giovedì 1 maggio 2014

12 Incredible Paintings Of Your Favorite Rappers Set In The 17th Century

How ya livin’ Biggie Smalls? In palaces and horse-drawn carriages giving gold bullions to my friends and it feels stupendous.

Amar Stewart is a British artist who painted a series of portraits of hip-hop legends as if they were as if they were living in Europe during the “Golden Age.”

Amar Stewart is a British artist who painted a series of portraits of hip-hop legends as if they were as if they were living in Europe during the "Golden Age."

The 29-year-old just completed a residency at Cotton Candy Machine in Brooklyn.

Amar Stewart

“The idea was to fuse the two things I love the most: hip-hop and the Great Masters' works of art,” Stewart told BuzzFeed in an email. “Music has such an impact on us, I wanted to show these icons in the grandest light.”

"The idea was to fuse the two things I love the most: hip-hop and the Great Masters' works of art," Stewart told BuzzFeed in an email. "Music has such an impact on us, I wanted to show these icons in the grandest light."