Sunday, December 4, 2011

The Ambassadors (Holbein)

Now that we are finally done with our first post, it's time that we move on to our second (obviously). From movies we shift our focus to a painting. It's The Ambassadors by Hans Holbein.

This is how Wikipedia introduces the painting. "The Ambassadors (1533) is a painting by Hans Holbein the Younger in the National Gallery, London. As well as being a double portrait, the painting contains a still life of several meticulously rendered objects, the meaning of which is the cause of much debate. It is also a much-cited example of anamorphosis in painting." Read more here.

All I was reminded of when I saw the painting was the poem My Last Duchess by Robert Browning. I hope I gain a better understanding of the painting in a few days time. Let's wait to see what we come up with.