The MultiPicture™ is a decorative object found aboard the Von Braun during System Shock 2.
Overview
The MultiPicture™ is a decorative digital display containing several classical pieces of art. The display can be changed with a push of a button. It serves the same purpose as a painting, and the player can change the painting displayed if they so want to. Each terminal stores three paintings. The MultiPicture™ can be found in most Crew Quarters on the ship, like on the MedSci Deck and Operations Deck. Several of the MultiPicture displays on the Recreation Deck contain fragments of the code to the transmitter dish. They can also be referred to as Art-Terminals.
Trivia
- Most, if not all, artwork displayed exists in real life. This is a list of known paintings and their artists:
- Georges Seurat − A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte (1884-1886)
- Vincent van Gogh − The Starry Night (1889)
- Gerard David − The Rest on the Flight into Egypt (ca. 1510)
- Paul Cézanne − The Abduction (1867)
- Mary Cassatt − The Boating Party (1893-1894)
- Sandro Botticelli − Primavera (ca. 1470-1482)
- Jean-François Millet − Shepherdess with Her Flock (ca. 1863)
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres − Odalisque with a Slave (1839)