{"id":145042,"date":"2014-04-01T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T16:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=145042"},"modified":"2014-04-01T09:31:16","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T13:31:16","slug":"rapper-aristocrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/image-of-the-day\/04\/01\/rapper-aristocrats\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Awesome Portraits Of Rappers As 17th Century Aristocrats"},"content":{"rendered":"
The egos. The larger than life personalities and over-the-top, signature styles. Of course it makes sense to paint Tupac, Biggie, Nas, et al as 17th century aristocrats. Or at least it does to British artist Amar Stewart<\/a>. Lacking any sort of professional training, Stewart manages to convene timeless artistic masters–Dutch painters and contemporary rappers–in a project that is as refreshingly original as it is technically well done. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The egos. The larger than life personalities and over-the-top, signature styles. Of course it makes sense to paint Tupac, Biggie, Nas, et al as 17th century aristocrats. Or at least it does to British artist Amar Stewart. Lacking any sort of professional training, Stewart manages to convene timeless artistic masters–Dutch painters and contemporary rappers–in a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":388,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[220],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNotorious B.I.G. as King Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger<\/h2>\n
Mary J. Blige as “Portrait of a Woman” by Frans Hals<\/h2>\n
Tupac as “Portrait of a Man Holding a Skull” by Frans Hals<\/h2>\n
Rick Ross as “Portrait of a Man” by Frans Hals<\/h2>\n
Lisa ‘Left Eye’ Lopes as “Napoleon Crossing the Alps” by Jacques-Louis David<\/h2>\n
Nas as “Portrait of a Man, Half-Length, in a Black Coat” by Frans Hals<\/h2>\n
Jay Z with as “Young Man Holding a Skull” by Frans Hals<\/h2>\n
Action Bronson as “The Laughing Cavalier” by Frans Hals<\/h2>\n
Eminem as “Portrait of a Man with Hat” by Frans Hals<\/h2>\n