History Of Art Student Gifts

Fourth Tableau of Das Rheingold

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

The Art Student.

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."

"You've got a long, long road ahead of you, young man."

'It's good - but it's not digital quality.'

The Artist

Paul Klee

'A portcullis is SO yesterday!'

The DaVinci Code

The Googler

"I think he was a celebrity."

A caveman paints from life

Venus

"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."

Van Gogh was starting to run out of gift ideas.

"I'm afraid you were drawn too big and not centered on the page."

"Mr. Right!"

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

"I would like a tube of lemon yellow, cadmium red, cobalt blue, ivory, black, and zinc white, a sixteen-by-twenty canvas, a couple of brushes, and that book 'Painting in Oils'."

Barcode on Ancient Greek Vase

Baroque Peacock

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

"You're my Mona Lisa."

Schools of Art - A Rough Guide.

Trilby - 'Je prong!'

The Selfie

'A Ball at the Mansion House'

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

Klimt Kiss Phones

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