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Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket, an Uncommon card
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket is a c. 1875 painting by James McNeill Whistler held in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 55
- DEF
- 28
- Power
- 83
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 46,000
Power 83 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 25 % of WikiCards cards.
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ exemplified the art for art's sake movement – a concept formulated by Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier and Charles Baudelaire.
Answer
painting. The painting exemplified the art for art's sake movement – a concept formulated by Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier and Charles Baudelaire. From the Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket is a c. ____ painting by James McNeill Whistler held in the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Answer
1870s. Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket is a c. 1875 painting by James McNeill Whistler held in the Detroit Institute of Arts. From the Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket article on Wikipedia.
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The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- The painting exemplified the art for art's sake movement – a concept formulated by Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier and Charles Baudelaire.
- First shown at the Grosvenor Gallery in London in 1877, it is one of two works inspired by the Cremorne Gardens, a celebrated pleasure resort in London.
- One of his many works from his series of Nocturnes, it is the last of the London Nocturnes and is now widely acknowledged to be the high point of Whistler's middle period.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket article was read about 46,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 55 and blocks with 28: each hit it takes is cut by 11 %.
How to get Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : James McNeill Whistler, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
