Tag: famous
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Child Prodigy Knew He Wanted To Be An Artist Since He Was 2, Here’s What He’s Drawn By Age 16
My name is Dusan Krtolica, I am 16 years old and I live in Serbia. Drawing is my greatest passion, and I find my inspiration in nature. I am mostly fascinated by animals and their great diversity, as well as their amazing ability to adapt to living in many different environments. I started drawing when…
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These Historical Facts In Pictures Will Mess With Your Perception Of Time
Sometimes things just aren’t as they seem. Or aren’t as they should be. When we try to put historical events into perspective, we often simplistically divide things into ‘old days’ and ‘modern times,’ because our brains can often struggle with the perception of time, and since most of us don’t live to be centenarians, we…
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Artist Makes Mashups Of The Most Famous Artworks In History And Contemporary Pop Culture
Hayati is a visual designer from Cyprus. He’s an absolute photoshop master and one of his biggest joys is mixing random people into classical paintings. Scroll down to see some of his work and upvote your favorites and upload your own!. [zombify_post]
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Amazing Real-Life Locations of Famous Paintings That You Can Actually Visit
Have you ever wanted to track down the location where your favorite painting was actually created? Wanted to sip a martini in the same spot van Gogh painted his masterpiece or walk along the bridge that inspired Monet’s ‘Water Lillies’ series? With the help of this blog, now you can! See below to explore some…
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Classic Painting Subjects Inserted Into Modern Day Life
In a different take on the ‘classic paintings remade’ series we’ve featured a couple of times recently, Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov unites the past and present by giving characters from classic paintings the chance to explore our modern world. Alexey uses Photoshop to insert vintage muses in stores, on buses, on stairwells, and in the midst of urban alleyways for his ongoing…
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Famous Works of Art Recreated on the Inside of Egg Shells!
Artists love to paint on all different mediums and all different surfaces. When we were kids, we’d love to paint as many boiled eggs as our mum would let us have for Easter. Turkish artist Süreyya Noyan has taken this concept much, much further, by carefully cracking a window into eggs, removing the goodness, then painting famous…
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Famous Photographers Pose Behind Their Iconic Images
They’re the world’s most iconic images. But unless you’re a photography buff, you probably have no idea who the people behind the lens of these photographs actually are. US photographer Tim Mantoani, however, aims to fix all that with his epic “Behind Photographs” series. Tim started this series in 2006, when he rented a 20×24 Polaroid camera (itself an…
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Injecting Paint in Bubble Wrap to Recreate Iconic Paintings
Who says bubble wrap is just for packaging or stress relief? New York-based artist Bradley Hart, known for creating amazingly realistic pixelated portraits, has expanded his bubble wrap painting series Impressions to include recreations of iconic masterpieces such as Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl Earring, and Vincent van Gogh’s Self Portrait with Grey Felt Hat.…
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Hilarious Dog Portraits of Famous People in History by David Imlay
David Imlay’s approach to painting draws influence from twentieth century American Contemporary Realism as well as Photorealism which both emerged in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s. It is David’s hilarious dog portraits based on famous portraits by other artists, however, that caught our eye and brought a smile to our face. Our mascot Fido…