I’ve never heard of the band “Hold Your Horses” until this week, but I feel like I owe them a giant thank you. See, back in my college days I had the brilliant idea of majoring in Art History, even though I had absolutely no intention of ever using this degree in a professional atmosphere. So who knew that a handful of moons later I would in fact be forced to blow the braindust off that ol’ dusty file known as “college” in order to watch Hold Your Horses’ latest video for their song “70 Million.” In it, the band recreates a slew of famous paintings, from your more famous Boticellis and Warhols to your “Death of Marat”‘s and Chagalls, this video has it all for the art buff. It even includes one of my favorite paintings of all time, Théodore Géricault’s “The Raft of the Medusa,” whose Wiki page we swear is worth your time.
Just be warned though: Frida Kahlo will definitely show up in your dreams tonight.
70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.
(Via Urlesque)
