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Donkey-fication of Masterpieces
Why Donkey-fying masterpieces? This unpublished book aims at shedding light on what makes these paintings masterpieces. This is a work in progress.
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School of Athens (1511)
Raphael
Ballerinas
Edgar Degas
Adam and Eve (1649)
Jacob Jordaens
Greek philosopher Philo of Alexandria was around in the 1st century. He explains that Genesis is, in fact, a metaphor. To him, all the elements that constitute the plot are, in fact, abstract images. He explains that the apple stands for pleasure. The serpent is desire. Eve represents the senses and Adam, the intellect.
“Desire brings pleasure to the senses and contaminates the mind”
Weeping Woman (1937)
Pablo Picasso
Voilà! A Donkey version of Picasso's 'Weeping Woman', 1937. For the circumstances, it is rebaptized 'The Weeping Donkey'
The Scream (1893)
Edvard Munch
Here. The Donkey version of Norwegian Expressionist artist Edvard Munch's The Scream (1893). I naturally baptized it "The Bray"
Hand with Reflecting Sphere (1935)
M. C. Escher
This illustration is a remake of Dutch artist M. C. Escher's Hand with Reflecting Sphere AKA Self-Portrait in Spherical Mirror. Escher's work is not a painting but a lithograph. The word litho-graph means stone-print. Escher used a stone plate and printed the first image in 1935.
It is naturally baptized Donkey's Hand with Reflecting Spheres.
Balloon Girl (2002)
Banksy
Street artist Banksy’s Balloon Girl (2002). Rebaptized Balloon Donkey!
Galatea of the Spheres (1952).
Salvador Dali
Salvador Dali's Galatea of the Spheres (1952). Gala Dalí, was Dalí's wife and muse. Drawing baptized Donkey of the Spheres!
American Gothics
Grant Wood
Remake of iconic Grant Wood's American Gothics. Woods painted a farmer and his daughter in front of an American Gothic House (architectural style) in Eldon, Iowa. => Donkey Gothics!
The Milkmaid (1958)
Johannes Vermeer
Voilà, a Donkey version of Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer's The Milkmaid (1958). =>Rebaptized the Milkdonkey.
Frida Donkey-fication
This one is a Donkey version of Belgian surrealist painter René Magritte's The Son of Man. I naturally baptized it Son of a Donkey
Dance (1987)
Keith Haring
Donkeyfication of Keith Haring’s pop art figures Untitled / Dance (1987). It is rebaptized Pop Donkeys! 🤪
Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe (1889)
Vincent Van Gogh
Classic Vincent van Gogh's Self Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe (1889). Soberly rebaptized Donkey's self Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe. He didn't suffer too much.
revamped/destroyed by Cecilia Giménez
Sanctuary of Mercy church in Borja, Spain. An 81-year-old parishioner tried to restore an old “ecce homo” fresco of Jesus. The old lady was an ardent Christian and devout volunteer, but unfortunately, faith does not provide talent. She ruined the masterpiece and turned it into a ridiculous doodle now also called Ecce Mono (Behold the Monkey). Proof that hell is paved with good intentions.
I present you Ecce Asinus.
Untitled
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Donkeyfication of Jean-Michel Basquiat's Untitled, 1981. Rebaptized Untitled Donkey.
Donkeyfication of Hal Hefner's pop art series, CONSUME
Marilyn Diptych (1967)
Andy Warhol
Voilà, Donkey Version of Andy Warhol's Marilyn Diptych (screen print portfolios 1967). Rebaptized Donkey Diptych!
Hope (2009)
The Barack Obama "Hope" poster is an image of US President Barack Obama designed by American artist, Shepard Fairey.
Mona Lisa
Leonardo Da Vinci
Most likely the most famous painting in the entire world.
Rebiptized Mona Donkey
The Last Supper
Leonardo Da Vinci
Soberly rebaptized the Pigeons Supper
Vitruvian Man,
Da Vinci
In his famous illustration the Vitruvian Man, Da Vinci showcases the Golden ratio (1.61803398875...) that rules the proportion in the human body. As you can see in the illustration called Vitula Eligans (that’s cow in Latin), the ratio can also be found in cows. In fact, the golden ratio can be found absolutely anywhere in nature, from galaxies to DNA molecules. It is in baobab branches and flower petals, in elephants and ants or even starfish. It can also be found in hurricanes and music. As Davinci demonstrated, humans just like cows, are no exception.
Try it at home: Measure the distance between the floor to your belly button. Then divide your height by this number, what do you get? 1.618., right? The ratio is pleasing to the eyes. It feels like the right proportion. That’s why we use it everywhere from the format of this book to the pictorial composition to any architectural construction.
