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  • April 26, 2010 at 9:39 pm #2152 Reply
    Wally
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    Made famous by a painting, the photo is just as striking… can anyone name the city?

    April 26, 2010 at 10:35 pm #20783 Reply
    skiguy
    Moderator

    Dresden?

    April 26, 2010 at 10:50 pm #20784 Reply
    Wally
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    Does look like some I've seen of Dresden but wrong war.

    April 26, 2010 at 11:13 pm #20785 Reply
    DonaldBaker
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    Richmond, Va?

    April 26, 2010 at 11:35 pm #20786 Reply
    Wally
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    It does look like some of Richmond also but wrong continent as well as war.Hint is: “lunes gerniqu?s, golperik ez”. This translates roughly as “not a stroke of work gets done on Mondays”. 

    April 26, 2010 at 11:44 pm #20787 Reply
    DonaldBaker
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    Guernica?  (Or however you spell it).

    April 26, 2010 at 11:51 pm #20788 Reply
    Wally
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    You got it. I hadn't ever seen the photo, only the painting.

    April 27, 2010 at 12:09 am #20789 Reply
    DonaldBaker
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    Your hint was too “hinty” LOL.

    April 27, 2010 at 12:18 am #20790 Reply
    Phidippides
    Keymaster

    Interesting.  I did not know that, though I probably should.

    April 27, 2010 at 12:42 am #20791 Reply
    Wally
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    Your hint was too “hinty” LOL.

    :-[When I used this with the 10th graders I think I used something like: “On this date in 1937, the first air raid on a civilian target happening in this war…”; they all guessed WWI and WWII (oh no… a couple said Viet Nam… a stock answer for many kids as it is ancient history to them  :o)I'll try to do better in the future.  😉

    April 27, 2010 at 12:46 am #20792 Reply
    DonaldBaker
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    By the way, Picasso never impressed me as an artist.  I'm not saying he wasn't talented, but abstract art just goes over my head I guess.

    April 27, 2010 at 3:06 am #20793 Reply
    Phidippides
    Keymaster

    By the way, Picasso never impressed me as an artist.  I'm not saying he wasn't talented, but abstract art just goes over my head I guess.

    I'm not a huge fan, either.  Much of 20th century art and beyond really requires knowledge of the artist and his works (and the underlying movements) in order to appreciate it.  In other words, it is much more esoteric than art from basically the beginning of Western Civ until the beginning of the 20th century.

    April 29, 2010 at 6:57 pm #20794 Reply
    Aetheling
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    By the way, Picasso never impressed me as an artist.  I'm not saying he wasn't talented, but abstract art just goes over my head I guess.

    Not impressed ? Try this one : who ? when ?  😉

    April 29, 2010 at 8:42 pm #20795 Reply
    Wally
    Participant

    :-XShhh… El Greco, View of Toledo,, c. 1597  :-[

    April 29, 2010 at 9:09 pm #20796 Reply
    Phidippides
    Keymaster

    :-XShhh… El Greco, View of Toledo,, c. 1597  :-[

    I've been to that town.  Even visited the El Greco museum/house.  Funny, I don't remember all the hills there.  😮

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