To get through the boredom of staying indoors, people have been finding some unique ways to channel their creativity. One group of housemates created an Instagram account called @covidclassics dedicated to recreating art.
They told BuzzFeed News via email it all started with Sutter not being able to find a hat and using a towel instead for a video call. They said: "Max couldn't find a hat, so he put a towel on his head, and Sam noticed it looked like The Death of Marat."
So far they have recreated 12 paintings including René Magritte's The Son of Man...
....Van Gogh's Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear....
...Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding Portrait...
And Caravaggio’s St Jerome Writing. They said they each have different favourites but they especially loved this one.
They said its been a lot of fun creating the photos and that the first few photos took about an hour to create but it has taken up to three hours sometimes.
Their Instagram account has now gained over 40k followers and their photos have been going viral on Twitter after being reposted. Everyone is amazed by their remakes.
Art lovers... This thread... Keep scrolling Down. 🎨👇👇👇 Fabulous! 😎 https://t.co/HIXfXqHqTU
To clarify, they are not in Iceland.
The quarantine done right. https://t.co/U3U5YXwZoQ
And people are seriously impressed with the level of detail.
Damn the detail level is heckin good https://t.co/aFiKegSMpD
I've never seen two photos so similar yet so different https://t.co/vIj6YwYxkD