El Floppo
Footballguy
Clearance, Clarence.
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Official Great Works Draft (9 Viewers)
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El Floppo
Footballguy
I would've bet my left nut that was taken already... nice grab, Bonzai
mad sweeney
Footballguy
As a lighting professional all I can say is Damn that man knew how to use light.
thatguy
Footballguy
This will be the Rouen Cathedral that I officially take:
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/monet/swf/
The Portal in the Sun, 1894
Time of Day: Early Afternoon
http://www.learn.columbia.edu/monet/swf/
The Portal in the Sun, 1894
Time of Day: Early Afternoon
16.04--The Garden of Earthly Delights--Hieronymus Bosch-Painting
The Garden of Earthly Delights (or The Millennium)[1] is a triptych painted by the early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516), housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1939. Dating between 1503 and 1504, when Bosch was about 50 years old,[2] it is his best-known[3] and most ambitious work.[4] The masterpiece reveals the artist at the height of his powers; in no other painting does he achieve such complexity of meaning or such vivid imagery.[5] The triptych depicts several Biblical scenes on a grand scale and as a "true triptych", as defined by Hans Belting,[6] was probably intended to illustrate the history of mankind according to medieval Christian doctrine.
The triptych is painted in oil and comprises a square middle panel flanked by two rectangular wings that can close over the center as shutters. These outer wings, when folded shut, display a grisaille painting of the earth during the Creation. The three scenes of the inner triptych are probably intended to be read chronologically from left to right. The left panel depicts God presenting to Adam the newly created Eve, while the central panel is a broad panorama of sexually engaged nude figures, fantastical animals, oversized fruit and hybrid stone formations. The right panel is a hellscape and portrays the torments of damnation.
Art historians and critics frequently interpret the painting as a didactic warning on the perils of life's temptations.[7] However the intricacy of its symbolism, particularly that of the central panel, has led to a wide range of scholarly interpretations over the centuries.[8] 20th-century art historians are divided as to whether the triptych's central panel is a moral warning or a panorama of paradise lost. American writer Peter S. Beagle describes it as an "erotic derangement that turns us all into voyeurs, a place filled with the intoxicating air of perfect liberty".[9]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Garden_delights.jpg
The Garden of Earthly Delights (or The Millennium)[1] is a triptych painted by the early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450–1516), housed in the Museo del Prado in Madrid since 1939. Dating between 1503 and 1504, when Bosch was about 50 years old,[2] it is his best-known[3] and most ambitious work.[4] The masterpiece reveals the artist at the height of his powers; in no other painting does he achieve such complexity of meaning or such vivid imagery.[5] The triptych depicts several Biblical scenes on a grand scale and as a "true triptych", as defined by Hans Belting,[6] was probably intended to illustrate the history of mankind according to medieval Christian doctrine.
The triptych is painted in oil and comprises a square middle panel flanked by two rectangular wings that can close over the center as shutters. These outer wings, when folded shut, display a grisaille painting of the earth during the Creation. The three scenes of the inner triptych are probably intended to be read chronologically from left to right. The left panel depicts God presenting to Adam the newly created Eve, while the central panel is a broad panorama of sexually engaged nude figures, fantastical animals, oversized fruit and hybrid stone formations. The right panel is a hellscape and portrays the torments of damnation.
Art historians and critics frequently interpret the painting as a didactic warning on the perils of life's temptations.[7] However the intricacy of its symbolism, particularly that of the central panel, has led to a wide range of scholarly interpretations over the centuries.[8] 20th-century art historians are divided as to whether the triptych's central panel is a moral warning or a panorama of paradise lost. American writer Peter S. Beagle describes it as an "erotic derangement that turns us all into voyeurs, a place filled with the intoxicating air of perfect liberty".[9]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Garden_delights.jpg
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thatguy
Footballguy
Abrantes
Footballguy
Son of a #####.
El Floppo
Footballguy
Dja ever really... and I mean REALLY... look at that thing? [/bong]
ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
Took you long enough to get here. Took you ten years to get to my house. Huh, what's the matter? You don't like my house? Does my house stink? That's right-it stinks! I didn't have no favors from you! Don't slum around me. Talkin' about your prime. What about my prime, Mick? At least you had a prime! I didn't have no prime. I didn't have nithin'! Leg's are goin', everything is goin'. Nobody's getting' no nothin'. Guy comes up, offers me a fight. Big deal. Wanna fight the fight? Yeah, I'll fight the big fight. I wouldn't wanna fight. Know what's gonna happen to me? I'm gonna get that! I'm gonna get that! And you wanna be ringside to see it? Do ya? You wanna help me out? Huh? Do you wana see me get my face kicked in? Leg's ain't workin', nothing's workin', but they go, "Go on, fight the champ." Yeah, I'll fight him. Get my face kicked in. And you come around here. You wanna move in here with me? Come on in! It's a nice house! Real nice. Come on in and move. It stinks! This whole place stinks. You wanna help me out? Well, help me out! Come on, help me out. I'm standin' here!
16.05 Rocky (film)
16.05 Rocky (film)
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El Floppo
Footballguy
I flat out love that movie.Took you long enough to get here. Took you ten years to get to my house. Huh, what's the matter? You don't like my house? Does my house stink? That's right-it stinks! I didn't have no favors from you! Don't slum around me. Talkin' about your prime. What about my prime, Mick? At least you had a prime! I didn't have no prime. I didn't have nithin'! Leg's are goin', everything is goin'. Nobody's getting' no nothin'. Guy comes up, offers me a fight. Big deal. Wanna fight the fight? Yeah, I'll fight the big fight. I wouldn't wanna fight. Know what's gonna happen to me? I'm gonna get that! I'm gonna get that! And you wanna be ringside to see it? Do ya? You wanna help me out? Huh? Do you wana see me get my face kicked in? Leg's ain't workin', nothing's workin', but they go, "Go on, fight the champ." Yeah, I'll fight him. Get my face kicked in. And you come around here. You wanna move in here with me? Come on in! It's a nice house! Real nice. Come on in and move. It stinks! This whole place stinks. You wanna help me out? Well, help me out! Come on, help me out. I'm standin' here!
16.05 Rocky (film)
ScottNorwood
Footballcutie
So I win the movie category. Let's talk about something else now.
Bob Lee Swagger
Footballguy
16.06 - Novel - The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway
My favorite Hemingway novel by far. Poor Jake.
My favorite Hemingway novel by far. Poor Jake.
El Floppo
Footballguy
You're still bitter about the whole Monet Rouen series thing aren't you?
thatguy
Footballguy
Great pick. One of my favorite books of all time.
Postradamus
Footballguy
SO can I now change Wat Chaiwattharatham to just Ayutthaya? Seems like the same situation here.Clearance, Clarence.
Postradamus
Footballguy
everyone except Norwood just crrrrrushed my short list
thatguy
Footballguy
You know it. But I really can't stand Rocky.
Uncle Humuna
Footballguy
16.08 The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe (Poem)
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I'm stepping out for a few. Skip me when my next pick comes around.
krista4
Footballguy
I hoped this would continue to slip. It is one of my cat's two favorite poems. And I like it, too.
krista4
Footballguy
You're up now...still here?
Uncle Humuna
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
She has good taste.
Looks like we didn't catch CIA before he left. I'll PM Floppo.
Fennis
Footballguy
Why do I wait so long to pick?
Fennis
Footballguy
I wonder if he will ask.She has good taste.Looks like we didn't catch CIA before he left. I'll PM Floppo.
flysack
Footballguy
flysack
Footballguy
OVER-RATED! [clap] [clap] [clap clap clap] OVER-RATED!
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Fennis
Footballguy
I missed your Versailles pick. Great pick, you should link pics to some of the gardens, they are unbelievable. You can spend a full day just wandering the gardens without ever going inside.
krista4
Footballguy
I love both the picks, and I have no problem with Forbidden City being allowed. I had targeted it, too.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
I'll select my third and final composition. This category will definitely be one of my team's strengths.
8.09
16.09 - Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto 1 ... one of most dramatic openings in all of music, and one of the most recognized classical compositions ever.
8.09
16.09 - Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto 1 ... one of most dramatic openings in all of music, and one of the most recognized classical compositions ever.
Postradamus
Footballguy
when is the clock off?
Tirnan
Footballguy
Make up picks...
Great grabs on Bosch and Rembrandt, both were on my hotlist, I'll just go into other categories and try to do some VBD. I probably could have done better, but alot of my wish list fell in round 15.
15.19 COMPOSITION Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (Op. 55) (aka Eroica) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Also known as the Eroica (which is Italian for "heroic") this musical work is sometimes cited as marking the end of the Classical Era and the beginning of musical Romanticism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltqVS8d9I for an incredible performance by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven had originally conceived of dedicating the symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte in admiration of the ideals of the French Revolution, and Napoleon as their embodiment. When Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor of the French in May 1804, Beethoven became disgusted and went to the table where the completed score lay. He took hold of the title-page and scratched the name Bonaparte out so violently with a knife that he created a hole in the paper.[1] He later changed the title to Sinfonia eroica, composta per festeggiare il sovvenire d'un grand'uomo ("heroic symphony, composed to celebrate the memory of a great man").
The work is a milestone in the history of the classical symphony for a number of reasons. The piece is about twice as long as symphonies by Haydn or Mozart — the first movement alone is almost as long as many Classical symphonies, if the expositional repeat is observed. The work covers more emotional ground than earlier works had, and is often cited as the beginning of the Romantic period in music.[citation needed] The second movement, in particular, displays a great range of emotion, from the misery of the main funeral march theme, to the relative solace of happier, major key episodes. The finale of the symphony shows a similar range, and is given an importance in the overall scheme which was virtually unheard of previously whereas in earlier symphonies, the finale was a quick and breezy finishing off, here it is a lengthy set of variations and fugue on a theme Beethoven had originally written for his ballet music.
The second movement, a funeral march, is frequently performed on memorial occasions. Serge Koussevitzky performed it to commemorate the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The second movement was also used as a funeral dirge during the memorial service following the "Munich massacre" terrorist attacks during the 1972 Summer Olympics. It was played by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
16.02 INVENTION Indoor Plumbing - Harrapans The ability to remove sewage from and bring clean water into places of dense human habitation makes the modern city possible. Without it, we’d still have cities, but not like the ones we know. A high-rise building would be impossible, really, without toilets and plumbing. Remove apartment buildings, office towers, and dense downtown cores from your picture of the world and you have to change the whole rest of your picture too, because the implications keep rippling.
First documented in the Harrapan Civilization (a Indus valley civilization in modern India) around 2500 BC, they had indoor toilet like facilities with running water and covered sewage pipes along street sides. The theory and development of modern plumbing has taken steps back along the way, but without the ability to remove the waste, we lose most of the benefits of modern city living and its lifestlye that allows many of the other arts to advance (due to specialization of tasks).
Great grabs on Bosch and Rembrandt, both were on my hotlist, I'll just go into other categories and try to do some VBD. I probably could have done better, but alot of my wish list fell in round 15.
15.19 COMPOSITION Symphony No. 3 in E flat major (Op. 55) (aka Eroica) by Ludwig van Beethoven
Also known as the Eroica (which is Italian for "heroic") this musical work is sometimes cited as marking the end of the Classical Era and the beginning of musical Romanticism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltqVS8d9I for an incredible performance by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Beethoven had originally conceived of dedicating the symphony to Napoleon Bonaparte in admiration of the ideals of the French Revolution, and Napoleon as their embodiment. When Napoleon was proclaimed Emperor of the French in May 1804, Beethoven became disgusted and went to the table where the completed score lay. He took hold of the title-page and scratched the name Bonaparte out so violently with a knife that he created a hole in the paper.[1] He later changed the title to Sinfonia eroica, composta per festeggiare il sovvenire d'un grand'uomo ("heroic symphony, composed to celebrate the memory of a great man").
The work is a milestone in the history of the classical symphony for a number of reasons. The piece is about twice as long as symphonies by Haydn or Mozart — the first movement alone is almost as long as many Classical symphonies, if the expositional repeat is observed. The work covers more emotional ground than earlier works had, and is often cited as the beginning of the Romantic period in music.[citation needed] The second movement, in particular, displays a great range of emotion, from the misery of the main funeral march theme, to the relative solace of happier, major key episodes. The finale of the symphony shows a similar range, and is given an importance in the overall scheme which was virtually unheard of previously whereas in earlier symphonies, the finale was a quick and breezy finishing off, here it is a lengthy set of variations and fugue on a theme Beethoven had originally written for his ballet music.
The second movement, a funeral march, is frequently performed on memorial occasions. Serge Koussevitzky performed it to commemorate the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The second movement was also used as a funeral dirge during the memorial service following the "Munich massacre" terrorist attacks during the 1972 Summer Olympics. It was played by the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra.
16.02 INVENTION Indoor Plumbing - Harrapans The ability to remove sewage from and bring clean water into places of dense human habitation makes the modern city possible. Without it, we’d still have cities, but not like the ones we know. A high-rise building would be impossible, really, without toilets and plumbing. Remove apartment buildings, office towers, and dense downtown cores from your picture of the world and you have to change the whole rest of your picture too, because the implications keep rippling.
First documented in the Harrapan Civilization (a Indus valley civilization in modern India) around 2500 BC, they had indoor toilet like facilities with running water and covered sewage pipes along street sides. The theory and development of modern plumbing has taken steps back along the way, but without the ability to remove the waste, we lose most of the benefits of modern city living and its lifestlye that allows many of the other arts to advance (due to specialization of tasks).
Tirnan
Footballguy
It's ok DougB, you and I will sit in the corner and be superior about our private knowledge of how the stirrup changed warfare and spread culture
It is a good pick, it is ok if the other kids didn't like it.
Mister CIA
Footballguy
Google Site: when viewing the site you can only sort by one column at a time, but for the default view, I can set it up to sort by column 1, then 2, etc. ... So, I changed it to sort by category, then team, then pick.
Like or dislike?
I like it it because I can readily see how many each team has in a given category. I'll gladly change it back if this is not popular. ... you can get back to the original format with one click by sorting on the Selection field.
Everything is sorted in ascending order, so the trailing blanks of the list show up at the top. I can reverse the sort, but it seems a little less intuitive.
Like or dislike?
I like it it because I can readily see how many each team has in a given category. I'll gladly change it back if this is not popular. ... you can get back to the original format with one click by sorting on the Selection field.
Everything is sorted in ascending order, so the trailing blanks of the list show up at the top. I can reverse the sort, but it seems a little less intuitive.
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Abrantes
Footballguy
krista4
Footballguy
Seems we're going to be waiting again for thatguy probably until 11 a.m. Eastern. I will be gone until mid-to-late afternoon tomorrow, so have sent my pick(s) to Fennis.
Please make sure to take Fennis off auto-skip (he is back now and requested to be taken off), and if pick 16.20 comes up send the PM to him.
Please make sure to take Fennis off auto-skip (he is back now and requested to be taken off), and if pick 16.20 comes up send the PM to him.
timschochet
Footballguy
I realize that many people consider The Sound and The Fury to be brilliant literature, but's also unreadable.
jmp
Footballguy
maybe you could handle the cliff notes version a little better.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Very high quality today. Genedoc killing it...again. Also, Detroit 3, Chicago 2 (OT), up 2 games to none.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Good young team. We've had trouble with The Wall before, happy we got those two. I don't see this being a quick series.
Uncle Humuna
Footballguy
Great pick.Had it on the mid-list, and was hoping it might slip.Tirnan said:
Since we didn't do much of a write up, I'll include a little tidbit here. The Night Watch is more properly called The Company of Frans Banning Cocq and Willem van Ruytenburch.Uncle Humuna said:
It is colossal in size ~ 11ft 10in x 14ft 4in.
Known for how brilliantly it uses light and shadow, it actually showed direction and motion quite dramatically in it's original incarnation. Unfortunately, because of it's size, it was cut to fit between two pillars in a museum in the 18th C. Before it was cut, there were several key elements that caught the attention of the viewer. It's amazing to me to think that one of the most priceless pieces of art in the world was cut down to fit between two pillars in a museum.
