I've always wondered. It think it might be French.
http://www.ilbaluardo.com/Cover/Audio/S%20-%20T%20-%20U/SMASHING%20PUMPKINS%20-%20Mellon%20Collie%20and%20the%20infinite%20sadness%20-%20Front.jpg
2007-12-09 17:10:36 · 5 answers · asked by Dylan B 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Painting
It is illustration! Why didn't anyone else know that? Could be known as poster art as well.
2007-12-10 02:06:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The illustration is a digital collage. Its design was inspired by a combination of the face from the painting Fidelity by Jean Baptiste Greuze and the body from the painting Saint Catherine of Alexandria by Raphael.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_Collie_and_the_Infinite_Sadness#Artwork
Raphael was a painter in the Classical Renaissance style and Greuse was a late 19th c. painter known for his titillating depictions of young girls - the image that results is a mix of the two!
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/greuze/
2007-12-10 08:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by angela l 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The type in the title is definitely art noveau - A possible interpretation of the painting style is a fusion - the colors and definition of the victorian illustrative style and the perspective/subject matter/colors of the Proto-Rennaissance fresco.
Compare the the agonized angels in this this fresco by Giotto- http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/giotto/mourning-christ/mourning-christ.jpg
And this typical victorian style cherub
http://www.angel-guide.com/images/angel-baby-clipart-angel-cherub-left.jpg
2007-12-09 19:27:30 · answer #3 · answered by Alex J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cover art
Collage
2007-12-09 19:25:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
French isn't an art-form :)
and
That isn't art ... well maybe you could call it eclecticism, New art nouveau. It is a composite of several pieces.
2007-12-09 17:20:18 · answer #5 · answered by Puppy Zwolle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋