Anamorphosis before 1583. "The Ambassadors" (c. 1533) by Hans Holbein the Younger is well known for the prominent oblique anamorphic transformation in the painting. In this artwork, a distorted shape lies diagonally across the bottom of the frame. Viewing this from an acute angle transforms it into the plastic image of a human skull. The painting is regarded as a "vanitas" - a meditation on the transience of life - with the skull a symbolic "memento mori". The altered perspective required to see the image reflects the contemporary practice of painting skulls on the reverse of otherwise tranquil paintings. Four centuries
It's Lonely at the Bottom a four-piece, until 1998's "Just Joined". It's Lonely at the Bottom It's Lonely at the Bottom is Jughead's Revenge's second studio album, released in 1992. It was re-released by BYO Records in 1995 as the first half of the CD that also included the band's previous album, "Unstuck in Time". It is titled "It's Lonely at the Bottom/Unstuck in Time". "It's Lonely at the Bottom" marked the second, and last album, to be recorded as a five-piece, as second guitarist George Snow left the band to play in the Bad Samaritans full-time. Following his departure, he was not replaced and