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ELLE Brazil Recreates 5 Iconic Paintings With Real People, And The Results Are Impressive
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ELLE Brazil Recreates 5 Iconic Paintings With Real People, And The Results Are Impressive

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We’ve seen many recreations of famous artworks over the last couple of years, each time breathing new life into all-too-familiar landscapes. The purpose of each classical art recreation differs from one another, bringing out the details and creative ideas one might not have noticed before. The team behind ELLE Brasil decided to pay a tribute to the most famous paintings with a statement that art is the antidote to negativity in life.

The magazine invited world-famous Brazillian figures to help them do the photo recreations. They chose actress Sonia Braga to replicate the famous smile of Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa with a recreation that represents timeless beauty. The gentle femininity in Sandro Botticelli’s Birth Of Venus was embodied by transgender model Lea T. Love was captured in Gustav Klimt’s recreation of The Kiss with actors Tais Araujo and Lázaro Ramos holding one another all wrapped up in gold. The magazine turned the mood of Edvard Munch’s The Scream upside down by letting Brazilian theater legend José Celso Martinez Corrêa scream of joy rather than fear. The cover photo of composer Caetano Veloso that pays homage to David Hockney’s Joiners symbolizes the movement and perspective that beautiful art brings to life.

Scroll down to see the side-by-side comparisons of the famous classical paintings and the beautiful magazine covers, which hits the stands the coming Monday.

More info: ELLE Brasil (h/t demilked)

Sandro Botticelli’s Birth Of Venus was recreated with Lea T, a transgender model that pushes boundaries of femininity

Source: Wikipedia | ELLE Brasil

Actress Sonia Braga became Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, embodying timeless beauty

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Source: Wikipedia | ELLE Brasil

Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss was reimagined with actors Tais Araujo and Lázaro Ramos, showing that love sees far beyond the skin color

Source: Wikipedia | ELLE Brasil

The fear in Edvard Munch’s The Scream was turned into joy by Brazilian theater legend José Celso Martinez Corrêa

Source: Wikipedia | ELLE Brasil

Perspective and movement in David Hockney’s Joiners was interpreted with the help of composer Caetano Veloso

Source: shootingfilm | ELLE Brasil

Birth Of Venus making-of

The Kiss making-of

Mona Lisa making-of

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Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 235 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Rokas is a writer at Bored Panda with a BA in Communication. After working for a sculptor, he fell in love with visual storytelling and enjoys covering everything from TV shows (any Sopranos fans out there?) to photography. Throughout his years in Bored Panda, over 235 million people have read the posts he's written, which is probably more than he could count to.

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Ben Smith
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL...how does "love see beyond skin color" when both people have the SAME skin color?? And why even bring up the race issue anyway...?

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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate that people never get the girl right in Klimt's The Kiss.

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Carrie Bowman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously Panda, what is so impressive about this. You used to be such a good site, but lately, just boring.

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Ben Smith
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL...how does "love see beyond skin color" when both people have the SAME skin color?? And why even bring up the race issue anyway...?

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OdangaUsagi
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hate that people never get the girl right in Klimt's The Kiss.

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Carrie Bowman
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6 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Seriously Panda, what is so impressive about this. You used to be such a good site, but lately, just boring.

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