10:58 am - 10/14/2011

Nicki Minaj is going way old school! The “Super Bass” singer posed for a series of photos that look like old paintings (think Mona Lisa) for W magazine.
Artist Francesco Vezzoli – who’s also worked with Eva Mendes and Lady Gaga — has transformed the singer into an 18-century courtesan for the photo shoot.
Neo-Rococo Portrait of Nicki Minaj as Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov

ROCOCO PORTRAIT OF NICKI MINAJ AS JEANNE ANTOINETTE POISSON, MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR

ROCOCO PORTRAIT OF NICKI MINAJ AS JEANNE BÉCU, COMTESSE DU BARRY

ROCOCO PORTRAIT OF NICKI MINAJ AS FRANÇOISE ATHÉNAÏS DE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN

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Nicki Minaj covers W magazine's Art & Fashion Issue

Nicki Minaj is going way old school! The “Super Bass” singer posed for a series of photos that look like old paintings (think Mona Lisa) for W magazine.
Artist Francesco Vezzoli – who’s also worked with Eva Mendes and Lady Gaga — has transformed the singer into an 18-century courtesan for the photo shoot.
Neo-Rococo Portrait of Nicki Minaj as Madame Barbe de Rimsky-Korsakov

ROCOCO PORTRAIT OF NICKI MINAJ AS JEANNE ANTOINETTE POISSON, MARQUISE DE POMPADOUR

ROCOCO PORTRAIT OF NICKI MINAJ AS JEANNE BÉCU, COMTESSE DU BARRY

ROCOCO PORTRAIT OF NICKI MINAJ AS FRANÇOISE ATHÉNAÏS DE ROCHECHOUART DE MORTEMART, MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN

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And what is it??
is it a blue period?
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