Joseph Ducreux / Archaic Rap (2009)Researching

added Nov 19, 2009 at 10:36PM UTC

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About

Joseph Ducreux (June 26, 1735 – July 24, 1802) is an eighteenth century French artist known for his unorthodox style of portrait paintings. On the interweb, his eccentric self-portrait has inspired a series of exploitable macros, featuring “archaic reinterpretation” of popular rap lyrics superimposed over the artwork. Reminiscent of Bayeux Tapestry image macros, this highly verbose joke provides a satisfying challenge of “decoding” the corrupted lyrics back into to the original verses.

Origin


The portrait, which depicts Ducreux grinning smugly while pointing his finger towards the viewer, was first used as an image macro with a caption reading “Disregard Females, Acquire Currency,” an archaic reinterpretation of lyrics from Notorious B.I.G’s 1995 hit single Get Money. More recently, the line “F*ck Bitches, Get Money” was also featured in Lil Wayne’s 2005 track Money on My Mind. Since becoming popular on 4chan, Meme Generator and other lulz-friendly communities, the image macro has spawned an extensive pool of variations.

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The Artist


Self-portrait, circa 1783

Joseph Ducreux was an unorthodox portrait artist, interested less in the classical ideas of portraiture used by later French artists like David and Ingres. Ducreux had more of what sequential art philosopher Scott McCloud might refer to as a “Formalist” approach, taking the medium to a new ground by tearing down the fourth wall between subject and audience by depicting himself pointing out of the canvas while grinning maniacally, reflecting his belief that facial features could be use to depict personality.

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28 Comments

Lindell
Nov 19, 2009 at 10:44PM UTC , Lindell wrote:

That was fast.

Chris Menning
Nov 19, 2009 at 10:50PM UTC , Chris Menning wrote:

I see, this is a 3rd tier (Top Tier, under Demigod and God Tiers) memegenerator meme.

You know there are a lot of memes in Top Tier, right? Is there really a purpose to making an entry that just features some of their content, but gives no information or backstory?

Lindell
Nov 19, 2009 at 10:54PM UTC , Lindell wrote:

A couple mistakes here, though:
Ducreux was an 18th century painter (not 17th). This portrait is specifically from 1793.

It would be interesting to look at if this meme noticeably increased interest in Ducreux himself.

Also, in addition to being related to Verbose Memes, it also draws on the Bayeux Tapestry, and is most often created at memegenerator, making it an advice dog derivative.

Tristan
Nov 19, 2009 at 10:58PM UTC , Tristan wrote:

I vote yes.

Caozao
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:06PM UTC , Caozao wrote:

I intended to write more, but I am apparently not allowed to edit my own entry any longer. Oh well…

Captain Blubber
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:07PM UTC , Captain Blubber wrote:

Try putting /edit at the end of the URL.

thenooguy
Nov 19, 2009 at 11:40PM UTC , thenooguy wrote:

There’s been over 9000 of these uploaded to funnyjunk.com, I uploaded my two favs.

Caozao
Nov 20, 2009 at 03:53AM UTC , Caozao wrote:

There we go, I hope that’s at least a little better.

onanon
Nov 20, 2009 at 01:37PM UTC , onanon wrote:

Joseph DaCrew

Lindell
Nov 20, 2009 at 02:01PM UTC , Lindell wrote:

Take a look at the recent spike in Joseph Ducreux searches:
http://www.google.com/insights/search/#q=joseph%20ducreux&cmpt=q

The Celt
Nov 20, 2009 at 03:30PM UTC , The Celt wrote:

I <3 this meme

The Celt
Nov 20, 2009 at 03:31PM UTC , The Celt wrote:

@thenooguy what? OVER 9000!!!!???

ryoke
Nov 21, 2009 at 06:22AM UTC , ryoke wrote:

This is hilarious. Maybe I should put up a few more good ones.

Chi The Cat
Nov 22, 2009 at 01:20AM UTC , Chi The Cat wrote:

Awesome, I love these verbose types of memes.

Brad Kim
Nov 27, 2009 at 09:03PM UTC , Brad Kim wrote:

omg +1

Jamie Dubs
Dec 04, 2009 at 07:07PM UTC , Jamie Dubs wrote:

Serious lols. Serious

Watcher
Dec 09, 2009 at 10:05PM UTC , Watcher wrote:

This is featured now? Hard to believe that it was originally deadpooled.

Caozao
Dec 10, 2009 at 10:26PM UTC , Caozao wrote:

^ makes me proud

34GET
Dec 12, 2009 at 07:40PM UTC , 34GET wrote:

forced. its uses like the advice dog.

Liam East
Dec 17, 2009 at 02:49AM UTC , Liam East wrote:

Some of the original portraits are funny but then people get their hands on a terrible book or something and post un-funny crapy on his lovely self portrait.

Strabismus
Dec 22, 2009 at 04:15PM UTC , Strabismus wrote:

I always thought he looks like Steve Zahn.

JOK3R
Dec 30, 2009 at 05:09PM UTC , JOK3R wrote:

Dost Thou Talketh To Me?

James
Jan 08, 2010 at 08:48AM UTC , James wrote:

I made a quick video to have some audio fun with the meme using a British Accent, and help do a little site promotion!

Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfDe1WYQS0A

vananas
Jan 12, 2010 at 08:13AM UTC , vananas wrote:

Imagine how honored would Ducreux feel knowing he is a meme.
someone please bring him from the dead!!

James
Jan 24, 2010 at 04:00AM UTC , James wrote:

I will be happily propagating this meme with a second Joseph DuCreux video, pushing the meme into Pop music!

Link soon, hope you guys have fun figuring them out!

Kmoney
Jan 24, 2010 at 11:50AM UTC , Kmoney wrote:

And it took like no time at all for a Pants on the Ground one to come out. Please do your next video on this one it is one of the best things going right now :D

James
Jan 25, 2010 at 09:33AM UTC , James wrote:

Enjoy my second shot at propagation.

Mudkipninja
Mar 04, 2010 at 03:50AM UTC , Mudkipninja wrote:

This entry certainly causes me to laugh not just in text, but in the realm of reality as well. This excrement is legitimate.

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