Art History Memes: A Humorous Look at Appropriation
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Rebecca Barham
Art, Dance and Theatre Librarian
University of North Texas, Denton
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Appropriation in the art world is defined as the use
of imagery from a pre-existing artwork without
permission from the artist, with varying levels of
transformation to create a new artwork.
(Heartney, 37-38)
An example of appropriation:
https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/une-odalisque
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.139856.html
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Google Image search
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https://images.google.com
Search for:
Art History Memes
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Take 3 minutes to talk about your art history meme
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What do you think it means?
How does it make you feel?
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How to do it:
1. Go to
TinEye
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https://tineye.com/
2. Right click your meme
3. Choose "copy“
4. Click in the TinEye search box
5. Choose "paste" or Control + V keys
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How many appropriations of your art history image
did you find?
Now look among the appropriation/results in Tineye
to find an image that reveals the name of the
original art work or artist. This will usually be the
museum that owns the artwork.
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1. Search for the painting.
Example: Mona Lisa
2. Search for the artist.
Example: da Vinci, Leonardo
(last name, first name)
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Take 5 minutes to talk about the original artwork
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Did you learn something interesting?
Did the meaning of the artwork change in the meme?
If so, how?
How are the meme and the original artwork
different?
The students will learn about Appropriation by examining memes that appropriate art history images.
Delve into the world of art history memes with a focus on appropriation, exploring the use of pre-existing artwork to create new pieces. Discover examples of appropriation in famous artworks and engage in discussions about meanings and feelings evoked by these memes.
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Art History Memes: a Art History Memes: a good laugh for the inner good laugh for the inner critic and a lesson on critic and a lesson on appropriation appropriation Rebecca Barham Art, Dance and Theatre Librarian University of North Texas, Denton
Appropriation Appropriation Appropriation in the art world is defined as the use of imagery from a pre-existing artwork without permission from the artist, with varying levels of transformation to create a new artwork. (Heartney, 37-38) An example of appropriation: https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/une-odalisque https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.139856.html
Appropriation of Art History Images for Appropriation of Art History Images for Memes Memes
Pair in groups of 3 Pair in groups of 3- -5 5
Find Your Art History Meme Find Your Art History Meme Google Image search: https://images.google.com Search for: Art History Memes
What does it Meme? What does it Meme? Take 3 minutes to talk about your art history meme with your group. What do you think it means? How does it make you feel?
Submit Your Meme to Submit Your Meme to TinEye TinEye How to do it: 1. Go to TinEye: https://tineye.com/ 2. Right click your meme 3. Choose "copy 4. Click in the TinEye search box 5. Choose "paste" or Control + V keys
What did you Find? What did you Find? How many appropriations of your art history image did you find? Now look among the appropriation/results in Tineye to find an image that reveals the name of the original art work or artist. This will usually be the museum that owns the artwork.
Find out more about the original art Find out more about the original art work used in the meme and the artist work used in the meme and the artist who made it who made it 1. Search for the painting. Example: Mona Lisa 2. Search for the artist. Example: da Vinci, Leonardo (last name, first name)
What does it Meme? What does it Meme? Take 5 minutes to talk about the original artwork with your group Did you learn something interesting? Did the meaning of the artwork change in the meme? If so, how? How are the meme and the original artwork different?
