While the words “classic art” might make your eyes glaze over, I would invite you to give it a second chance, perhaps this time with a modern twist. While it can be hard to imagine, the artists of the past had a lot more in common with us than we might think, one just has to look past the old clothing and scenery.
The “Clasycal” Instagram page shares memes that use classic paintings as their foundation. Funny, painful, relatable, or a combination of all three, these memes showcase the fact that some things just don’t change. Be sure to upvote your favorites and comment your thoughts below.
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They usually end the same way too - nothing was accomplished, and people are more confused than when they went in
Haha if I go to a séance meeting, I won't miss the opportunity to say "I think you're on mute"
omg yes that game where you say mute or unmute
Load More Replies...Lol. Worked in retail. Had a guy try to smuggle a full sized football out in his pants. It was noticed.
is that a full sized football in your pocket or..?
Load More Replies...One far side cartoon has a person trying to hide a piano in clothing while shoplifting. The sales assistant approaches and says "excuse me sir you dropped this" handing him the matching piano stool.
There actually used to be an underground shoplifting school in Berkeley, CA many years ago. In order to graduate, you had to successfully smuggle a typewriter out of a store, between your legs, without getting caught.
the cat wears armor! I rather think the cat is leading them into war😄
At first glance, a lot of classic and even classical art seems irrelevant to the modern day and age. Dead people in old clothing, next to aged buildings. But when you look past the outward material indicators and instead focus on the emotions on display, it becomes a lot easier to relate. Certain themes have permeated media and culture for millennia with good reason.
On top of the very real talent and creativity presented by the artists, there is a good bit of innovation on display from the many people who add texts and “remix” the ideas in this artwork to reflect modern experiences and emotions. Memes, ultimately, are about a bit of shared information and experience, beyond all else.
I'm actually starting to wonder if the OPs censor the images and not BP?
Load More Replies...When she makes you take your brother AND makes you wear that helmet grandma made for you
"But mom, it's a literal battlefield! He's gonna die within the first 5 minutes!" "I don't care! You know I have work today and can't take him with me, and Sarah's mom is on a business trip! You know we can't afford a babysitter or daycare, and literally everyone we know already has plans! He's too young to stay at home by himself; so you have to take him with you. You have to be there in 30 minutes, so hop to it - you can't be late on your first day!"
Were actual medieval swords really that dull that that was a safe way to carry the blade?
Looks like its in a scabbard. Notice it's black not silver. But most swords weren't really razor sharp either. There's no way they'd hold that edge in combat.
Load More Replies...That's the face of a person who has just realised they left their ringtone on and their phone in the other room and someone is calling them at 2am
I wish it was that easy! But noooo you have to live a life you can't bear anymore.
This is me now, got 3 hours sleep and my alarm goes off, i look like death
she's just getting into character before calling in sick....even though the boss can't see her....it's the principle of it all 🤣
Yes, put some tissue up your nose to help you sound stuffed up if that's what your going for... cold/sinus👍🏼 diarrhea👎. I don't really know what diarrhea voice is supposed to sound like🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies...From Google. Young Woman on Her Deathbed artist unknown 1621. Mentions it's a reminder of our mortality.
Load More Replies...Plus, most artwork is meant to be enjoyed and explored beyond just a “first glance.” Try it yourself, pick any post here, ignore the text, and just take in the details, the lines, and the colors. Think about why the artist made every choice that you see in front of you. And reflect on how much you would have missed if you just stuck to “one glance.” At the very least, it will be a nice exercise in slowing down.
Even then it had better not be your problem. She's a De Medici! Her family makes the American Mafia seem like the pikers they are!
Load More Replies...Glad I'm not the only one here who thinks that.
Load More Replies...Very close to a Michael Stipe answer to a dipsh¡t journalist's idiotic question. I hadn't realized until now he was quoting an historical figure. Probably should have guessed, though.
Because he wasn't. A quick Google search got me no results pointing that quote to her.
Load More Replies...Our family isn't alcohol drinkers, so this is Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner with Sparkling Cider! 🤣
When I was four, I used to holiday at our cousins’ sheep station. Sometimes I was allowed to take smoko with the shearers in the shearer’s quarters, and they would give me a glass of milk in a Vegemite glass while they had their beer and smokes. And they gave me my own blue singlet!!! (Aussies, don’t say it’s name…when I was four it was just a blue singlet, just like what the shearers wore…)
During our childhood me n my sister used to mix sprite with apple juice n pretend we were drinking champagne.
No matter what I drank, if it was in a fancy wine glass while sitting with my family(who were all drinking wine btw), I felt so fancy and sophisticated
I hope they sewed up the hole and cleaned the stain before they sold it to you.
Load More Replies...Yup. I think they have attachment issues
Load More Replies...Still, art tends to be a bit intimidating or confusing for the non-initiated. This is why the introduction of meme formats can actually be a great gateway to viewing art with a modern twist. The jokes help highlight the more interesting aspects of each image, which can be a gateway for the viewer to understand some of the emotions the artist was attempting to convey. Or at least get a little laugh out of the whole thing.
You'd think we'd be past this in our enlightened modern age and yet....
Killing the infected might actually work (depending on the disease). Can't move around to spread it if you're dead!
Eh, rather than throw him out the window, they should've had the stake all set up to burn him. 😆
Indeed, perforce, it needs must be, for there can be no canning, save for if one possess such faculty, in a given circumstance.
Load More Replies...I speak like this all the time, it's hilarious to see people try to figure out what I'm even saying XD
yes i do have a lot in common with the people i get to take the souls of - its nice to have a chat before the whole i take your soul and you go to the underworld business
Well now Doctor Faustus, what do you say we play a little game of chance?
While these days, we would most likely see these pieces as part of some refined movement, discussed by stuffy men in wigs even when they were made, the reality is that every “new” art style tends to be seen as disruptive, tacky and ugly by the critics of the time. The wonderfully vibrant rococo was described as a style for degenerates and that it was a “ridiculous jumble of shells, dragons, reeds, palm-trees, and plants."
Hey ! I can do but no one ever photographed me doing it. Quite possibly my only life skill. Lol
Back in the19880s, a woman at the Azusa Ren Faire would do this with 2 full steins.She'd get guys to buy the beers!
Edith was a novice at ear piercing, her technique left a lot to be desired.
Thank you! I'm surprised no-one has mentioned her yet.
Load More Replies...I cannot STAND galling people like that, who arrogantly pontificate to others in the self-delusion they are magnanimously imparting their holier-than-thou wisdom for the benefit of lesser beings, for the rest of us are but babes in the wood. I once held down and sewed the mouth shut of a co-worker who would condescendingly crow, "Uh-oh! Looks like someone has a case of 'The Mondays'!" I had to do it. I make no apologies...
Was curious so googled. Mark Rogers - Paranormal. His work is weird but kind of interesting. More here: https://www.markrogersart.com/
I loved this art, and just went on a search to find the artist, and order a print. The artist is Mark Rogers if you're interested. https://www.markrogersart.com/
Some cultures didn’t even see art as a value in itself. Ancient Egyptians did not have a word for art and classified painting and drawing as a practical craft, on par with masonry and sculpting. The purpose was to convey information, not to express some deep-seated ideas and inspire emotions in people. In fact, for most of Egyptian history, artists wouldn’t even display their subjects aging, since it wasn’t really important in the grand scheme of things. Modern archeologists might disagree.
because your friends don't dance, and if they don't dance then they're no friends of mine
Load More Replies...At the risk of sounding like a nerd, this painting is from the revolutionary war. 😉 There is a difference between revolutionary wars and civil wars.
The Revolutionary War was a civil war. The colonists still saw themselves as British citizens up until the fighting, with a good percentage still remaining loyal to Britain til the end of the war.
Load More Replies...I only recently learned that the drummers used different rhythms for different battle commands. The drums told the different troops when and where to attack.
Dang both my cats died and I haven't the 💜 to suffer any more losses!
You have my deepest sympathy. However, there are many cats in shelters who desperately need your love.
Load More Replies...Artist: Fritz Zuber-Bühler. Title: Reclining beauty with her cat.
Load More Replies...It's a snippet from "Transfiguration" by Raphael. The kid is possessed by a demon
Load More Replies...Seriously tho. Pugs are so ugly and they have so many health problems because humans wanted them ugly!
Similar to rococo, the even better-known baroque was described as a “plague on good taste, which infected a large number of artists." In fact, the critics of the time not only thought it an inferior style, they actually believed that it had a measurably negative effect on people and would cause poor moral judgment, which is a lot of power to ascribe to a painting. That means that some of the art displayed here was at one point transgressive and even edgy.
Why is the last letter missing in each phrase. T K K. I don't get it.
I have no problem with admitting that I'm wrong. Not that it has ever happened.
i’m not arguing, i’m being right and making my point that i’m right clear so the other person knows they’re wrong.
Load More Replies...No I don't have argument with you. I Just raised my voice and very loud explain you why I'm right. Even though I'm not.
It looks like he forgot to to put his wooden false teeth in before he left….or is this a she….idk
It's the infamous "Hapsburg chin". The family was severely inbred, so it got worse with the passing generations.
Load More Replies...This phenomenon most likely goes back centuries, as the self-appointed arbiters of “good taste” tend to dislike anything too different from established trends. A simple glance at movie and music genres will show that at one time or another, nearly every popular style has been referred to as “not real” cinema or music. Fortunately, this has almost no effect on its popularity.
Kinky is using a feather, perverted is using the whole chicken
Load More Replies...Omg I can't believe they actually painted stuff like this hahahaha 😆 😂
Apparently a lot of monks got bored when transcribing books and painted or drew in little jokey or dirty illustrations around the borders (think the early precursor to Sergio Aragones Mad Marginals). And artisans regularly hid little insults or jokes in artwork that was meant to be dignified, and the sheer number of rude gargoyles is incredible. Soooo... it's hard to say whether this particular example is an artist having some fun, getting back at someone or whether it's a known event in a battle they were actually illustrating.
Load More Replies..."Doctor you are not going to believe this, I was just helping a someone who was laying on the ground when suddenly..."
I shall poke ye bum with me spear sir….IF an attempt is made to fart in my general direction!
My abuela has a sign that says “calories: lottle creatures that live in your closet and sew your clothes tighter every night”
Load More Replies...They aren't even that old yet... That just makes me feel old.
Load More Replies...I took the plunge and removed non-fitting clothes from my closet/chest last week. 67 shirts, 7 pairs of pants, 2 pairs of socks, and underwear.
This is an illustration from Frog and Toad. It's not old enough to be classical by any stretch of the imagination.
I never thought about it before, but this must be a real problem for frogs and toads. They have to jettison their entire pollywog wardrobes! Amphibious clothing mfgrs must make a bundle.
Maybe that's why they mostly skinnydip? Or are they born naturists?
Load More Replies...No but fr cause I was supposed to lose weight for the summer but the food took over lmfao 😂
The music goes round and round till we pushed it through a horn. And dats how we got da blues
Who is the guy on the left? It looks like Jim Jefferies but I doubt it is 🤷🏼♂️
While attaching little texts to all these images might seem like dumbing them down, it’s important to point out that not all art was taken that seriously even when it was being made. It’s also a great way to introduce people to all sorts of art pieces they would never see unless they frequented museums. And if you want some more exposure to classic art memes, Bored Panda has got you covered, you can find our other collections here, here, and here.
This makes me lol very hard, because perse literally means 'a*s' in Finnish.
so, fun story, I 100000% missed your "lol" and just read "this makes me very hard" and I was confused.
Load More Replies...I thought it was a Kardassian getting a great idea for her next wedding guest outfit.
Load More Replies...Has this been photo shopped? I don't remember an ancient Greek statue with this type of rear. They usually are more muscular and not so thick thighs.
It has. It's Perseus Triumphant and they show the unphotoshopped version of the photo here: Male A*s History: The Disturbing Legacy of Male Bubble Butt https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/male-bubble-butt-history-greece-nazis
Load More Replies...This statue is beautiful. Too bad the made it so grotesque with photoshop.
The woman in the left corner looks impressed by the front view. Makes one a bit curious 😄
I couldn't help but hear the Krusty the Clown laugh after reading that.
Load More Replies...I do that deliberately. I love mistranslating Latin mottos. Eg. for my local University the Latin motto is "Ancora Imparo", which means "disabled goat".
Artwork by Sandra Boynton. She does hilarious children's books.
Load More Replies...Don't forget about Flight of the Conchords' Hip-hop-opatamus (vs the rhymenocerus)!
Yesss!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FArZxLj6DLk
Load More Replies...Father dear, I implore you to lock me in my room until Greg quits this place
Her face says, im gonna go do another lap around the town of fu(k offs
Guy on the left in red "What was that George....what do you mean we've got the wrong guy"
Ah never mind, he must have been guilty of something (Greater Manchester Police)
Load More Replies...I keep telling my kid there are lots of fun things to do without an Iphone, just look at all the fun going on in this pic
Did a large procession wave their torches as my head fell in the basket; and was everybody dancing on the casket?
my mom told me not to get tattoos because my body was my temple...guess what: temples have murals
“my mom told me not to get tattoos, they’re expensive, painful, and permanent! therapist: mhmm - me: but then she tells me to have kids! - therapist: …… you’re right!”
Load More Replies...My body is a temple that temple just so happens to be located near a bakery
Yes, we KNOW she killed the subject by hammering a spike through his skull, but it's ok, she says he made an unwelcome verbal reference to her breasts...
To be accurate Jael killed Sisera with a tent peg
Load More Replies...No TV is why 16 kids. Your home entertainment options are limited
Load More Replies...When I was around eight, Dad was doing the taxes. Suddenly he looked up at me, and asked me when I was born.
I still have to ask my 37 yr old (36, 39?) Daughter if she was born on the 30 th or 31st. Been asking her whole life
Load More Replies...Thanks for making me laugh too hard I spat vodka thru my nose
Load More Replies..."we're just play fighting honest! *door shuts* "EN GARDE YE HAIRLESS SON OF A DUCK!"
Everywhere I go the people all know everyone's doing that rag https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r-l2PleOO6k&pp=ygUdZ3JhdGVmdWwgRGVhZCBkb2luZyB0aGF0IHJhZyA%3D
I'm not ok................but have we got any of those choc chip cookies left?
maybe that’s how he ascended, he was high (sorry don’t know many details of christianity)
Learning more details won’t make things better. It just gets sillier and more nonsensical. Oh, so THAT’S why they say the devil’s in the details.
Load More Replies...Now he will turn that old bag of 2 cool ranch Doritos into 3 ,000 new bags of MULTIPLE flavors of Doritos PLUS all the pizza rolls and chicken fingers you could ever imagine….WITH HONEY MUSTARD AND RANCH
I think it was Dorothy Parker who said "There's no point in being chaste if you're not chased."
Load More Replies...This always gets me when I watch period shows where women get ridiculed and/or feel guilty for not providing a son.... and think if they only knew 😏🤷♀️
I have seen people blaming moms for giving birth only to girls in today's world!
Load More Replies...I didn't know that, thanks for the ammo to use against misogynists at work.
Lol right! Literally a genetic lottery. Women can only provide an x chromosome while the men provide either an x or y
'Well, how about you use some live ammo for a change, huh, Hank?'
All the way off, or just like, paper cut, boss?
Load More Replies...Even in today's world there are cultures where daughters are severely mistreated while sons are revered. It's horrendous & truly baffling especially since without daughter's there wouldn't be any sons.
He went a little extreme though. Would've probably turned out the same if the wives had told him the truth.
When you've already had a pretty sh*tty week, and your favorite jug to hold all of the f*cks you give - none - breaks. "Aw, f*ck! Ok, that's it! This is the last straw! That was my favorite 'this is all the f*cks I give' jug! Now where am I supposed to put the zero f*cks I give whenever I show people that I couldn't care less?"
Aye, 'tis empty, but in this case 'tis bottomless also, meaning that the number of thy possible f***s for this week be endless.
Bur wait, this post you read 9 months ago just had an update an hour ago, time to reenter the new post cycle!
Load More Replies...When you stare at the 4th wall with an exhausted look on your face bc your best friend keeps showing you memes that you're in, with you doing the exact same thing
Mom... Mom.... Mom.... Mom... Mommy.... Mom.... MOM!! MOM!! MOM!!! MOMMY!! MA!!
This takes me back to essay writing in high school English. Always making us use special words
Gotta take off those daytime pajamas and put on the nighttime pajamas.
Me stretching after hours of sitting and cross stitching. My back definitely isn't as good as it used to be.
Take 20 straws, you get to change every other sip, and the company will learn a lesson because it costs them money. Win-win!
When does this being disintegrate and stick to my tongue?
is supposed to be an allegory for the difficulty of ruling over a diverse nation
Load More Replies...Each one of the little heads popping out of the body looks surprisingly chill with whatever is going on here!
" so, how do you want me to feel with an iguana pulling out of my a*s "
I mean you are being honest. Imagine the look on the therapist's face when they receive this, not even knowing what to diagnose you with, and how.🫢🤔🤨😑😶🫥😬😮💨😖😣😫😵😵💫🧐🤯😱
This is the end result of spending 40 days and 40 nights on a houseboat without WIFI, 30 generations on.
I thought his balls were hanging out in the bottom pic.
I see an arm behind the dude but it's poking through like saggy balls
First time holding my nephew I insisted on sitting on the couch surrounded by lots of pillows.
Everyone ALWAYS goes crazy and has something to say….when you drop a baby….sheeesh
On the knee, on the floor... It's still "bouncing" the baby, isn't it?
Load More Replies...I once held my baby nephew. Damn near most uncomfortable I've ever felt in my life.
I relate to this so much, but with my baby sister or any child in general, even older kids (3 or 4 years of age) and even if it is just walking across the road... am I okay?
I still need to listen to the original I've only heard the Weezer cover
I'm quite sure vast continents are places. It's also the name of a song. The song is not a place though.
Load More Replies...my cats when I pick up anything that remotely sounds like a foodpouch.
my pets as soon as i get up: (2 dogs, a cat, a frog, and a bird. frog comes up to the front of her terrarium and just stares at me like 🐸. like, what are you looking at
Load More Replies...https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/16th-century-rocket-cats-brilliant-warfare-tactic-or-terrible-idea.html/amp
Load More Replies...My cat, Fluff, will come running into the kitchen to watch ice come out of the fridge door
Molly when i get ice. Apollo when i leave my room at all. Baby when she has laps to lay on
And he couldnt go to the pub that night because his clothes didnt fit, again
That's why I meet people in other places but never at home. I can leave when I feel Iike going home and having some peace, instead of waiting until they decide to leave. A Spanishwoman's house is her castle.
Like slamming the phone onto the hook while they're still screaming through the phone
When you go to the toilet and dont bring the dog and he gets excited to see you after 2 mins
My one dog. He also gets excited and happy to see me even when it's someone else coming home and I've already been home for hours. My dog is a little obsessed with me
you aren't an adult till your fridge is mostly pickles and sauce bottles.
not until something appears, but until my standards get very loooow
Not that the contents have changed, but that your standards have.
Load More Replies...Who was the first? "Hey, there is rotten cheese with mold and smells horrible... Ummm, it's tasty"
Load More Replies...i tried it when i was little dog poop no human yes
"I'm tired of living like this in the gutter, we may as well be living in the drains......" "Ok Pennywise, OK"
It's OK. One of these days, those boots were gonna walk all over you.
Maybe I could get more comfortable and sleep easier without this ear?
I don't need the fake scenarios to hurt my feelings, they're hurt enough through the day
This is the funniest thing I've seen today! (Probably because it makes fun of both toxic masculinity and modern religion.)
She's asking, "WHY are you playing the mandolin with a Golf Tee??"
Busted! I'm probably the best chef in the world who hasn't prepared a single dish
Reminds me of this classic. "I demand satisfaction by a duel. 6am Sir!. You may call the weapon, pistol or sword?" "I choose sword! I'll have you know, I was the college champion too!" "Ok, that's fine. I choose the pistol"
Ignore him. The brat’s just looking for attention
Load More Replies...hold up is that a person with tree branches growing out of their head?!?! 🤔
The Hapsburgs didn't have a family tree so much as a family wreath
Load More Replies...I call b******t. Everyone here is getting stabbed in the front.
Not yet, but that umbrella looks ready
Load More Replies...But that's the whole point of a threesome. The man is done in 30 seconds and the women can then focus upon actually having a pleasurable time.
Well, then what was the point of the man at all?
Load More Replies...Sir Isaac Newton ..."I'm MUCH too busy being a GENIUS to find a GF ..."
Well the Catholic Church has lot of white saints and a white Jesus.
Load More Replies...“and i’m left there with my thowts” (to the tune of Happier by Marshmellow)
🎶 And the image of you being with someone else Well, it's eating me up inside But we ran our course, we pretended we're okay Now if we jump together, at least we can swim Far away from the wreck we made🎶
Load More Replies...They are, actually. The first uncontested description of condom use is dated 16th century (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom), and the painting ("The Poor Mother" by Hugues Merle) was created in the 19th century. But they were expensive (and unreliable) at the time, and she was poor, so duh
BRO I JUST LET OUT THE MOST HIGH PITCHED LAUGH IT WAS LIKE HA HA HA HA HA lol
John was acting like as a*s at the party, Susan decided to ride him home
It's the same effect of visiting a museum but the selection changes more frequently
When "Beauty' mode on your phone suggest wearing a paperbag over your head
If you know what this painting is under the warning label, you will know you have to use an iPhone
Depends, could mean she's dealing with some s**t at the moment and doesn't have time to write you an essay
Load More Replies...Yes! We're all kind of adults. We've seen boobies before.
Load More Replies...They don't censor a man being impaled in his a**e but do censor a woman's nipples.
except "bach" isn't pronounced "buck". It's pronounced "b∧𝜒", where ∧ is the "u" in RP "buck" (not american "er"), and 𝜒 is the ch in "loch" (guttural, not a k.)
Only if you naively think it's infallible. A lawyer recently found otherwise and was reprimanded in the courtroom.
Load More Replies...ooooh… sorry, bro i think i forgot that one. Sheesh, i just don’t have the time! really sorry man.
2020 is just asian mode, except 2020x more emotional damage, 2020x more trauma, 2020x more eating cheetos until you think you are about to explode and create a new black hole.
judging from this list, women nailing a large nail into men's heads during their sleep was "A thing".
I thought that too, so ChatGPT'd it, apparently it's a biblical story, and they are all just different paintings of the same story.
Load More Replies...This is the one that joins the other similar ones, together
looks like Edith hasn’t gotten any better at ear piercing… oh well. keep trying Edith!
Not all that funny when the original meaning is the same as the meme. AFAIK, the painting is literally about an older man hitting on a young girl most likely in mourning (judging from her attire)
I'm afraid this meme wasn't created in the time period depicted. Also, being a lesbian has nothing to do with pedophilia.
Load More Replies...There's a story in the Bible about a woman killing a bad king/ general this way. One painting was definitely that, and I think one next to it. There's a whole lot of obscure Bible and Greek mythology art out there
Load More Replies...It's literally 1 in the morning and i'm not tired Im gonna look at the posts for at lest 4 am
Those were nice! Pretty thought about Egyptian fresques. They weren't considered as art, like we see it now because it was religious gesture firstly. People, who carved those things, did it exactly how they were told to. And following strict rules while perform it, what was awaited of them. It weren't art, it were literally incantations in stone, what they perceived it like. Interesting how people changed, and how such a thing like art formed in people's heads.
Vincent and Mona having an affair. Priceless.
Load More Replies...There's a story in the Bible about a woman killing a bad king/ general this way. One painting was definitely that, and I think one next to it. There's a whole lot of obscure Bible and Greek mythology art out there
Load More Replies...It's literally 1 in the morning and i'm not tired Im gonna look at the posts for at lest 4 am
Those were nice! Pretty thought about Egyptian fresques. They weren't considered as art, like we see it now because it was religious gesture firstly. People, who carved those things, did it exactly how they were told to. And following strict rules while perform it, what was awaited of them. It weren't art, it were literally incantations in stone, what they perceived it like. Interesting how people changed, and how such a thing like art formed in people's heads.
Vincent and Mona having an affair. Priceless.
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