How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet

Art history has never been so easy! Reddit user DontTacoBoutIt (now a dead account) posted a series of famous paintings and gave short but hilariously accurate explanations on how to recognize their authors. According to him, Da Vinci’s works can be recognized by the bluish mist and locations reminiscent of Lord of The Rings movies, while Rubens’paintings can be identified by the figures’ large behinds.

Though some may fault them for being gross over-generalizations, these descriptions take the recognizable essence of each painter’s work and put it in very easy words that anyone can understand and, more importantly, remember.

But even more exciting is that commenters on Reddit and Imgur started sharing their own ideas for artist identification. It seems like they won’t stop until every artist in the world is explained. Check out the following examples, and if there’s an artist that you want to add, don’t hesitate to comment!

If everyone in the paintings has enormous asses, then it’s Rubens.

If all the men look like cow-eyed curly-haired women, it’s Caravaggio.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If everybody has some sort of body malfunction, then it’s Picasso.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If it’s something you saw on your acid trip last night, it’s Dali.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If the images have a dark background and everyone has tortured expressions on their faces, it’s Titian.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If the paintings have tons of little people in them but otherwise seem normal, it’s Bruegel.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If everyone – including the women – looks like Putin, then it’s van Eyck.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If the paintings have lots of little people in them but also have a ton of crazy bullshit, it’s Bosch.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If everyone looks like hobos illuminated only by a dim streetlamp, it’s Rembrandt.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If the painting could easily have a few chubby Cupids or sheep added (or already has them), it’s Boucher.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If everyone is beautiful, naked, and stacked, it’s Michelangelo.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If you see a ballerina, it’s Degas.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If everything is highly-contrasted and sharp, sort of bluish, and everyone has gaunt bearded faces, it’s El Greco.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

If every painting is the face of a uni-browed woman, it’s Frida.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

Dappled light but no figures, it’s Monet.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

Dappled light and happy party-time people, it’s Renoir.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

Dappled light and unhappy party-time people, then it’s Manet.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

Lord of the Rings landscapes with weird blue mist and the same wavy-haired aristocratic-nose Madonna, it’s Da Vinci.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

Excel sheet with coloured squares, it’s Mondrian.

How To Recognise Famous Painters According To The Internet Art + Graphics

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