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.

Let the scavenging begin!

Our first topic of discussion will be the trilogy, The Three Colours. For the Wikipedia article on it, please visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Colors_Trilogy.

For knowing our valuable ideas and comments instead of, or in addition to whatever you can find on the net, please wait till Tuesday EOD (pardon the corporate-sector influenced dry abbreviations. And no, you are not stupid if you do not know what EOD stands for. In fact, you are better than the morons who know it.)

Till Tuesday, goodbye, and have a great week.

P.S. This blog is the brainchild of Souvik and Riya - friends whose brains connect quite often.