For Inspiration? - Madonna's Inspiration For Her Art

[EgoRod 5,448]

Express Yourself gets inspiration from Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis"

 

 

[Brendanlovesu1 12,008]

The Material Girl music video was inspired by Madonna's admiration of Marilyn Monroe and mimicked the latter's performance of the song "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

 

[Alpha 1,180]

The music video for Human Nature was inspired by artist Eric Stanton's work

 

[EgoRod 5,448]

This Red dress and shoot was based on Tina Turner's Acid Queen from Tommy:

 

[EgoRod 5,448]

She reference Brigitte Bardot in few ocassions: Sex Book, Vanity Fair with Meisel and Ritts Cherish shoot

[Robertthenurse 2,917]

GGW a la Kazaky 

[A. A. Aardvark 4,842]

20 hours ago, chaosmen1984mk said:

 

After the cover of the Hard Candy album that left many fans, like me, dissatisfied due to its simplicity and lack of originality, Madonna decides to surprise this time with the cover of her next album (Mdma) using a photo of her but with a special fragmentation effect or vertical lines that resulted in a unique and quite striking cover.

Curiously, 5 years earlier, an unknown Chilean artist named Sergio Lagos had released an album with a fairly similar cover. Looking at the photos, the resemblance is undeniable, so we can come to the conclusion that Madonna was inspired by this Chilean artist for the cover of her album Mdma. Because inspiration doesn't always come from world-famous artists or works. And this could be a good example of that.

do u know the country album with a similar cover to like a virgin ?

[Brendanlovesu1 12,008]

Madonna took inspiration from A Clockwork Orange and Liza Minelli's performance in Caberet for Keep It Together on the blond ambition tour

[Blue Skies 1,303]

Citizen Kane for the Oh Father video? 

[Anapausis 5,911]

The Breakfast Club/Emmy and the Emmies songs are inspired by Benatar, Hynde, duh...

To quote M herself,

"I am nothing without the art of others."

[Brendanlovesu1 12,008]

The chess scene in the power of goodbye video was inspired by that in the 1968 heist film The Thomas Crown Affair

 

and the scenes showing Madonna walking alone on the beach at the end of the power of goodbye was an homage to actress Joan Crawford in the 1946 film Humoresque

 

[EgoRod 5,448]

The Girlie Show got lots of inspiration in the choreo and costumes from musicals:

Vogue was based on the "Small House of Uncle Thomas" from The King and I

I'm going Bananas/isla Bonita part was an homage to Genes Kelly's  'Anchors Aweigh'

BBB/Like a Virgin she wears Marlene Dietrich costume from Morocco and makes a version and take of Falling in Love again from the Blue Angel.

And Justify my love is taken from My Fairs Lady Ascot scene but also borrows choreo from Sweet charity's club scene.

 

 

[Brendanlovesu1 12,008]

The Drowned World Tour tour took its name after J. G. Ballard's 1962 science fiction novel The Drowned World 

[Brendanlovesu1 12,008]

Marie Antoinette

 

[Anapausis 5,911]

1 hour ago, Brendanlovesu1 said:

Marie Antoinette

 

Why do all the things I say

Sound like the stupid things I've said before?

 

[Starchild 3,077]

This thread could easily turn into a slippery slope!

[itzjak 136]

This segment from Rebel Heart Tour take inspiration from mexican folclor like the tehuana dress and Frida Khalo In the female dancers, Día De Muertos In the background video and the backup singers in the grammy performance were wearing the mariachi female dress

 

 

 

[Alpha 1,180]

On 3/22/2024 at 5:17 PM, Starchild said:

This thread could easily turn into a slippery slope!

I think people in general don't understand what hard work and research goes into a Madonna era! 

[Anapausis 5,911]

8 hours ago, Alpha said:

I think people in general don't understand what hard work and research goes into a Madonna era! 

They believe an actual intellectual mind is just an expert to copy and paste. I tell it from my own experience.

[Brendanlovesu1 12,008]

There is a blink-and-you'll-miss-it shot from Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1928 film The Passion of Joan of Arc at the very beginning of Dark Ballet as well as references to the Like a Prayer video with the religious imagery

 

[Blue Skies 1,303]

I forgot the exact painting but there was one in the Open Your Heart video done by Tamara de Lempicka in the background.  

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9 hours ago, Blue Skies said:

I forgot the exact painting but there was one in the Open Your Heart video done by Tamara de Lempicka in the background.  

Tamara de Lempicka's paintings have recurred symbolically in Madonna’s music videos for “Open Your Heart” , “Express Yourself” “Vogue” and “Drowned World/Substitute for Love” . Her paintings also appeared in the movie set of Who’s That Girl and the Blond Ambition World Tour

 

 

 

 

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On 3/21/2024 at 1:27 AM, PlayPause said:

Give me a break. Diffraction has been around like FOREVER since photography started.

It is taken from a 30's photoshoot.

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On 3/22/2024 at 6:32 PM, Nahash said:

Why do all the things I say

Sound like the stupid things I've said before?

 

 

[Blue Skies 1,303]

It might just be me but I always thought Holiday was inspired by this song