Theatre arts turn biblical art into live paintings in viral video. Watch | Trending

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Since the beginning of 2023, we have come across various never-seen-before artworks that are leaving netizens equal parts stunned and amused. Case in point, AI-generated images and videos which are making the impossible possible. Now, a theatre troupe has attracted a lot of attention after a video of them bringing several biblical artworks to life went crazy viral online. Intriguing, isn’t it?(Also Read: Railway Miner shares stunning pics of railway line, asks people to name them)“Caravaggio’s biblical paintings recreated as living paintings the incredibly talented Ludovica Rambelli Theatre Troupe, accompanied Mozart’s Requiem,” read the caption of the video shared on Twitter. The now-viral video captures several theatre arts dressed as subjects from biblical paintings to turn them into live paintings. What’s more is their on-point expressions, postures and striking resemblance to the characters portrayed in the biblical arts. These paintings were created the 16th-century Italian painter Caravaggio. Watch the video below:

The tweet has so far received over 1.9 million views, while the video has been viewed 1.7 million times. It has also collected a flurry of likes, a plethora of comments and retweets. (Also Read: Jenna Ortega’s hit Netflix film reminds people of Nasruddin Shah’s A Wednesday)Here’s how Twitter users reacted to the viral video: “So clever – love seeing them side side with the originals,” posted an individual. “What is fascinating to me, aside from the incredible re-creations, is how perfectly they’ve reproduced how dinctively Caravaggio lit his subjects,” shared another.

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