The Renaissance
A globe of the world, showing America, shares space with a lute, an astronomical globe,
a Turkish rug used as a tablecloth, and a selection of mathematical instruments. These things
speak of a widening world, in which Britain during the reign of Henry VIII was starting to
play a bigger part. But something smears across the lower part of the painting, grisly and
absurd: looked at from the correct angle, this distorted image reveals itself as a skull. Death
haunts the age of discovery.
Sir John Gilberts 1849 painting The plays of Shakespeare containgin scenes and characters
from several of w.s plays-
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