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 has been featured in an article entitled "50 Resources for Students Attending Online Liberal Arts Schools".
http://www.onlineschools.org/online-liberal-arts-schools/
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David Lynch The Elephant Man (1980) |
Matt Berry Like Stone (Moon Duo Remix) (2021) |
Matt Berry The Blue Elephant (2021) |
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Unknown Moai monoliths, Polynesia (C 13th-15th) |
Zot Uranium (1985) |
The Stranglers Dark Matters (2021) |
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Morris/René Goscinny Lucky Luke n°16: En Remontant le Mississippi (1961) |
Dick Rivers Mississippi River's (1975) |
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Hiroshi Sugimoto Boden Sea Uttwil (1993) |
U2 No Line on the Horizon (2009) |
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René Magritte Le Fils de l'Homme (1964) |
Suzanne Vega Nine Objects of Desire (1996) |
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Caravaggio The Burial of Saint Lucy (1608) |
Skid Row Slave to the Grind (1991) |
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M.C. Escher It's all in the Eye (1946) |
La Casa Usher Obsesión (single) (1992) |
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Jean Solé Stink Foot (1975) |
Jean Solé & Gotlib Panard Schlingage (1975) |
Mothers of Invention 'tis the Season to Be Jelly - Live in Sweden (1967) (2003) |
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Carl Theodor Dreyer Joan of Arc (1927) |
Adorable Sunshine Smile (1992) |
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John Everett Millais Boyhood of Raleigh (1870) |
Talk Talk It's My Life (1984) |
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Silvestro Valeri Stendhal en Uniforme de Consul (1835-36) |
Idles Stendhal Syndrome (EP) (2017) |
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Roy Lichstenstein In the Car (1963) |
Bobby "O" I Cry For You (EP) (1983) |
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Peter Gallagher L'Etranger (unknown) |
Bob Dylan World Gone Wrong (1993) |
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Stanley Kubrick Clockwork Orange (1971) |
True Sounds of Liberty Beneath the Shadows (TSOL) (1982) |
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Vincent Van Gogh Sunflowers (1888) |
GlowStone El Girasol EP (2012) |
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Piet Mondrian Composition with Red, Blue, and Yellow (1930) |
Internationales Geräuschorchester / Karnataka College Of Percussion Tone Soul Evolution (1985) |
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Bert Stern Marilyn Monroe - Crucifix III (from The Last Sitting) (1962) |
Lloyd Cole Lloyd Cole (also known as X) (1990) |
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Ferdinand Cheval, dit le Facteur Cheval Palais Idéal (1879-1912) |
Magik Markers Balf Quarry (2009) |
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René Magritte L'Heureux Donateur (1966) |
Spooky Tooth The Mirror (1974) |
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Malcolm Browne Burning Monk (1963) |
Rage Against the Machine Rage Against the Machine (1992) |
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Salvador Dali Marché d'Esclaves(avec apparition du buste invisible de Voltaire) (1940) |
Alice Cooper DaDa (1983) |
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Lord Frederick Leighton Flaming June (1895) |
Malcolm McLaren And The Bootzilla Orchestra Waltz Darling (1989) |
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Egon Schiele Autumn Trees (1911) |
Rachel's Music for Egon Schiele (1996) |
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H.R. Giger Satan I (1973) |
Celtic Frost To Mega Therion (1985) |