• New article from the Springfield Shopper: Season 36 News: Another Preview Image for “The Man Who Flew Too Much” and details on other episodes have been released!
  • New article from the Springfield Shopper: Season 36 News: Two new Preview Images for “The Man Who Flew Too Much” have been released!
  • Wikisimpsons needs more Featured Article, Picture, Quote, Episode and Comprehensive article nominations!
  • Wikisimpsons has a Discord server! Click here for your invite! Join to talk about the wiki, Simpsons and Tapped Out news, or just to talk to other users.
  • Make an account! It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you.
TwitterFacebookDiscord

Difference between revisions of "The War of Art/References"

Wikisimpsons - The Simpsons Wiki
(Undo revision 687709 by 190.12.182.105 (talk) Not a goof. Just means time has changed.)
 
(12 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{TabR}}
+
{{TabR|nogags}}
 
{{EpisodePrevNextRef|The Winter of His Content|You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee}}
 
{{EpisodePrevNextRef|The Winter of His Content|You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee}}
  
 
== Cultural references ==
 
== Cultural references ==
*The episode name is a reference to ''{{W|The Art of War}}'' by [[Sun Tzu]].
+
*The episode name is a reference to ''[[The Art of War]]'' by [[Sun Tzu]].
*"Artipedia" is a parody of {{w||Wikipedia}}.
+
*One of the guinea pigs at the [[Guinea Pig Rescue Center]] had a {{W|Band-Aid}} on its tail.
*Homer refers to [[Leonardo da Vinci]] as "Leonardo Da Vinci Code" referencing the novel "{{w|The Da Vinci Code}}".
+
*Guinea pigs have an important role for many indigenous Andean peoples, and so [[Lisa]] created [[Pokey]] a habitat that includes {{W|Peruvian feather grass}}, an {{W|Inca|Incan}} sleeping mat and a portrait of [[Marisol Espinoza]], former vice president of [[Peru]].
*In the backgrounds are seen works of artists forged by [[Klaus Ziegler]], including:
+
*[[Artipedia]] is a parody of [[Wikipedia]].
**{{w|Georges Seurat}}, specifically {{w|Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte}};
+
*Homer refers to [[Leonardo da Vinci]] as "Leonardo Da Vinci Code" referencing the novel ''{{W|The Da Vinci Code}}''.
**{{w|Claude Monet}}, water lilies;
+
[[File:ToysBthis.png|300px|thumb|[[Toys "B" This]] is a parody of the American toy retailer [[Toys "R" Us]]]]
**{{w|Gustav Klimt}}, specifically {{w|The Kiss (Klimt)}};
+
*[[Toys "B" This]] is a parody of the American toy retailer [[Toys "R" Us]].
**{{w|Pablo Picasso}};
+
**The [[Planet Jackson]] toy is a parody of {{W|Captain Planet and the Planeteers|Captain Planet}}
**{{w|Andrew Wyeth}};
+
*In the news, the titles are play-on-words of different things:
**{{w|Marc Chagall}};
+
**''The Great Frame Robbery'' is a reference to the film ''{{W2|The Great Train Robbery|1903 film}}''.
**{{w|Henri Rousseau}}, specifically {{w|Sleeping Gypsy}};
+
**''Brush With Hateness?'' is a parody of "[[Brush with Greatness]]".
**A {{w|Rembrandt van Rijn}} self-portrait;
+
**''Friendship Van Gone?'', a play on [[Vincent van Gogh]].
**{{w|Gary Trudeau}}, of {{w|Doonesbury}} fame
+
**''The Art of War?'', a reference to the book ''[[The Art of War]]''.
*{{w|Richard Branson}} appears floating in a spaceship, a reference to {{w|Virgin Galactic}}, looking at a floating forgery of a {{w|Jackson Pollack}} painting.
+
*[[Milhouse]] plays ''Dancing Revolution'' with the TV turned off. This is a parody of the real music video game ''{{W|Dance Dance Revolution}}''.
 +
*A man in [[Isla Verde]] sells warm {{W|Speedos}}.
 +
*[[Klaus Ziegler]] paintings include imitations of:
 +
**''{{W|A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte}}'' by {{W|Georges Seurat}}
 +
**''{{W|The Sleeping Gypsy}}'' by {{W|Henri Rousseau}}
 +
**''Over the Town'' by {{W|Marc Chagall}}
 +
**A ''{{W|Doonesbury}}'' character by {{W|Garry Trudeau}}
 +
**''{{W|Christina's World}}'' by {{W|Andrew Wyeth}}
 +
**''{{W|Water Lilies (Monet series)#List of Water Lily paintings|Water Lily}}'' (1906) by [[Claude Monet]]
 +
**''{{W2|The Kiss|Klimt}}'' by {{W|Gustav Klimt}}
 +
**''{{W2|Convergence|Pollock}}'' by {{W|Jackson Pollock}}. {{Ch|Richard Branson}} is seen appreciating this replica in one his spaceships (a reference to {{W|Virgin Galactic}}).
 +
**''{{W|Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar}}'' by {{W|Rembrandt}}, seen at the back of [[Saddam Hussein]].
 +
<gallery>
 +
File:Ziegler imitations.png|''{{W|A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte}}'' and ''{{W|The Sleeping Gypsy}}''
 +
File:Over the Town imitation.png|''Over the Town''
 +
File:Doonesbury character imitation.png|''{{W|Doonesbury}}'' character
 +
File:Christina's World imitation.png|''{{W|Christina's World}}''
 +
File:Water Lilies imitation.png|''{{W|Water Lilies (Monet series)#List of Water Lily paintings|Water Lily}}'' (1906)
 +
File:The Kiss imitation.png|''{{W2|The Kiss|Klimt}}''
 +
File:Richard Branson on starship.png|{{Ch|Richard Branson}} and a ''{{W2|Convergence|Pollock}}'' imitation
 +
File:Rembrandt self-portrait imitation.png|''{{W|Self-Portrait with Beret and Turned-Up Collar}}'' and [[Saddam Hussein]]
 +
</gallery>
 +
*Ziegler mentions [[the Louvre]] and the {{W|Cal State Fullerton}}.
  
 
{{Season 25|R}}
 
{{Season 25|R}}

Latest revision as of 19:41, March 27, 2024

References/Trivia


Season 25 Episode References
544 "The Winter of His Content"
545
"The War of Art"
"You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" 546


Cultural references[edit]

Toys "B" This is a parody of the American toy retailer Toys "R" Us
Season 25 References
Homerland Treehouse of Horror XXIV Four Regrettings and a Funeral YOLO Labor Pains The Kid Is All Right Yellow Subterfuge White Christmas Blues Steal This Episode Married to the Blob Specs and the City Diggs The Man Who Grew Too Much The Winter of His Content The War of Art You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee Luca$ Days of Future Future What to Expect When Bart's Expecting Brick Like Me Pay Pal The Yellow Badge of Cowardge