There’s this weird correlation between LEGOs and life stages. If, at first, your only interest is to chew the blocks and smash them into one another, then later you actually start to build something out of them. After a while, your LEGO bricks are probably thrown into a dark corner of a closet, with only a few sneaky pieces left lying around for you to step on and swear loudly. Some years pass, and you suddenly remember your long-forgotten LEGO bricks, pull them out of the closet and start playing around, right when you thought you’re fully grown-up and toys are not for you anymore. These people, though, took their revived love for LEGO creations a step further and re-did classical art pieces accurately only by using LEGOs.
By saying classical art and famous paintings we really are talking about the artworks of the greatest masters and not some doodles from when you were three. Not only is there the Great Wave Off Kanagawa and American Gothic, but also famous works of Gustav Klimt and even a life-size recreation of Michelangelo’s David. The creation of which must’ve taken as much time as making the original statue. The dedication of it! Anyway, this mash-up of everyone’s favorite building blocks and unique art is undoubtedly a hit.
Now, if we managed to arouse your curiosity and grab your attention, scroll down below and check these amazing LEGO builds for yourself. Don’t forget to comment and vote for the most elaborate one!
Hokusai’s Great Wave Off Kanagawa
The Great Wave off Kanagawa, also known as The Great Wave or simply The Wave, is a woodblock print by the Japanese artist Hokusai. It was published sometime between 1829 and 1833 in the late Edo period as the first print in Hokusai’s series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji. It is Hokusai’s most famous work, and one of the most recognizable works of Japanese art in the world
Maurits Cornelis Escher’s Relativity
Relativity is a lithograph print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher, first printed in December 1953. The first version of this work was a woodcut earlier that same year. It depicts a world in which the normal laws of gravity do not apply. The architectural structure seems to be the center of an idyllic community, with most of its inhabitants casually going about their ordinary business, such as dining. Windows and doorways are leading to park-like outdoor settings. All of the figures are dressed in identical attire and have featureless bulb-shaped heads. Identical characters such as these can be found in many other Escher works. This is one of Escher’s most famous works and has been used in a variety of ways
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci that has been described as “the best known, the most visited, the most written about, the most sung about, the most parodied work of art in the world.” Mona Lisa is also one of the most valuable paintings in the world. It holds the Guinness World Record for the highest known insurance evaluation in history
Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss
The Kiss is an oil painting, with added silver and gold leaf by the Austrian symbolist painter Gustav Klimt, and was painted between 1907 and 1908 during the height of Klimt’s “Golden Period.” The painting depicts a couple embracing one another. The painting is considered as Klimt’s most famous work
Exekias’ The Vatican Amphora
The Vatican amphora depicts Achilles and Ajax playing a board game, with both men identified by their names added in the genitive. Ajax and Achilles sit across from each other, looking down at a block situated between them. The board game they are playing, which might be compared to a backgammon or checkers variant, was played with a die. According to the words written next to the two players, Achilles proclaims he has thrown a four, while Ajax has a three. Although the two of them are pictured playing, they are clearly depicted as being on duty, accompanied by their body armor and holding their spears, suggesting that they might head back into battle at any moment. Apart from the selection of this very intimate, seemingly relaxed scene as a symbol for the Trojan War, this vase-painting also showcases the talent of Exekias as an artist: the figures of both Achilles and Ajax are decorated with finely incised details, showing elaborate textile patterns and almost every hair in place. No existing literary source is known to have circulated in the sixth century BC in Athens regarding a narrative involving Ajax and Achilles playing a board game
Edvard Munch’s The Scream
The Scream is the popular name given to a composition created by Norwegian expressionist artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The original German title given by Munch to his work was Der Schrei der Natur (The Scream of Nature). The agonized face in the painting has become one of the most iconic images of art, seen as symbolizing the anxiety of modern man. Munch recalled that he had been out for a walk at sunset when suddenly the setting sunlight turned the clouds “a blood red.” He sensed an ‘infinite scream passing through nature’