Hi OP, it might be helpful to to include some links to specific examples, so that art historians have something tangible to dig into.

FYI, there are also /r/AskArtHistorians and /r/ArtHistory; it could be worth x-posting to one of them.

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/S6UcJx-ole8/hqdefault.jpg Something like this

Sorry forgot the tag (NSFW)