Showing posts with label Recreated. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Recreated. Show all posts
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Van Gogh’s Wheatfield with Cypresses Recreated with 8,000 Living Plants
0 comments Posted by eightq at 9:29 AMGeneral Electric has teamed up with London’s National Gallery to create a living version Van Gogh’sA Wheatfield with Cypresses from 8,000 plants. The famous painting, originally created in 1889, was chose for its strong colors that could be effectively reproduced with living plants. 26 different varieties were used for this amazing eco-installation and the result is simply mind-blowing.
The living painting is currently displayed on the side of the National Gallery, in Trafalgar Square, where it will grow throughout Summer and Fall, until October 2011. If you’re in London this Summer, this is one sight you don’t want to miss.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
This incredible coffee masterpiece measures 20 feet high and 13 feet wide, took 8 people and three hours to complete using 3,604 cups of coffee and 564 pints of milk. This replica of Leonardo Da Vinci's La Gioconda was created for The Rocks Aroma Festival in Sydney, Australia, which attracted 130,000 people in just one day. It was created by adding various amounts of milk to the cups of black coffee. "Each coffee cup was filled with varying amounts of milk to create the different sepia shades of the painting."
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