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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Eugène Delacroix La Liberté Guidant le Peuple (1830) |
Coldplay Viva La Vida or Death and All his Friends (2008) |
Richard Cheese Viva La Vodka (Live) (2009) |
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Keith Haring Mother and Child (1986) |
Various A Very Special Christmas (1990) |
Various A Very Special Christmas 2 (1992) |
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Various A Very Special Christmas 3 (1997) |
Various A Very Special Christmas Live (1999) |
Various A Very Special Christmas 5 (2001) |
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Various Playlist Plus: A Very Special Christmas 3 (2008) |
Various A Very Special Christmas 7 (2009) |
Various A Very Special Christmas Volume 1+2+DVD (2010) |
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Various A Very Special Christmas: Today's Top Christian Arstists Bringing Peace on Earth (2012) |
Various A Very Special Christmas 25 Years Bringing Joy to the World (2012) |
Various A Very Special Christmas (Icon) (2013) |
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Various A Very Special Christmas The Story and the Music (2014) |
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René Magritte L'Empire des Lumières (1954) |
Jackson Browne Late for the Sky (1974) |
Kenny Burrell All Day Long/All Night Long (2007) |
