One Minute Art History

February 13, 2018 12:56 PM

"Filmmaker and educator Cao Shu captures the history of art in an experimental short film that lasts for less than one minute. Throughout the film, the central character goes through the small motions of everyday movements like checking the time and having a drink, with each frame rendered in a different art historical style."
posted by josher71 (10 comments total)

is that Ralph Wiggum at about :50?
posted by thelonius at 1:13 PM on February 13, 2018

I have yet to pin down your Wiggum, but it's along the works of artists like Alec Monopoly or Antoine Tavagli, but more from the design world of publishing than street art. That's my intuition from the flourishes of it. I will swear to seeing the artist from years of BoingBoing and Fffffound.
posted by lazycomputerkids at 1:58 PM on February 13, 2018 [1 favorite]

What I'm most enjoying is CaoShu's commentary and narrative through the subject's transformations, as thelonious's emphasizes. The Impressionists were some heavy smokers :)
posted by lazycomputerkids at 2:06 PM on February 13, 2018 [2 favorites]

The styles went by so fast that I couldn't really appreciate them. I'd like to be able to browse through stills of every frame and absorb each one before moving to the next.
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:44 PM on February 13, 2018 [5 favorites]

Very creative and cool. Is there a place where I can see each picture along with an explanation of the style or artist that it represents?
posted by AMyNameIs at 3:21 PM on February 13, 2018

I love this, what a great idea but also the execution was superb. You can pause a frame and most of them are excellent interpretations of the work they're mimicking. It's a big misnomer that painting in another artist's style is easy, so to do so many and do them well is just... awesome.
posted by InkDrinker at 3:47 PM on February 13, 2018

I was wondering where's Francis Bacon? And then, there he was! Brilliant.
posted by njohnson23 at 3:58 PM on February 13, 2018

@Greg_Ace > The styles went by so fast that I couldn't really appreciate them. I'd like to be able to browse through stills of every frame and absorb each one before moving to the next.

How to extract all frames from any video using VLC
https://youtu.be/geF_i71I-ZM
posted by goinWhereTheClimateSuitsMyClothes at 4:29 PM on February 13, 2018 [2 favorites]

There are days when I too, am Dada for split second.
posted by davebush at 4:31 PM on February 13, 2018

That was pretty damn impressive. Be fun to watch it backwards, too.
posted by Peter H at 5:48 PM on February 13, 2018