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
I have a pin on my purse that says "never judge a book by it's movie". So true.
I always go in watching the movie as a separate project so I don’t compare them.
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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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.
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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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.
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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Best see the film first then read the book and see the way it was meant to be.
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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This is even basically done with a tale dark and Grimm.
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I read "Godfather" then saw the movie, then read the book again. They were both excellent.
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
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!
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.
