Kyès' first shared digital painting was of Charles Baudelaire, a French poet, portrayed as a joker. The artist seems to give attention to French artists and celebrities first, but over time has incorporated other well-known people such as Rihanna, Beyonce, Kanye West, and others as well.
Kyès uses Photoshop to recreate old classical paintings into ones with celebrities that are famous today. Such an approach makes us look up original paintings that let us revive our memories of old art. We noticed that Kyès usually uses paintings from the 16th to 18th century as a base. The art style varies from the High Renaissance to Rococo and Neoclassicism.
Most Renaissance artwork is thought to be made between 1300 and 1600. After that, all the art is classified as High Renaissance. The difference between these two is that while earlier Renaissance artists would emphasize a work's perspective or technical aspects, High Renaissance artists were willing to forego technical principles to create a more beautiful, harmonious whole.
If you are interested in exploring more posts about the Renaissance art style that is used in today's art, you would probably be interested in checking out this post about Accidental Renaissance pics. But not only photos and portraits have been reused or compared to the Renaissance era, but also sculptures. In the post “Accidental Renaissance If Renaissance Sculptures 'Behaved' In A Modern Way” you will see some more mash-ups of today's world represented in an old art form.
