Song of the Falcon

I'm so glad I've discovered this. In Nineteenth Century France, it was common for academic painters to create paintings that mocked the decadence of the powerful men at the top of the Catholic Church. The result? A whole lot of paintings of cardinals being decadent idiots, and oh, are they funny. I should also note that many of these paintings are extremely meme-worthy. These paintings were made by French academic painters in the Nineteenth Century, so feel free to use them for memes. Nothing says "fun" like burning books you don't like. It's bad enough that he's lolling around in the lap of luxury, but I love that this cardinal is literally eating milk and cookies. The artist's way of pointing out childishness by choice of snack? Behold: The playboy cardinal! That's got to be the louchest pose I have ever seen. Two-martini-lunch nothing, these cardinals are having a three-wine-bottle breakfast. Top that , Madison Avenu