Check Out These Historic Art Figures Reimagined in Urban Settings

There's something foundational about baroque paintings that most everyone seems to relate to. Just to be clear: baroque is a period of artistic style that focuses on exaggerated motion to create tension and drama within the piece (not to be confused with classical).

Whether its a lifelong familiarity with the style fostered by certain religious and/or cultural upbringings, or just a interest in the style itself, lots of people are familiar with this type of depiction of the human form even if they can't rattle off a list of artists' names.

So it was really interesting to come across the work of Ukrainian artist Alexey Kondakov, a Kiev-based creative, who photoshops the gods and mythological beings of old into contemporary urban settings.

Kondakov's ongoing series, called The Daily Life Of Gods, is gaining global recognition as the conceit is highlighting the juxtaposition between urban life and the global collective unconscious' idyllic associations and preconceived notions of baroque artwork.

You may recognize figures from William Adolphe Bouguereau's Nymphs and Satyr and Kondakov's main inspiration, Cesar van Everdingen's Baccus.

Part of the appeal to The Daily Life Of Gods is that the urban settings into which these famous figures are inserted are mainly located around Kiev, Ukraine, but the effect achieved is so universal, it could be any city (unless you're especially familiar with Kiev).

So we're rounding up some of our favorite images from the two-part series, because they're too beautiful and thought-provoking to miss.