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The prevalence of meme culture and the ease of access to digital tools means that most of us can create, write, and share memes with thousands of people from practically anywhere in the world. A side effect of this is the constant compulsion to start seeing everything as the template for a meme.
The very excited-looking “Art Memes!” Instagram page shares hilarious posts combining paintings and more modern captions. So get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites, and share your thoughts in the comments.
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While we can debate all day about who invented the meme and why, art itself appears to be as old as humans themselves. Some researchers believe that the absolutely oldest drawings (as opposed to sculptures, monuments, and applied art) date back at least 30,000 years. In other words, on top of searching for shelter, food, and avoiding predators, our ancient ancestors still had a compulsion to create.
Interestingly, this doesn’t seem to be a one-off case of a stone-age-Michelangelo, archeologists have found evidence of ancient art all over the world, from what is now South Africa, to the usual suspect, when it comes to human development, Egypt.
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Aldryx Andromeda 10 months ago
Sometimes art is abstract. Other times it speaks to you personally!
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Panda Kicki 10 months ago
I saw a video of a woman actually stealing a tv like that. It was amazing to see. She got out of the store with it too, sideways.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago
Divorced, beheaded and died Divorced, beheaded, survived I'm Henry the eighth, I had six sorry wives Some might say I ruined their lives
In a pre-writing world, who is to say that these paintings didn’t serve as a type of meme? Yes, many memes these days do feature text or captions, but they don’t necessarily have to. Researchers do believe that ancient art mostly had some ritual or aesthetic importance and may have, perhaps, been created by shamans.
Given the tools and materials available, most ancient art was not drawn on a flat surface but carved out of whatever was available. This is likely less a preference and more the fact that this was just what was actually possible. Now that creative “tools” from literal paintbrushes to meme generators are freely available, it’s easy enough to see just how much art we, as a species, are capable of creating.
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Jeff White 10 months ago
My goodness, this is funny. Absolutely death defying to say out loud, but still kind of funny.
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Mark 10 months ago
These are all completely disturbing and I would like my daily dose of unsee juice
New Everywhere 10 months ago
They all look like people that were turned into dogs by some hilarious witch
Nikole 10 months ago
I think of that line whenever there’s an article about animals in medieval paintings :D
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Daycare Attendant Sun 10 months ago
Gonna need these scattered around my house with no context, thx
Riley Quinn 10 months ago
Those in the art circle consider this fine art, but you know your 3rd grade teacher wouldn't even give you a gold star for this cr^p.
Andy Frobig 10 months ago
We all know that most modern breeds aren't that old, but nobody wants to talk about all the breeds we've lost
Never Snarky 10 months ago
Like the lions inside San Xavier Mission in Tucson, Arizona. Sculptor had to make them from an
Meg23FunnyAnimalFan 10 months ago
lol this must be what happens when there isn't a reference to draw from
A. Starhawk Hunt 10 months ago
The last one is not that bad. The dog appears to be a Lowchen, a Little Lion Dog. They are still around but very rare.
Stephanie Did It 10 months ago
Based on the pet portraits of those times, you have to wonder if the human subjects were just as made-up and random!
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aashi chaudhari 10 months ago
when you are sleeping in class and get that sudden feeling that you are falling
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Riley Quinn 10 months ago
Even that doesn't always work. There's always that idiot who grabs his crotch and lets you know he can turn you.
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🦄 Unicorn Princess 10 months ago
Lol! Im a recovering addicit (5 years on Tuesday.) But I can relate I never wanted the alcohol!
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 10 months ago
I hate that turn of phrase. Whenever one of my coworkers says "It is what it is", I just want to scream, "because you're too lazy to do something about it!".
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Fembot 10 months ago (edited)
The one thing that could spoil the fun is the BP poll asking you ‘what element of art memes you you like most?’ 😖
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Fembot 10 months ago (edited)
The one thing that could spoil the fun is the BP poll asking you ‘what element of art memes you you like most?’ 😖
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