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Pop Sonnets - Old Twists On New Songs

Holland
Apr 9, 2019
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The wonderful people over at Pop Sonnets have spent so much time putting a old spin on modern songs. They're absolutely wonderful.

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A portrait of American painter Thomas Cole is superimposed in the foreground of his dramatic painting Destruction from The Course of Empire series. Behind him, a classical city is engulfed in chaos—buildings are burning, statues are toppling, and citizens are fighting and fleeing across a crumbling bridge.

A portrait of American painter Thomas Cole is superimposed in the foreground of his dramatic painting Destruction from The Course of Empire series. Behind him, a classical city is engulfed in chaos—buildings are burning, statues are toppling, and citizens are fighting and fleeing across a crumbling bridge.

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Collage featuring journalist Nellie Bly with Victorian portraits, a vintage newspaper announcing her travel record, a calendar-style route map, and colourful pop-art cutouts of Bly in her travel coat, symbolising her 1889 round-the-world trip.

Collage featuring journalist Nellie Bly with Victorian portraits, a vintage newspaper announcing her travel record, a calendar-style route map, and colourful pop-art cutouts of Bly in her travel coat, symbolising her 1889 round-the-world trip.

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