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Old 10-01-2008, 12:49 AM
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Default Re: The Skull Thread


The Ambassadors - Hans Holbein the younger

wikipediaThe most notable and famous of Holbein's symbols in the work, however, is the skewed skull which is placed in the bottom centre of the composition. The skull, rendered in anamorphic perspective, another invention of the Early Renaissance, is meant to be nearly subliminal as the viewer must approach the painting nearly from the side to see the form morph into a completely accurate rendering of a human skull.


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