Rino Stefano Tagliafierro created this video by taking old master paintings, separating elements into layers, and applying gentle movements with a digital animation program.
Together with the music and audio FX track, the animations take on a strange, dreamy, and at times disturbing feeling. (Link to YouTube video)
It's amazing how compelling any movement is—it kind of overrides everything else about the picture, and gives a sense of the painting as a possible moment of a larger continuity. In places, the visuals are sensual and gruesome, but so are the old master paintings they're based on.
Wow. Remarkable how many of the images were from Bouguereau. Seeing this will definitely alter my next trip to the Detroit Institute of Arts; some of those paintings will never seem the same. The music has a major role in the impact of this video. I used to do some video editing, creating a two hour "yearbook" of my students' year in our classroom. Changing the music underneath a visual sequence could completely transform the emotional impact of the images.
ReplyDeleteEverything become so real - people, places. Amazing video.
ReplyDeleteWow! Great job! I wonder how long it took to do!
ReplyDeleteThe landscapes are wonderfully effective, at times specific assets appearing almost three-dimensional.
ReplyDeleteSince this topic is similar I will leave this here:
http://www.frick.org/sites/default/files/pdf/press/CarterPressRelease.pdf
here is a link to the movie:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/arts/100000002509245/transforming-still-life.html
I know I've seen this link on a blog, hopefully it wasn't this one, if only not to retread on previous subject matter. If so, my apologies.
Please humor this flight of fancy, I wonder what will happen the day when we can control fluid dynamics in real time (if it ever happens). It is fun to imagine, being able to create ever changing paintings in real time, where images go from heavy impastos to varnish slick, as the characters in the paintings change not only positions but their topographical characteristics.
This was so cool to watch. It's exciting to see some life and movement being injected into these long-admired paintings.
ReplyDeleteInspired by one of your previous posts about gif files, I did a step-by-step progression gif file with one of my paintings, and at the end, I made a candle flame begin to dance. It made me think about all the possibilities that one could do with animation of a painting. Of course, my little gif is nothing compared to this sophisticated animation you have shared, but it was fun to play with. Here is my blog link to it. http://connienobbe.blogspot.com/2013/11/september-on-red-velvet-comes-to-life.html
This is neat! I think the landscapes were definitely the most successful. The animated characters felt ever so slightly Terry Gilliam-esque to me; not a bad thing, but somehow it jarred a bit with the content.
ReplyDeleteEither way, really cool to see some new life breathed into these already excellent works.
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