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Artist Kim Dong-Kyu decided to update famous paintings and re-imagine the works in the 21st century. Using Photoshop, his creations give characters from art history modern-day technology, including tablets, headphones, and cell phones. Dong-Kyu's series is called "Art x Smart" and was first submitted to Designboom as part of their DIY submissions section. The project forces the viewer to revaluate how dependent we have become on 21st century technology, a comical view on what history would look like if it existed today. The modern gadgets inserted in old paintings don't seem nearly as anachronistic as we would expect it to. In fact, the paring almost feels believable.
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Don't Take the iPad in the Bathroom
Original Artwork: The Death of Marat, Jacques-Louis David, 1793
Marat's death is even more tragic knowing that his eternal words are not so eternal. Let's just hope that the bath water didn't cause any damage... AppleCare doesn't cover that.
Multi-Touch Zoom
Original Artwork: The Ancient of Days, William Blake, 1794
That's probably the single greatest Snapchat of all time.
The Screen
Original Artwork: The Scream, Edvard Munch, 1893
Always wondered what the subject of The Scream was so upset about? Well now you know! The horror is so relatable, like 10,000 notes on Tumblr relatable.
Music for Dreaming
Original Artwork: The Dream, Pablo Picasso, 1932
This beauty's got her iconic white headphones on deck. She's probably listening to "Picasso Baby" or maybe "Teenage Dream."
In a Cafe
Original Artwork: L'Absinthe, Edgar Degas, 1876
The woman's emoticon imagines what Degas' subject would look like today—bored and disgruntled. Not much has changed.
A Family Gathering
Original Artwork: The Balcony, Édouard Manet, 1868
These three were all friends of Manet, but he paints them as if they are disconnected from each other. From left to right appear Berthe Morisot, his sister in law, Jean Baptiste Antoine Guillemet, a painter, and Fanny Claus, a violinist. Through texting, these three seemingly random people come together, possibly through a groupchat with the artist.
Always in My Hand
Original Artwork: In The Conservatory, Édouard Manet, 1878-9
The ultimate argument is no longer between men and women but iPhones and Samsungs. This seemingly conservative Manet just got a little more controversial.
Her Mirror
Original Artwork: Rokeby Venus, Diego Velázquez, 1647–51
17th century Spanish art rarely included nudes. If Venus posted her nudes all over the web, she would've caused quite a scandal.
News of Kidnapping on Facebook
Original Artwork: Over the Town, Marc Chagall, 1917-18
Chagall's subjects magically soar above the city. Obviously they're going to post about it on Facebook.
Luncheon
Original Artwork: The Luncheon on the Grass, Édouard Manet, 1862–1863
Manet's portrait of a nude woman enjoying breakfast with men in the forest shocked judges of the 1863 Paris Salon, so much so that they rejected it. How stunned would they have been if Manet's subjects were taking selfies?
His Room
Original Artwork: The Bedroom, Vincent Van Gogh, 1888
Apparently Van Gogh is eco-friendly and all about those Apple products...
Wait, you didn't know that Van Gogh was a hipster?
Sunday Afternoon
Original Artwork: A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, Georges-Pierre Seurat, 1884–1886
Suddenly this park moved from the late 1800s in France to Central Park right now. Is #centralparkonasundayafternoon trending?
When You See the Amazing Sight
Original Artwork: Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818
That's going to be one incredible Instagram picture.
Girl with a Pearl Earring and an iPhone
Original Artwork: Girl with a Pearl Earring, Johannes Vermeer, 1665
This piece moves between from a 17th-century Dutch society to modern day America with only a slight modification. How much do you want to bet she's going to hashtag #shamelessselfie?
The Card Players
Original Artwork: The Card Players, Paul Cézanne, 1894–95
The Card Players is widely known as a cornerstone in Cézanne's career and is considered an intriguing social commentary. Simply replacing the cards with iPhones means these gamblers aren't so low class anymore.