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Does anyone here know classic artwork? - robkelk - 11-14-2017
I'm spending the day at home so I don't spread my cold to everyone else at the office. I've just made a page on the freebie wiki for a set of poses based on classic artworks (ranging from Classical Greek to 20th-century French, from what I could tell). The thing is, I only recognize roughly a third of them. Can anyone identify any of the ones that I couldn't?
I'm the first to admit that this is a tricky request - the poses have almost zero context remaining. Making images of them with the default figures didn't help, and in a few cases I could only approximate what little there was left as hints for the sources of the poses.
Here are the images, each one numbered. #1 (The Thinker) is in the information box; the others are in the gallery.
Any help with identifying these pastiches would be appreciated.
(I'm thinking that I should recognize #20, but I can't place it... <sigh>)
RE: Does anyone here know classic artwork? - Bob Schroeck - 11-14-2017
#03 is tantalizingly familiar, as is #18. I'll have to look a couple things up when I get home tonight (after a doctor appointment, won't be soon).
RE: Does anyone here know classic artwork? - DHBirr - 11-14-2017
I'd thought #03 might be something about a hero defeating an Amazon. When I checked the Wikipedia article on Amazons, I didn't find anything like that image, but Amazon in Combat somewhat resembles #16. The positions of arms, feet, and head aren't quite right, but then #01 doesn't seem to me to really be hunched over quite enough for The Thinker.
Also, I suspect #14 is meant to be Artemis/Diana, but which particular statue or painting of her I can't find. Strictly speaking, it could instead be one of the maidens who hunted with the goddess. I tried looking for a matching image of Atalanta, but didn't see one.
RE: Does anyone here know classic artwork? - robkelk - 11-14-2017
None of the poses that I recognized are exact matches, either. No worries there. However, the left arm not being raised completely above the head makes me wonder, too.
With the sword in the male's hand for #3, I was thinking maybe Perseus defeating Medusa, but I couldn't find any artwork remotely similar to that pose set in a quick search.
RE: Does anyone here know classic artwork? - Ebony - 11-15-2017
I believe #10 is the [/url][url=http://www.decorarconarte.com/WebRoot/StoreES2/Shops/61552482/49C7/6048/8CCD/8C04/A913/C0A8/28BD/1494/Escultura_herculesfarnesio.JPG]Farnese Hercules. #14 is Artemis the Huntress</a>.
EDIT: Sorry, my links went weird. The sites should be true.
RE: Does anyone here know classic artwork? - robkelk - 11-15-2017
Thanks, Ebony.
I've updated the list with what we've identified so far.
If it helps, #17 was shown seated in an armchair. I don't have an armchair of the correct style in my collection (I only have overstuffed digital armchairs, which that one wasn't).