When you look at the works of the great masters like Rembrandt, Botticelli, Rubens, Holbein and a bunch of others, it seems like the reality portrayed there couldn’t be further from today.
Things like rabbit hunting, an afternoon tea in a busy salon, rocking full armor in historical combat, and pottery wheel throwing are now replaced by UberEats, Meta-connecting with friends (Facebook, what are you up to now?), treating yourself with a fancy avocado toast on a so-called healthy evening, and even fancier margaritas on the indulgent nights.
But creative people on the Reddit community ‘Tripping Through Time’ have found a way to make these classical paintings not just relevant, but basically translate them into the language of our times. How? By making memes!
So scroll down through the hilarious list of memes that transgress time and give us some universal and lasting things to cringe at! Psst! After you’re done, check out more art history memes here and here, and don’t be greedy, share the link with that friend who drinks their tea from a cup with Mona Lisa.
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The Nemean Housecat
Stomach Rolls Are Awesome
Confession
Scientific Theory
So So Hard
Damn, I Hate It When This Happens
Even the cat is giving the artist, the death stare!
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"See, I told you wearing a napkin on my head would get his attention"
I can't remember what the dish is called, but there is some dish that you eat with a napkin on your head to hide your face because it is ridiculous. It is a song bird drowned in alcohol then cooked somehow. I don't remember the specifics, I just remember thinking 'what ahole came up with this?'
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I love this painting! There is just so much weirdness I laugh anytime I see it!
About the gal with the "napkin" : this shows a dinner in a Roman "trattoria" (a popular and low cost restaurant), the "napkin" was a very popular Roman hairstyle in 19 century. https://images.app.goo.gl/YytXEKnV68boAZnu5
someone tell her you're meant to put the napkin on your lap and not on your head
Annoying as hell. And I can't just be myself with a camera pointed at us.
I would like to know who painted this. For real. Its a great painting
Wossamatter? Never seen a girl with her serviette on her head before?
Modern reaction equivalent of taking pics of strangers and posting on social media. Cats judging us that never ages.
And he's ironically painting himself too (he's the beardy dude in the back)!
The gal on the right is poised to throw her drink in the artist's face
Fabulous painting ( is it real?).. mess on the table cloth, the cat and uncouth table manners, the pocket knife ( or is a cell ph?) all in such detail. I like the fact she wears the serviette on her head too.
Medieval Artists Never Saw A Cat
Is it just me or the "cat" in lower left looks like holding a rat-gun?
Zzzzzzzzz
Furthermore, I'm not "a pouty bitch who doesn't own a comb", I'm "a pre-Raphaelite diva"
Picky Little S**ts, Ain’t They?
It Do Be Like That
Please Leave
Please Like And Subscribe
The Good Old Days
The Other Side Is For The Cameraman
This was actually common during their time. This is why you don't put your elbows on the table--it can fall over.
I Feel This
Gotta Get Creative With All That S**t
Thanks I'm Cured
The Baggy Look
Take That, Peons
100% Off
Grammar
If he doesn't know how to use there, their and they're, is he really the one?
What A Charmer
Figaro - Magnifico
The Moment Of Regret
When you realise that the hat that looked so flattering in the shop just doesn't look the same when you get it home
He Had A Type
Brilliant, although Mary Tudor, Edward VI and Elizabeth I might beg to differ
The Truth Comes Out
Sorry About The Assumption
Back In My Day
Any They Never Saw Her Again
Every Single Time
The Greatest Time...of All Time
I Have The High Ground!
Word Problems
Pondering Infinite Possibilities
The Everyday Struggle
We Don't Do Science Here
Listening To The Floor Creak Ominously
Lucky Day
Infinity Crisis
When you're in deep mourning but still need to relax with a racy novel
I Agree 100%
I'd Just Pretend To Be Busy All The Time
Relatable
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Got You Right Where I Want You
There's Always Next Year
Life-Bro Tips
Richard In Accounting Approves Of This Meme
Intelligence
Note: this post originally had 139 images. It’s been shortened to the top 50 images based on user votes.
the knowledge i take away from this post: people used to not know what cats or babies or surprised/tired people looked like unless they were drawing cats they saw while painting people at a table at dinner.
the knowledge i take away from this post: people used to not know what cats or babies or surprised/tired people looked like unless they were drawing cats they saw while painting people at a table at dinner.
