It’s been said that art museums are now our new cathedrals: in other words, that art can bring us together and heal us as religions once did. Are these modern interpretations, helping us connect with strangers and reconsidering what art really is for.
This adaptation was very true to the original! It almost seems as if they could have been two images taken after the girl with the pearl earring grew up a little!
Everyday Art
There are countless versions of the Madonna and Child, but none like this participant's quarantine version. What makes this version particularly spectacular is how the featured French bulldog captures the same cherub-like yearning look at the Madonna as in the original.
We can just imagine how art scholars and experts alike are going debate for years to come about these comparisons!
Self-Portraits
The prestige and dignity of art – contrary to any spontaneous interest – is what seems to keep people visiting museums, so these casual reinterpretations are a welcome change!
It would seem that art is not just here 'for art's sake,' and this challenge might help us to look at our surroundings with a new sense of creativity.
What is Art?
Diego Rivera masterfully created The Flower Carrier, and like many of Rivera's paintings, this famous painting imparts simplicity, but it also carries significant meaning. While the basket of flowers is strikingly beautiful to us as observers, the man does not see their beauty, but only feels their value as he carries them to the market te sell.
Some suppose that the heavy basket strapped to the man's back is representative of the burdens that workers face in our modern world.
Random Objects Found At Home
With each new recreation, we can re-examine the idea of art. In an odd but quietly fundamental way, works of art 'speak' to us. Some speak of chaos or aggression, while others seem to be whispering of calm or graceful dignity, or gentleness.
Seeing the Simpsons repurposed in this portrayal of 'Modern Rome,' we can't help but marvel at how well this rookie has captured the feeling of the original painting.