Humph, a bit crap really

[frostfox]

I blame the red wine flickgc plied me with.

The Librarian You scored 71 erudition!

Congratulations! You're well above average when it comes to your knowledge of English grammar, history, and literature. You may have missed a few questions, but if you keep your studies up and stay away from genre fiction, we'll have you ready for Stanford in no time! Who knows, we just might be reading your columns in Talk of the Town a few years from now.

My test tracked 1 variable How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 39% on erudition

Link: The Are You Truly Erudite? Test written by okellelala on Ok Cupid, home of the 32-Type Dating Test

But the art is from Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore, can I have an exta point for knowing that?

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[von-krag.livejournal.com]

I love the comic that "Look it up" came from... I just can't remember it's name. Anyway I did OK, 81 erudition and 75% higher than my age group. Though how I can claim this I don't know, english and literary theory bores me to tears.

[egyptophile.livejournal.com]

It must have worked out that you were a Terry Moore fan.

I scored 84 with a fair amount of guesswork. But I'm not erudite enough to know the source of the art for that category.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Pre-Raphaelite, for sure, possibly Alma-Tadema but I wouldn't bet money on that.

[designgeek.livejournal.com]

I guess I did terribly, then! I got a 71%, but only a 3% on erudition! It's back to the corner and the dunce cap for me, doh! :-P

[frostfox.livejournal.com]

Give the lady a big cake, it is indeed Alma-Tadema.

FF, who prefers Terry Moore

[egyptophile.livejournal.com]

Know any more about it? Alma-Tadema would have been high on my list of potential suspects, but it's nice to have it confirmed.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

What, the comics artist? That's a bit apples and oranges, isn't it?

The thing I find taking in Alma-Tadema's work is his completely ravishing way with painting marble. He was unexcelled at it, and knew it. I was particularly struck by this at the old Getty museum, which had in its collection both a red marble Roman satyr, and an Alma-Tadema painting that includes it. He got that marble to the life. The sad thing about the new Getty and the whole project of rehousing the collection is that only the ancient collection will remain at the old Roman villa, whereas relatively contemporary art such as the Alma-Tadema (and their medieval collection) will all be at the new place, so one will never again be able to see the two pieces in close proximity.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Appropriately enough, it's entitled "The Favorite Poet." Opus CCXC, 1888, and in the collection of the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Wirral.

[egyptophile.livejournal.com]

Then, embarrassingly for me, I've probably seen it there.