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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Damien Hirst Beautiful, shattering, slashing, violent, pinky, hacking, sphincter painting (1995) |
Babyshambles Sequel of the Prequel (2013) |
Babyshambles Sequel of the Prequel (Deluxe Edition) (2013) |
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Joseph Beuys Felt Suit (1970) |
Lloyd Cole Etc. (2000) |
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Battista di Domenico Lorenzi Alpheus & Arethusa (1568-70) |
Jay-Z Magna Carta Holy Grail (2013) |
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Stanley Kubrick The Shining (1980) |
White Lies Ritual (2011) |
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Dan Flavin Untitled (1969) |
Dan Flavin Untitled (1969) |
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Paul McCartney New (2013) |
Paul McCartney New (2013) |
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Paul Delaroche The Execution fo Lady Jane Grey (1833) |
Hole Letter to God (2010) |
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| Edward Hopper
Room by the Sea (1951) |
Bruce Hornsby
Harbor Lights (1993) |
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Elia Kazan Richard Davalos and James Dean in East of Eden (1954) |
The Smiths Strangeways here we Come (1987) |
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Elia Kazan Richard Davalos and James Dean in East of Eden (1954) |
The Smiths Best... I (US version) (1992) |
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Elia Kazan Richard Davalos and Julie Harris in East of Eden (1954) |
The Smiths ...Best II (US version) (1992) |
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Giorgio De Chirico The Profit (1915) |
Thelonious Monk Quartet Misterioso (1958) |
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John William Waterhouse Saint Eulalia (1885) |
Fortuna A Radical Bravery (2009) |
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Andy Warhol Untitled Sketch (1950s) |
Kenny Burrell Blue Lights Volume 1 (1958) |
Kenny Burrell Blue Lights Volume 2 (1958) |
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Ansel Adams Jeffrey Pine, Sentinel Dome (1940) |
Brian May Another World (1998) |
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Anish Kapoor Untitled (2004) |
Vijay Iyer with Prasanna & Nitin Mitta Tirtha (2011) |
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Caravaggio Saint Jerome Writing (1605-06) |
Blood Thirsty Demons Mortal Remains (2007) |
E.S. Posthumus Cartographer (2008) |
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Jackson Pollock White Light (1954) |
Ornette Coleman Double Quartet Free Jazz - A Collective Improvisation (1961) |
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Aleksander Rodchenko Line - Construction n°126 (1920) |
The Soft Moon Zeros (2012) |
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Joseph Szabo Almost Grown 16A (1978) |
Dinosaur Jr. Green Mind (1991) |
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Gustave Dorée The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1870) |
Crash Test Dummiers The Ghosts that Haunt Me (1991) |
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Wassily Kandinsky Colour Study: Squares with Concentric Circles (1913) |
Ned's Atomic Dustbin Are You Normal ? (1992) |
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James Whale Bride of Frankenstein (1935) |
Devil Doll The Girl Who Was... Death (1989) |
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Charles Sheeler Classic Landscape (1931) |
Brad Mehldau, Kevin Hays, Patrick Zimmerli Modern Music (2013) |