Comments on: If Rembrandt shilled for Coke http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bbonyx http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html#comment-795652 bbonyx Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-795652 Reminds me of one of Robert Klein's best bits. He said if Neil Armstrong had been *really* smart, instead of "One small step..." he would have stepped off the LEM and yelled "Drink Coca-Cola!" to the tune of millions in advertising compensation. :P Reminds me of one of Robert Klein’s best bits. He said if Neil Armstrong had been *really* smart, instead of “One small step…” he would have stepped off the LEM and yelled “Drink Coca-Cola!” to the tune of millions in advertising compensation. :P

]]> By: IamInnocent http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html#comment-795663 IamInnocent Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-795663 Some day no one will know what Coca-Cola is. Everyone will always remember who Rembrandt and Armstrong were. More so for the former than the latter. Some day no one will know what Coca-Cola is. Everyone will always remember who Rembrandt and Armstrong were. More so for the former than the latter.

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html#comment-795692 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-795692 Wrong. Its more likely that one of millions of glass coke bottles will survive the apocalypse than a few dozen fragile paintings. Wrong. Its more likely that one of millions of glass coke bottles will survive the apocalypse than a few dozen fragile paintings.

]]> By: Brainspore http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html#comment-795972 Brainspore Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-795972 Most Italian renaissance art is just a branding campaign for the Medici corporation. Most Italian renaissance art is just a branding campaign for the Medici corporation.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html#comment-795819 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-795819 i know a similar artist from Latvia - Franceska Kirke. She had a series of works with Disney toons and some brands too. Here's one with McDonalds http://www.bastejs.lv/en/kirke/19.htm i know a similar artist from Latvia – Franceska Kirke. She had a series of works with Disney toons and some brands too.

Here’s one with McDonalds

http://www.bastejs.lv/en/kirke/19.htm

]]> By: gpeare http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html#comment-795605 gpeare Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-795605 This can't be any good. Where are the doe-eyed waifs? This can’t be any good. Where are the doe-eyed waifs?

]]> By: SKR http://boingboing.net/2010/05/24/if-rembrandt-shilled.html#comment-795618 SKR Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-795618 most of history's great artists were shills. We just can't read the advertisemets. For instance, if you see the duke in an image sitting with is feet on bolts of silk, it is probably because the silk merchants guild chipped in some dough. most of history’s great artists were shills. We just can’t read the advertisemets. For instance, if you see the duke in an image sitting with is feet on bolts of silk, it is probably because the silk merchants guild chipped in some dough.

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