VC copied Mucha?

[clamicas]

so, Mucha is an art nouveau artist, he was a famous designer, made a lot of grpahic art for packages and posters

So looking at his art I bumped into this:



which is very very similar to this:

BNN original cover:


as you can see it´s his drawing over her cover, the hair even the round necklaces from Mucha's drawing....


vc I´m disappointed lol :lol:

thank god she chaged A BIT the cover in the final edition :lol:

STILL.... :roll: copying ideas is not cool :twisted: :lol:

[emmy]

when I saw the first pic i was like  8O cuz it did look so similar.  but both of those side by side... wow.

[JazzyManda]

wow. the hair was like.. exact

good thing she changed it

Amanda

[zurielshimon]

I wonder if that original design might have just been like a draft and not intended for use as a final product.

[ThomasEj]

I think it was a great idea with the cover... we don't know how it was exactly so we shouldn't assume nessa as 'copier'

[BlueStar]

I don't think she was copying the artist so much as using inspiration from a piece of his work. I can still see the similarities, though.

[clamicas]

I don't think she was copying the artist so much as using inspiration from a piece of his work. I can still see the similarities, though.

I love VC, but puting the same stars the same position, the same colors, the same curves....It would have certainly been flattering  for the artist if he could see it.but imo I consider that imitation. And I always thought vc did her own drawings, so I though she had been more creative :roll: But there's even the font from harmonium/white houses that I saw a similar one on a mucha poster, but I havent found it on the web lol. I guess she´s really a fan!! ! which is great, cuz that shows how she has a good artistic knowledge. :wink:


Anywyay, I just posted cuz I thought it was funny :lol: since I bumped into that Mucha piece by accident :lol:  :lol: just sharing my silly discoveries

[amberbeads]

Is Mucha still alive? Cause I'm sure she could've gotten his permission to use the design if he is... :roll:

[clamicas]

^he´s dead

anyway....curiosities about the poster :

 that one in particular is from a french actress that died in 1923

 

[ThomasEj]

wow...official site...
sb should ask nessa about inspirations...

omg...maybe when he died he got into her soul and she even doesn't know about these drawings and he draws it thorugh her body... 8O  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :wink:

[Jophess]

Woah, that's the inside cover of Harmonium.
Not exact, but pretty damn close. *goes to get it out*

[emmy]

Woah, that's the inside cover of Harmonium.
Not exact, but pretty damn close. *goes to get it out*

Yeah, I'm looking at my harmonium inside cover now... its hanging on my wall... and it really looks so similar!

[Xenophanes]

Two comments...

First, when exactly did this man die? His work may now be public domain, in which case copying his style on a CD cover would be similar to posing as the Mona Lisa or some other such thing...

Second, do we know exactly that that first BNN cover is indeed an earlier version? It looks to me like someone just slapped part of the Mucha figure's hair onto the CD cover in PhotoShop...in which case this is either someone's experiment or just a very early prototype that the art team was doing...

[Dancernl]

Imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.  Give V the benefit of the doubt, she's probably just a big fan and wanted to pay him a tribute or something.

[zurielshimon]

Thanx for the post!  I might have never known, but now I've sat up well into the wee hours learning so much about Alfons Mucha and Sarah Bernhardt.  The Sarah Bernhardt art is mostly a hundred years old and older and Mucha died in 1939.