music artwork

Serge Gainsbourg considered popular music as a minor art compared to painting and sculpture. While record covers are true products of the pop culture, they sometimes borrowed to the fine arts. Numerous examples of sleeves are obvious imitations or reproductions of famous works of art, denoting either a genuine devotion or a deliberate attempt to gain artistic credit (or both). In return, some contemporary figures in the visual arts fairly understood the benefit in contributing, directly or not, to popular music, and thus reaching a much larger audience. How many rock fans discovered Andy Warhol with the famous Velvet Underground banana ? This website is about record covers and arts.

Music Artwork is featured in an article entitled "50 Resources for Students Attending Online Liberal Arts Schools".
http://www.onlineschools.org/online-liberal-arts-schools/

Escher's reptiles


M.C. Escher Reptiles (1943)	Mott the Hoople Mott the Hoople (1969)

Vigée-Lebrun's Marie-Antoinette


Marie Louise Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun Marie-Antoinette (1785)	Hole Nobody's Daughter (2010)

Morandi's bottles


Giorgio Morandi Untitled (1957)	Various Blowin' the Blues (1959)

Haring's party people


Keith Haring Untitled (1985)	Various Red Hot+Dance (2002)

Hopper's biker couple

Dennis Hopper

Biker Couple (1961)


The Smiths Best... I (1992)	The Smiths Best... II (1992)

Raphael's school of Athens

Raphael

L'Ecole d'Athènes (1511)


Guns N' Roses Use your Illusion I (1991)	Guns N' Roses Use your Illusion II (1991)

Morris and Gosciny's Daltons


Morris & Gosciny Lucky Luke (t.26)-Les Dalton se Rachètent (1965)	Siniestro Total ¿Cuando se come aqui? (1982)

Rousseau's negro attacked by a jaguar

Henri Rousseau

Nègre attaqué par un jaguar

(Forêt Vierge au Soleil Couchant) (1910)

Osibisa

Osibirock (1974)

Kapoor's blue void


Anish Kapoor Blue Void (1992)	Vijay Iyer Solo (2010)

Doré's divine comedy


Gustave Doré La Divine Comédie: Inferno, Canto 10 (1861-68)	Os Mutantes A Divina Comédia ou Ando Meio Desligado (1970)

Post #100

Here we are, post #100. This weblog features more than 70 different visual artists from the 16th century to the present time and contains about 150 album covers up to now. Beside making new additions, I am also thinking of a new project. I'll keep you posted.

Thanks to all the people who stopped by and especially to those who sent me a message, made suggestions or shared links. I really appreciate.