paintings
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Cool Paintings Show The Everyday Life Of A Post-Futuristic World
Sci-fi movies are often cold and emotionless, but Swedish artist Simon Stalenhag thinks otherwise. His paintings, inspired by those movies, escape from the artifices of the genre to show the calm everyday life in a post-futuristic world full robots and abandoned mechanical structures.
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Algorithm Reveals 200 Lost Paintings On Angkor Wat’s Ancient Walls
Even a building as famous and photographed as Angkor Wat has its secrets. With the help of an image enhancement algorithm, a sharp-eyed rock-art researcher has revealed that unassuming smears of pigment are actually faded drawings. It could be graffiti — or it could be the remnants of a concerted 16th century restoration program.
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It’s Hard To Believe That These Paintings Are Not Sculptures
What a trip. These fantastic wall-sized paintings by Fiona Tang look like they’re 3D images that are popping out of the wall to attack you, but they’re actually flat 2D images. It’s her masterful work of shading, shadows and use of perspective that fool you.
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Animated Classical Paintings Make Me Want To Escape Into Other Worlds
I really love these 2.5D animations of classical paintings by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro. He says that they are “a tribute to the art and her disarming beauty.” Some are more inviting and evocative than the actual painting. I want to keep getting into the scene. And a few are quite disturbing.