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Titian
If the images have a dark background and everyone has tortured expressions on their faces, it's Titian.
Peter Paul Rubens
If everyone in the paintings has enormous asses, then it's Rubens.
Amerighi da Caravaggio
If all the men look like cow-eyed curly-haired women, it's Caravaggio.
Pieter Bruegel
If the paintings have tons of little people in them but otherwise seem normal, it's Bruegel.
Hieronymus Bosch
If the paintings have lots of little people in them but also have a ton of crazy bullshit, it's Bosch.
Rembrandt van Rijn
If everyone looks like hobos illuminated only by a dim streetlamp, it's Rembrandt.
Francois Boucher
If the painting could easily have a few chubby Cupids or sheep added (or already has them), it's Boucher.
Michelangelo
If everyone is beautiful, naked, and stacked, it's Michelangelo.
Edgar Degas
If you see a ballerina, it's Degas.
El Greco
If everything is highly-contrasted and sharp, sort of bluish, and everyone has gaunt bearded faces, it's El Greco.
Jan van Eyck
If everyone - including the women - looks like Putin, then it's van Eyck.
IHateBeingBipolarItsAwesome
Anyone else a Michael Connelly fan and excited to see Bosch?!
KaiserinHelgaVonEinhornDieEinzige
As an art historian, this is completely accurate. Plus, made me laugh! +1
ILICKTREEZx3
If the person looks like it was taken with an super HD camera from the future, it's Raphael.
damnoceanyouscary
as an art historian, +1 for funny, but -1 for inaccuracy.
soil
Hahahah! Putin!
mnemo70
Poutine?
SandNigga
Even the dog
HumanFlag
Rubens liked ass before it was cool
ExistentialExceptionalism
Someone's taking Intro. Art History...not a jab, just incredibly this.
biggup
As a Visual Arts major, this is so off.
fcoramirez
Titian's Venus (http://artmodel.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/titian_venus_urbino1.jpg) doesn't fit the bill though
everettowl
Upvoting mostly for the Putin-a-likes.
theinternetisascaryplace
If everyone has really weird torsos and seems awkwardly long - its okay, you're just in Renaissance Italy.
droomph
if the girls have tight clothing on, and the boys have really saggy pants, then you're looking at 21st century photography.
NurseFeelgood
TIL Why chubby girls are sometimes called "Rubenesque"
Easwuud
And if they say "I know you are but what am I" it is Paul Reubens. Not Peter Paul Rubens.
meebz
oh my god the rembrandt one is so spot on.
YouNowKnowTheMuffinMan
Even Michelangelo recognized the importance of leg day.
notirrelevant
If you may have just as well have had an acid trip, it's Dali
stuntmantan
if nothing makes a lick of sense, it's probably magritte. or rivera. or even khalo. or picasso. dammit, i think this needs a better system.
thosewomenwereinthenip
Cannot unsee Putin
KneesocksKneesocksKneesocks
Puddin'.
NothingelseDarkMatters
His parents?
chromie
SHIT. This is hanging in our living room. CANNOT UNSEE EITHER.
edwardoglabicki
Even the floorboards!
ReallyBigRocks
maybe he's just putin his face in a bunch of old paintings
peep20
oh god. Even the dog!
Lumberjackfirefighter
lmao!
Audacity661
Michelangelo, the original face swapper.
MollyGoodspeed
As an Art History major, come on bro you know you can't always generalize like that. Carvaggio always used black backgrounds too
dethpanda
Oh thank god! This post was driving me nuts!
ghostwhowalks
*Boucher: Cherubim not cupids.
vincentvongoat
+1 - that bugged me too.
dethpanda
Putti!
NotWithABangButAWhimper
Calling larger women "rubenesque" comes from the larger women of Ruben's paintings.
xxHULKxx
The Garden of Earthly Delights (Bosch) is incredible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights
nutschiropractor
It's got a dude with a flute up his arse, what's not to like?
hiperson134
Probably my favorite painting ever.
g1zm0
Toulouse Lautrec also painted ballerinas...just sayin.
pacogascon
Well, nor quite. Lautrec's ballerinas were Montmartre prostitutes and cabaret dancers
g1zm0
A lot of his work was, yes, but the pieces of his at the Art Institute of Chicago don't look to be prostitutes (at least to my amateur eye)
g1zm0
Sauce: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/artwork/9148
feryooday
Now do Manet vs Monet!
jlv816
Manet: Naked women and subversive social messages. Monet: Water lilies and pretty colors.
pacogascon
Exactly. They only share four letters in the surnames.
shadowex3
Manet is Nastay, Monet is Okey.
Foxxphyre
TIL: Paintings are authored by authors...
Hkafodays
Remind me, who painted War and Peace?
AuntieMeat
I had no idea that authors made paintings!
SanSamis
What about da Vinci? Raphael? Botticelli? I've my opinions, but would love to hear OP's.
NickyGoodWolf
And Bouguereau maybe?
ericavee
Bouguereau is easy—ASS. if there are unbelievable amounts of ass it is bouguereau
CeeCee221b
Women have hooded eyes and barely there brows, da Vinci. Everything looks like it was outlined in black Sharpie? Botticelli
CeeCee221b
That van Eyck is FULL of symbolism. Let's see if I remember everything! Woman's shoes by the bed = obedience. Statue on the bed post is 1/?
spyroware
I think the oranges also mean something look at me I'm rich.
CeeCee221b
The subjects were recently married merchants (or at least the husband was, god forbid a woman work in those days). Hence all the fur lining
whatbabe
Well they are a symbol of the Medici family, so yes haha
CeeCee221b
a fertility goddess. Small dog = loyalty (after all, this is a marriage portrait). The man's shoes in the corner means he's a worldly 2/?
CeeCee221b
person and will spend most of his time away while his wife will be responsible for the household (note brush hanging on bedpost). 3/?
CeeCee221b
The prayer beads = these are pious people of a faithful marriage. Oh but they're also loaded because they have oranges! My favorite bit? 4/?
CeeCee221b
The artist's signature is above the mirror (which has his reflection, though he's not painting) says "Jan van Eyck was here" Brilliant.
vanaman
Ehm, aren't you a teacher?
imactuallyacat
Also, she isn't actually pregnant. Clothing in this period was supposed to demonstrate fertility because of the high infant mortality rate.
ProsecutorsWillBeViolated
+5 to you.
MISTERdoctorprofessorPatrick
Ok, this is one of my favorite paintings (textures impress me ok) and I did not know these things. Thank you for making me learn things :)
EKOasaripple
That Jan van Eyck is incredible. Check out the mirror http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/Van_Eyck_-_Arnolfini_Portrait.jpg
ninmonkey
Now the left looks like Jon Stewart.
AsinusAdLyram
You totally called out my favorite detail of that painting.
ngtvzero
Expected Javert
goat0064
holy zoom on that thing!
arkemiffo
Incredible details, however, they are not holding hands in the mirror, which I found odd considering the lengths he went to for the mirror.
StupidFockingRope
And the dog is missing
GodFuckingDamnitVanEyck
Dog is a vampire, confirmed.
ChytryLisak
She's got blue sleeves. I think they are holding hands. But the dog is mystery. It means something for sure!
dannei
Yeah, their arms do just look like part of his blue/black clothing, but they are there.
steampossum
Look closer. They're definitely holding hands in the mirror.
ToastyPotato
That's actually pretty awesome. And now as I sit here half asleep, I am wondering how many painting have reflections of the painter in them
CeeCee221b
Not a mirror but Velasquez included himself in his Las Meninas. In this he's painting a painting.....in his own painting?
CeeCee221b
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Las_Meninas_%281656%29,_by_Velazquez.jpg
ahabeta
There is also a mirror
CeeCee221b
In Las Meninas? I may need a red circle to confirm this. There's a portrait on the wall in the background that glows a bit but that's it
ahabeta
it glows because it is not a picture. Or maybe not, Velazquez tried to confuse people :)