Tag: Antoine-Jean Gros
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01 Work, The art of War, Antoine-Jean Gros’ Le combat de Nazareth/ The battle of Nazareth, with Footnotes
The scene represents the end of the fight where General Junot commanded the five hundred French, victorious at Nazareth, over ten thousand Turks. We see Junot a little to the left, riding a fiery white horse and slashing an enemy, after having brought down another with a pistol shot. Brigade leader Desnoyers gallops past the…
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12 Works, Today, March 16th. is artist Antoine-Jean Gros’ day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #074
According to the Iliad, when the tide of the Trojan War had turned against the Greeks and the Trojans were threatening their ships, Patroclus convinced Achilles to let him lead the Myrmidons into combat. Achilles consented, giving Patroclus the armor Achilles had received from his father, in order for Patroclus to impersonate Achilles. Achilles then…
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