How To Be Perceived as a Stud
Pose the Holbein Way and Don’t Be Photographed on a Horse
Superman, King Henry VIII, and I all use it. It’s the simplest and most elegant way for a man to show confidence, solidity, and healthy masculinity. It’s known as the Holbein Pose.
In 1536, King Henry VIII suffered from a tiltyard wound in his right leg that never healed. Because of the chronic wound, the king grew stout, haunted by the ghost of his previous athleticism. After several wives, he still had not produced an heir. Daily, the king needed to perfume the wound to keep the leg from stinking up his surroundings.
In 1537, German Artist Hans Holbein, produced one of the “best pieces of propaganda ever” painted. It was an illusion to a king that had once been: strong, capable, and virile. Moreover, it was the first portrait of a king in full figure — legs spread , feet apart, a fist on his hip, striking the now famous Holbein Pose.
