{"id":8164,"date":"2016-08-09T13:07:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-09T13:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artzealous.com\/?p=8164"},"modified":"2016-08-09T14:52:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-09T14:52:29","slug":"music-videos-inspired-by-art-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artzealous.com\/music-videos-inspired-by-art-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Music Videos Inspired by Art: Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

We recently<\/a> looked at how music videos have frequently taken inspiration from visual artists \u2013 proving how one artistic genre can fuel, or feed off of, one another. We had so much fun putting that last piece together that we decided to present a few key additions to the list:<\/p>\n

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1) Katy Perry \u2013 \u201cThis Is How We Do\u201d
\n<\/strong>Inspired by Piet Mondrian and Tim Contron
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One may not be shocked that Katy Perry was inspired by a painting\u2026 of herself. This video opens with an homage to Tim Contron\u2019s painting of the singer and expands into many scenes, one which heavily channels Piet Mondrian\u2019s paintings. The background wall and the singer\u2019s dress (which is also likely influenced by Yves Saint Laurent\u2019s Mondrian dresses) unabashedly mimic the bold colors and precise lines of the famous work.<\/p>\n

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2) Imagine Dragons \u2013 \u201cShots\u201d
\n<\/strong>Inspired by: Tim Cantor
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This is a case of the music inspiring the artwork, and the artwork inspiring the video. Surrealist painter Tim Cantor created the artwork for the band\u2019s Smoke + Mirrors <\/em>album when he heard its music. The music video for \u201cShots\u201d then begins with an acknowledgement: \u201cinspired by the paintings of Tim Cantor,\u201d and proceeds to bring the artist\u2019s dream-like scenarios to life.<\/p>\n

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3) REM \u2013 \u201cLosing My Religion\u201d
\n<\/strong>Inspired by: Caravaggio and Pierre et Gilles
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This 1990s music video reads like the theatrical set of a Caravaggio painting, with deep shadows and dramatic lighting. The bleakness is offset by visuals that were inspired by, according<\/a> to director Tarsem Singh, the photography of Pierre et Gilles, which frames \u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00ad\u00admodern figures in the same way Indian cultures frame gods and goddesses, with flowers and adornments.<\/p>\n

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4) Rihanna \u2013 \u201cRude Boy\u201d
\n<\/strong>Inspired by: Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring
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Though this video\u2019s controversy revolved around accusations of copying rapper M.I.A.\u2019s \u201cBoyz\u201d video, the pop-art-inspired \u201cRude Boy\u201d gives clear nods to Jean-Michel Basquiat, with his recurring signature drawn crown, and to Keith Haring, signified by a room covered in the artist\u2019s specific style of graffiti drawings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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