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6 Artworks Hidden In Iconic Disney Movies You May Not Realize

Walt Disney created rich, bright dreams in his classic movies. And his dreamy ideas were inspired by the art world. Disney fans can realize some abstract influences in animation style or character formation in their favorite films. On the other hand, there are few people who recognize the famous masterpieces that are hidden in classic movies.

For Disney’s fans, potting hidden details in their favorite movies brings more thrill and joy than opening presents. Do you have any idea that architectural marvels and renowned paintings made their way into Disney's fictitious worlds? Here are some hidden artworks fans have discovered in several Disney films.

#1 American Gothic vision - Mulan



American Gothic was made by Grant Wood in 1930. Wood opted to create this picture in order to reflect the daily challenges that Americans encountered during the Great Depression. A sequence from the 1998 Walt Disney Animations film Mulan features a rendition of this artwork. Mulan summons the ancestors for help with her issues in this scene. Two of the persons she awakens are eerily similar to the characters in John Wood's American Gothic. They are concerned that she would bring shame to her family if she persists in her ways.

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#2 The painting in Ariel’s grotto - The Little Mermaid



"Magdalen with the Smoking Flame" is a painting by French artist Georges de la Tour. It was created about 1640 and depicts Mary Magdalen, who is bathed in candlelight and stares into the flame. A skull lies in her lap, and she's dressed in a billowy white and crimson outfit fastened with a rope (much like Ariel's sail-like dress when Eric first discovers her by the sea). The skull on Magdalen's lap is considered to be a reminder of mortality, according to legend.

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#3 The Swing - Frozen



As Anna shouts out "For the First Time in Forever", we see Anna imitating the attitude of this girl in a picture. The French title of the painting "Les Hasards Heureux de l’Escarpolette" translates into ‘The Happy Coincidence of the Swing’. But it is called "The Swing" for short. This is an 18th-century oil painting by Jean-Honoré Fragonard from the Rococo style.

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#4 The Girl With the Pearl Earring - The Beauty and The Beast


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The Beast in Disney's Beauty & the Beast (1991) has a big painting collection! A 17th-century Dutch pictures hang opposite Belle's room: Girl with a Pearl Earring (Dutch: Meisje met de parel). This is a 1665 oil painting by Johannes Vermeer, a Dutch Golden Age painter.



#5 Venus de Milo - Hercules


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Hercules hung around with Megara in a gorgeous garden. This is when he accidentally knocks both of the sculptures' arms off, transforming Venus into the limbless, classic beauty we know today - 'Venus de Milo!'. This world-famous statue was discovered in 1820 on the Greek island of Milo. Even yet, we still don't know who did it. It was Venus, the Greek goddess of love.



#6 Starry Night - Tangled


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In this movie, we see Rapunzel drawing on the wall. Her painting bears some form of resemblance to Van Gogh’s Starry Night. The oil-on-canvas work "The Starry Night" was painted in June 1889. It portrays the scene from his asylum room's east-facing window soon before daybreak at Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, with the addition of an artificial settlement. This is one of the most well-known paintings in Western art.

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