O, Draconian Devil!
OK, so I saw the trailer for The DaVinci Code, a book I had no intention of reading until I realized how much of it is actually about art (yes, you'd think I'd get that from the title, but I never was the brightest bulb in the chandelier). So now, I'm racing through it before the film opens and was charmed that the one character had a hobby of making anagrams out of the titles of famous works of art. Charmed and challenged. So I came up with a few of my own.
The following are all titles of famous paintings by artists who are no longer with us, except for the bonus one, which is by a contemporary artist. There's no prize for getting them right other than the satisfaction of knowing you probably solved them about a billion times faster than it took me to make them:
Unscramble the following and/or provide your own:
*see comments...messed that one up.
The following are all titles of famous paintings by artists who are no longer with us, except for the bonus one, which is by a contemporary artist. There's no prize for getting them right other than the satisfaction of knowing you probably solved them about a billion times faster than it took me to make them:
Unscramble the following and/or provide your own:
1. A Nice Rug
2. We Sell Art, II
3. A Term in Chicago4. Garry's in Tenth*
5. I'm a Horny Nerd
Bonus: I Hate Stalin
*see comments...messed that one up.
posted by Edward_ at
7:27 PM
23 Comments:
1. Jasper John's "Flag(s)"
2. Albrecht Dürer's woodcut "Apocalyptical riders"
3. One of Hirst's Cows or meat
4. I think that's one from Hopper's paintings
5. Courbet, L'Origine du Monde
6. Mao, by Andy Warhol
(Oh, no anagrams at all)
That's incredible Hans
you got every single one of them fantastically wrong.
#3 is something about Judd... can't figure it out though.
no way! It is "American Gothic!"
A brilliant anagram because Grant Wood was in Chicago for a while, and i belive the painting is in the Art Institute's collection.
Just started working on these a minute ago...having (vexing) fun
Keep up the great blogging, Ed.
--Gary Owen, Seattle
OK this is too fun. I believe I have #1 - Guernica? Must ruminate longer on the others.
Hi Ed & Bambino! Happy spring.
well
i might be wrong, but i'll take a shoot. I think is #5
hi mountain man. happy spring to you 2
:)
The Anangram Servant will make your work a lot faster next time, Edward!
Thanks for the tip Sky. I knew there must be something that did that.
Of course it takes the fun out of making them and then choosing which one is the funniest, but...it defintely saves time.
and it's perhaps counter-helpful in reverse, because it gives you such a long list to choose from, but it's cool all the same.
can't think ... head hurts ...
That Anagram Servant thingy is a nifty program, but I can't decide if #2 is supposed to be:
Israeli Welt
Lisa Were Lit
or
Wart Lies Lie.
#3 is starry night.
oops i meant #4 is starry night. sorry.
Number Four doesnt make sense. I believe the title is "The Starry Night". Either way, the letters dont match up.
eureka!
Water Lilies!!
(#2, that is)
The Starry Night
Ah nuts...you're right, Eleventh Hour, I've left out an "H"...
sorry about that folks...I've double checked the other's...they're good.
Yes, #2 is Water Lilies
#1 is Guernica
# 3 is American Gothic
#4 was supposed to be The Starry Night (but ended up being The Starry Nigt)
#5 and the bonus remain unanswered.
Do you want hints...or you still working on 'em?
Puzzles such as this are not at all my fortay. But for the final 2, I did get some funny results:
I'm A Horny Nerd:
HARDEN MY IRON
RIORDAN HYMEN
IRAN RODE HYMN
I Hate Stalin:
LEASH TITIAN
ATHEIST NAIL
ITALIAN SETH
SALIENT THAI
These are either band names, or paintings by Kay Rosen.
i need some more time on this. i think i can figure it out.
Bonus is The Italians by The Man Himself.
Well done Henry!
yes, indeed that's it. Now make an anagram out of cy twombly.
e
If you allow abbreviations, I'd say "by my CT owl."
not bad! I think abbreviations are fine.
what about #5?
I'm a bit surprised that one seems to be so difficult...the rhythm of the anagram is very similar to the rhythm of the original.
could #5 be "Harmony in Red?" Perhaps a Whistler? y'know like "Harmony in black and Gold", or any number of other Harmonies?
hope so! I got starry Night, but thought it must be something else, because that E kept screwing me up! Perhaps it meant Ed?
Gary
It is "La desserte"
"Harmony In Red"
Matisse
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