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08-13-2015, 05:07 PM
This one goes out to all the art-savvy texters of the world, looking to add some of history's finest manifestations of creative expression to their OMGs and LOLs.
It's been over two years since the glory days of #emojiarthistory, when the art world banded together to adapt art classics into emojis (http://hyperallergic.com/64988/emoji-art-history/) using the options available. But a girl can't help but dream. What if instead of using two dancing ballerinas to signify a Diane Arbus photo, there existed a whole realm of ready-made art emojis based off the cannon of art history?
In this fantasy alternate universe, kissy faces and smiley poops would be replaced with Dali's melting clock and Botticelli's naked Venus. It would look something like this ...
All illustrations by Priscilla Frank
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It's been over two years since the glory days of #emojiarthistory, when the art world banded together to adapt art classics into emojis (http://hyperallergic.com/64988/emoji-art-history/) using the options available. But a girl can't help but dream. What if instead of using two dancing ballerinas to signify a Diane Arbus photo, there existed a whole realm of ready-made art emojis based off the cannon of art history?
In this fantasy alternate universe, kissy faces and smiley poops would be replaced with Dali's melting clock and Botticelli's naked Venus. It would look something like this ...
All illustrations by Priscilla Frank
Also on HuffPost:
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