{"id":231,"date":"2009-09-05T15:49:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-05T15:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/simply-incredible-paintings-that-look-like-photographs.html"},"modified":"2009-09-05T15:49:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-05T15:49:00","slug":"simply-incredible-paintings-that-look-like-photographs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/09\/simply-incredible-paintings-that-look-like-photographs.html","title":{"rendered":"Simply incredible: paintings that look like photographs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The image below is not a photograph.  It&#8217;s a painting.  Yes.  That&#8217;s right.  A painting. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SqLA4eYm9vI\/AAAAAAAAGIE\/IjCvlYpvFBc\/s1600-h\/girlpaintedlooksreal_thumb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 380px;height: 400px\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SqLA4eYm9vI\/AAAAAAAAGIE\/IjCvlYpvFBc\/s400\/girlpaintedlooksreal_thumb.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Same with this picture, too: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SqLBJ--PnSI\/AAAAAAAAGIM\/EJWAQf7P6Go\/s1600-h\/Swimmingpeople.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0px auto 10px;text-align:center;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand;width: 400px;height: 296px\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_0DySLTT4PWo\/SqLBJ--PnSI\/AAAAAAAAGIM\/EJWAQf7P6Go\/s400\/Swimmingpeople.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a> Amazed?  I know I am.  Is it art?  Well, it&#8217;s definitely&#8230;something. <\/p>\n<p>Read more about it and see other examples <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetoyzone.com\/2009\/blog\/10-awesome-images-that-are-actually-paintings\/\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image below is not a photograph. It&#8217;s a painting. Yes. That&#8217;s right. A painting. Same with this picture, too: Amazed? I know I am. Is it art? Well, it&#8217;s definitely&#8230;something. 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