25 Classical Art Memes That Illustrate the Throes of Modern Love Through Romantic Realism and Relationships

Love has always been messy and confusing. It doesn't matter if it's 1525 or 2025, love is a pinnacle of our most tender mistakes and desires. Classical art captured all of those moods long before the modern era of texting, swiping, ghosting, or leaving someone left on "read." Old wounds resurface when you stroll wistfully through the classical art museum, gazing upon Michelangelo and di Vinci. Take Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait. We see what appears to be a dignified yet solemn depiction of a wealthy couple. But in meme form? It loses all of its seriousness and stoicism. 

That's what makes classical art memes so undeniably entertaining. The cross between the past and the present is hilarious in and of itself, but when you add the strokes from a paint brush depicting Madonna with a ridiculous caption, there's nothing better. Comedy gold comes in waves, and with classical art memes, we've all transcended to a different playing field of how we define funny. And don't take my word for it, ask Renaissance thinkers of the time. 

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