The War of Art/References

General

References/Trivia

Appearances

Credits

Quotes

	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

• The episode name is a reference to The Art of War by Sun Tzu.
• "Artipedia" is a parody of Wikipedia.
• Homer refers to Leonardo da Vinci as "Leonardo Da Vinci Code" referencing the novel "The Da Vinci Code".
• In the backgrounds are seen works of artists forged by Klaus Ziegler, including:
  • Georges Seurat, specifically Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte;
  • Claude Monet, water lilies;
  • Gustav Klimt, specifically The Kiss (Klimt);
  • Pablo Picasso;
  • Andrew Wyeth;
  • Marc Chagall;
  • Henri Rousseau, specifically Sleeping Gypsy;
  • A Rembrandt van Rijn self-portrait;
  • Gary Trudeau, of Doonesbury fame
• Richard Branson appears floating in a spaceship, a reference to Virgin Galactic, looking at a floating forgery of a Jackson Pollock painting.

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