Meet Fabrice Yencko, The Tattoo Artist Who Blends Irezumi and Renaissance in Modern Artistry
French artist Fabrice Yencko is well-known in the art world for his versatile skills, which include writing, painting, graffiti, tattooing, and significant fashion partnerships, such as one with Supreme. Continue reading »
AI Artist Creates Eccentric Portraits in Modern Renaissance Style
XenoCat, an AI artist creates Renaissance paintings as they would be created in modern times, with all the newfangled gimmicks and gadgets, and of course they are created with artificial intelligence. The era of generational revival has also reached freelancers. Separately, we can highlight works with various animals depicted with their owners in the most bizarre ways. Continue reading »
The Intricate Surrealist Paintings of Mike Davis
San Francisco-based Mike Davis is a self-taught modern surrealist painter who began his artistic journey in 1997. Continue reading »
Fashion’s Renaissance Revival: Surrealistic Creations Born from AI
In the ever-evolving landscape of art and fashion, one anonymous artist has embraced the power of artificial intelligence to craft a truly remarkable collection of surrealistic fashion outfits and shoes. Continue reading »
Robotic Renaissance: Polish Artist Agnieszka Pilat’s Innovative Canvas
Agnieszka Pilat, a modern artist, honed her skills at the Academy of Art University and initially focused on portraiture in San Francisco. Despite her technical skill, her work was overlooked in the abstraction-preferred local art scene. However, an encounter with Paul Stein, an art collector and the developer behind Airbnb’s headquarters, opened a new path. Stein requested a painting of a vintage fire alarm bell, which was the start of Pilat’s artistic breakthrough. Continue reading »
Cats Stealing Food In Renaissance Still Life Paintings
Alexandre-François Desportes, 1705
Are you looking for a new hobby? Maybe you should join us in looking for cats who are stealing food in still life paintings (one of our favorite sub-genres of art). It’s so wonderfully disrespectful! So here’s a gallery celebrating the need for snacks triumphing over art. The name of the painting, name of the artist, and year are all listed under the paintings. Continue reading »
Gustave Doré’s Stunning Illustrations of François Rabelais’ Gargantua and Pantagruel
François Rabelais, the great Renaissance writer, is best known for Gargantua and Pantagruel, a satirical novel about two gluttonous giants who get into trouble. Continue reading »
Graphic Art Between Renaissance And Modernity
The French artist Benedicte Piccolillo, graphic designer and street artist, is the talent hidden behind Voglio Bene. Based in Mauguio, South of France, she creates from “coups de Coeur” that she may have had on old paintings from masters. Initially a photographer, the artist is self-taught in digital graphic creation. Continue reading »
Codpiece Was a Weird Renaissance Fashion Trend
The codpiece as a feature of male dress dates to the 15th and 16th centuries during the renaissance. Designed to cover the gap between the two legs of men’s hose, it is packed and shaped to emphasize rather than disguise the genital area. Continue reading »
50 Times People Took A Photograph And Realized It’s “Accidental Renaissance”
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When you point your camera at a random thing on the street, you usually don’t expect much. But in the vast sea of dull photos that fill your camera roll, one stands out. Call it a miracle, or a lovely surprise, but if you feel like the pic is superior in composition, style, lighting, and somewhat resembles a classical painting, it may be that you have just encountered “accidental renaissance.” Continue reading »
When Renaissance Artists Were Really Bad At Drawing Babies
The Renaissance artists repeatedly did something that we balk at today – they painted children like miniaturized old men. This was probably due to the fact that the concept of childhood is a relatively recent trend in history, but in some 15th and 16th century works, it looks like the painter never laid eyes on a baby. Continue reading »
Baroque Model Portraits Wearing A Helmet: Superb Paintings By Lúcio Carvalho
Lúcio Carvalho works is inspired by scenography as well as Baroque, Rococo and Renaissance era. Emotion, memory and imaginary archives – fragment from the past, projection of the future – are building the work that needs to be protected because of its fragility, to stay preserve for the future to exist with a certain freedom. Continue reading »
19 Times People Took An Ordinary Photo And Got A Renaissance Masterpiece
“My friends and I got lost in the city during 90 degree weather. This photo was taken after we finally found some good air conditioning.”
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Sometimes it happens that you just push the button of your camera but eventually you get something similar to the paintings of the famous Italian artists. In order to share photos like that, Reddit users even created a special community called Accidental Renaissance. Continue reading »
What If Renaissance Sculptures “Behaved” In A Modern Way
Spanish artist Gerard Mas, who is currently based in Barcelona, creates humorous marble sculptures that combine quirky, cheeky attitude of modern day culture with reserved behavioral traits of Renaissance era. Continue reading »
Ugly Renaissance Babies
The Renaissance artists repeatedly did something that we balk at today – they painted children like miniaturized old men. This was probably due to the fact that the concept of childhood is a relatively recent trend in history, but in some 15th and 16th century works, it looks like the painter never laid eyes on a baby. Continue reading »
Transforming Subway Passengers Into Renaissance Paintings
The British photographer Matt Crabtree is having fun transforming stolen photographs of subway passengers in London into beautiful Renaissance paintings. These portraits are created with a simple smartphone, used for shooting but also for editing. This amazing project entitled 16th Century Tube Passengers brings out the beauty from these mundane everyday scenes, capturing poses and looks with a certain poetry. Continue reading »
This Is What Disney Princesses Would Look Like If They Were Renaissance Women
Coupling contemporary cultural references and historic fine art techniques, Bangkok-based designer Thunyamon Charoensuttikul has realized a series titled ‘Disney princesses in the Renaissance’. The digital paintings recreate some of Disney’s most beloved characters in the style of 15th century portraiture. Dark backdrops with minimal detail echo the aesthetic qualities of the artistic era, while a textured paint crackle effect mimics the time-worn personalities of Renaissance paintings. Continue reading »
Auto Mechanics Strike A Pose With Hilarious Renaissance-Style Paintings
US-based photographer Freddy Fabris had always wanted to pay homage to the great Renaissance masters, but wasn’t sure how until he stumbled upon an old Midwest car shop. “The place screamed for something to be shot there,” Fabris wrote on Huffpost. From there it all started to fall in place, and soon Fabris had made a brilliant series of portraits with auto-mechanics reenacting famous Renaissance paintings. Continue reading »
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Painted As The Renaissance Painters They Were Named After
Owen Dippie has been restless lately in Brooklyn, cooling his heels and trying to stay invisible like a ninja while he waits for his big opportunity to slaughter a wall. He’ll need 5 days of good weather but New York is only doing 3 at a time, so he’s slicing between rain drops, sharpening his aerosol blades on this masked quartet by the railroad tracks. Continue reading »
