George Caleb Bingham
Notorious for his love of haute couture it makes perfect sense that Salvador Dalí should have designed covers for the fashion industry’s scion of taste
Salvador Dalí for Vogue and Vogue Paris via seesaw.
Eugène Delacroix The Women of Algiers (in Their Apartment) 1834
“One fine day, Pygmalion carved the statue of a woman of unparalleled beauty. She looked so gentle and divine that he could not take his eyes off the statue. The spell the lifeless woman cast on him was too much to resist and he desired her for his wife. Countless were the nights and days he spent staring upon his creation… What had been cold ivory turned soft and warm and Pygmalion stood back in amazement as his beloved figurine came into life, smiling at him and speaking words of admiration for her creator.”
Jean-Léon Gérome Pygmalion and Galatea 1890
A collection of modern interpretations of some of the world’s best known and most important works of art. Some more impressive than others, others like the image below are simply beautiful…
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Love the juxtaposition of neo-classical imagery with contemporary concepts and typography… a little bit Basquiat, a little bit Botticelli, a little bit Kahlo
Eduardo Recife aka MISPRINTED TYPE
From Ed Ruscha’s earlier years…
Somehow reminiscent of Frida’s monkeys.
Lindsay Carr Thoughts of the Future 2010
"The imagination is the vehicle of sensibility. Transported by the imagination, we attain life, life itself, which is absolute art."
— Yves Klein
Robert Longo Men in the Cities ca. 1980
From Longo’s portfolio
