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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Roy Lichtenstein Explosion (1967) |
Bob Dylan Shot of Love (1981) |
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Dan Flavin The Diagonal of Personal Ecstasy (The Diagonal of May 25) (1963) |
Philip Glass Einstein on the Beach (1993) |
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Andy Warhol Money Tree (1957) |
Jay Jay Johnson Trombone by Three (1956) |
Kenny Burrell Volume 2 (1957) |
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Titian Bacchus and Ariadne (1522-23) |
Crash Test Dummies God Shuffled his Feet (1993) |
"Weird Al" Jankovic Headline News / Christmas at Ground Zero (Alternate Mix) (1994) |
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Robert Doisneau Jacques Prévert (1955) |
Thomas Fersen Le Bal des Oiseaux (1993) |
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Fernando Botero Una Familia (1989) |
Baby Grand Baby Grand (1977) |
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Charles Burns Black Hole (1995-2005) |
Fever Ray Fever Ray (2009) |
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Eugène Delacroix Jeune Orpheline au Cimetière (1824) |
Pickering Pick The Pacific Ocean (2007) |
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Fortunato Depero Futurismo (1932) |
New Order Movement (1981) |
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Daniele Lombardi & Susanna Rigacci Futurlieder (2006) |
Daniele Lombardi Futurpiano (2009) |
Peter Hook and the Light Movement Tour 2013 Live in Dublin The Academy 22/11/13 (2017) |
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Fortunato Depero Dinamo Futurista (1933) |
New Order Procession (1981) |
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Jean-Michel Basquiat Untitled (Sugar Ray Robinson) (1982) |
The Offs First Record (1984) |
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Ted Croner Taxi, New York Night (1947) |
Bob Dylan Modern Times (2006) |
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Francesco de Goya Saturn Devouring his Son (1819-23) |
Trisomie 21 Chapter IV: Le je ne sais quoi et le presque rien (1986) |
The Obsessed Lunar Womb (1991) |
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Franck Margerin Bananes Métalliques (1982) |
Nino Ferrer Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy (1983) |
 René Magritte Les Amants I & II (1928) |
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Funeral For a Friend Casually Dressed and Deep in Conversation (2003) |
Mars Volta Frances the Mute (2005) |
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Saint-Preux To Be or Not (1981) |
Punch Brothers The Phosphorescent Blues (2015) |
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Luis Buñuel Un Chien Andalou (1929) |
Mr. Oizo Lambs Anger (2008) |
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El Greco The Knight with His Hand on His Breast (1590) |
Vangelis El Greco (1998) |
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H.R. Giger Alien (1979) |
Shiver Walpurgis (1969) |
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Island Pictures (1977) |
Danzig III: How the Gods Kill (1992) |
Emerson Lake and Palmer Then and Now (1998) |
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Edvard Munch The Scream (1893) |
Morgen Morgen (1969) |