The De Stijl movement, founded in 1917 in holland, sought to integrate painting, sculpture, architecture, and industrial design, and championed a "pure" abstraction.
Because without internet culture, a meme that is essentially just a picture of hallway demons with the caption "me and the boys at 3 am lookin for beannnzzz" wouldn't be funny.
Explanation:
Art in the past has often been abstract. So too, has our humor.
