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by kwkelly 1276 days ago
Hans Holbein’s “The Ambassadors” [1] is the one that immediately comes to mind. It has memento mori which is heavily skewed.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ambassadors_(Holbein)
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082349872349872 1276 days ago
Anamorphosis, thanks, and same time frame: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anamorphosis#Renaissance
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vstuart 1276 days ago
Very cool. You can 3D transform the image in Gimp to view the skull:

https://i.imgur.com/DxY3uEo.png

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dekhn 1276 days ago
Wow, I'm a fan of dutch golden age art and I've never seen that. Fantastic!
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