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...
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.
ceehall100 3 months ago
its funny how a heap of shit is considered art thesedays.
Youngone2k9 9 months ago
That's art not some crappy sculpture of egg and beans that you get now
wilkinson8707 1 year ago
The guy on the left is wearing Henry VIII cloths out of his portrait
guitarjawalker 1 year ago
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 ?!!!!!
abbietabby 1 year ago
lol
Atlantis284 1 year ago
@antoniiathakur with brushes
rogums 1 year ago
@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
aMasterfulMelon 1 year ago
@antoniiathakur Study,practice, determination and a whole bunch of natural talent and intuition.
digitised 1 year ago
@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.
RageAgainstAuthority 1 year ago