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A painting from ~1510, Ascent of the Blessed, depicts the famous ‘light at the end of the tunnel’ experienced by some people during near-death experiences.
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Hey, classical art isn’t just for the elite. Nor should it be reserved for museums and fancy homes. The best kind of art is accessible art.
And what’s more accessible than a meme?
You don’t need an art history degree to appreciate these 14 pieces of classical artwork, just a sense of humor!
…and then this man started painting my portrait.
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At least she’ll never have to worry about STDs?
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“It’s ok everyone! He’s just super hungover.”
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Or, you know…some other good quality…
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She’s better off without him.
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Especially if you’re THE EARTH.
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At least he has a sheild?
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I genuinely want to know the actual context for this one.
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You’re late. Or am I early? I can never remember which way it goes.
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Err, here, let me just…find some glue…
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Death actually looks pretty happy to be choosen!
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Excuse me while I set out some baskets…
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You really want to walk around naked for the rest of your life?
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It’s called social distancing for a reason.
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This is the type of artwork I’d love to see on display. I feel like I really get what the artists were going for. So modern. So old. So…art.
Haha, just kidding! Which one of these artistic memes amused you the most? Let us know in the comments!
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In 2003, a woman found a stolen painting worth $1 million in the trash on a NYC curb. She felt it “had power” and took it without knowing its origin or value. She spent 4 years researching it and discovered it’d been stolen in 1987. She got a $15,000 reward plus a % of its […]
Serbian artist Uroš Predić made a painting of drunks in his village returning home from the pub at dawn. He hoped the painting would convince them to change their ways but instead they ended up loving it. Some even complimented how accurate it was.
The painting “The Scream” was painted with a red sky accurately depicting the Norwegian sky at the time caused by the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano in Indonesia.
After a woman died, a multimillion dollar painting she owned was re-assessed at $0 due to it containing part of a bald eagle. In America, it is illegal to buy or sell them without a permit. The IRS disagreed and put a $65M tax on it. But her heirs cannot sell the painting due to […]
Seems as if we’ve made amazing technological advances in elastic waistbands in the past 65-years. Particularly, in the garment industry. Specifically, in women’s panties.
Photo Credit: Art Frahm, Public Domain
Art Frahm, an artist from Chicago, was known for his pin-up art from the 1940s through the 1960s. One of his series, “Ladies in Distress,” featured pretty girls mysteriously losing their panties in public places, all while their hands are full handling bags or purses or hatboxes – you know, lady stuff.
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Journalist James Lileks has curated a large collection of Frahm’s art, along with other vintage fun, on his website The Institute of Official Cheer. Although Frahm is credited with many works that don’t involve women in the throes of wardrobe malfunctions, falling panties was his (somewhat bizarre) calling card.
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How could this happen, you ask. What would make panties simply fall to the ankles in such a fashion?
Lileks said he has heard from women who claim their own underwear has failed. But did it ever happen like this? Wind blowing, arms full and a man or two in the background grinning ear to ear?
Unlikely. More of a daydream, Lileks muses. “This is a glimpse into someone’s fantasy – a world where men regularly happen across women whose undergarments have fluttered to their ankles.”
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And why all the celery? That Lileks can’t explain. But whimsical blogger, Messy Nessy, did some digging on her own. It seems that celery was considered an aphrodisiac by Greeks and Romans, stimulating a man’s virility. Symbolism, perhaps?
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Frahm depicts panties falling in so many situations. This poor lady loses her panties while bowling:
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This lady only wanted to fix her tire. Goodness gracious! What’s happening?
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But celery shopping seems to be the artist’s favorite motif.
Photo Credit: Art Frahm, Public Domain
So thankful the elastic waistband industry has finally caught up with the times. A girl really needs to be empowered to buy some celery these days without worrying her silky underthings might end up at her shoes.
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The models for the famous painting ‘American Gothic’ were not husband and wife, or father and daughter. The pair were the painter’s sister and his dentist.
President Roosevelt collapsed while being painted. He never regained consciousness before dying. The unfinished painting captures his last waking moment.
The painter Raphael snuck into the Sistine Chapel to look at the unfinished work while Michelangelo was gone, and upon seeing the paintings, went back to a completed painting of his own at the Church of Sant’Agostino, scraped it off the wall, and started completely over.