Nothing is what it seems in these remarkable pictures which take pavement art to a new level.

A woman sitting on a sofa, seemingly oblivious to a taxi crashing through her front room wall; a dramatic take on Verdi’s opera Aida; and eternal damnation on Judgment Day.

The American artist who created them – Kurt Wenner – is a former Nasa illustrator who began street painting in Rome in 1982, inspired by Renaissance frescos and sculptures.

Princess Aida from Verdi’s opera is captured into slavery

Spellbound: An admirer of Kurt Wenner’s work gazes down on his idea of Judgment Day – or day of wrath

A Herculean giant disappears into a chasm

[ Kurt Wenner ]

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