Sunday 20 September 2020

Famous Paintings in Video Games - First Stroke

While film and television remain ongoing, pixels are finally welcomed to cultural family.

As with the small screen, the vast majority are literally just for show, leaving artist and title anonymous.

To quote Ralph Waldo Emerson (famously used in Mortal Kombat 3):

"There is no knowledge that is not power."

System will only be stated for exclusives.

Miscellany

BioShock Infinite
The Storm on the Sea of Galilee - Rembrandt
Blood Omen 2
Girl with a Pearl Earring - Johannes Vermeer
Clock Tower (PS1)
Minerva Victorious over Ignorance - Bartholomeus Spranger
The guy to the left of Minerva was either inserted by Human or taken from another source.
Despite European title, this is actually the sequel to Super Famicom original.
Dawn of Fear
School of Athens - Raphael (left) and The Annunciation - Dieric Bouts (right)

Detroit: Become Human (PS4)
The Three Stages of Man - Jacob de Backer

Devil May Cry 5
Portrait of Ginerva Benci - Leonardo da Vinci
Evil Night (Arcade)
Medusa (detail) - Peter Paul Rubens
James Bond 007: Agent Under Fire
Equestrian Portrait of Charles I - Anthony van Dyck
Killzone 2
The Death of Major Peirson - John Singleton Copley
Condemned: Criminal Origins
Death on a Pale Horse - Benjamin West
Black Heart (Arcade)
The Dead Christ Adored by Doges Pierto Lando and Marcantonio Trevisan - Tintoretto
Multiples

Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness

Liberty Leading the People - Eugène Delacroix (left) and Napoleon Crossing the Alps - Jacques-Louis David (right)
The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries - Jacques-Louis David
We also visit the Louvre.

Very briefly.

Lot and His Daughter - Albrecht Altdorfer
The Rape of Europa - Titian (left), The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci (top) and The School of Athens - Raphael (bottom)
Castlevania: Circle of the Moon (Game Boy Advance)

The Conversion of Saint Paul (detail) - Caravaggio
The Martyrdom of Saint Matthew (detail) - Caravaggio
Fallout 3

Dante and Virgil - William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Appraised by Dante and Virgil (1835 version) - Ary Scheffer
The Map of Hell (The Divine Comedy) - Botticelli
Enter the Matrix

Alexander Entering Babylon (detail) - Charles Le Brun
The Surrender of Breda - Diego Velázquez
The Lictors Bring to Brutus the Bodies of His Sons - Jacques-Louis David
Oath of the Horatii (detail) - Jacques-Louis David
The Matrix: Path of Neo

Oath of the Horatii (detail) - Jacques Louis David
The Intervention of the Sabine Women (detail) - Jacques-Louis David (left) and Alexander Entering Babylon (detail) - Charles Le Brun (right)
Romans in the Decadence of the Empire - Thomas Couture
The Surrender of Breda (detail) - Diego Velázquez
The Meagre Company (detail) - Frans Hals (later completed by Pieter Codde)
St. Michael Vanquishing the Devils - Luca Giordano
Pang! 3 (Arcade)

Portrait of Leopold Zborowski - Amedeo Modigliani
Grande Odalisque - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres
Fine Wind, Clear Morning (part of the Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji series) - Hokusai
Kabuki Actor Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei in the Play The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife - Sharaku
Luncheon of the Boating Party - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Moulin Rougue: La Goulue - Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Mona Lisa - Leonardo da Vinci
Sunflowers - Vincent van Gogh
The Birth of Venus - Botticelli
The Creation of Adam - Michelangelo
The Gleaners - Jean-François Millet
The Scream - Edvard Munch
The Sleeping Gypsy - Henri Rousseau
The Beast Within: A Gabriel Knight Mystery (DOS)

Scenes from the Tannhäuser Saga - Joseph Matthäus Aigner
The Miracle of the Grail - Wilhem Hauschild
The Arrival of Lohengrin in Antwerp (from the Lohengrin Saga) - August von Heckel
Tannhäuser in the Venus Grotto - Josef Aigner
Tristan and Isolde - August Spiess
Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned (DOS)

There's shall we say, one or two...

Still Life with Flowers and Fruits - Henri Fantin-Latour
Gabrielle aux Bijoux - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Périssoires - Gustave Caillebotte
Bord de rivière, effet de brume matinale - Gustave Caillebotte
The Pond of Gylieu - Charles-François Daubigny
Still Life with Pears and Grapes - Claude Monet (left) and The Viennese: Portrait of Irna Brunner with Black Hat - Édouard Manet (right)
Still Life with Skull and Candlestick - Paul Cézanne
Frieze of Dancers - Edgar Degas
Before the Performance - Edgar Degas (left) and Absinthe Drinkers - Jean-François Raffaëli (right)
Luncheon of the Boating Party - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Woman in the Field - Federico Zandomeneghi
Picnic in May - Pál Szinyei Merse
The Birth of Venus - Alexandre Cabanel (left) and Autumn - Erik Werenskiold (right)
In the Grass - Berthe Morisot
Beach at Concarneau - Emil Schuffenecker
Lente Idylle - Piet Mondrian
Banks at the Seine at Asnieres - Pierre-Auguste Renoir (left), Alley of the Gardens of Monet at Giverny - Claude Monet (middle) and The Church at Gisors - Lucien Pissarro (right)
Female Nude - Pierre-Auguste Renoir (far left), Un bal á l'Opéra - Jean-Louis Forain (middle), Jeunes filles en noir - Pierre-August Renoir (right) and The Pool, Medfield - Dennis Miller Bunker (far right)
Madame Manet au canapé bleu - Édouard Manet (left) and Le Pont de l'Europe - Gustave Caillebotte (right)
Rocks at L'Estaque - Paul Cézanne (left) and Le Repos - Édouard Manet (right)
Water-lilies (1914) - Claude Monet
Le verger au printemps - Gustave Loiseau
Avenue de Clichy - Louis Anquetin
Impression, Sunrise - Claude Monet
Portrait of Pierre-Auguste Renoir - Frederic Bazille
Houses of Parliament - Claude Monet
The Rowing Boat - Claude Monet
The Theatre Box - Pierre-Auguste Renoir
The Execution of Emperor Maximilian - Édouard Manet
The Hay Wain - John Constable
Woman in the Bath - Edgar Degas
Phew!

Until next time

4 comments:

  1. I’ve wanted someone to mention this! RE Village, Layer of Fear, come to mind recently and I just love the eerie historical ambience it creates. I even like the small, random art depicting shadows of people or objects laying around.

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    1. hi there, yes layers of fear and a whole lot more will be brought at some point, as will the entire resident evil franchise. stay tuned.

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  2. hi can you please tell me if there are any horror videogames that include real life paintings?

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    1. hey there, you're in luck. most recent entry contains a medley of horror, and a variety of other genres.

      https://nukesandknives.blogspot.com/2023/11/famous-paintings-in-video-games-third.html

      enjoy :)

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