Ever since last December, people have been entertaining themselves by participating in an open community project called "Take a photo of the Rembrandt type".
The project’s feed on Vk.com already has more than 300 submissions, featuring people’s best attempts at replicating famous works of Classic Art. The best part is, it’s not just limited to Rembrandt’s art! Some of the entrants manage to reproduce the atmosphere of the masterpieces with meticulous detail, and many use humor as well.
Scroll down the page and take a look at the best attempts of finding or creating a likeness between art and reality!
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To all of those making the tongue in cheek joke about which is worse: wanna be slamma-jammaed by REALITY?? The original is called The Apotheosis of War by Vasily Vereshchagin, finished in 1871. He was a Russian war artist, meaning he traveled with various Russian armies and painted/drew what he saw as a way to witness and record what it was like (a common thing in many countries, including US, UK, etc). When he finished this painting he dedicated it " . . . to all great conquerors, past, present and to come." which was pretty sassy. He was known for being brutally honest in his depictions of what he saw and it often got him in a lot of trouble, this painting especially was banned from being viewed and lots of his art was controversial and ultimately banned from being reproduced. He was a brave guy and very well known in his day. So . . . that might make you think about this picture differently. Artistic license and all, but still . . . yikes.
The Apotheosis of War by Vasily Vereshchagin in 1871. If it was a Salvador Dali it would be a lot more surreal than this, more like a dreamscape.
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This is fascinating because that woman is clearly not attempting to recreate the painting. If she were, she would not be wearing the several necklaces, she would not be sitting beside those leaves, and most likely she would have her hand in the image. So who randomly had a photograph of a woman in a fancy dress with such a similar face and hair??
Me trying to look somewhere else after seeing an acquaintance in public.
These were all amazing. While I loved the joke pictures, I absolutely loved the proper recreations. They were so... real. I'm f****n inspired right now. (Side note: where I am, it's now 11:49pm on the 31st of December. And HOLY S**T. It's almost the New Year. The fireworks are booming, my dog is barking and the drunk a*s neighbors have a f*****g microphone sound system. That's one way to start 2019. 😑) Wish me luck, bitches.
If these are all famous artworks, it just goes to show how much I do not know my art.
These are amazing pictures and absolutely GORGEOUS originals! At this late date, it shows me that art can be as remarkably beautiful as nature and evoke considerable mood. The author has an incredible eye for true fine art. So impressed!
I really enjoyed these. While I'm by no means an art expert I gotta say some of those famous art works were butt ugly.
These were all amazing. While I loved the joke pictures, I absolutely loved the proper recreations. They were so... real. I'm f****n inspired right now. (Side note: where I am, it's now 11:49pm on the 31st of December. And HOLY S**T. It's almost the New Year. The fireworks are booming, my dog is barking and the drunk a*s neighbors have a f*****g microphone sound system. That's one way to start 2019. 😑) Wish me luck, bitches.
If these are all famous artworks, it just goes to show how much I do not know my art.
These are amazing pictures and absolutely GORGEOUS originals! At this late date, it shows me that art can be as remarkably beautiful as nature and evoke considerable mood. The author has an incredible eye for true fine art. So impressed!
I really enjoyed these. While I'm by no means an art expert I gotta say some of those famous art works were butt ugly.
