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Looking for a specific painting
UncleSporky
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When I was in college I saw a painting that was really awesome and I was reminded of it and would like to see it again.
It was a large, detailed "Where's Waldo" of adages/sayings. Not literally Waldo, just awash with different events occurring simultaneously. A woman is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. A rolling stone is gathering no moss. A man is eating a carrot and turning into one as well, since he is what he eats. One woman's torso is made of wood, and attached are door knockers. Etc., etc.
Does anyone know what the painting is called, who painted it, or if any decent detail of it is available online? You could look at it for hours.
It was a large, detailed "Where's Waldo" of adages/sayings. Not literally Waldo, just awash with different events occurring simultaneously. A woman is throwing the baby out with the bathwater. A rolling stone is gathering no moss. A man is eating a carrot and turning into one as well, since he is what he eats. One woman's torso is made of wood, and attached are door knockers. Etc., etc.
Does anyone know what the painting is called, who painted it, or if any decent detail of it is available online? You could look at it for hours.
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I'm not sure if it's what you are after, but it is a large painting that contains sayings. This particular one is by an artist called Bruegel, I found it by googling 'sayings paintings' within images. Might be a good start.
I also just noticed that the same painting is used for the cover of the first Fleet Foxes album, neat.
EDIT: I googled again and while this thread was the third result, I looked further and found the painting I was looking for, Proverbidioms by T. E. Breitenbach. The biggest version I could find of it is a puzzle version:
Not as realistic as I remembered but still entertaining. The poster version has a list of all the sayings at the bottom and you can spend a long time looking for them.
my junior english teacher had this on his wall. much time was spent there not paying attention. haha