michelangelo

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Emoji Paintings, by ND Stevenson

“The Creation of Adam,” Michelangelo
“Girl with a Pearl Earring,” Johannes Vermeer
“The Persistence of Memory,” Salvador Dalí
“American Gothic,” Grant Wood
“The Son of Man,” René Magritte
“The Kiss,” Gustav Klimt

This artist recreated famous paintings using only emoji. Any you recognize?

Stevenson: I cannot tell you how or why, but at some point a few years back I discovered that Instagram Stories not only allows you unlimited emojis, it ALSO allows you to enlarge them to an apparently infinite degree. Thus, a very strange new hobby was born. As far as I can tell, I am the inventor of this art form, since I am a genius and everyone else has a life.

Via imfineimfine.com

/ Don

Historical Figures with AI, by Hidrėlėy Diao

Alexander The Great
Hadrian
The Birth Of Venus
The Real Pocahontas
Queen Nefertiti
Antinous
Mona Lisa
Vincent Van Gogh
The Statue of Liberty
Michelangelo’s David
Michelangelo
Christ The Redeemer, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Lucifer
Goddess Demeter
Aphrodite

Take a look at Hidrėlėy Diao’s Instagram to see all their contributions to Bored Panda. The three posts about Historical Figures made with AI can be found here, here, and here.

Side-note: Is it just me, or is everyone more beautiful in AI? Those Roman Emperors and Godesses…wow!

/ Don

Sistine Chapel Cartoons, by Raphael

New Online Tool Reveals Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons in Stunning Detail.

Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons
Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons
Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons
Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons
Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons
Raphael’s Sistine Chapel Cartoons

High-resolution scans from the V&A offer an unprecedented view of the Renaissance drawings, down to every last line and wrinkle, with options for Visible, Surface, and Infrared.

Visit the Victoria & Albert Museum to see the tool, here:
https://www.vam.ac.uk/articles/explore-the-raphael-cartoons

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