By successfully forming the marriage of classic, fine art and hip hop lyricism, which are often thought of as two polar acquired tastes, the tumblr page Fly Art has done the impossible. Claiming to be paying "homage to the finer things in life: art and hip hop," this page has definitely done just that.
Fly Art has brought together a mesh of the urban with the past; the hard hitting and crude diction with the refined visual beauty. A juxtaposition made in heaven. Totally on fleek (excuse my language).
Coronation of Virgin (1644), Diego Velzquez / Bow Down (2014), Beyonce
Green Wheat Field with Cypress (1889). Vincent van Gogh / Collard Greens (2014), ScHoolboy Q (feat. Kendrick Lamar)
Romulus' Victory over Acron (1812), Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres / Trophies (2014), Drake
The Shepherd's Dream (1798), Henry Fuseli / Lose Yourself (2003), Eminem
Christ Driving the Moneylenders from the Temple (1626), Rembrandt / Run This Town (2009),
Jay-Z (feat. Rihanna & Kanye West)
The Death of General Warren at the Battle of Bunker's Hill, June 17, 1775 (1786), John Trumbull / m.A.A.d. City (2012), Kendrick Lamar (feat. MC Eiht)
The Empress Eugenie Surrounded by her Ladies in Waiting (1855), Franz Winterhalter / Clique (2012), Kanye West
The Feast of Herod (1531), Lucas Cranach the Elder / Dark Fantasy (2010), Kanye West
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon (1907), Pablo Picasso / Single Ladies (2008), Beyonce
Laughing Children with a Cat (1629), Judith Leyster / Crooked Smile (2014), J. Cole
Las Meninas (1656), Diego Velazquez / Party (2011), Beyonce (feat. J. Cole)
The poet Gallus dreaming (1892), Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema / Runaway (2010), Kanye West
(feat. Pusha T)
Louis XIV (1701), Hyacinthe Rigaud / Tom Ford (2013), Jay-Z (feat. Beyonce)
Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grand Jatte (1886), Georges Seurat / II. Shadows (2013),
Childish Gambino
Jeune homme a sa fenetre (1875), Gustave Caillebotte / Take Care (2011), Drake (feat. Rihanna)
Jolly Toper (1629), Judith Leyster / Through the Wire (2004), Kanye West
Rainbow Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I (c. 1600), Isaac Oliver / Power (2010), Kanye West
Princess Tarakanova, in the Peter and Paul Fortress at the Time of the Flood (1864), Konstantin Flavitsky / Swimming Pools (Drank) (2012), Kendrick Lamar
Chestnut Tree in Blossom (1887), Vincent van Gogh / Money Trees (2012), Kendrick Lamar
St. Augustine Reading Rhetoric and Philosophy at the School of Rome (1465), Benozzo Gozzoli / Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem) (1998), Jay-Z
The Night Watch (1642), Rembrandt / We Dem Boyz (2014), Wiz Khalifa
King David Playing the Harp (1622), Gerard van Honthorst / Versace (2013), Migos (feat. Drake, Meek Mill, Tyga & Los)
The Third of May 1808/Execution of the Defenders of Madrid (1814), Francisco Goya / Money Trees (2012), Kendrick Lamar (feat. Jay Rock)
Pygmalion and Galatea (c. 1890), Jean-Leon Gerome / Flawless (2013), Beyonce
Lilith with a Snake (1886), John Collier / Anaconda (2014), Nicki Minaj
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