There are many factors, like bowling balls that will roll and hit candles, that will then burn through a string, releasing a balloon that pulls the trigger of a gun...it goes on and on until it reaches a conclusion. I've seen these sold at art galleries but I can't find a single site because I can't simplify the search. Anyone know?
2007-01-27 14:27:12 · 7 answers · asked by djthrenody189 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Other - Visual Arts
It is not rube goldburg, and it is not a machine. The pictures always have a question with a single, specific answer and it usually results only in total success or death to the cartoon character.
2007-01-27 19:33:41 · update #1
It's not Rube Goldberg, and it's not Escher. I don't know how else to explain this...lol that's why I can't find it. There are many pictures, but the one I recall has a girl in a circular room with several doors. Only one door will lead her to her boyfriend/date but any other door, when opened, will kill her in a strange, long-winded way. I think there was a T-Rex in a box that would be released behind one door. It sounds like a drawing inspired by pot, but it's just really detailed, and very specific about how to choose which door correctly.
2007-01-29 14:45:10 · update #2
You probably mean M.C. Escher who draws things like stairs that look like they're always going up, but you somehow end up at the bottom again. - though your addendum leaves me totally confused. I honestly have no idea what you are talking about.
2007-01-27 14:32:27 · answer #1 · answered by Roy Staiger 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The man was a cartoonist and his name was Rube Goldburg, perhaps Goldberg. Some called him Goldstien but I've always know him as Rube Goldberg.
2007-01-27 14:32:39 · answer #2 · answered by the old dog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rube Goldberg-- but he actually built some of the ridiculous contraptions. There are some contests out there, too, where students design complex ridiculous machines and gizmos to do a simple task.
2007-01-27 14:33:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rube Goldberg does a lot of complex contraptions that you might see in a game of "Mouse Trap" or in a Looney Tunes cartoon. Anytime you see something like thing it will often be a reference to him.
2007-01-27 15:57:22 · answer #4 · answered by Jennifer M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
M.C. Escher the Dutch architect is probably the most famous. There are many books and prints of his available.
2007-01-27 16:24:28 · answer #5 · answered by Richard A 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like something maybe M.C Escher did.
2007-01-29 11:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by mommasquarepants 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like ur talking about m.c. escher and his tesselation drawings (complex puzzles)
2007-01-28 11:13:27 · answer #7 · answered by Jax 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋