Tag: BASHI-BAZOUKS
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01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists, Paul Joanowits’ Bashi-bazouks before the gate, with footnotes, #21
Bashi-bazouks were irregulars in the Ottoman army and hailed from lands across the Ottoman empire, from Egypt to the Balkans. The strain on the Ottoman feudal system caused by the Empire’s wide expanse required heavier reliance on irregular soldiers. They were armed and maintained by the government, but did not receive pay and did not wear…
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21 Works, June 16th. is Pavle “Paja” Jovanović’s day, his story, illustrated with footnotes #164
The original oil painting shows a wounded youth surrounded by ten peasants in a humble, single-room dwelling. The peasants wear hand-sewn shirts, rough leggings and leather shoes. They stand over a dirt floor, and in the background, a collection of eating utensils hang precariously from a makeshift shelf. The youth is cradled in the arms…
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Paul Joanowits, BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY 01 Paintings by the Orientalist Artists in the Nineteenth-Century, with footnotes, 21
Paul Joanowits, 1859 – 1957, SERBIAN BASHI-BAZOUKS BEFORE A GATEWAY, c. 1887-88. Oil on panel 46 by 35cm., 18 by 14¾in. Private collection Bashi-bazouks were irregulars in the Ottoman army and hailed from lands across the Ottoman empire, from Egypt to the Balkans. The strain on the Ottoman feudal system caused by the Empire’s wide expanse required…
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