Oscar Wilde once wrote that \"Life imitates art far more than art imitates life\". These tabloid photos of celebrities at different stages in their lives is testament to this. (Photo: Twitter/ @TabloidArtHist)
Lindsay Lohan taking a smoking break in LA, 2016 // Detail of 'The Penitent Magdalene' by Domenico Tintoretto, 1598.
John Travolta kisses Scarlett Johansson on the cheek at the 2015 Oscars // 'The Kiss of Judas' by Thomas Couture, 19th century.
Christina Aguilera, 2001 // Figure of Isis Aphrodite, 2nd AD (Egypt), painted terracotta.
Britney Spears bashes a photographer's car with an umbrella, 2007 // 'Judith Beheading Holofernes' by Giovanni Baglione, 1608.
Britney post-meltdown with her dog, West Hollywood, December 2007 // Marco Benefial, 'Portrait of a Lady with a Dog' c.1730-40.
Paris Hilton and Jared Leto, Sundance Film Festival afterparty, 2008 // Henry Toulouse Lautrec, 'In Bed the Kiss' c.1892.
Paris Hilton & 2000s icon Tinkerbell the chihuahua // Leonardo Da Vinci's 'Lady with an Ermine' (Portrait of Cecilia Gallerani) c. 1489-90.
Anna Nicole Smith on her wedding day, 1994 // 'The Unequal Marriage', by Vasili Pukirev, 1862.
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