Who are these people?

[MikeL]

Just so you know, any picture you put on here I can find on Google and tell you what it is even if I've never seen it before, and I'm pretty sure most of these people can do the same thing, so I think some have been doing exactly that.

Not that I care really, but it does matter if your expecting everyone to figure it out without "cheating".

 

I know how that works.  I think those who don't "cheat"...who depend on their memory of history to figure it out...will have more fun.

 

Oops...never mind....

 

Oh, but we do mind, Ghostboy.  Do you have another challenge for us?

[W_L]

Mike are oil paintings and art that predate photos okay?

[Zombie]

Like this?

 

[podga]

Zombie

[MikeL]

Mike are oil paintings and art that predate photos okay?

 

I think so as long as the painting and/or the people depicted have historical significance.

[MikeL]

Is it a Picasso, Zombie?  Podga, do you know?

Edited February 27, 2013 by MikeL

[Zombie]

So near yet so far

[Yettie One]

Bloomin norah! Please tell me we are not supposed to identify the man in the picture!!! If so I give up, I ain't got my specs on!

[Zombie]

Read the posts again

[Slytherin]

So near yet so far

I guess it is Picasso who is "in the painting" then  

[Zombie]

I guess it is Picasso who is "in the painting" then  

 

Sly wins the points. And points mean prizes Yes it's Pablo Picasso painted by fellow Cubist Juan Gris in 1912. His paintings fetch very high prices - just under $30m is the record I believe.

 

Your turn

[Slytherin]

 Let's see if I can post this time..

[W_L]

Anne Bertha Ludwig, the first x-ray by Wilhelm Rontgen and she was his wife.

 

Funny enough, he died of cancer, but most people do not think it was due to the radiation from the X-rays that he took

 

Try this one:

 

Edited February 27, 2013 by W_L

[MikeL]

I don't know, W L.  Looks Roman or Italian.  May we have a clue?

[W_L]

Here's a clue:

 

The Father of modern politics (How's that for an in-joke)

[Finn]

Oh, are you kidding me? THE IMAGE VIEW THINGY. I DO NOT LIKE IT.

 

It doesn't let me get a direct link to the image. >_< Nevermind; drag and drop, kids. <3<3<3<3

 

 

Bit of advice, though: change the file name if you're uploading to GA, or re-up on a different site (I use TinyPic, as it's fast and easy ) to hide the certain giveaway...

 

'Nyway, the guy does look Italian, and I only know so many Italians. I've kind of cheated though (albeit I think I might have guessed it; I'd wanted to view the image alone for a better view--that's just a thing I do) , so... Why am I even posting?

 

I don't know! I do not know! D:

 

Anyway, forgive me... Machiavelli. Spot on--even spelled the man's name right on the first try.

 

You (or MikeL) can kidnap my go, as I'm a dirty, lawless, dishonorable brigand.

[W_L]

Oh, are you kidding me? THE IMAGE VIEW THINGY. I DO NOT LIKE IT.

 

It doesn't let me get a direct link to the image. >_< Nevermind; drag and drop, kids. <3<3<3<3

 

 

Bit of advice, though: change the file name if you're uploading to GA, or re-up on a different site (I use TinyPic, as it's fast and easy ) to hide the certain giveaway...

 

'Nyway, the guy does look Italian, and I only know so many Italians. I've kind of cheated though (albeit I think I might have guessed it; I'd wanted to view the image alone for a better view--that's just a thing I do) , so... Why am I even posting?

 

I don't know! I do not know! D:

 

Anyway, forgive me... Machiavelli. Spot on--even spelled the man's name right on the first try.

 

You (or MikeL) can kidnap my go, as I'm a dirty, lawless, dishonorable brigand.

 

Finn, I actually think you are kind of cute in your apologetic ways

 

Yes, it's Machiavelli's statue in Florence. He was complex man, who saw the realities of life and politics being "means to an end".

 

Why don't you try Finn?

[Finn]

Don't mind if I do.

 

Concerning Sir Italiano... I wasn't much educated on that topic, at least not in high school. Though, I can agree to an extend that most humans see political power as a tool to pursue their own agenda. Certainly doesn't mean one has to like it, though, and I tend to lean towards leftist idealism. I probably fit in best with libertarianism--protecting individual rights and staying the heck out of the private life. I'm not a real fan of politics though, so have generally avoided it... Strange, considering my online pastimes.

 

Italians are pretty cool peeps, and my first choice's images were... lacking, to say the least.

So, here's a photo of a bust of a man of a historic state of Europe:

(Hints/jokes).

 

Yes, I like to enjoy myself. Nonetheless, I'm hoping this is a less renown statue of the man. *shrug*

 

Also, golly! You flatter me! Thank ye, good citizen of Rome 4.0!

Edited March 1, 2013 by Finn

[Zombie]

It's Mr Caesar. Julius to his friends. Maybe even Jools

 

 

 

 

Edit to add - good quality Roman sculpture was exceptionally lifelike so this was recognisably the dude. Seems the subjects - the guys with all the power and money - wanted a warts 'n' all image unlike today's airbrushing and photoshopping to flatter the old fat and ugly

 

So who's this?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 1, 2013 by Zombie

[joann414]

I'll talke a shot in the dark.     Thoreau

[MikeL]

Welcome to the game, Joann.  I don't think that's Thoreau; here are some pictures for comparison:

 

 

 

[Finn]

It was Augustus, actually. Pretty close though. ;P

[W_L]

Aww, Finn, you old Roman (Too bad, we're several thousand miles apart, I'd ask you out. )

 

Hmm...Zombie has a hard one...Based on his dress and stern demeanor, I am guessing a famous Briton of the 19th century, but I do not know this particular chap :

 

Since I can't use wiki to search, I must concede on this one.

[Finn]

I'm really bad at this, to be fully honest; just not as worldly and knowledged as I'd like to be... Though I am quite the splendid researcher in shady ways. ;D

 

WL: Shucks, I'd totally go out with this puppy, too.

[podga]

 

A dead English person who's famous for some reason or other?