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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Robert Mapplethorpe Self-portrait (1980) |
Patti Smith Horses (1975) |
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Patti Smith Wave (1979) |
Patti Smith Dream of Life (1988) |
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Edouard Manet Le Déjeuner sur l'Herbe (1863) |
Bow Wow Wow See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy! (1981) |
Big Thief U.F.O.F. (2019) |
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Bow Wow Wow See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang Yeah! City All Over, Go Ape Crazy! (1981) |
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Damien Hirst For the Love of God (2007) |
Boys Noize Oi Oi Oi (2007) |
Good Charlotte Greatest Remixes (2008) |
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David Hockney Don and Christopher (1982) |
Christophe Aimer ce que Nous Sommes (2008) |
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Robert Crumb Fritz the Cat (1969) |
Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills (1968) |
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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) |
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Gerhard Richter Two Candles (1982) |
Sonic Youth Daydream Nation (1988) |
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Théodore Géricault Le Radeau de la Méduse (1819) |
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The Pogues Rum, Sodomy and the Lash (1985) |
Great White Sail Away (1994) |
Ahab The Divinity of Oceans (2009) |
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Andy Warhol Brillo Boxes (1969) |
Moloko Catalogue (2006) |
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David Hockney Portrait of John Kasmin (1980) |
Talking Heads More Songs about Buildings and Food (1978) |
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Jackson Pollock Number 8 (1949) |
The Stone Roses The Stone Roses (1989) |
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Hieronymus Bosch The Garden of Earthly Delights (1504) |
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Pearls Before Swine One Nation Underground (1967) |
Deep Purple Deep Purple (1969) |
Sun Ra and his Intergalactic Research Arkestra It's After the End of the World - Live at the Donaueschingen and Berlin Festivals (1971) |
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Celtic Frost Into the Pandemonium (1987) |
Dead Can Dance Aion (1990) |