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    17 People Who Really Missed The Point Of Art

    "…Nothing more than the Italian version of Disneyland."

    Jamie Jones
    by Jamie Jones

    BuzzFeed Staff

    1. The Last Supper, by Leonardo da Vinci

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    Quote taken from the TripAdvisor page for Santa Maria delle Grazie.

    2. Sunflowers, by Vincent van Gogh

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    Quote taken from the comments sections of a MailOnline article about Van Gogh's Sunflowers.

    3. Mona Lisa, by Leonardo da Vinci

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    Quote taken from the Google Reviews page for The Louvre.

    4. Campbell's Soup Cans, by Andy Warhol

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    Quote taken from the comments section of LA Weekly's Facebook page.

    5. The School of Athens, by Raphael

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    Quote taken from the TripAdvisor page for the Sistine Chapel.

    6. Jubilee, by Banksy

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    Quote taken from the comments sections of a MailOnline article about the overnight appearance of the graffiti.

    7. Girl with a Pearl Earring, by Johannes Vermeer

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    Quote taken from the TripAdvisor page for the Mauritshuis Museum.

    8. Nighthawks, by Edward Hopper

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    Quote taken from the comments sections of a MailOnline article on the cafe that claims to have inspired the painting.

    9. The Women of Algiers, by Pablo Picasso

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    Quote taken from the comments sections of a MailOnline article about the then record-breaking sale of the painting.

    10. The Birth of Venus, by Botticelli

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    Quote taken from Google Reviews page for the Uffizi Gallery.

    11. Improvisation 27 (Garden of Love II), by Vasily Kandinsky

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    Quote taken from the comments section of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Facebook page.

    12. David, by Michelangelo

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    Quote taken from the TripAdvisor page for the Accademia Gallery.

    13. Number 1, 1948, by Jackson Pollock

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    Quote taken from the comments section of the MoMA's Facebook page.

    14. The Enigma of Hitler, by Salvador Dali

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    Quote taken from the comments section of the official Salvador Dali Facebook page.

    15. The Three O'Clock Sitting, by Henri Matisse

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    Quote taken from the comments section of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Facebook page.

    16. The Lovers II, by René Magritte

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    Quote taken from the comments section of a Reddit thread on the painting.

    17. Black Iris VI, by Georgia O’Keeffe

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    Quote taken from the comments section of the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's Facebook page.