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65. Still trying #4

Reply to CTyankee (Reply #59)

Fri May 3, 2013, 06:31 PM

May 2013

It's hard!

I tried Thisbe, Ariadne, Phaedra, Eurydice, Alcyone, Latona, Alcestis...

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Here we are again, DUers! Just in time for the Friday Afternoon Challenge: “Women of Desire!” [View all] CTyankee May 2013 OP

Number four is... WCGreen May 2013 #1

Ha! Pretty dramatic... CTyankee May 2013 #7

pregnant kardonb May 2013 #69

I thought about that. As a feminist, I can see where you are coming from. However, it CTyankee May 2013 #95

Thank you... WCGreen May 2013 #98

... CaliforniaPeggy May 2013 #99

No. 5 is... Brickbat May 2013 #2

Yep. I just love it... CTyankee May 2013 #8

That was the only one of the bunch that I had seen.... WCGreen May 2013 #12

Great answer. It is a classic pre-Raphaelite work. entanglement May 2013 #26

That would make the female "The Lady in the Lake" longship May 2013 #33

doncha love it? CTyankee May 2013 #77

It's gorgeous! nt longship May 2013 #81

Dunno, elleng May 2013 #3

I know. I can't take my eyes off it! CTyankee May 2013 #9

The dress on the first reminds me of Klimt, but it isn't; # 6 is... joeybee12 May 2013 #4

Actually, there is no Salome here... CTyankee May 2013 #11

Guesses - pinto May 2013 #5

I was going to say Bathsheba for #2 PotatoChip May 2013 #10

You are correct! CTyankee May 2013 #15

Depicting the short hair is pretty cool... WCGreen May 2013 #20

I have the sense that her hair is "put up" as in a braid or a bun... CTyankee May 2013 #63

Gerome. Shrike47 May 2013 #21

Not to mention the OT...LOL... CTyankee May 2013 #24

Jean-Leon Gerome. entanglement May 2013 #34

BATHsheba for short. ;) nt longship May 2013 #96

I can see how you would have guessed these but they are not... CTyankee May 2013 #14

#6 looks to be Eve being tempted. longship May 2013 #6

I am not sure what that crescent moon is there for, if it is for anything...IMO it doesn't CTyankee May 2013 #22

#6-- Salome's Dance of the 7 Veils? Hekate May 2013 #28

No. Here's a HINT: she is NOT trying to entice. In fact, just the opposite...Look at her eyes CTyankee May 2013 #36

#1 reminds me of a Waterhouse The Straight Story May 2013 #13

there is no Waterhouse here... CTyankee May 2013 #16

Yeah, I have seen most of his works but the style reminds me of him (nt) The Straight Story May 2013 #17

Ah, there's a reason for that... CTyankee May 2013 #18

Is number two Bathsheba WCGreen May 2013 #19

It is. Who painted it? CTyankee May 2013 #23

Don't have a clue... WCGreen May 2013 #27

These are hard! Just guessing..... femmocrat May 2013 #25

No, there is no Renoir and no Rubens here... CTyankee May 2013 #37

Is one of them a Tintoretto? kentuck May 2013 #29

There isn't but I'm fascinated by your guess. Which one do you think looks like CTyankee May 2013 #45

#1 & #2 Tansy_Gold May 2013 #30

#1 -- Common Pre-raphaelite theme Tansy_Gold May 2013 #35

I KNEW I'd see you here! I remember you knowing this era very well. CTyankee May 2013 #39

Yup entanglement May 2013 #43

the whole idea is supposed to be about obsession, recalling a critique of Keats's poem. CTyankee May 2013 #47

Yeah. . . . Tansy_Gold May 2013 #51

Well, look at what happens to him after he kisses her...whammo... CTyankee May 2013 #53

I almost used a Bouguereau...but decided against it...lots of PRB... CTyankee May 2013 #38

I generally look at the pix Tansy_Gold May 2013 #46

Now I'm gonna have to read that book... CTyankee May 2013 #48

But but but... LostOne4Ever May 2013 #100

I love his work. I love the romanticizing of history by the pre Raphaelites. CTyankee May 2013 #102

#5 - Isolde? Or Ophelia? pinto May 2013 #31

aw, I'm sorry, no Isolde or Ophelia here. Wish I had thought of Isolde tho...hmm... CTyankee May 2013 #40

#2 entanglement May 2013 #32

Yep, it was guessed above... CTyankee May 2013 #42

Is #6 Judith and Holofernes? Manifestor_of_Light May 2013 #41

No, no Judith here. But I can see how you went there. CTyankee May 2013 #44

Yes, let's objectify women even more. zappaman May 2013 #49

Really? This is art. CTyankee May 2013 #50

Must be John Ashcroft lurking here. Cleita May 2013 #68

yeah, and good lord I'm a huge feminist but I recognize that art is art and has a CTyankee May 2013 #71

In my art classes in a Catholic college taught by a nun and a male lay teacher in Cleita May 2013 #74

I'm not sure how to communicate this message to the poster, tho. He seems to have CTyankee May 2013 #76

During the Renaissance, from what I understand you were contracted by Cleita May 2013 #79

Of course, what we have to remember is that Klimt was inspired by the Byzantine art in CTyankee May 2013 #82

Fair enough. You are the expert here. Cleita May 2013 #83

I am NO expert. I am an amateur art historian. I love art and research it all the time. CTyankee May 2013 #86

It does say "Women of Desire" in the title. longship May 2013 #52

Seriously? Seriously? panader0 May 2013 #55

As paintings, they are already objects. n/t lumberjack_jeff May 2013 #97

#4 Hint please? entanglement May 2013 #54

I was thinking the same. I've seen it before. longship May 2013 #57

I know. This really looks like an unfinished work by a famous painter. I don't know why CTyankee May 2013 #59

Still trying #4 entanglement May 2013 #65

We've got 1 and 2 and I know I've seen 6 today but can't remember where... Shrike47 May 2013 #56

Susannah? (of Susannah and the Elders) Shrike47 May 2013 #58

actually, no Susannahs here... CTyankee May 2013 #60

#6 is Titian, Diana (and Acteon) Shrike47 May 2013 #61

Wow, did my hint lead you to it? CTyankee May 2013 #62

This message was self-deleted by its author JimDandy May 2013 #101

Well, #4 is Psyche? longship May 2013 #64

You are on the right track... CTyankee May 2013 #72

Psyche Abandoned by Jacques-Louis David! longship May 2013 #84

Good for YOU! What led you to this? CTyankee May 2013 #87

It popped into my head. longship May 2013 #89

It's a wonder that my own brain cells function! I can't remember sh*t... CTyankee May 2013 #92

#4has to be Beaogero however he spelled it. OffWithTheirHeads May 2013 #66

It's Bouguereau, and I don't think it's his. longship May 2013 #67

No, but the same era... CTyankee May 2013 #73

I think #2 is Bathsheba. Knightraven May 2013 #70

Yes, it is and it was guessed. It is Bathsheba and it is by Gerome, a French painter of the CTyankee May 2013 #75

#3 is NOT guessed, folks! Here's your challenge! CTyankee May 2013 #78

And we don't know who did #4? CTyankee May 2013 #80

Jacques-Louis David "Psyche Abandoned" #4!!! longship May 2013 #85

What really tipped it for you? Tell, tell... CTyankee May 2013 #88

Posted up thread. Sorry for the double post. longship May 2013 #91

I love it that you are excited! We all should be with this gorgeous art... CTyankee May 2013 #93

I have no idea...but that's Terence Stamp in #5! Honeycombe8 May 2013 #90

Wow, look at that "look"! CTyankee May 2013 #94