Ada Crow
@adacrow
Art Historian | Multidisciplinary Artist | Exhibited Globally|
NFT Art Since 2021 |
"The Ballet Class" by Degas, reimagined
The ballet class is one of Degas' most ambitious works and his first large canvas depicting dancers.
He began working on the painting in 1873, commissioned by opera singer Jean-Baptiste Faure, one of the few commissions Degas accepted in his lifetime.
Degas struggled greatly ...
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"Le Désespéré" by Gustave Courbet, reimagined.
The work is a self-portrait of Gustave Courbet, looking straight ahead with his hands in his hair. It belongs to a private collection.
Although Courbet never defined himself as a romantic painter, he created his first canvases under this influence.
It is unknown whether...
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"Still Life #30" by Tom Wesselmann, reimagined.
Wesselmann could not have better represented a 1963 American kitchen, and at the same time the perfect metaphor for modern society (of those idealistic 1960s).
After a decade of increasingly abstract and incomprehensible Informalism, Pop Art artists decided to fill thei...
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"The Newborn Child" by Georges de La Tour, reimagined.
This work is sometimes known by the title The Nativity, as it is an enigmatic painting and it is unclear whether it depicts the birth of Jesus Christ, with the Virgin Mary, the Baby Jesus, and Saint Anne. It is common for Georges de La Tour to treat religious them...
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"The Night Watch" by Rembrandt, reimagined.
The origin of this title stems from a misinterpretation, due to the fact that, at that time, the painting was so deteriorated and darkened by oxidation of the varnish and accumulated dirt that its figures were almost indistinguishable, and it looked like a night scene. After...
"The Astronomer" by Vermeer, reimagined.
Portraits of scientists were a popular subject in 17th-century Dutch painting.
The subject's profession is symbolized by the celestial globe (model by Jodocus Hondius) and the book on the table, entitled Institutiones Astronomicae Geographicae (or Metius' Manual), open at chap...
"Stańczyk" by Jan Matejko, reimagined.
It is one of Matejko's most famous works and one of those that brought him fame.
The contrast between the court jester, Stańczyk, and the dance taking place behind him is striking, making it an iconic image that is widely recognized in Poland.
Initially, the painting did not at...
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"Composition in red, blue, white, and yellow" by Mondrian, reimagined.
Mondrian was an important contributor to the De Stijl art movement and group, founded by Theo Van Doesburg. Despite being well known, he has often been parodied and trivialized.
He is best known for his non-figurative paintings, which he called c...
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"Vitruvian Man" by Leonardo da Vinci, reimagined.
The Vitruvian Man or Study of the Ideal Proportions of the Human Body is a famous drawing accompanied by anatomical notes by Leonardo da Vinci, made around 1490 in one of his journals.
It depicts a naked male figure in two superimposed positions with arms and legs ins...
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