Kinglizard's Painting Avatar Set (Image Heavy) (CONTEST has ENDED)

Originally posted by nixie_nox
They are beautiful paintings, any chance you will tell us your favorite?

What a difficult question. It's one that would probably change when looking through all the paintings but the first one I thought of was:

Dancer in Front of a Window by Edgar Degas

i43.tinypic.com...

I just love the tones, dedication, movement and scene.

1) In the beginning you should follow 22124.

2) Hint number one will require no counting + - / * and means more than the statement.

3) You will need to find the beginning to get to the end.

Analysis.

Critical clues.
1. What does beginning mean. Beginning of the post? Beginning of the Contest? Beginning of the Paintings?
2. Is the 22124 actually a text message? (ex: Two, to One, to Four?)
3. There is no counting, no arithmetic and the string of numbers means more than 'the statement'.
4. What is the end? End of the list, something else?
5. Obviously, 'the Beginning' is not the 'start', but something more arcane.

I am thinking that 22124 is a date. But I can't find anything close.

Birthdate or deathdate.

This is kind of getting a Matrixy feel to it.


[edit on 4-2-2009 by nixie_nox]

I've done dates (January 22 1924 and February 1 1924 depending on the month or day first). Then I went the zip code route and called some museums (Fairfax and Children's museum- no answer for either) around that zip code. Then I searched for artists that had any kind of history around the area. The only one that remotely had anything to do with it was James Whistler but it had nothing to do with Whistler's Mother (Painting in London, now in Paris).

I started this game as an easy distraction due to being very stressed in real life. Now I've gone from a to a to the infinite power. I give. But my last stab-in-the-dark guess with absolutely no basis to this whatsoever is:

William Bouguereau --- The Fair Spinner

QUESTION: 0011001000110010001100010011001000110100

HINTS:

1) In the beginning you should follow 22124.

2) Hint number one will require no counting + - / * and means more than the statement.

3) You will need to find the beginning to get to the end.

Since this will most likely be wrong, this is the remaining options with the above guess removed from the following:

ARTIST GROUP BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER

William Bouguereau --- The Story Book
William Bouguereau --- Knitting Girl
William Bouguereau --- L'Espieglerie

Edgar Degas --- Ballerina
Edgar Degas --- Dancer in Front of a Window

Vincent van Gogh --- Poppies
Vincent van Gogh --- Irises
Vincent van Gogh --- Sunflowers
Vincent van Gogh --- Vase of Flowers

Paul Klee --- Architektur
Paul Klee --- New Harmony

Claude Monet --- Woman with Umbrella Facing Right
Claude Monet ---The Parc Monceau
Claude Monet --- Vase of Flowers
Claude Monet --- Madame Monet and Her Son

Bartolome Murillo --- Young Man Drinking
Bartolome Murillo --- Christ on the Cross
Bartolome Murillo --- The Good Shepherd
Bartolome Murillo --- The Little Fruit-Seller
Bartolome Murillo --- The Annunciation

Joseph Nigg --- Grandmother's Bouquet I
Joseph Nigg --- Grandmother's Bouquet II

Rembrandt --- The Disposition
Rembrandt --- St Matthew & the Angel

Renoir --- Tulipes
Renoir --- Pitcher of Flowers
Renoir --- Flowers in a Vase
Renoir --- Bouquet of Chrysanthemums

Diego Rivera --- The Zapotec Civilization
Diego Rivera --- The Flower Vendor

Cornelis Spaendonck --- Still Life with Flowers
Cornelis Spaendonck --- Corbeille et vase de fleurs

George Stubbs --- Tristram Shandy
George Stubbs --- Gimcrack with John Pratt
George Stubbs --- Bay Horse and White Dog

John Waterhouse - Boreas
John Waterhouse --- The Soul of the Rose

INDIVIDUAL ARTIST BY ALPHABETICAL ORDER

Lemuel Abbott --- Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson
Jose Antolinez --- The Assumption of Mary Magdalene
Frank Benson --- Sunlight
Leon Bonnat --- Portrait of Victor Hugo
Agnolo Bronzino --- Holy Family with St. Anne
Ambrosius Brueghel --- Roses and Carnations in a Glass Vase
Marc Chagall --- Bouquet de Fleurs
John Collier --- Lady Godiva
Pierre-Auguste Cot --- Le Printemps
Jacques-Louis David --- Portrait of Pierre Seriziat
Raoul Dufy --- Anemones
Delphin Enjolras --- Young Woman Reading by a Window
Francois Gerard --- Portrait of Madame Recamier
Alfred Godchaux --- Roses at Lilas
Ridolfo Guariento --- An Angel Weighing a Soul
William Harnett --- My Gems
William Hennessy --- The Pride of Dijon
Jan van Huysum --- Vase of Flowers
David Jean --- Spirit of the Savior
Johan Jensen --- Pink Roses in a Vase
Federico Kuntz --- Portrait of Amalia De Llano
Edward Ladell --- The Tazza
Frederick Leighton --- Biondina
Charles James Lewis --- Reading by the Window Hastings
Johann Liss --- The Sacrifice of Isaac
Bernardino Luini --- The Sleeping Christ
Georgius van Os --- Still Life Fruit
Raphael --- St Michael Overwhelming Demon
Pierre Redoute --- Fruits
Francois Rivoire --- Summer Flowers
Jean Robie --- Bouquet de Roses
Jose Royo --- Primavera
Sassoferrato --- The Madonna
Henry Scott --- Driving Seas
Marcus Stone --- In Love
Michael Sweerts --- Self Portrait
Jan Vermeer - Girl with a Pearl Earring
James Whistler --- Whistler's Mother

And with that I am off to do some heavy duty house cleaning that isn't nearly as exhausting as this. Carrying vacuum cleaners up and down to flights of stairs and scrubbing showers is easier.

reply to post by AshleyD


It is not William Bouguereau The Fair Spinner.

Question: I took this to be a binary string..

1) Googled convert binary - gave me an ascii number of 22124

...after that I'm just scratching my head.Maybe of some help perhaps...?

reply to post by Secrut Skwirul


22124 is definitely significant in some way. Here are the hints from the OP:

HINTS:

1) In the beginning you should follow 22124.

2) Hint number one will require no counting + - / * and means more than the statement.

3) You will need to find the beginning to get to the end.

Things that you have to start at the beginning to get to the end:

1. journey
2. dinner
3. road
4. life and death
5. a maze
6. a song
7. time

reply to post by AshleyD


I think I know what to do.

22124 is the zip code for Oakton VA, that's a 20 min drive from where I'm at.

So I'm off to Oakton to knock on doors, the answer is bound to be there.

reply to post by schrodingers dog


Yes, please do. And if you happen to make a stop by Fairfax Museum or the Children's Museum of North Virginia, tell them to answer their darn telephone the next time I call.

reply to post by AshleyD


Ha, what is it that you need from them?
Maybe I can help with that for realsies.

I got it. I'm positive. Now I just have to wait until I can go again. The above were far fetched guesses but I am 99.9% Sure I have it now.

Any chance we can get the questions to teh previous contests earlier in the thread?
And did I use my guess or can I go again?

[edit on 4-2-2009 by nixie_nox]

Lemme post. Lemme post. Lemme post.

I'm positive. I don't even want the points- we can divvy them up between everyone who has tried. I'm just excited.

reply to post by AshleyD


I haven't postedyet, Ashley

You could u2u me the answer, and I'll take only a 20% commission

Okay Ashley give it to me...

This is it. It has to be or it is one heck of a coincidence:

QUESTION: 0011001000110010001100010011001000110100

HINTS:

1) In the beginning you should follow 22124.

2) Hint number one will require no counting + - / * and means more than the statement.

3) You will need to find the beginning to get to the end.

0011001000110010001100010011001000110100 = 22124.

'In the beginning' = Genesis 1:1.

22 Chapters forward takes us to Genesis 22.

Genesis 22:1-24 deals with Abraham and Isaac.

Genesis 22:1-24 = 22124.

*Drumroll*

Johann Liss --- The Sacrifice of Isaac

reply to post by AshleyD


You are the Winner!

5000 BTS points coming at you shortly!

QUESTION:

0011001000110010001100010011001000110100

HINTS:

1) In the beginning you should follow 22124. (Explained:'In the Beginning' is the first three words in the Bible more specifically in Genesis; 22124 = 22:1-24 in Genesis which is where the story of Isaac can be found.)

2) Hint number one will require no counting + - / * and means more than the statement. (Explained: Should be obvious now that you see what hint #1 referred to)

3) You will need to find the beginning to get to the end. (Explained: Relates to a book and 'beginning' is the definition of Genesis)



Answer: The Sacrifice of Isaac, 1625-26 by Johann Liss is a biblical story found in Genesis 22:1-24 or 22124 where Abraham was to give God his son Isaac as a burnt offering. 'In the beginning' is the first 3 words in the book of Genesis which you must find to get to the end.



[edit on 2/4/2009 by kinglizard]

I'm giving 5000 points to everyone who contributed between this post and my previous hint announcement.

reply to post by AshleyD


Nice job, Ashley!

And Kinglizard, that was a great puzzle