Art Historian Gives Tips On How To Become An ‘Art Expert’

21. “If There’s A Room With Some Nice Furniture, A Window, And Some Women Just Going About Here Everyday Business, It’s A Vermeer”

“Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid” by Johannes Vermeer

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22. “If It Looks Like The Artistic Equivalent Of A Nicotine Addiction, Its An Egon Schiele”

“Self portrait” by Egon Schiele

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23. “If Its Got Sad Peasants It’s 19th Century Realism”

“The Gleaners” by Jean-Francois Millet

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24. “If The People Look Way Too Long, Then It’s Mannerism”

“Madonna and Child” by Parmigianino

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25. “If You’re Not Sure If It Is Art, Then Its Dada”

“Fountain” by Marcel Duchamp

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26. “If It’s Got A Happy Presence, It’s A Dutch Genre Painting”

“The Way You Hear it is the Way You Sing it” by Jan Steen

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27. “If It Looks Like A Low Res Jpeg Blown Up Its Pointillism”

Detail of “La Parade de Cirque” by Seurat

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28. “If It’s Got Cute Babies, It’s Baroque”

“The Virgin and Child” by Ludovico Carracci

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29. “If Its Homoerotic And Painted On A Wall Or Ceiling, Then Its High Renaissance”

Sistine Chapel ceiling painted by Michelangelo

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30. “If It’s Just Got Nice Trees, It’s A Claude Lorrain”

“Pastoral Landscape” by Claude Lorrain

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31. “If It Looks Like A Really Stressful Game Of Tetris It’s A George Braque”

“Bottle and Fishes” by Georges Braque

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32. “If It Looks Like A Trendy Collage Artist’s Instagram Then Its Constructivism”

Movie poster for the experimental avant-garde film “Man With A Movie Camera” by Vladimir and Georgii Stenberg

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33. “If It Looks Like A Gorman Puffer Jacket It’s A Matisse”

“The Sheaf” by Henri Matisse

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34. “If It Looks Like The First Kid At School Who Learnt How To Draw In 3D And Would Not Shut Up About It, It’s A Massaccio”

“Holy Trinity” by Masaccio

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35. “If She’s Blonde And Got Thicc Thighs, It’s A Titian”

“Sacred and Profane Love” by Titian

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36. “If It’s Got Nice Trees But Boring Figures, It’s A Poussin”

“Baptism of Christ” by Nicolas Poussin

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