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Discussion Groups / English Usage / January 2009What's the story?
Or is it just a scene? http://a.imagehost.org/view/0620/Winterscene >Or is it just a scene? >http://a.imagehost.org/view/0620/Winterscene Would you have us call 911 for the chap through the ice? >Or is it just a scene? >http://a.imagehost.org/view/0620/Winterscene Someone added a story to this one - http://tinyurl.com/95fk6h  SignatureJohn >> Or is it just a scene? >> http://a.imagehost.org/view/0620/Winterscene > > Someone added a story to this one - > http://tinyurl.com/95fk6h And there's Tom Stoppard's /After Magritte/. Standing ovation to Maria, by the way. SignatureMike. > Or is it just a scene? > http://a.imagehost.org/view/0620/Winterscene It could be a happy, carefree winter scene in the country. But look closer: Most of the people are dressed in shades of brown. Even though there are some red-orange items that should brighten the scene, in truth they do not; they merely draw our attention for a moment. And then, we begin to see that no one seems happy, especially the woman "skate-dancing" with the man in red/orange pants. We also note the person at the edge of the snow with his (or her?) arm extended --seemingly asking for a hand up. But: could it be that this person is intending to pull the dark-robed lady (a nun?) onto -- or into -- the muddy, slushy area that is not quite ice? Such "accidents" are so simple to arrange. Our eyes are now drawn to the rough-looking man leaning against the tree (at left). He looks as if he's about to pull a gun from the inside pocket of his coat. Nearby, the largest of the characters -- the fat man -- has something in his right hand that looks like a weapon of sorts. Yes, it may be part of a set of skate blades with ties, but it could easily be a weapon, and he could easily be about to do harm to the red-jacketed would-be skater. Note that the fat man has something mysterious in his other hand, too. Moving on, we see, in the small patch of snow to the left of the muddy/slushy area, someone in an awkward "on-all-fours" pose. Did he (I'm assuming "he") fall down? Was he pushed? There's something not-quite-right going on there, yet no one is offering to help. No one is even watching. Looking to the lower right, next to the person who's slipped into the water, there is a skater carrying something suspicious-looking. A branch? A weapon? A means of propelling others onto the thinnest, weakest areas of ice? Again, no one is offering help, or even watching. As you look, you will see even more, and realize that this painting depicts stories within stories, evil upon evil. No, not a happy, carefree winter scene in the country. The buildings' unseeing, darkened eyes testify to that. Maria C. Either serious or not. >Or is it just a scene? >http://a.imagehost.org/view/0620/Winterscene Maria C. has commented on the human aspects of the picture. I'm interested in the circular island with the concentric step arrangement with a pole in the middle with soemthing bushy-looking at the top of the pole. What is it? SignaturePeter Duncanson, UK (in alt.usage.english) Peter Duncanson wrote: >>Or is it just a scene? >>http://a.imagehost.org/view/0620/Winterscene [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >What is it? I don't know. Looking at the painting closer, it takes on aspects of a double exposed photograph. There are oddities that are difficult to otherwise explain: snow inconsistently placed, trees with and without foliage, one character with the background appearing through his image, odd perspectives--that castle doesn't fit in the picture. There's more; what are those animals that look like deer doing in this picture? Maybe the photograph is revealing a painting that is beneath another painting. It's a bit spooky. > Peter Duncanson wrote: >> [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > Maybe the photograph is revealing a painting that is beneath another > painting. It's a bit spooky. Breugel the Elder, I think. It's very similar to a painting entitled "Townsfolk in Winter" and another called "Townsfolk Skating on a Castle Moat". SignatureLaura (emulate St. George for email) >> Peter Duncanson wrote: >>> [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >"Townsfolk in Winter" and another called "Townsfolk Skating on a Castle >Moat". I gave this picture a better look and am now convinced it is a superposition. If you look carefully at the horizon, you will see sail boats on water. That pole with the bushy top is possibly a pole with a box-like object atop, but the bushy object is a tree in a different painting. There are at least three trees growing out of the castle which perspective-wise don't belong. Another perspective problem is what appears to be a boy and his father of similar size to a castle tower. Then the composition gets stranger still if you notice the man and woman couple who aren't wearing winter garb are posed standing next to two faltering skaters. >> Peter Duncanson wrote: >>> [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] >"Townsfolk in Winter" and another called "Townsfolk Skating on a Castle >Moat". This site attributes it to the Younger - http://tinyurl.com/6unrsm The Irwell's image does seem to be double-exposed or photoshopped. There is also a vertical banner on the left that says "... of Istanbul". SignatureJohn |
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