this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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Not often you see an accomplished artist make such an direct and confronting self portrait.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read about him some in the past when this image was used as a meme template. I firmly believe he would love seeing his work used in that way.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Totally I agree :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Imagine being told "an image of you will be the base of a joke that gets hundreds of thousands of people to laugh in just over 200 years".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have this same shot on my cellphone from my trip to the Louvre. It was such a strange experience looking up and seeing a meme on the gallery wall!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The feeling of , Oh this exists in real life! I got that from The Birth of Venus (actually huge too!)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Très expressif et naturel !
Sinon pour d'autres autoportraits il y a Rembrandt qui en a fait plusieurs.

On peut en trouver en utilisant par exemple :
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=classic+artwork+autoportrait+&t=ofa&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still my very favorite meme.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago