The Ambassadors (Holbein) the lower shelf repeats a portion of a cartographically imaginative map created in possibly 1530 and of unknown origin. The map is referred to as the Ambassadors' Globe due to its popularly known appearance in the painting. The work has been described as "one of the most staggeringly impressive portraits in Renaissance art." The most notable and famous of Holbein's symbols in the work, however, is the distorted skull which is placed in the bottom center of the composition. The skull, rendered in anamorphic perspective, another invention of the Early Renaissance, is meant to be a visual puzzle as the
Love at the Bottom of the Sea Sea" was released in the UK on March 5, 2012 by record label Domino and in the US on March 6, 2012 by Merge. The reception from critics has been generally favorable, with the average critical score being a 68 out of 100 according to review aggregator website Metacritic. All tracks written by Stephin Merritt. Love at the Bottom of the Sea Love at the Bottom of the Sea is the tenth studio album by American indie pop band The Magnetic Fields. It was released in the UK on March 5, 2012 by record label Domino and in the US