Message #336

[illumina]

I like a lot of European renaissance and baroque art, as well as 19th century artists. I believe Kojima gets a lot of insperation from such artists.

A few favourites:

Michelangelo
http://www.geocities.com/nulliusinverba/siblibica.jpg

Artemisia Gentileschi
http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/judith3.html
http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/magdalen4.html
http://www.artemisia-gentileschi.com/judith4.html

Da Vinci
http://docentes.uacj.mx/fgomez/museoglobal/photogallery/L/leonardo%20da%20vinci/leonardo%20da%20vinci%20virgen%20rcs.JPG
http://images.easyart.com/i/prints/rw/en_easyart/lg/3/0/The-Virgin-of-the-Rocks--detail-of-the-angel--c-1508-Leonardo-da-Vinci-300522.jpg

Rembrandt
http://nibiryukov.narod.ru/nb_pinacoteca/nb_pinacoteca_painting/nb_pinacoteca_rembrandt_faust.jpg
http://nibiryukov.narod.ru/nb_pinacoteca/nb_pinacoteca_painting/nb_pinacoteca_rembrandt_philosopher_meditating.jpg

Evelyn de Morgan
http://www.illusionsgallery.com/DeM-Hope-despair-L.jpg
http://www.practicalpainting.com/images/PreRaphael/EvelynDeMorgan/Evelyn_DeMorgan_medee.jpg
http://www.nderf.org/angel_of_death-2large.jpg

I'll post some favourite contemporary artists too later