Pyotr Basin (1793–1877) painted "The earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome," in 1830. According to Bruce Sterling, these images are the result of a "couple of guys screwing around attacking a 19th century Russian painting with deep-dreamers." I can't find anything else about them but they're fantastic.
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Pyotr Basin (1793–1877) painted "The earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome," in 1830. According to Bruce Sterling, these images are the result of a "couple of guys screwing around…