Venus and Cupid

This photo by the Italian artist Gian Paolo Tomasi integrates typical elements of classical paintings.

First there is Cupid how he could be seen on many paintings from the baroque onwards till late 19th century art.

And there is the women looking like one of that odalisques on the popular 19th century harem paintings like this by the French painter Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824–1904).

Spiderman

This picture by the Italian photographer Gian Paolo Tomasi is an obvious quotation of Spiderman coming up a skyscraper.

Coppertone Girl

The Italian fashion photographer Gian Paolo Tomasi has an inclination for new interpretations of artwork. That he isn’t only interested in the "big" art represented in the museums shows this example:


It’s a nice quotation of the "Coppertone Girl" from 1959, which was invented and done by Joyce Ballantyne (1918–2006) a well known painter of pin-up art.

San Sebastian

New interpretations of famous paintings are very popular among photographers. I think, it’s a kind of honoring the great master from whom they learned so much.

Here an example by Italian photographer Gian Paolo Tomasi. The Italian actress and fashion model Anna Maria is posing as San Sebastian.

The quoted original is from the 1480s and be the Italian painter Andrea Mantegna (1431 - 1506).