50 Times People Added Modern Captions To Old Paintings And Created Comedy Gold

How many art history majors had to listen to their parents say, "You'll never make a career out of this!" while they were in college? Well, they probably never thought that curating a meme page based on classical art could technically be considered a career! An average art history major in the U.S. earns $62,000 a year. But what's that compared to the currency that is online clout?

On the internet, not even famous works of art are safe from being memed. But that's not a bad thing, and if you previously thought that it's a desecration of a sacred art form, you might change your opinion after you scroll through this selection of classical art memes from the "classical.art.memes" page on Instagram.

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