Some of the most famous works of art can now be seen in a completely new light, thanks to the brains behind the ‘If Paintings Could Text’ Tumblr blog. Full of humour and sarcasm, this series is the perfect, albeit dark, sweet spot between art appreciation and modern pop culture.
Check these out.
1 – Orazio Gentileschi | Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes | 1624
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2 – Francois Boucher | Madame de Pompadour | 1756
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3 – Gustav Klimt | The Kiss | 1909
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4 – Winslow Homer | The Undertow | 1886
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5 – Pierre-Georges Jeanniot | La Folle | 1899
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6 – Joseph Siffred Duplessis | Madame de Saint-Maurice | 1776
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7 – Caspar David Friedrich | Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog | 1818
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8 – Jacques Louise David | Cupid and Psyche | 1817
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9 – Diego Velázquez | The Lady with a Fan | 1639
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10 – John Singer Sargent | Madame X | 1884
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11 – Johannes Vermeer | A Lady Writing a Letter | c.1665
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12 – Wayne Thiebaud | Cakes | 1963
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13 – Caravaggio | Bacchus | 1595
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14 – Francis Bacon | Pope Innocent X | 1953
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15 – Vincent van Gogh | The Night Café | 1888
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16 – Peter Paul Rubens | The Lamentation | c.1612
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17 – Wayne Thiebaud | Supine Woman | 1963
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18 – Rene Magritte | The Double Secret | 1927
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19 – Peter Paul Rubens | Venus and Adonis | c. 1614
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20 – Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | In Bed The Kiss | 1892
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