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
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
Damn, That's Crazy
'Please stay away from me, Karen. You have already told me a countless number of times how the covid shot is bad and how masks are weird.So just... stay away.'
Looking At You George R R Martin
Cranky Af
It Be Like That
Speaking as an old person, you have to let your mom do what she needs to do because her hearing and eyesight aren't what they used to be. The notifications, however... you'd be doing her a favor to delete them all.
So This Is How It All Started
Holy Shot
Source: Trust Me Bro
Come on, let's go for a test drive! I'll get fired if I don't make a sale today!
Don’t Move
Crossfit Do Be Hitting
Feeling The Flow
That's Rough, Buddy
Thanks, I Hate It
They Did It First
Back in the day if you wanted to share what you had for breakfast, you had to paint it yourself, then get it shown in a public art gallery and send each of your friends invitations by messenger, which might or might not make it to them due to plague, war, literal highway robbery, and the messenger just plain getting lost and/or drunk.
Hell Yeah
The Best Boy
You're totally a good boy, but take the treats anyway because you're a good boy. Treats for everyone.
It Do Be Like That
Sneks!
Add The Yellow/Orange Filter, Here We Go Belly Dancin Our Way To Destruction
It Do Be Like That
The Beginnings Of Reddit
Just Girl Talk
Big Brain
Maybe that's what the red queen did in Alice In Wonderland (live-action version), only she kept it on the top of her head instead...
Not What I Expected
Derpy Demon Hound
I Need Answers!
Sneaky
It's Me, I'm The Friend
Royal Treatment
When Your Horoscope Says You'll Finally Find Love When You're 40
St George will bring you a dead dragon. Cats will only bring you dead mice
In A Time Before Selfies
Hmmmm
Please Sir
Due In 5 Hours
Stabbed In The Crotch
I'm The Guy On The Right
I suspect the young lady is about five seconds away from a technicolour yawn
Youtubers Thumbnails These Days
Yep. Yep yep yepperson. Yeah, totes, and a thousand times yea. Yes, and furthermore, yes.
So Anyways This One Time In Third Grade
When In Doubt, Toss A Coin
Cringe As Far As The Eye Can See
Really Makes You Think
True Story
He Can't Get It Up
Laughs In Bolshevik
Vibe Check
The Best Invention
Just End Me
There Is No Doubt Now
I Use The Ceiling Light To See If There Is Money In The Envelope
It Do Be Like That
Aughaughaugh
Meirl
Job Interview
It’s The Circle Of Life
Wasted $300
A True Gentleman
At Least He Got The Front Half - No Poop To Pick Up
Trying to figure out if he cut half off or the rest of the dog is in the bush...
I'm In This Picture
Is this picture a mirror for anyone else or is it just my iPad?
That's My Jam!
Once You Pop
Introvert Intensifies
Sooo Done With It
Worcestershire
Everytime
Those Were The Days
They just say it because they wrongly assume they are expected to say it.
Grandpa Please Not This Again
Happens Every Time
All the time. And none of the guests takes a snack because they are on a diet but you can't have one because there's not enough to go round.
How High Is He?
Ahh...the Power Of Cheese
Hate It When This Happens
Remote
Perspective
Must Be A Rich People Thing
I hated that part when I was waiting tables. Like the guy really knows what the rando bottle of cheap italian wine is supposed to taste like 10 seconds after uncorking it.
It Can't Get Worse Than That, Can It
Covering a negative comment, don’t bother to see what it is, it might make you mad :) Have a nice day!
I'm Going To Be More Productive And Start Eating Healthy: Also Me
Because I found this one confusing: It is the work of Italian comic book artist Milo Manara.
Woody
Satan
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.
