Tag: classic

Without any Reasonable Doubt, Jay-Z’s music has helped lay the foundation and future of modern day hip hop. For decades, every time I would hear a new Jay-Z jam, I get “The Feeling” like it was the first time back in the day after hearing his debut album. While his music has adapted throughout the… Continue reading An Ode to Jay-Z’s Reasonable Doubt: A Scholar Written & Orchestral Approach to What Raised Us

What if you could get rid of all the billboard ads around the world and replace them with art? While this may seem like fantasy, French artist Etienne Lavie is already looking to make this a reality on the streets of Paris with his series OMG Who Stole My Ads? Lavie quietly covers large advertisements… Continue reading French Artist Replaces Billboard Ads in Paris With Classic Art

Citizens of the interwebs: what if you took classic paintings of the Renaissance and turned them into the ridiculous GIFs of the modern era that we know and love today? We present you the artwork of Scorpion Dagger, a Montreal-based blogger who posts one insane GIF per day, often portraying older paintings with a decidedly… Continue reading 14 Classic Renaissance Paintings Turned into Ridiculous GIFs

3-D printing has set itself up to be one of the most exciting new developments of modern technology. Soon we could be printing cars, replacement body parts, food and now, as it turns out, even van Gogh masterpieces! Tim Zaman, a Dutch researcher at Delft University of Technology, has constructed a photographic scanning system that… Continue reading 3-D Printer Recreates Indentical Replicas of Classic Paintings