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01 Work, The Art of War, Charles Meynier’s Allegory of war, with footnotes
Sold for €20,625 EUR in June 2022 This door top comes from Madame Mère’s Palazzo Rinuccini in Rome. Charles Meynier (1763 or 1768, Paris – 1832, Paris) was a French painter… Read more
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01 Works, RELIGIOUS ART – Andrea Vaccaro’s Sant ‘Agata, With Footnotes – 123
Saint Agatha of Sicily (231 AD – 251 AD) is a Christian saint and virgin martyr. Agatha was born at Catania or Palermo, Sicily, and she was martyred in approximately 251.… Read more
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, Henri Adrien Tanoux, with footnotes, 80
Henri Adrien Tanoux ( Marseille , 18 October as as 1865 – Paris , 1923 ) was a French painter. He dedicated himself to landscapes , nudes and oriental scenes .He studied at… Read more
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01 Marine Art, Marius de JONGERE, With Footnotes, #305
Ponape was a four-masted steel–hulled barque which was built in 1903 in Italy as Regina Elena for an Italian owner. In 1911 she was sold to Germany and renamed Ponape. In… Read more
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11 Works, November 22st. is Consuelo Fould’s day, her art, illustrated with footnotes #239
Consuelo Fould, born November 22, 1862, in Cologne (Germany), arrived in France in 1864, with her parents, Valérie Simonin and Gustave Fould. She trained very young with her mother, a… Read more
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16 Works, October 15th. is Juan Bautista Maíno’s day, his art, illustrated with footnotes #223
When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and… Read more
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12 Works, September 20th. is Julius Exter’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #207
Musa is such a passionate dancer that when she is not praying she is dancing, she is even dancing prayers. When she is dancing a prayer to the Holy Virgin,… Read more
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11 Classic Works of Art, Marine Paintings – With Footnotes, #28
Pierre Bonnard , French, 1867 – 1947 The Port Of Cannes, Le Port de Cannes, c. 1926 – 1927 Oil, canvas Private Collection Cannes is a city located on the… Read more
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12 Paintings of the Canals of Venice in the 18 & 19th Century, by the artists of the time, with foot notes. #5
Richard Price, (British, born 1962) April Day in Venice Oil on canvas 51 x 61cm (20 1/16 x 24in). Private Collection The Patriarchal Cathedral Basilica of Saint Mark, commonly known… Read more
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12 Paintings, scenes from the Bible, by The Old Masters, with footnotes # 30
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01 Work, The Art of War, Wissam al-Jazairy’s Scream, with footnotes
The Scream is a composition originally created by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch in 1893. The Norwegian name of the piece is Skrik, and the German title under which it was first… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Khawla bint al-Azwar, Arab Muslim warrior in the service of the Rashidun Caliphate, with footnotes
Due to religious dictates it is very difficult to find classical Islamic art portraying people! To tell the story I have decided to try and make my own through AI.… Read more
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01 Work, Interpretations of Olympian deities, THE ART OF WAR, Arturo Michelena’s Penthesilea, with footnotes #50
Penthesilea, daughter of Ares and Otrera, was an Amazon queen who fought and died in the Trojan War. After Hector, the leader of the Trojan army, was killed in the… Read more
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists, The Art of War, Théodore Chassériau’s Battle of Arab Horsemen Around a Standard, with footnotes #95
The painting is very dramatic and dense, and the soldiers and horses in the center are sketched with loose brushstrokes. The dramatism of the composition is emphasized by the closeness… Read more
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01 Works The Art of War, Wissam Al Jazairi’s Lampedusa and Refugees, with footnotes
Lampedusa, Italy — The small harbor in Lampedusa is crowded with a fleet of dilapidated wooden and metal smuggler’s boats, some half-submerged. Discarded life jackets, filthy clothes and plastic water bottles… Read more
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02 Works, The Art of War, Alexander Bubnov and Adolphe Yvon’s The Battle of Kulikovo, with footnotes
The moment before the Battle of Kulikovo, on September 8, 1380, against the Mongolian golden horde, Russian forces lined up and in arms, led by Dimitri IV Donskoi… Please follow… Read more
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01 Painting by Orientalist Artists. Hocine Ziani’s The Numidian horseman, with footnotes, #94
Numidian cavalry was a type of light cavalry developed by the Numidians. After they were used by Hannibal during the Second Punic War, they were described by the Roman historian Livy… Read more
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01 Painting, Middle East Artists, The Art of War, Suleiman Mansour’s Untitled, The distruction of Palestine’s Olive trees, with Footnotes #76
Sold for 25,200 GBP in October 2022 Palestinian farmers know their land by the square-millimeter. To them, there is no such thing as “wild plants”: each sprout on their land… Read more
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02 Works, The Art of War, Maxwell, Edward Burra’s Wake and Soldiers at Rye, with footnotes
Rye became a centre for military activity. Soldiers are turned into nightmarish birdmen, recalling the Surrealist paintings of German artist Max Ernst. Burra was also interested in sixteenth-century English poetry.… Read more
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01 Work, The Art of War, Domenick D’Andrea’s Battle of Long Island, with footnotes
Colonel Henry “Light-Horse Harry” Lee, father of Robert E. Lee, once commented that during the war “the state of Delaware furnished one regiment only; and certainly no regiment in the… Read more
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