Some of the greatest works of art have been lost , destroyed , or stolen over the years . In 1931 , Karl Friedrich Schinkel ’s masterpieceCathedral Towering Over a Townwas incinerate to a chip in an human activity of fire-raising , while Caravaggio’sSaint Matthew and the Angelwas destroyed in the bombing of Berlin in 1945 . In 1955 , Frida Kahlo’sThe bruise Tablemysteriously vanish on its way to an expo in Moscow , and in 1990 , in what is consider the expectant nontextual matter stealing in U.S. history , Rembrandt’sThe Storm on the Sea of Galileewas steal from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston . But now , all of these lost masterpieces have been re - create , using nothing but Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Stock images .
harmonize toAdweek , Adobe and ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partnerscommissioned four artiststo create new adaptation of these lost and destruct house painting , both to showcase the versatility of Adobe Stock photo and to lionize enceinte art . For instance , graphic artist Ankur Patar , WIREDreports , rebuiltThe Storm on the Sea of Galileeusing hundred of photos of clouds , people , moving ridge , and boats to remake Rembrandt ’s misplace painting . He toldWIREDthat the monolithic wave in the foreground of the painting was actually the product of 20 different photograph blended together .
Artist Karla Cordova , meanwhile , recreatedThe Wounded Tableby fastidiously compound and mixing the individual facial characteristic of a range of stemma photo model . Taking the haircloth from one photo mannequin , the eyebrows from another , she created the look of Frida Kahlo and her companions .
" No one can truly supercede these lost paintings , ” Goodby Silverstein & Partners creative theatre director Will Elliot toldAdweek . “ But by dependably re - creating them with Adobe Stock , we can remember them again and reshape what the world suppose about stock photography in the cognitive process . ”
checker out time lapses of the lost masterpieces being remade below :
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