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Symbolism in Holbein's 'Ambassadors' | Paintings | The National Gallery, London

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Uploaded by on Jul 13, 2010

Decode Holbein's symbols, and see the painting in the context of the religious tensions of the 1530s.

Read about the painting, learn the key facts and zoom in to discover more on the National Gallery website:
http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/hans-holbein-the-younger-the-amba...

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  • Wondering whether Dinteville's thumb (resting on table) is pointing to a location on the terrestrial globe, to the New World across the Pillars of Hercules (Atlantis) with the skull being a large island that tragedy befell.

  • its funny how a heap of shit is considered art thesedays.

  • That's art not some crappy sculpture of egg and beans that you get now

  • The guy on the left is wearing Henry VIII cloths out of his portrait

  • How the actual Frick did he manage to paint a skull in so much detail that can only be seen from THE SIDE ?!?!!!?!!? I would have trouble doing that in Photoshop let alone some paints and a brush ?!!!!!

  • lol

  • @antoniiathakur with brushes

  • @RageAgainstAuthority

    'Back in those days'....so nowadays paintings can't be sold for a lot of money? ..fool.

    Also it requires far more than effort, it is about talent and the ability to convey sentiment and emotion into an artistic form

  • @antoniiathakur Study,practice, determination and a whole bunch of natural talent and intuition.

  • @antoniiathakur Back in those days a painting could be sold for a lot of money. Therefore one would put a lot of effort into it seeing as it was their job to do so.

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