Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Where's Waldo in Art History?

Matisse's The Dance (Image from vintagewaldo.tumblr.com) 

I LOL’ed when I read about this tumblelog on my favorite art blogazine, Hyperallergic.

Fans of the Where’s Waldo books can test their art history prowess by searching for the beloved red- and white-striped character camouflaged among various masterpieces at Vintage Waldo.    

Waldo’s peripatetic time travels span Italy’s Renaissance, where he makes a cameo in Michelangelo’s The Last Judgment; 1909 France, where he appears in Matisse’s The Dance; and in 1960s New York, where he turns up in Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Prints.

Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks and Edvard Munch’s The Scream are also very funny.

Check the site’s archives: Can you find Waldo in each and name them all? 

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