Art Historian At Heart Gifts

Salvador Dali museum

'But, Professor, what makes you think this particular Vermeer is a fake?'

Michelangelo Caught Creating Graffiti

A Night In the Art Gallery

"Another selfie, Rembrandt?"

'Hurry, wipe it off before Dad comes home!'

You're my Mona Lisa.

I've been teaching art history for decades. Students today ask new kinds of questions. No, I doubt a gluten-free menu option was available that evening. Nope, the artist was not making a statement about climate change. No, despite the umbrellas, this is not about sun exposure safety. Well, yes, I suppose you can say it's a selfie.

At the Museum

Madonna of the Pukes.

"I think that's one of his early 'blank canvases'. I think there are some bigger ones in the next room."

Paul Klee

The Artist

The DaVinci Code

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

The Googler

"I think he was a celebrity."

Venus

A caveman paints from life

"An unfortunate museum gift shop." "Banksy activity set." "Jackson Pollock coloring book." "MC Escher building blocks." "Claes Oldenburg miniatures." "Marceau Marceau CDs." "Seurat's connect-the-dots aaAAAAA."

"Mr. Right!"

"Well....I could've done this!"

Van Gogh was starting to run out of gift ideas.

Barcode on Ancient Greek Vase

Baroque Peacock

"You're my Mona Lisa."

'A Ball at the Mansion House'

It isn't widely known that Michelangelo was the first in a long line of cartoonists to buck the family tradition.

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

The Selfie

'Are you sure this is authentic ancient Indian art?'

"Is it me, or is Jasper Johns a genius?" "Über-genius, Larry. Über!"

Schools of Art - A Rough Guide.

Klimt Kiss Phones

'I could do that.'