Here’s your Friday Afternoon Challenge! “Cool threads, Dude!”

[CTyankee]

Lots of elegant, well dressed men have appeared in paintings over the past several hundred years, most of them rich and powerful (in one way or another!). Take a look and see what you can identify, along with his artist!

(and folks, this is a gentle place, please don’t cheat and “guess”...)
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[monmouth]

1. Oooohh, the boots...I so want. I love this portion of my Friday afternoon...n/t

[CTyankee]

6. Yep, some of these guys seem to be saying "Eat your heart out, Jimmy Choo...."

nt

[gratuitous]

2. This is so cinchy

Sorry folks, I have to knock this one totally out of the park before y'all get a chance:

1. Jose Ferrer
2. The Archangel Michael
3. John Malkovich
4. Sinead O'Connor
5. Oasis
6. Leo Sayer

[Uncle Joe]

4. All correct except #6

That's a painting of Richard Simmons after he killed a negative person.

[CTyankee]

7. Ya know, he DOES look like Richard Simmons!

LOL...

[gratuitous]

14. I thought about Richard Simmons

But since he's left handed, it's clearly Leo Sayer.

[Uncle Joe]

16. I believe Richard is more than capable

of using either hand.

[yardwork]

42. This is embarrassing, but until this moment I always thought Leo Sayer was black.

[CTyankee]

9. You've got one right!

[elleng]

3. I'll guess if I wanna!!!

#1, Frans Hals. Don't ask me no details!!!

:hi:

[CTyankee]

5. Hi, Ellen! Terrific Hals isn't it? Doncha love the organza?

IT is said that Van Gogh thought this guy was the loveliest man he'd ever seen in a painting...

[aquart]

8. Who's it of? Reminds me of Henri IV.

Clearly art history made no dent in my brain.

[CTyankee]

10. I'm not sure I know the name of the guy. Do you know the painting's title?

[Brickbat]

11. No. 6

St. Michael the Archangel by Piero della Francesca.

[CTyankee]

18. Awww, can't fool you Brickbat...you must know the work...

otherwise, this one's pretty hard...

[Brickbat]

21. Former Catholic with a liberal arts college education -- I come through once in awhile.

I have huge gaps, but what I know, I know well. :)

[CTyankee]

24. There ya go!

I have both liberal arts and fine arts education and it has been SO lucrative...er, wait...um...

[JuniperLea]

12. I'm pretty sure both 2 and 6 are Michael...

Dragon slayers... Leo Sayers... clever... very clever:D

[CTyankee]

20. You and gratuitous both got 2...

and 6, St. Michael.

Do you know the artist of #2?

[gratuitous]

45. I got one right?

Then I meant Gabriel.

[CTyankee]

55. No, dear heart, it is Michael the archangel. You are RIGHT!

Terrific!

[gateley]

13. As always, haven't a clue, but it got me wondering about

when men stopped dressing so dramatically. Aren't the males in the species generally given the "look at me!" appearances to attract females?

Hmmmm.

Except for the military to some extent, and of course the Catholic Church, it's we women who get to play dress up now.

Maybe it was the cowboys -- seriously.

[elleng]

15. Yes for male birds, at least, gate.

[Brickbat]

17. No. 2

Crivelli's St. Michael

[CTyankee]

22. Hey, are you a big Crivelli fan?

[Brickbat]

28. No, but I do like the obscure painters of Italian Renaissance in general.

[CTyankee]

30. Crivelli is vastly underrepresented IMO. I LOVE some of his stuff.

It is absolutely magnificent. Too bad more people don't know about him, really...

[yardwork]

44. That is a gorgeous painting. I'm off to do google research on Crivelli. Never heard of him before.

THANK you for this thread every Friday. You are one of the best parts of DU. (Maybe the very best.)

[IcyPeas]

49. here's a link to the national gallery room where a lot of his paintings are

http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/floorplans/level-2/room-59

i like these threads too for reasons such as this. I learn.

He has great paintings at the National Gallery and you can zoom in on the details!!!

new fan of Crivelli here too.

[CTyankee]

53. WOW, do I love YOU!

Thanks so much. I always wonder if folks here will like what I post. I never know. Altho I did think that folks would like all the fancy men all dressed up!It's kind of nice, in a way...

[Laf.La.Dem.]

19. Why do I always love this weekly post??

I got ONE right about two weeks ago - thanks for posting:toast:

[CTyankee]

35. Oh, Laf, which one was it that you got right?

I love to hear the back story on DUers interaction with art works!

[some guy]

23. ooh

1 - D'Artagnion. I dunno who painted it.

2. Michael the killer angel. I dunno who painted it.

3. The BenBernank, dressed for Alice's tea party. I dunno who painted it.

4. David Copperfield. I dunno who painted it.

5. The French King (and his twin) - The Man In The Iron Mask story people. I dunno who painted it.

6. Michael the killer angel again (and the inspiration for the Elvis Costello song "The Angels Wanna Wear My Red Shoes") I dunno who painted it.

[CTyankee]

26. you got 2 and 6 right!

But you are stylin' with those answers, dude...

[yardwork]

43. I wonder if that really is the inspiration for Elvis Costello's song?!

I LOVE this thread every Friday.

[CTyankee]

56. I would love to know the name of that song. Could you tell me?

thanks. I love trans-art stuff...it helps me live my life...

[Motown_Johnny]

63. (The Angels Wanna Wear My) Red Shoes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ab_IO-SlK5w&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL773F4F9F76361BCB

[CTyankee]

69. Wow, I wonder if he had seen the della Francesca painting...

however, I must tell you, lots of angels had cool boots in those Renaissance paintings...

[WinkyDink]

75. Love that entire album!

[joeybee12]

25. As for number one...

Is that by Van Dyke? I'm guessing, and i think I'm close, but I also tend to think it's someone with a similar style.

[CTyankee]

27. elleng got it...Franz Hals...but no one has given its title...so...

[joeybee12]

32. Don't know the title, but I do know it hangs in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam....

That's where I must have seen it...and this is a very small portion of a much larger painting.

[CTyankee]

33. Yes, it is a small portion of a much larger painting.

Therein is a HINT!!!

[joeybee12]

34. Ok, I'd have to google that and I will...

But I wont' post the response, because I will have cheated!

[CTyankee]

36. Well, Google for research is one thing. Google internet tricks are what is banned here.

there IS a difference...

[joeybee12]

37. I now know...

But for my knowledge only...let's see if someone can figure it out on their own!

[horseshoecrab]

50. #1

Hiya CTyankee... Great to see you!

This painting is called "The Company of Captain Reinier Reael and Lieutenant Cornelis Michielsz" (aka "The Meagre Company" and is attributed to Frans Hals and his student Pieter Codde.

Here's a link to it on Wikipedia: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Hals,_De_magere_compagnie.jpg

He's on the far left. Wish I knew his name! Maybe he's the Captain or the Lieutenant?

I love his "outfit!" :-)


horseshoecrab

[CTyankee]

57. It might be available somewhere on the Internet. But it is the Meagre Company.

Quite a work, don't you think?

[horseshoecrab]

61. It is amazing.

I love it and their outfits. Love the fabrics, and the incredible boots. You can "feel" the softness of the leather!

At first I thought that it must be a Velasquez portrait of a royal in the Spanish court, with all of the extravagant fabrics... And the boots. The Spanish riding boots. :-)

Much thanks to elleng for naming the artist, Frans Hals!

Not sure why the link doesn't work but if you right click on the broken linky thing in my last post, you can choose to open the wiki page, with the entire painting, in another tab.

I'll try posting it again for anyone who wants to see it in all its glory:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frans_Hals,_De_magere_compagnie.jpg



horseshoecrab

[yardwork]

84. Oh, what a dandy he is! He's got the draperies wrapped around his waist like a belt!

Wow. Thank you for posting the link.

[horseshoecrab]

87. You're welcome yardwork!

Apparently he saw it in the window and just couldn't resist it! :+ (h/t Carol Burnett)

Maybe he's saying, "Does this honkin' orange sash make my butt look fat?" :7

Glad you enjoyed viewing the full pic. Those were some mighty elegant guys!


horseshoecrab

[hifiguy]

29. This is cool

but only if you are the one and only Bootsy Collins, baby! In which case it is REALLY cool:

[CTyankee]

31. Oh YEAH...but ya gotta admit...the stuffy old painters had some cool ones, too!

[CTyankee]

38. Hey Folks, #3 is by a REALLY famous artist and most of you guys know who it is.

I really thought this one would be the first guessed...but boot intoxication took over and then, uh-oh...

[CTyankee]

39. dupe. self delete.

[jberryhill]

40. Is the first one that French guy painted by that Dutch guy?

Or vice versa?

Hey, how was your trip?

[CTyankee]

59. No trip, yet! Soon!

As for your answer, well, the Dutch guy painted because the French guy couldn't. Cuz the Dutch guy really, really had to wait on the French guy to say OK, but he didn't so it didn't work so the Dutch guy just went ahead and did his own thing but there was a problem.

So that's why you don't know why any of this happened!

[elleng]

68. BRAVO, yank; that's one of your best!!!

:rofl:

[CTyankee]

70. Hey thanks, ellen!

It's really just the theme because folks just love the cool dudes! I do too!

This was such fun to put together...I had a blast!

[jberryhill]

71. Thanks. I thought it was that Dutch guy

The one who painted all that stuff.

Not the other one whose paintings don't look a thing like that.

[7wo7rees]

41. Great Challenge! More fine art quizzes please.

I ain't learned much, but I enjoyed looking.
Number 3 is da Vinci right? And that's Pliny the Elder?
Oh, and 5 is the Winkelvoss Twins.

[CTyankee]

52. I'm sorry, but no. And there are some really good books in your library that you

can read! They help a lot! You'd be surprised!

[7wo7rees]

60. Reading, huh? Never thought of that! I'll try it!!! n/t

[CTyankee]

64. I've been schooled in the library! I had no idea how to do this so I just

went in and looked around. I found lots and lots of books so I pared it down to the Italian Renaissance because I was going to Florence in a year's time. So I got these books and read and read. I read 16 books in a year and a half and I went to Florence and had a wonderful time going to see all the things I wanted to see! It was great!

I also went to Spain and had looked up Spanish art. I saw lots of things in the Prado in Madrid that I had researched. Man, that was good!

This stuff is just my fun, tho. I just love seeing whatever I can find and doing this research is great fun. I'm retired so you can safely assume I have some free time...!

[nuxvomica]

46. No cheating but some guessing

I didn't look at any of the other replies, or Google, as will probably be readily apparent when you see my answers. I'm rusty on my art history but I enjoy playing. :-)

1. Velasquez
2. Fra Fillipo Lippi
3. Goya
4. Sargent
5. Vermeer
6. Giotto

[CTyankee]

51. I see where you are coming from but unfortunately, none of yours is right.

You are really close with Velasquez, time-wise. But the others, no...

I'm not outlawing Google, but only the Google tricks. Researching on Google is fine and I think it is wonderful...you know, researching "angels with red boots" and then you get della Francesca! that's OK, just not the whole internet trick stuff that gives the whole thing away because of a trick...that defeats the purpose, doesn't it?

[nuxvomica]

58. I've probably seen #3 a million times

And the artist is just on the edge of recognition. The subject is a cardinal, right? El Greco? I often say "Goya" when I mean El Greco. The shimmering color and narrowed perspective tells me so.

[CTyankee]

62. Wow! You got it! It is a cardinal and it is Greco....I just love you, bro!!!

This is so famous and I just couldn't understand why nobody got this!

At long last, thanks so much...

[nuxvomica]

65. Hurrah!

I'm pretty sure the last time I played, a while ago, I called a Goya an El Greco. It's not like their style is very similar, just their names.

[blogslut]

82. Believed to be CardInal Fernando Niño de Guevara

One of the infamous Spanish "Grand Inquisitors".

Years ago, a blogger/artist by the name of Neil Shakespeare made a digital collage for me, entitled Auto-da-fé of a Blogslut:


:hi:

[L. Coyote]

47. If, some day, only one WWW thread survived, what would be cool to put in it?

Oh wait, wrong kind of threads :rofl:

[CTyankee]

67. I would probably like to see great art, but that's must me. I would also like to see poetry.

How about you?

[Kingofalldems]

48. Don't have any answers but Fops and Dandies comes to mind

[CTyankee]

54. You could Google just that and see what you get...that isn't cheating...

the only cheating is the Google Internet cheating thing...research is one thing, the internet cheat thing is another...

So research away, folks...

[CTyankee]

66. Now we have only #4 and #5 to be guessed!

Who knows these answers?

[jberryhill]

73. #4 is Sir whatshisname

And wasn't by the Dutch guy.

[jberryhill]

72. They are all named Mike, or George, except a couple of them.

I love these threads.

[CTyankee]

77. Nah. One of them is named Pierre...

[jberryhill]

78. Yeah, well, that's German for "Mike"

[CTyankee]

79. You know, I never thought of that!

But seriously, don't you think he LOOKS like a Pierre even tho we know it's really Mike.

Damn French have a different word for EVERYTHING...

[horseshoecrab]

74. delete - whoops -- wrong post!

[horseshoecrab]

76. #5

#5 is "Lord John Stuart and His Brother Lord Bernard Stuart" by Anthony VanDyck.

These two brothers were teenagers when this was painted in 1637-1638. They died in their early 20s a few years later in the English Civil War.

The fancy duds looked like 17th century clothing even though it was pretty opulent. So that helped to narrow it down a lot!


horseshoecrab

[Generic Other]

80. 3 and 5

#3 The cardinal is an inquisitor and the painting is definitely El Greco.

#5 A Van dyke portrait of Stuarts but I don't think they are Charles and James. Maybe cousins?

[nuxvomica]

81. I would've gotten #4 if the subject wore a toga

Or was sitting in a bathtub. ;-)

[CTyankee]

83. Ah, yes. He is out of the context in which we know him.

I assume you're referring to The Oath of the Horatii and Death of Marat?

[nuxvomica]

85. Yes. You managed to find the least typical work...

by one of the most famous artists from that period. Well done. :D

[CTyankee]

86. Well, YOU knew it...was it the style or the period that gave it to you?

(I confess that I ran across it quite by accident as I am often on art blogs, and thought that the guy looked pretty nifty in his riding outfit, so I put it in with this grouping. Besides, I needed something other than Dutch and English Baroque and Italian Renaissance...)

[nuxvomica]

88. No, I cheated on this one

It was driving me crazy. I would never have gotten it on my own.

[CTyankee]

89. Well, that's OK because you didn't cheat and guess...that's what makes me crazy.

If someone wants to cheat, just do it and keep quiet, but don't brag that you "knew" something you didn't know. There are some great people on DU who love art and have followed it faithfully and have devoted some of their lives to it. They like to come onto DU and converse with others so inclined. It's nice to hear their stories about the art they have loved.

No problem with you. It's just I don't get people who defeat the whole purpose of the challenge and pretend they're "guessing."

It strikes me as self defeating...which is why I put in my caveat...

[some guy]

90. Thanks for this sub thread.

both of you.

Using the other painting titles, I tracked down the artist. Using the artist, I tracked down the name of painting # 4 here. I still don't know who that person is ( was ) and I did think I would know the name.

Oh well, at least it stopped bothering me, even though I didn't know the artist or the subject.