Welcome to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! Painting the Medieval Town!

CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:06 PM
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Welcome to the Friday Afternoon Challenge! Painting the Medieval Town!

Here are six depictions of the town/city of medieval times, some of which are contained in much larger works. Can you identify who painted them (and the works if you know them)?

And, DU gentlefolks, please observe the �no cheating� rule! Thank you...
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kestrel91316

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:10 PM
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1. I dunno the names of the towns, lol, but that second pic is decidedly Escheresque.

Some weird perspective stuff going on there......

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:16 PM
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3. Interesting perspective! You'll find LOTS of hill towns in scenes like this one...

which is why you get the perspective you have...

This particular one was recently restored and the whole thing is gorgeous...

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Retrograde

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Fri Nov-11-11 07:19 PM
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25. I think it's because artists had just learned how to do perspective

so they stick in these towns to show off :)

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 07:58 PM
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27. Fascinating thought! Certainly, these towns show the way, but I never thought

of it that way. Perspective was brought back very early in the 15th century by Brunelleschi and I can see how these Italian hills towns could attract the artists who were drawn to the principle of linear perspective. According to one source I read, folks in Florence were freaked out by the idea of the vanishing point...the thought that you could just disappear gave them all kinds of grief...strange, no?

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Tansy_Gold

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:14 PM
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2. #5 is an ironic one

Lorenzetti's "The Effects of Good Government on the City Life"

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:16 PM
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5. Good on you! Gee, Tansy, sounds like you know this one!

Have you seen it personally?

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Tansy_Gold

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:20 PM
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7. No, I just get lucky sometimes

:evilgrin:

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:35 PM
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14. did you study late gothic art?

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Brother Buzz

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:20 PM
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8. Isn't there a sister panel to that painting?

Kinda like before and after, or, "would have, could have, should have".

I want to Google, but I'll wait.

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:34 PM
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13. Yes, there is. It is the opposite of good government.

Google it (I guess, don't know for sure) at Palazzo Publicco, Siena, "Effects of Bad Government." That one for some reason did not survive as well as the "good" one...some damage...sad...

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Brother Buzz

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Fri Nov-11-11 06:49 PM
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20. Ah, frescos

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 06:51 PM
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22. Aren't they somethin' !!!

Wow, wow, wow!!!

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Brother Buzz

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Fri Nov-11-11 07:00 PM
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23. Big!

I remember looking at them years ago. I was thinking they were wood panels, similar in size to what Hieronymus Bosch worked with.

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 07:06 PM
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24. Well, this was before they painted on canvas...

It was either walls or panels...take your pick...

oils had the better color...

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:16 PM
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4. Is number 6 Bosch?

Edited on Fri Nov-11-11 05:17 PM by librechik

what a draftsman!

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:20 PM
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6. No, but you think of Bosch when you see this...

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Tansy_Gold

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:20 PM
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10. Looks more like a Breughel to me, but I know nothing.

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:30 PM
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11. No, not Bruegel...

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Laf.La.Dem.

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:20 PM
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9. One has to be Jerusalem!!

My best bet will be #6

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:32 PM
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12. Given the era it was painted in, I would doubt that this would be a very accurate

depiction of Jerusalem! Probably more like the artist's own town (trying to bring the story of Christianity to the local people)!

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pscot

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:42 PM
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15. #4 is St. Framcis

driving the demons out of Arezzo. Giotto. I recognized the scene but had to google the artist.

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:48 PM
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17. That's fine. It's called research and I do it all the time! So good for you.

I just don't want people using their tricks to just "get" the name of the work or artist, using certain tricks...

Great stuff, this series by Giotto in the Basilica in Assisi. It is a tremendous art experience, believe me...

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Speck Tater

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:45 PM
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16. I was going to guess Hieronymus Bosch on #6 but I see that's already been ruled out. However...

I for the first one. I think it's by that guy whose name is right on the tip of my tongue. You know who I'm talking about. That famous artist guy. I'm going to guess Albrecht Durer.

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 06:49 PM
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19. Are you referring to #6?

#6 is not Durer...

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Speck Tater

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:47 PM
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37. No. "for the first one". #1 nt

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IcyPeas

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Fri Nov-11-11 05:49 PM
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18. Darn! I thought I had #1....

you introduced me (us) to an artist named Crivelli a few months ago. I went and looked him up and was amazed at his painting of the Annunciation. There is someone holding a miniature town in that painting. But, alas! it is NOT this painting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crivelli_Carlo,_Annunciation.jpg

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 06:50 PM
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21. Well, search a little further there...

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IcyPeas

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Fri Nov-11-11 07:59 PM
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28. No. 1 is a Cravelli

It is called "Triptych of Camerino"

Thanks CTyankee for making me look at more of his paintings.

YAY, I got one.

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:05 PM
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31. Oh, that's great! I'm so happy you found it!

What a terrific altarpiece this is...a real treasure...

Saint Venetius, the patron saint of Camarino is holding a model of the city itself. This was commissioned by that city, located in the Marches section of Italy, and it venerates their saint (along with the saint that had his skull broken open) in a side panel. Today it is in the Brera Museum in Milan...

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elleng

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Fri Nov-11-11 07:57 PM
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26. What about

Edited on Fri Nov-11-11 07:58 PM by elleng

:rofl:
:hi:

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:01 PM
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29. Wow! That looks great!

Tell me more...

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elleng

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:04 PM
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30. Its a board game!

Edited on Fri Nov-11-11 08:09 PM by elleng

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carcassonne-game.jpg

Can you see it?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carcassonne-game.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne_(board_game)

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:06 PM
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32. Aha! I thought you were talking about a trip there...

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elleng

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:12 PM
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33. Oh yes, that too! Pics in our album!

Stayed here:

http://www.hotel-donjon.fr/

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:25 PM
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34. Hey...nice...OMG, how much do I love France...

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elleng

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:39 PM
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36. Beaucoups, je crois!!!

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:37 PM
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35. OK, we have # 2 , #3 and # 6 to go!

#2 is part of a much bigger panorama, now recently restored and having great beauty. It is a very famous fresco of the early Renaissance.

#3 is a work, now disputed by a famous 14th century artist. It recounts the tale of a famous patriot...

#6 is Netherlandish, as you have all guessed...

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CTyankee

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Fri Nov-11-11 09:22 PM
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39. HINT: #2 is in Florence, Italy...

For #3, think of the Lorenzetti work...

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ellisonz

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Fri Nov-11-11 08:52 PM
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38. I got nada.

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CTyankee

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Sat Nov-12-11 08:52 AM
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40. You can find the answers to this challenge here

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2291847

Thanks for joining in. You guys are terrific!

Next week will be pretty lighthearted...please stop by...:hi:

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