This Instagram Page Turns Sports Into Art, And Here Are 30 Hilariously Accurate Examples (New Pics)
“Art But Make It Sports,” a page many Bored Panda readers will likely recognize from our previous features, makes a surprisingly convincing case that stadiums and museums aren’t so far apart. The Instagram account pairs athletes mid-action with classical paintings, lining up poses, gestures, and expressions so precisely it feels less like a joke and more like an uncanny visual match.
Scroll down for some of the best side-by-sides, and fair warning: once you’ve seen them, it’s hard not to spot a Renaissance moment every time someone celebrates a goal.
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Man With A Beer Jug, By Frans Hals, 1630
Photo By @zach.osterman
Scene At A Bullfight, Diversión De España, After Francisco De Goya, Early 19th C
Photo By @byalexcoffey
Pittsburgh Pens and Philly Flyers paired with a classic art piece of a bull fight by Goya? Brilliant:D
Unique Forms Of Continuity In Space, By Umberto Boccioni, 1913, (Cast 1931 Or 1934)
Photo By Wang Zhao
Really like the Futurism art movement and Umberto Boccioni. The comparison is great :)
Study Of The Heads Of Two Old Men, By Philippe De Champaigne, 17th C
Photo By @adampantozzi
Man Drinking, By Francis Bacon, 1955 (Reversed)
Christ Appearing To His Mother, By Juan De Flandes, 1496
Photo By @martinflsheriff
What sport is that? I mean, just because I've never heard of an official sport that involves being handcuffed and wrapped in a sheet, doesn't mean it doesn't exist
The Sermon Of The Beatitudes, By James Tissot, 1886-96
The Procession In The Streets Of Jerusalem, By James Tissot, 1886-94
Photo By @shaynanicolephotos
The Death Of Bara, By Jean-Joseph Weerts, 1883
The Tragedy, By Pablo Picasso, 1903
Photo By @jasonhannaphoto
The Baptism Of Christ, By Sebastiano Ricci, 1713–14 (Flipped)
Photo By @sydneyschneidersports
Proposal For A Proun Street Celebration, By El Lissitzky, 1923
Side-splitting? You must have a very low threshold. Mildly amusing, nothing more.
Side-splitting? You must have a very low threshold. Mildly amusing, nothing more.
