Pulp Space Babe

This campaign for Absolut Vodka by Ellen von Unwerth in 2010 is quoting the old science fiction movies. Very nice represented by Sybil Danning in "Space 1999".

Shoes as Art

Another example of the ad campaign of Christian Louboutin done by the photographer Peter Lippmann. Here the photo ist quoting the painting Portrait d’une Negresse (1800) by Marie Guillemine Benoist.

Baroque Shoes

The French footwear designer Christian Louboutin likes art and traditions. So it he worked with photographer Peter Lippmann to create a series of art inspired ads for his fall 2011 campaign.

This photo is a quotation of the famous baroque painting "Magdalene and the Flame” (1640) by the French artist Georges de La Tour.

Retro Pin Up

The American actress Carla Gugino is posing here for Vanity Fair Vanities in 2008. The photo was shot by Matthew Rolston and is a clear homage to Gil Elvgren and his famous pin-up painting "Your move" from 1964.

Cool Birds

The Brasilian supermodel Isabeli Fontana is posing here for her homeland edition of L'Officiel Brazil. The photos were shot by the photographer Jacques Dequeker.

It’s not only the birds that reminds me of "The Birds" (1963) by Alfred Hitchcock, it’s also the pose reminding me a lot of the cool actress and fashion model Tippi Hedren.

Hopper as Backdrop

These photos by Max Abadian were published in FLARE magazine in September 2009. Called "East Coast Escape" I don’t think it’s a coincidence that they remind so much of some paintings by Edward Hopper.

Hopper: Lighthouse Hill (1927)

Hopper: Ryder's House (1933)

The Amazing 50 Foot Woman

This ad for Absolut Vodka was done with Kate Beckinsale in 2010. It’s a clear quote of the good old B-movie "Attack of the 50 Foot Woman" (1958).

Ecstatic Madonnas

With these Madonnas the British photographer Miles Aldridge goes even a little furhter like some of the already extreme originals.

Old M.C.Escher as Designer

The lastest collection of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen is a clear reference to the famous Dutch artist M.C.Escher.

Matrix Television

Here Samsung pretends that their new LCD TV is inspired by art. And indeed it is, ad least the ad, which is quoting the Matrix films.

Shoe Still Lifes

This impressive ad campaign for Christian Louboutin was shot by the American photographer Peter Lippmann. He arranged every picture so that they emulated classic still life paintings from the 17th and 18th century.

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

This ad for a PETA animal rights campaign is quoting the famous film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), modifying the title into "Gentlemen Prefer Fur Free Blondes."

Little Mermaid

This ad for Hermès was done by the Italian fashion photographer Paolo Roversi. Without any doubt it’s quoting the statue of The Little Mermaid sitting on a rock in the harbor of the Copenhagen.

Madame X

This photo of Nicole Kidman appeared in June 1999 in Vogue.

Steven Meisel presented her as a modern version of the famous Madame X by the American painter John Singer Sargent (1856–1925).

Call of the Wild

Naomi Campbell by the famous photographer David LaChapelle.

To me it looks like a quotation of the paintings by the French Post-Impressionist painter Henri Julien Félix Rousseau (1844–1910).

Nighthawks

This photo is part of the 2007 Lavazza Calendar and shot by the Spanish photographer Eugenio Recuenco. It shows a kind of super heroine but it’s also a quotation of the famous painting Nighthawks (1942) by Edward Hopper.

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).

Hommage a Frida Kahlo

These nice photos by Chris Nicholls (an advertising for wedding gowns) are dedicated to Frida Kahlo.

Hommage a Rousseau

These photos by These photos by Max Cardelli are for the Etro collection Fall Winter 2008.
are for the Etro collection Fall Winter 2008.


The whole campaign seems like a pure hommage to the French painter Henri Julien Félix Rousseau, (1844-1910).

La Belle Epoque

The Italian Giovanni Boldini (1842-1931) was one of the and most successful portraitist of the Belle Epoque and one of his best known paintings is the "Marchesa Luisa Casati, with a Greyhound" (1908).

And because John Galliano is a great admirer of Boldini and especially of this painting he ordered that the campaign for his new perfume should be a reference to the Marchesa Casati and the spirit of the Belle Epoque.