Another puzzle from EYE's Home Page.
Status
Resolved
Discovery
On March 16, Eve sent an email
Subject: A new connection has opened
A new connection can be found at E.Y.E.'s location.
Are you a connoisseur?
This prompted a check on EYE's Home Page; a new sentence appeared: Art leading to a new link on EYE's web site: http://208.109.1.121/tg/thegallery.asp
The Text
The page displays the usual rectangular frame used in other puzzles by EYE, with some text in the top border:
dood - peste - tradimento - memoria
Olorin translated 3 of the 4 words on the unForum thread from Italian (it turns out not all words were in Italian, see below):
dood - plague - betrayal - memory
MrToasty provided the translation for the first word on the unForum thread from Dutch:
death - plague - betrayal - memory
AUZ505 linked the correct languages to each word (see solution below):
Dutch - French - Italian - Spanish
The Images
The gallery page displays a set of famous paintings within the rectangular frame; a small button in the lower-right corner allows to move on to the next image in the set (the image will pan to the right until the next image is displayed; the background of the animation simulates the pages of a book). The list is circular (once the last image is displayed, the cycle starts over):
| Display Order | Image | Details |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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source: "Betrayal of Christ" author: Giuseppe Cesari nationality: Italian |
| 2 |
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source: "The Persistence of Memory" author: Salvador Dali nationality: Spanish |
| 3 |
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source: "The Triumph of Death" author: Pieter Bruegel the Elder nationality: Dutch |
| 4 |
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source: "Bonaparte Visiting the Plague-Victims of Jaffa" author: Antoine-Jean Gros nationality: French |
The Background Image
RikaLeigh found that the background image for this page includes a small text:
Never touch a painting more than once. You might not notice the transition, but only click a painting once. Doubleclick or incorrect click will result in looped hell.
You really have to zoom in the lower-right corner to see the text
Solution
MrToasty solved this puzzle on the unForum thread.
AUZ505 found the "correct solution" for the puzzle:
The words on the top of the images provide a sequence; each word is in a different language, which links each word to one of the paintings:
- dood = death in Dutch, leads to Pieter Bruegel the Elder's "The Triumph of Death" (Painting #3)
- peste = plague in French, leads to Antoine-Jean Gros' "Bonaparte Visiting the Palgue-Victims of Jaffa" (Painting #4)
- tradimento = betrayal in Italian, leads to Giuseppe Caesari's " The Betrayal of Christ" (Painting #1)
- memoria = memory in Spanish, leads to Salvador Dali's "The Persistance of Memory" (Painting #2)
Therefore the words specify the following order for the images:
3-4-1-2
The images had to be clicked once each, in the correct order. The lower-right corner button could be used to move forward to the correct next image in the sequence.
When the correct sequence is completed, a new page opens up: see Dante's Gallery
Alternatively the URL can be modified with the appropriate argument to access the new page: http://208.109.1.121/tg/thegallery.asp?order=3412
