Album covers inspired by famous works of art.

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  1. thematinggame

    thematinggame Forum Resident

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    but which album cover does it refer to ???
     
  2. Echo

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    Aris, you forgot to mention the connection between De Stijl (and Piet Mondrian) wih the album of the same name of the White Stripes.

    PS: see 2 posts down (#104) for the album cover. (thanks thematingame!)
     
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  3. NaturalD

    NaturalD The King of Pop

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    Forgot this 45 sleeve from the Damned too (Stretcher Case Baby):

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    from a painting by Charles Allan Gilbert, All Is Vanity:

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  4. thematinggame

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    must be this one
     
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  5. thematinggame

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    inspired by Edvard Munch

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  6. Pavol Stromcek

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    The Wake incorporated some El Lissitzky works into these two covers.

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    And, of course, the cover art for Kraftwerk's The Man Machine was also inspired by El Lissitzky:

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    As was B-2 Unit by Yellow Magic Orchestra.

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    And I know there are other examples out there...


    El Lissitzky is one of my very favorite artists, so anything taken from him or inspired by him (or Russian Constructivism in general) is always going to catch my eye.
     
  7. Pavol Stromcek

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    REM's Chronic Town cover incorporates the mug of one of the more recognizable and famous gargoyles from the towers of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
     
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  8. thematinggame

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    Happy Mondays and Frank Delauney
     
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  9. Platterpus

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  10. mmars982

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    Auguste Rodin’s sculpture of Orpheus and Eurydice, used on the cover of Arcade Fire's Reflektor.
     
  11. thematinggame

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    The Deviants
    and Roy Liechtenstein
     
  12. Anthology123

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    Deep Purple
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  13. MarshmallowPerson

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    Celtic Frost "To Mega Therion"

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    H.R Giger's painting simply known as "Devil"
     
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  14. Aris

    Aris Labor Omnia Vincit Thread Starter

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    The original made by Alexander Rodchenko, 1924.

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  15. Aris

    Aris Labor Omnia Vincit Thread Starter

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    Post #94

    The White Stripes --- De Stijl.
     
  16. Aris

    Aris Labor Omnia Vincit Thread Starter

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    Tanx Echo... Piet Mondrian was one of the key artists of the Dutch movement called "De Stijl" or the new plastic art.
    I think the White Stripes wanted to reference the artistic movement, using Piet Mondrian's work, because he is the most known member of the movement.
     
  17. Aris

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    Henri Matisse, "Icarus", 1947

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  18. thematinggame

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    Arcimboldo - Flora

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  19. old time fan

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  20. thematinggame

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    ^^^^^^ do you know the artist ?
     
  21. Aris

    Aris Labor Omnia Vincit Thread Starter

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    Andy Warhol,1967

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  22. Lucidae

    Lucidae AAD

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    It's amazing to see how many covers Magritte has inspired.
     
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  23. DavidF

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    Maxfield Parrish on this Peter Murphy/Mick Karn opus.
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  24. Aris

    Aris Labor Omnia Vincit Thread Starter

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    A photo of Dave Courtney, an English former gangster... by Jocelyn Bain Hogg.

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    "The Blueprint" --- Jay-Z.

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  25. vapor minor

    vapor minor Just don't...

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    More like "Music inspired by famous work of art".

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    here's the whole painting: Abstract Picture (858-3), 1999, oil on aluminium, 50 x 72 cm

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