The Striking Similarities Between Gangsta Rap Photos and Classical Paintings
Looking for a new cool and funny Instagram account to follow? Check out Young Thug as Paintings. The brainchild of Hajar Benjida, a 22-year-old Netherlands-based photographer and photography student, Young Thug compares the aesthetics and nuances of modern rap and hip-hop photography to classic paintings throughout art history. The similarities are amazing! The whole thing, Hajar says, “is literally my school project”. (Gangsta Appreciation 101?) Whatever class it is, she gets an A+ from us!
You’ll also want to check out Hajar’s Tumblr as well. Ya see, over the last two years, she’s been able to work her way backstage and snap candid polaroids of practically every rap, hip-hop, and grime artist that’s made their way through Amsterdam. Great stuff and another A+ for extra credit!
Sisters by Elizabeth Forbes (c. 1895)
The Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel (1863)
The Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel (1863)
Virgin with Child and Angel by Bernardino di Bosio Zaganelli (1490)
Man and boy in Algiers by Anders Zorn (1887)
Lord Spencer Hamilton by Francis Wheatley (1778)
The Royal Mistress By Francois Boucher (1703-1770)
Ariadne Abandoned by Theseus (1774)
Spring by Laurent Joseph Daniel Bouvier (1841-1901)
Méditation by Gustave Joseph Marie Brisgand (1926)
The Locket by Charles Robert Leslie (1794-1859)
The Dance by Maria Oakey Dewing (1921)
Judith with the head of Holofernes by Vincent Sellaer (c. 1550-1564)
A Water Baby by Herbert James Draper (1900)
Madonna of Ears, Salzburg (c.1490)
The Virgin Mary by Lorenzo Lotto (1480-1556)
A Girl with a Flower in Her Hair by Pietro Rotari (1760-1762)
St. Sebastian Tended by the Holy Irene by Nicolas Régnier (1650)
Stańczyk by Jan Matejko (1862)
Madonna and child by Guido Reni (c.1628-30)
Portrait of the Empress Maria Feodorovna by Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy (1882)
The Palace Guard, Granada by Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter (1885)
David with the Head of Goliath by Guido Cagnacci (1645-1650)
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Susan seated outdoors wearing a purple hat by Mary Cassatt (c. 1881)
The Night Escorted by the Geniuses of Love and Study by Pedro Américo (1886)
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