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deusssexmachina

ART! CAN YOU HELP?

Feb 12, 2010 09:57

Hello, hello!

This is for all you art freaks or simply anyone who randomly knows the answer.
As some of you know, I am studying @ the Academy of Literature nowadays, and one of the subjects we have is history of art...
While it is a very nice subject to study, I do not know very much about it... Sure, I visit museums at times, and I have some ( Read more... )

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seinen_no February 12 2010, 10:49:13 UTC

Hey dear,
I have no great idea about art whatsoever, but I know that
G is the self-picture of Rembrandt and
E is the self-picture of Albrecht Dürer

H) I can't tell you the artist, but it's an ancient statue of the olympic disc-thrower. It's been copied a gazillion times, so I dunno where that comes from.

a) is El Greco's "Holy Trinity"

f) is by Gustav Klimt

c) is by Claude Monet

d) is by Rembrandt

I really have NO idea about the others. Although I could bet my ass that (j) is a statue of Zeuss and yet I couldn't find anything, not when hitting Pantheon nor the Pergamon museum in Berlin.

I hope I was able to help you a bit. Have fun finding stuff out about the artists :D

deusssexmachina February 14 2010, 06:45:20 UTC

Thanks so much :) for being so quick and efficient. You rock :)

seinen_no February 17 2010, 09:55:24 UTC

You're very welcome. It was fun. I was discussing the pictures with two colleagues and we were throwing in guesses, then googled a bit and all.

sturmbringer February 12 2010, 11:44:09 UTC

Unfortunately, I can't even see the images. :(

sturmbringer February 12 2010, 11:45:59 UTC

Take that back, they loaded as soon as I posted the comment.
LJ sucks.

Well, seinen_no beat me to those I know so I have nothing else to contribute.

sturmbringer February 12 2010, 11:50:58 UTC

Or wait, I can add one little thing.

The disc thrower statue (h) is by Myron and I think it is now kept in Rome, but don't ask me where or where it has been before. If I am correct, it dates back to about 400 or 500 B.C. The problem with greek and roman statues is that they have been copied like, 1000 times, so often Romans would have the same statue, it would be widely known, but in truth, the original is greek and standing somewhere else.

And (b) is the Crucification of Christ by Paul Gauguin who was a post impressionistic french artist.

deusssexmachina February 14 2010, 06:46:16 UTC

wOOOOw... you amaze me each time, never knew you know all this stuff! *owes you a shot*

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ani_mama February 12 2010, 16:19:38 UTC

J is Moses by Michaelangelo. Amazing what crumbs of info the brain retains 20 years after art history class...

deusssexmachina February 17 2010, 09:53:29 UTC

thankies! hey, youre an artist, I had hope in you :D

seinen_no February 17 2010, 09:58:26 UTC

Moses *lol .. And I was thinking Zeuss. But we were thinking Michelangelo too, only couldn't find anything.

pelethetart February 12 2010, 17:09:55 UTC

F is Judith I by Austrian Gustav Klimt, painted in 1901 and is credited as one of the first of his "gold phase" paintings.

pelethetart February 12 2010, 17:21:46 UTC

Sorry...shoulda looked more carefully.

C. is "Impression: Sunrise" by Claude Monet, 1873. It's an important piece because it's actually the first one he did in this style and so it is the painting that gave the name to the Impressionist art movement. I dunno why, but I think that rocks.

D. is "The Stone Bridge" by Rembrandt Van Rijn c.1637
It's one of his most famous landscapes.

H. as mentioned is by Myron, but if you need the name of the statue it's Discobolus :)

I'm curious about I. It rings no bells of familiarity at all. Hmmm.

deusssexmachina February 17 2010, 09:53:03 UTC

hey!! Thanks a lot for your help, hope youre doing all better. I have just been told that the last piece was King and Queen by Henryho Moore.