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.
#1 The Nemean Housecat
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#2 Stomach Rolls Are Awesome
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#3 Confession
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#4 Scientific Theory
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#5 So So Hard
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#6 Damn, I Hate It When This Happens
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#7 Medieval Artists Never Saw A Cat
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#8 Zzzzzzzzz
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#9 Picky Little S**ts, Ain’t They?
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#10 It Do Be Like That
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#11 Please Leave
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#12 Please Like And Subscribe
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#13 The Good Old Days
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#14 The Other Side Is For The Cameraman
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#15 I Feel This
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#16 Gotta Get Creative With All That S**t
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#17 Thanks I’m Cured
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#18 Oh No!
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#19 The Baggy Look
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#20 Take That, Peons
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#21 100% Off
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#22 Grammar
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#23 What A Charmer
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#24 Figaro – Magnifico
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#25 The Moment Of Regret
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#26 He Had A Type
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#27 The Truth Comes Out
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#28 Sorry About The Assumption
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#29 Back In My Day
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#30 Any They Never Saw Her Again
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#31 Every Single Time
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#32 The Greatest Time…of All Time
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#33 Dad Jokes
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#34 I Have The High Ground!
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#35 Word Problems
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#36 Pondering Infinite Possibilities
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#37 How About No
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#38 The Everyday Struggle
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#39 We Don’t Do Science Here
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#40 Listening To The Floor Creak Ominously
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#41 Lucky Day
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#42 Infinity Crisis
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#43 I Agree 100%
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#44 I’d Just Pretend To Be Busy All The Time
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#45 Relatable
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#46 Got You Right Where I Want You
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#47 There’s Always Next Year
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#48 Life-Bro Tips
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#49 Richard In Accounting Approves Of This Meme
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#50 Intelligence
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