a painting shows evidence of insanity?

[emacs]

This may be a rather eloborate hoax but there's a curious entry over at http://www.veryrussian.net/2006/could-this-be-the-new-da-vinci-code.html that claims the image offers evidence that the painter is insane. Getting to the site is difficult but here's some details

* This was painted by a person with a rare and severe mental disorder. He was constantly seeing his own fantasies all around him. He also had a certain phobia (undisclosed).
* His (the poster’s) psychiatry professor showed this painting in a lecture, and said there was one tell-tale sign in it that showed the painter’s insanity.
* The professor didn’t say what that sign was, leaving the students to do the guesswork. The only clues he gave was, "don't look for small details, look at the whole; if you figure out what the phobia was, you’ve got the answer; ask yourself what could have preceded this scene; think of what the place would look like with all the objects removed".
* The professor said that during the 15 years of his teaching, only one student had figured it out.

For the curious few, there's a mirror of the painting over at http://blog.hinjang.com/

 

[Jade4u]

hmmmm there seems to be a line seperating the left and the right side of the painting. One side if all the objects were removed would be lighter than the other side. Maybe he is scared of being led into darkness.

 

[tboy]

hmmmm there seems to be a line seperating the left and the right side of the painting. One side if all the objects were removed would be lighter than the other side. Maybe he is scared of being led into darkness.

LOL if you read the copy of the mirror site the line is a defect that happened during the scanning process......

 

[papasmerf]

well it shows you can ake us look

 

[elmufdvr]

did some on line research. and came up with this.
http://www.mental-health-today.com/narcissistic/transcripts.htm
googled some of ht escript and this was my result...

 

[papasmerf]

digital reproduction is weak. Need to see the original if you are to analyze it.

 

[emacs]

as suspected, it's a hoax. http://blog.hinjang.com/ has a brief note; the original site http://www.veryrussian.net has the details.

 

[Jade4u]

That's It

You remove everything from a painting you end up with nothing. The proffessor is not going to come. Again, nothing. Therefore there is a fear of nothing.

 

[Doctor Zoidburg]

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

I realy hate it when these supposedly learned people of high intelligence tell us that a certain items or objects indicate a mental disorder. For these indicators to be valid, these indicators would have repeatedly show up in people that display mental instability.

 

[Dash]

Maybe he's afraid of art...

I dunno. Anyone got the answer?

 

[SPQR]

If you blur your eyes you can see a spaceship. He's obviously afraid of aliens.

 

[Dash]

Here are some theories

* A preponderance of yellow.
* Everything appears twice or thrice.
* The house on the left: its windows have grates, and they're all dark.
* The snowman beside that house. How could the children build a snowman three times their size?
* The right-hand side of the painting is the same as the left-hand one, but shifted ninety degrees. It could indicate a brain disorder.
* Not a single door is to be seen on any of the houses.

I think the painter is suffering from acousticophobia. There is no evidence of anything making (or have made) a sound; no hoof prints and no sleigh tracks. The children look rather passive too. These features are in stark contrast to the original painting.

 

[Dash]

GUYS!

I Figured it OUT!

I know what the artist is suffering from!!!

This isn't a hoax

I was working and I was thinking about this painting

for a while I actually believed it was a hoax.

But then it hit me...maybe, just maybe...

and after double checking. I am right!!

He's suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder...

How do I come to this conclusion?

well...look at the painting...there's a copy of everything...

Everything is a copy of something else. He has to be very precise and duplicate everything very orderly.He cannot variate or indulge in anything disorderly.

Everything he painted is very orderly and very concisely organized. There's nothing erratic or out of place. Everything is kept strictly in organized fashion.

He is afraid of disorder.

Look at the children. How many children on each sleight? Three.

Look at the horses. How many horses on each sleigh? Three.

Is this seeming pretty odd, by far? Why does he have to have three horses on each sleigh? Why can't he differentiate? Why can't he variate the numbers of horses on each sleigh? Why not have two on one sled and 1 horse on another? No. He has EXACTLY three horses on each sleigh.

Even the houses are duplicated. Theres The brown houses are EXACTLY THE SAME. They both have the same architecture. The same number of windows. Three on front.

Even the two people in front of the brown houses are duplicated. There's EXACTLY two people in front of both brown houses.

Theres a trees in front of both brown houses.

The yellow buildings look very very similar in architecture. Small and with triangular roof. Again, same number of windows.

And two big orange buildings closely mirroring each other in location.

No doors on any of the buildings? Why? Because they're all exact duplicates/reflections of each other. He cann't make different, variety of houses. They all have to be alike. If one building has no door. The other like building can't have a door. The two similar buildings have to be very alike. In architecture, in number of windows and if one doesn't have a door. The other cannot have a door.

Also, dont forget how the buildings are very similar in COLOR.

The painting looks suddenly alot like a mirror image.

He suffers from obsessive compulsive disorder.

He cannot variate from his routine. He cannot differentiate or induldge in variety that is free from strict organization.

He is afraid of order and disorganization.

Can't believe nobody else figured it out.

One guy in all his 15 years of teaching only saw it? wow...

 

[Dash]

http://blog.hinjang.com/media/files/v_antonov_maslenitsa.jpg

it's 3 because it's a copy of this painting

Yeah. That one is a product of an artist suffering from Obsessive Compulsive Disorder too..