{"id":3864,"date":"2013-10-28T08:27:24","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T12:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arts.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=3864"},"modified":"2013-10-27T20:46:18","modified_gmt":"2013-10-28T00:46:18","slug":"the-art-of-halloween-costumes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2013\/10\/28\/the-art-of-halloween-costumes\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Halloween Costumes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween costumes can be classy, trashy, cartoony, or in the several cases below &#8211; artsy! \u00c2\u00a0After perusing the interwebs for artsy costume ideas, I came across these cute kids&#8230; and some adults with some serious art cred. \u00c2\u00a0I had planned on Cat Woman until I saw that I could not get a costume for less than $60 (major sad face). \u00c2\u00a0I am now thinking of drawing a unibrow, sticking flowers in my hair, and finding a brooding Diego.<\/p>\n<p>If you are looking for artsy costume ideas, look no further!<\/p>\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 430px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" \" title=\"andywarhol\" src=\"http:\/\/ohhappyday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Andy-Warhol-Costume.jpg\" alt=\"Love the soup cans.\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Love the soup cans.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"frida\" src=\"http:\/\/ohhappyday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Frida-Kahlo-Costume.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"631\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"vincent\" src=\"http:\/\/ohhappyday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Vincent-Van-Gogh-Costume.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"420\" height=\"630\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"magritte\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saltlakemagazine.com\/site_media\/uploads\/2010\/10\/magritte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">A cheap, yet chic costume for dudes<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"pop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saltlakemagazine.com\/site_media\/uploads\/2010\/10\/lichten-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"mondrian\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saltlakemagazine.com\/site_media\/uploads\/2010\/10\/2009-Halloween-VA-Sarah_-Mondrian-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Bringing Mondrian Back!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<figure class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 400px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"mona\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saltlakemagazine.com\/site_media\/uploads\/2010\/10\/mona-lisa.jpg\" alt=\"I think this one would be great with a dudes face (preferably bearded).\" width=\"390\" height=\"335\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">I think this one would be great with a dude&#39;s face (preferably bearded).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I love it when high art meets popular culture!<\/p>\n<h6>Image credits: http:\/\/ohhappyday.com\/2012\/10\/little-artists-costumes\/<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/www.saltlakemagazine.com\/blog\/2010\/10\/12\/top-five-tuesday-five-artsy-diy-costume-ideas\/<\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Halloween costumes can be classy, trashy, cartoony, or in the several cases below &#8211; artsy! \u00c2\u00a0After perusing the interwebs for artsy costume ideas, I came across these cute kids&#8230; and some adults with some serious art cred. \u00c2\u00a0I had planned on Cat Woman until I saw that I could not get a costume for less [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[151,413,412,415,386,414],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/67"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3866,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3864\/revisions\/3866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}