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DougP

03-19-2009, 03:49 PM

Now this is pretty neat. :)
103 famous faces in one painting (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/5001462/103-famous-faces-in-one-painting.html)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01367/famous-faces-main_1367238c.jpg
Josef Stalin and Leonardo da Vinci are deep in conversation, Vladimir Putin rests his legs next to a sprawled Mike Tyson, while Margaret Thatcher – clutching her handbag – looks on with disdain.

Obe1Canole

03-19-2009, 04:03 PM

I wonder why that dude in the green safari getup is consoling the godfather........also, is that GWB looking through a kalaidascope?! lol great post doug

I wish I knew who most of those people are.......

03-19-2009, 04:57 PM

I wonder if I'd get in trouble for deepzooming this thing.

OtisPMerriweather

03-19-2009, 05:29 PM

I wish I knew who most of those people are.......

Ask, and ye shall receive. Just mouse over the picture to get the name.

http://cliptank.com/PeopleofInfluencePainting.htm

The title of this painting, by the way, Discussing the Divine Comedy with Dante suggests there is more to this piture than meets the eye....

"But the Dante reference makes us wonder whether we are looking at some nether-circle deep inside the Inferno: this is a vision of Celebrity Hell,"

Cool.

DoctorP

03-19-2009, 05:32 PM

What is Bruce Lee doing up there by the ship? lol...and Teddy Roosevelt looks pissed!

OtisPMerriweather

03-20-2009, 08:33 AM

He's probably pissed he ended up in hell with Hitler.