[sethjgore]

I think it's more offensive to see somebody call this offensive. It's just an analysis of a series of paintings and the royal and the rich and the corrupt and the powerful will always be around. To call this offensive is to be coddled into a false worldview that attempts to suppress the rancid, messy and yet commendable truth of humanity.

[addicted]

The irony of course is that one of the reasons we would know that historical tyrants were tyrants is precisely because of similar studies of art and literature of historical periods.

[bernardv]

Well said.