. I made a speech at a protest against this that day |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #67 |
71. Such a perfect capstone of the power of art, isn't it? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
56. Was #6 banned by the Catholic church? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
62. well, not banned...they couldn't really do that... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:36 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Condemned? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 06:35 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. yes. |
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canetoad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
66. Is No. 2 from The Agony and the Ecstasy |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #66 |
70. Oh, no...not anywhere near Heston's nose...go back a few decades... |
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WorseBeforeBetter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
77. Is it Mephistopheles? (n/t) |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
75. Could we have a summary of correct answers so far? :-) |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 07:53 PM Response to Reply #75 |
76. Sure. |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #76 |
78. OK, hint on #6: think south of Scandinavia... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:24 PM Response to Reply #78 |
79. Is it "And God Created Woman"? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #79 |
81. AWK. No. wrong country and wrong filmmaker... |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #81 |
88. OK, now we're down to #3 and #6. Any takers? |
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11 Bravo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
87. I'm pretty sure #1 is "God helps Angel Sarah Palin read the big words." |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #87 |
89. LOVE IT! |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
92. 3)Pechstein, Self Portrait with Death |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:45 PM Response to Reply #92 |
93. and it was placed in the Nazi Entartete Kunst exhibit |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:18 PM Response to Reply #93 |
95. Yes, I only found this because you brought up |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:23 PM Response to Reply #95 |
96. And to think hitler was an artist himself in the beginning |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 10:30 PM Response to Reply #96 |
97. Strong colors and contrasts - I like the colors as well |
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martymar64 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 09:22 AM Response to Reply #96 |
101. German Expressionism is powerful stuff |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 03:18 PM Response to Reply #101 |
102. Who was the guy who painted animals, the blue horses? |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-18-11 09:49 PM Response to Original message |
94. was #5 taken down at a Paris Salon exhibit? |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 06:43 AM Response to Reply #94 |
98. I believe it was...funny that... |
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Kurovski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-20-11 04:32 PM Response to Reply #94 |
103. I just remembered, franz marc! |
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CTyankee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-19-11 08:41 AM Response to Original message |
99. To those seeking all the answers, here is my post: |
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