Proving that great art is beautiful in any medium, hundreds of children and parents armed with thousands of Lego bricks painstakingly recreated the famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring," a masterwork by the 17th-century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer.
The work was completed on Aug. 9 at the Legoland Discovery Center Tokyo in the Odaiba district.
To commemorate the 380 years since the painter’s birth, a total of 380 children and parents built the colorful image, 90 centimeters high and 60 centimeters wide, with around 5,000 bricks over the course of eight days.
Yuka Takahashi, 9, put the last piece in place, at the girl's left eye.
"It was great to see the picture emerge as the small bricks were put together," Yuka said. "I want to see the original in Ueno with my family."
An exhibition that includes "Girl with a Pearl Earring" is currently open at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum in the Ueno district.
The Lego-brick version will be displayed at the Legoland center until Sept. 17, when the Ueno exhibition also comes to an end.
為了慶祝17世紀荷蘭畫家 梅維爾的380歲生日
日本東京台場的 Legoland discovery center 發起此活動
Yuka Takahashi, wearing a head cloth like the "Girl with a Pearl Earring," puts the last piece for the Lego brick replica in Tokyo's Odaiba district on Aug. 9. (Shinya Saito)
由一位穿著打扮類似畫中少女(戴黃藍頭巾)的9歲日本女孩
放上最後一塊左眼積木 完成此作品
這個活動是和東京上野的東京都美術館Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum 合作的
梅維爾的此畫作目前正在東京都美術館展出
展期到今年的9/17
而積木版的[戴珍珠耳環的少女]也將在日本東京台場的 Legoland discovery center 展示到9/17截止
Lego master model builder Yoshihiro Osawa helps a boy attach a piece of Lego bricks to a replica of Johannes Vermeer's 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' during an event in collaboration with the 'Masterpieces from the Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis' exhibition, which has been held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, at the Legoland Discovery Center Tokyo on August 9, 2012 in Tokyo, Japan.
