Art History Memes For Masters of Realism

 If you think about it, paintings were the original memes. Past painters made realistic depictions of people with all sorts of intentions in mind. Portraits, depictions of rural life, images from literature: whatever they meant to people in the 1800s doesn’t matter that much. Now, they are prime fodder for memes.  The expressions made by …
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Trad Dude Gets Roasted By Art History Nerds

Why is art the way that it is? That is one of the first questions you might ask when looking at a new painting, and the answers can come from various places. Of course, the historical context of different art movements informs why paintings are a certain way. However, questioning a painting and finding your …
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Entertaining Summaries Of Famous Painters To Unite Art Nerds And Novices Alike

Over the thousands of years of perfecting the craft, art has given the world so much. For starters, we wouldn’t have memes as we know them if people hadn’t decided to start painting on cave walls way back when. The problem is, there are so many different genres and artists out there it can sometimes …
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Twitter Thread: Medieval Artists Had No Idea What Animals Looked Like

At this point we’re all aware of the cursed nature of medieval cat art.  Their strangely human painted faces are the stuff of bad trips, or for the innocent, nightmares. While we’ve learned to accept their demonic yet depressed vibe, Twitter user @DannyDutch has clued us into some more fascinating (and slightly freaky) medieval animal …
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