Surely, you've seen Hans Holbein's portrait "The Ambassadors." To the uninitiated, it's a portrait with an anamorphic skull. But what is the intention behind this skull? It's a memento mori, it's to remind us of our imminent deaths, but beyond that, why is it placed like that? Art literacy is not as advanced as we wish it would be, and often, with catchy paintings such as The Ambassadors, art and it's potential power is not explored. Rather, it remains catchy, it remains, click-bait. As always I will be live later today at 2pm EST or 11am PST. Come talk about art, click-bait, and more.
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