BEAUTY by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro

BEAUTY has been making the rounds through social media this past week. It is a remarkable short film by Rino Stefano Tagliafierro. And it’s like nothing else we’ve seen before.

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Tagliafierro, an Italian experimental animator and director, has taken some of the greatest works throughout the history of art, paintings from artists such as Caravaggio and Tiziano, and animated the events captured in the still paintings.


 

BEAUTY – dir. Rino Stefano Tagliafierro

From the serene (deer drinking water) to the violent (a beheading), Tagliafierro challenges us to experience this iconic images in a different way. Yes, there is beauty in this, as the title of the video suggest, but it goes beyond pretty.

For a neat collection of GIFs from the video, check out Designboom. (Read the comment on that post to get a sense of the way some people might be reacting to seeing great works of art this way.)

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