Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector

Chadwick Gray and Laura Spector are both artists from Austin,Texas. These artists have found how to incorporate 19th century art with body painting.
To find 19th century artworks, they contacted museums from all over the world, asking them for permission to photograph specific 19th century paintings. According to Peta Pixel, the duo tried to find artworks that haven't been exhibited in the last 50 years or some that were never exhibited at all.
The body paintings would start by projecting the image of the desired artwork onto the model's body, trying different positions until the perfect pose was found. After it is found, Laura spends between 8 to 15 hours in one setting trying to reproduce every detail. The body art would have been painted with special-effects makeup.

some works:







source: Museum Anatomy - Historical Artworks Painted on Human Bodies | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities. 2013. Museum Anatomy - Historical Artworks Painted on Human Bodies | Oddity Central - Collecting Oddities. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.odditycentral.com/pics/living-art-museum-masterpieces-painted-on-human-bodies.html. [Accessed 05 March 2013].