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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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#1
The Nemean Housecat
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#2
Stomach Rolls Are Awesome
#4
Scientific Theory
#5
So So Hard
#6
Damn, I Hate It When This Happens
#7
Medieval Artists Never Saw A Cat
Manndy Fisher 4 years ago
Is it just me or the "cat" in lower left looks like holding a rat-gun?
#8
Zzzzzzzzz
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Furthermore, I'm not "a pouty bitch who doesn't own a comb", I'm "a pre-Raphaelite diva"
#9
Picky Little S**ts, Ain’t They?
#10
It Do Be Like That
#11
Please Leave
#12
Please Like And Subscribe
#13
The Good Old Days
#14
The Other Side Is For The Cameraman
Bee / she/her 4 years ago
This was actually common during their time. This is why you don't put your elbows on the table--it can fall over.
#15
I Feel This
#16
Gotta Get Creative With All That S**t
#17
Thanks I'm Cured
#19
The Baggy Look
#21
100% Off
#22
Grammar
Jane Pearl 4 years ago
If he doesn't know how to use there, their and they're, is he really the one?
#23
What A Charmer
#24
Figaro - Magnifico
#25
The Moment Of Regret
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
When you realise that the hat that looked so flattering in the shop just doesn't look the same when you get it home
#26
He Had A Type
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Brilliant, although Mary Tudor, Edward VI and Elizabeth I might beg to differ
#27
The Truth Comes Out
#28
Sorry About The Assumption
#29
Back In My Day
#30
Any They Never Saw Her Again
#31
Every Single Time
Lisa Douglas 4 years ago
I have a pin on my purse that says "never judge a book by it's movie". So true.
Jess Thompson 4 years ago
I always go in watching the movie as a separate project so I don’t compare them.
Katchen 4 years ago
I like your approach. I now prefer to see movies before I read the book so the movie is less disappointing. But then the book plot can be spoiled, so your idea of regarding them as entirely separate is better.
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Paul Davis 4 years ago
It is foolish for people to expect movies to fit the book in exactly. They are entirely different mediums, and the best a movie can present is a short story version. Look at what happened when David Lynch stupidly tried to fit the entire first Dune novel into a single movie. It was just ludicrous.
Rage of Aquarius 4 years ago
But you can at least give it shot. Have the director be a fan of the book, like Luc Besson was with Valerian. My dream is to make filmic adaptations that are tributive, not sacreligious.
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Ronualdo 4 years ago
I watched the films before reading the book so i could have two separate opinions. I review the movie purely based on how it was done without the prejudice of having it based on a book. When i watched Percy Jackson, i thought the movie was great and exciting. Then i read the book 3 years later and rewatch the film for comparison. And i must say, i still like the movie, but the book was so much better.
similarly 4 years ago
Lol, so true. So many 3 Musketeers movies are all action and adventure and "Save the King!!!" The book was "The king gave some diamonds to the queen, who gave them to her lover, and now the king has been tricked into demanding the queen wear the diamonds to an event. Please retrieve the diamonds so that the queen's isn't embarrassed by the revelation of her indiscretion and infidelity."
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Rose the Cook 4 years ago
Best see the film first then read the book and see the way it was meant to be.
potatolife 4 years ago
Read the book first and then watch the movie so you can rave about it to your friends who’ve read the book
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SDLT010 4 years ago
This is even basically done with a tale dark and Grimm.
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Bettye McKee 4 years ago
I read "Godfather" then saw the movie, then read the book again. They were both excellent.
MiddleEarth 4 years ago
Think: the movies and books are seperate things. There. They are both great, so long as you pretend they have no connection. There! Everybody is happy. Sort of
Janice Strickland 4 years ago
Just like I read the perks of being a wallflower and my mom watched the movie. She calls me crying saying I know how you feel now (I can relate to the book in personal life) and I told her now read the book and she said no I don't want to cry more!
#32
The Greatest Time...of All Time
#34
I Have The High Ground!
#35
Word Problems
#36
Pondering Infinite Possibilities
#38
The Everyday Struggle
#39
We Don't Do Science Here
#40
Listening To The Floor Creak Ominously
#41
Lucky Day
#42
Infinity Crisis
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
When you're in deep mourning but still need to relax with a racy novel
#43
I Agree 100%
#44
I'd Just Pretend To Be Busy All The Time
#45
Relatable
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
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#46
Got You Right Where I Want You
#47
There's Always Next Year
#48
Life-Bro Tips
#49
Richard In Accounting Approves Of This Meme
#50
Intelligence
#52
Damn, That's Crazy
Danielle Wigger 4 years ago
'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.'
#53
Looking At You George R R Martin
#54
Cranky Af
#55
It Be Like That
Miss Cellania 4 years ago
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.
#56
So This Is How It All Started
#59
Source: Trust Me Bro
Jackie Turnquist 4 years ago
Come on, let's go for a test drive! I'll get fired if I don't make a sale today!
#60
Don’t Move
#63
That's Rough, Buddy
#65
They Did It First
Jonny Man 4 years ago
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.
#67
The Best Boy
Juds Conne 4 years ago
You're totally a good boy, but take the treats anyway because you're a good boy. Treats for everyone.
#68
It Do Be Like That
#70
Add The Yellow/Orange Filter, Here We Go Belly Dancin Our Way To Destruction
#71
It Do Be Like That
#72
The Beginnings Of Reddit
#73
Just Girl Talk
#75
Big Brain
ThEboRedEsTpANdA 4 years ago
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...
#77
Not What I Expected
#78
Derpy Demon Hound
#79
I Need Answers!
#80
Sneaky
#81
It's Me, I'm The Friend
#82
Royal Treatment
#83
When Your Horoscope Says You'll Finally Find Love When You're 40
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
St George will bring you a dead dragon. Cats will only bring you dead mice
#84
In A Time Before Selfies
#85
Hmmmm
#86
Please Sir
#87
Due In 5 Hours
#88
Stabbed In The Crotch
#90
I'm The Guy On The Right
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I suspect the young lady is about five seconds away from a technicolour yawn
#91
Youtubers Thumbnails These Days
Nonexistant Shoelace 4 years ago
Yep. Yep yep yepperson. Yeah, totes, and a thousand times yea. Yes, and furthermore, yes.
#92
So Anyways This One Time In Third Grade
#93
When In Doubt, Toss A Coin
#94
Cringe As Far As The Eye Can See
#95
Really Makes You Think
#96
True Story
#98
He Can't Get It Up
#99
Laughs In Bolshevik
#100
Vibe Check
#102
The Best Invention
#103
Just End Me
#104
There Is No Doubt Now
#105
I Use The Ceiling Light To See If There Is Money In The Envelope
#106
It Do Be Like That
#107
Aughaughaugh
#108
Meirl
#109
Job Interview
#110
It’s The Circle Of Life
#111
Wasted $300
#112
A True Gentleman
#114
At Least He Got The Front Half - No Poop To Pick Up
Nonexistant Shoelace 4 years ago
Trying to figure out if he cut half off or the rest of the dog is in the bush...
#115
I'm In This Picture
Nonexistant Shoelace 4 years ago
Is this picture a mirror for anyone else or is it just my iPad?
#116
That's My Jam!
#118
Once You Pop
#119
Introvert Intensifies
#120
Sooo Done With It
#121
Worcestershire
#123
Those Were The Days
Ryan Deschanel 4 years ago
They just say it because they wrongly assume they are expected to say it.
#124
Grandpa Please Not This Again
#125
Happens Every Time
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago
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.
#126
How High Is He?
#127
Ahh...the Power Of Cheese
#129
Hate It When This Happens
#131
Remote
#132
Perspective
#133
Must Be A Rich People Thing
Marco Conti 4 years ago
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.
#134
It Can't Get Worse Than That, Can It
Unnamed Hooman 4 years ago
Covering a negative comment, don’t bother to see what it is, it might make you mad :) Have a nice day!
#136
I'm Going To Be More Productive And Start Eating Healthy: Also Me
M O'Connell 4 years ago
Because I found this one confusing: It is the work of Italian comic book artist Milo Manara.
#138
Woody
#139
Satan
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RandomHumanBean 3 years ago (edited)
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.
RandomHumanBean 3 years ago (edited)
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.
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