The people in the background are meant to be repulsive - that's the whole point. Hope, the optimistic future represented by the unborn child and its mother, looks at us and doesn't even see the monsters.
See also Durer's The Knight, Death and the Devil - the knight doesn't even see the devil behind him, so the devil has no power over him.
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That is a repulsive piece of art only because of all the weird looking people in the background.
The people in the background are meant to be repulsive - that's the whole point. Hope, the optimistic future represented by the unborn child and its mother, looks at us and doesn't even see the monsters.
See also Durer's The Knight, Death and the Devil - the knight doesn't even see the devil behind him, so the devil has no power over him.
http://www.fromoldbooks.org/Duerer/pages/1513-Knight-Death-and-the-Devil/1513-Knight-Death-and-the-Devil-q50-969x1257.jpg
K
Thank you K, I didnt see that, your culture is amazing.
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