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Pastiche? Mash-up? The best form of flattery? Whatever you want to call it, artists have enjoyed riffing on historical paintings for ages. For some, it’s a fun way to learn and explore issues of color, composition, and application of paint by intimately copying from a master. For others, it’s a means to tap into the feelings and emotions already assoctiated with the original image, (for humour or drama.) Seeing John Mattos’ great modernist takes on Star Wars made me want to seek out other views of science fiction via the classics.
This is my favorite sorts of these, although the photographer has always maintained that its coincidence, not replication. I don't buy it, personally, and I think its a lot cooler photo if its supposed to be a comparison to Rembrandt.
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That Wyeth/ctulhu painting is the shizzle.
I've always been annoyed at the Botticelli Venus on the cover of "To Sail Beyond the Sunset." It somehow makes you think that the words contained within that cover aren't, in fact, the worst shit Heinlein ever wrote.