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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Andy Warhol Marylin (1967) |
Madonna Celebration (2009) |
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Adrian Ghenie Pie Fight Study 2 (2008) |
Get Well Soon Vexations (2010) |
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M.C. Escher Ascending/Descending (1960) |
Scaffold LP (1969) |
Bauhaus Stairway to Escher (1974) |
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Caravaggio The Inspiration of Saint Matthew (1602) |
E.S. Posthumus Unearthed (2001) |
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Cindy Sherman Untitled (2000) |
Cindy Sherman Untitled (2000) |
Tori Amos Strange Little Girls (alternate covers) (2001) |
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Cindy Sherman Untitled (2000) |
Cindy Sherman Untitled (2000) |
Tori Amos American Doll Posse (2007) |
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Jack Kirby / Stan Lee Fantastic Four - The stratling Saga of the Silver Surfer (1966) |
Joe Satriani Surfing with the Alien (1987) |
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Gutzon Borglum Mount Rushmore (1927-41) |
Deep Purple In Rock (1970) |
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Bette Midler In Divine Madness (1980) |
Various Country Legends - 24 Country Greats (1980) |
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D.O.A. Bloodied but Unbowed - The Damage to Date 1978-83 (1983) |
The Temptations Awesome (2001) |
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Vive La Fête! Child In Time Split EP (2006) |
Above and Beyond Anjunabeats Vol.5 (2007) |
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Giuseppe Arcimboldo Flora (1591) |
The Clientele Bonfires on the Heath (2009) |
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François Truffaut Jeanne Moreau in La Mariée était en Noir (1968) |
Black Tambourine Complete Recordings (1999) |
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Maria Lassnig You or Me (2005) |
Sophie Hunger 1983 (2010) |
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Joan Miró Bleu I (1962) |
The Durutti Column The Return of the Sporadic Recordings (2002) |
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Sandro Botticelli The Birth of Venus (1485) |
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Aphrodite's Child Rain and Tears (1968) |
Judi Pulver Pulver Rising (1973) |
Grateful Dead Best of/Skeletons from the Closet (1974) |
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Sierra Swan Ladyland (2006) |
Fortuna Less is More EP (2009) |
Jazz Sabbath Venus in Transit (2017) |
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| Piet Mondrian Composition with Yellow, Blue and Red (1937-42) |
The Apples in Stereo Tone Soul Evolution (1997) |
Silverchair Young Modern (2007) |
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Ansel Adams Sand Dunes, Sunrise Death Valley (1948) |
Eagles Long Road Out of Eden (2007) |
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Richard Greaves Untitled (photo: Mario del Curto) (1989- ) |
Erik Truffaz Arkhangelsk (2007) |
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Jean-Antoine Watteau La Partie Quarrée (1713) |
Various Chill-Out Istanbul (2007) |
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Jacques Tardi Les Aventures Extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec T.1: Adèle et la Bête (1976) |
Dominique Grange Hammam Palace (1981) |
Bill Deraime Fauteuil Piégé (1983) |
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Bernard Lavilliers Tout Est Permis, Rien n'Est Possible (1984) |
Pigalle Regards Affligés (1990) |
Dominique Grange L'Utopie Toujours... (2005) |