Advanced Photoshop Pictures Contest - 23 image entries Contest Directions: Paint the famous architecture - buildings, monuments, or statues (on the streets, not interior statues) - with famous art paintings. Using graffiti-type art or little known art is not allowed. [ browse best gallery pictures ] Tags: paintingsarchitecture Jackpot: 1st place: $10, 2nd place: $6 , 3rd place: $4 Started: 1/31/2006 6:00:00 AM, Ended: 2/2/2006 6:00:00 AM
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Two retired art teaches have pained the sides of buildings on Main Street of their hometown with scenes of the quality of life that people in the community cherish. Carol Kessler and Don Modselewski of Shelbyville, Illinois, have told the story of their hometown through paintings on the walls of buildings. The sides of historical buildings in the town, now covered with their artwork, have become local monuments celebrating the everyday live of the residents of Shelbyville. The artwork is designed to complement the efforts of the local Chamber of Commerce to revitalize the downtown area of Shelbyville. Kessler remarked that he is pleased with the response to the artwork.
In Prague, the famous Dancing House's daring, curvy outlines led its architects, Vlado Milunc and the American Frank O Gehry, to initially name it the "Astaire & Rogers Building", after the legendary dance duo.
Now the curvy glass feature has been painted with Picasso's "The Three Dancers". This creates an additional tribute to not only the world of dance, but also the world of art.
When the sun shines directly on the glass, the colors of Picasso's work are brilliantly displayed. In the shade(or night), the painting is translucent.
Spanish Steps Of Rome a la Salvador Dali. Painting on the steps is called Meditative Rose, with misc Dali paintings on the building. FULL VIEW PLEASE I believe if Dali were alive today, he would be a Freaking Chopper.
War at the International Peace Gardens? Well almost... Canadian Peace Garden officials were perplexed and very pissed when their American counterparts decided to have two pieces of artwork by Picasso painted on the 120 ft. Peace Towers. The first was a bouquet of flowers being handed from one person to another, but the real hooplah was sparked by the artist's decision to paint Picasso's fornicating doves on a second pillar. The Canadian's were wild, to say the least!
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Two retired art teaches have pained the sides of buildings on Main Street of their hometown with scenes of the quality of life that people in the community cherish. Carol Kessler and Don Modselewski of Shelbyville, Illinois, have told the story of their hometown through paintings on the walls of buildings. The sides of historical buildings in the town, now covered with their artwork, have become local monuments celebrating the everyday live of the residents of Shelbyville. The artwork is designed to complement the efforts of the local Chamber of Commerce to revitalize the downtown area of Shelbyville. Kessler remarked that he is pleased with the response to the artwork.
