Millennial Comedy and Classical Art

Urban dictionary's definition of "meme" is "an internet information generator, especially of random or contentless information" and it is partially right. Memes are internet phenomenons of our age, they're, according to some, core of the millennial comedy. But I don't believe they contain useless information. It might be a subculture of lowbrow culture but there are instances that they teach, through comedy.

Now my goal is not to teach you why memes are educational, because they're not. That's not their purpose. Their purpose is to be funny.

In recent years, a facebook page called "Classical Art Memes" have emerged and they're hilarious. I thought since we're discussing art, why not discuss how classical arts is still relatable and how millennials find a way to turn them into part of their culture. Their page allows submission which means any person can submit their own classical art meme if they want to. But to do that, they first need to search classical art. Some, probably most, google classical art and just choose are random picture. They don't go pick up a classical art book from library. But in a way, they learn, they know the name and the artist of one classical art piece. Small baby steps.

Here are some of my favourites from the page.

(Napoleon Bonaparte abdicated at Fontainebleau, by Paul Delaroche, 1845)

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(“Clytie and Apollo” by Unknown)

The quote is from the movie "Mean Girls", a very popular teen comedy written by Tina Fey and is quite loved by internet.

(Thetis Bringing the Armor to Achilles)

Some other links to check out classical art comedy
http://www.buzzfeed.com/jobarrow/van-goghing-goghing-gone#.gpWNKdvX8w
http://www.buzzfeed.com/floperry/art-masterpieces-transformed-by-a-selfie-hand#.pxa08eBGxN