Artist Imagines Iconic Monuments If They’d Survived Up To Present Day
Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
We’ve heard of these famous landmarks, historical or mythical, but it’s largely down to our imaginations to be able to visualize them just from the accounts of others.
Enter the Wonders of the World series, created by Russian artist and graphic designer Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio, which tasked Kazantsev to design a calendar for Gefest Insurance Company. Following this, the stunning illustrations have gone on to stand as pieces of art in their own right, breathing life into these otherwise unattainable structures.
The architecture is reconstructed according to their descriptions, incorporating intricate detail into its façades. Then, the structures are placed into the “real-world setting” of today, cars and all, enabling us to almost feel like we could be booking a plane ticket to go visit one of them sometime soon.
Some of the included works depict the 41-foot statue of Zeus at Olympia, made by Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC; and the Tower of Babel, a Biblical structure mentioned in the Book of Genesis that is said to explain the origins of the different languages of the world.
Check out some of the artworks below, and head on over to Kazantsev’s Facebook and Instagram pages to see more of his creations.
The Great Sphinx, Giza. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Acropolis, Athens. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Statue Of Zeus, Olympia. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Great Temple, Petra. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Tower of Babel. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Colossus, Rhodes. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Temple of Artemis. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
The Constantinople Observatory of Taqi ad-Din. Image by Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission
[via Hidrėlėy / Bored Panda, images via Evgeny Kazantsev for Bang! Bang! Studio and featured with permission]
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