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Marco Sodano Pixilates Classic Masterpieces Using LEGO

Italian artist Marco Sodano comes to us today to shed a new light on the usage of LEGO bricks.

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Italian artist Marco Sodano comes to us today to shed a new light on the usage of LEGO bricks. Illustrating the concept that all children are pure artisans when using the perennial construction toy, Sodano reimagines three classic paintings – Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa and Lady with an Ermine as well as Johannes Vermeer’s Girl with a Pearl – in a pixelated rendering using LEGOs. More of the Sodano’s work can be viewed here.

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