Tag: battle
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04 Works, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Battle maidens of the Sands, with Footnotes #87
The Battle Maidens of the Sands are a legendary group of fierce warriors known for their strength, speed, and mastery of combat. They are said to be guardians of the desert, defending the innocent and punishing those who seek to cause harm… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Leonardo da Vinci’s Battle maidens of the Sands, with Footnotes #85
Leonardo da Vinci captures a scene of intense battle and fierce determination. Set in an arid battlefield, Bedouin warrior women stand at the forefront. Their bodies adorned in intricately oriental armor, they exude both strength and elegance. As the women take aim, their gazes focused and unwavering, they release their spears towards the enemy. The…
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Henry Zaidan’s Mother and Child, with Footnotes #83
Mother and child riding a donkey, their eyes fixed on the path ahead. They are following the footsteps of the father, who tirelessly led the way through the desolate surroundings, searching for a safe place to pitch their tent amidst the horrors of war that surrounded them. The once lively village they called home had…
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01 Work, The Art of War, Arnold Böcklin’s The Battle on the Bridge, with footnotes
Estimate for 800,000 – 1,200,000 GBP in June 2024 The battle on the bridge between the Roman army and the advancing Germanic tribes reflects a broader fascination during the nineteenth century for the fall of the Roman Empire. Böcklin’s choice of subject was no doubt also influenced by philosophies current at the time, notably Nietzsche’s…
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02 Works, Middle East Artists, THE ART OF WAR, Henry Zaidan’s Alma at The Battle of Anghiar, After Leonardo da Vinci, with Footnotes #81
The Battle of Anghiari was fought on 29 June 1440, between the forces of Milan and the League of some Italian states led by the Republic of Florence in the course of the Wars in Lombardy. The battle was a victory for the Florentines, who secured their domination of central Italy… Please follow link for…
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02 Works, The art of War, The Battle of Yarmouk between the army of the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate, with Footnotes
The battle consisted of a series of engagements that lasted for six days in August 636, near the Yarmouk River, along what are now the borders of Syria–Jordan and Syria-Israel… Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, The art of War, Emil Hünten’s Battle of Mars-La-Tour, August 16, 1870, with Footnotes
Battles of Mars-la-Tour and Gravelotte, (Aug. 16–18, 1870), two major engagements of the Franco-German War in which the 140,000-man French Army of the Rhine, under Marshal Achille-François Bazaine, failed to break through the two German armies under General Helmuth von Moltke and were bottled up in the fortress of Metz. It was followed by the…
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01 Work, The art of War, Pierre Georges Jeanniot’s La ligne de feu/ The line of fire, with Footnotes
The Battle of Mars-la-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, near the village of Mars-La-Tour in northeast France. One Prussian corps, reinforced by two more later in the day, encountered the entire French Army of the Rhine in a meeting engagement and, following the course of battle, the Army of the Rhine…
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01 Work, The art of War, Samuel Hirszenberg’s The Black Banner, with Footnotes
The painting shows the funeral of a hassidic rabbi, but simultaneously refers the viewer back to The Wandering Jew in the depiction of “the fearful eyes and bedazzled look among the mourners.” This painting “highlights Hirszenberg’s merging of the symbolic with the realistic, and alludes once again the angst of life in exile and eternal…
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01 Work, The art of War, John Olson’s Wounded Marines being evacuated during the Battle of Hue in February 1968, with Footnotes
The fighting in Hue City, Vietnam, was as intense and confusing as anything the Marines there had ever seen. It was mid-February 1968, and American and South Vietnamese forces were desperately trying to counter a surprise onslaught that became known as the Tet offensive. First Battalion, Fifth Marines had breached the city’s historic Citadel. Radio…
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01 Work, The art of War, Fausto Zonaro’s Battle of Domokos, with Footnotes
The Battle of Domokos took place between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Greece. This battle was a part of the Greco-Turkish War (1897). After Greece tried to annex the island Crete the Ottoman porte declared war on Greece. The commander of the Ottoman army at Elassona was Edhem Pasha. He was one of the…
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01 Work, The art of War, József Molnár’s Warrior Dezső Sacrifices his Life for King Charles Robert, with Footnotes
King Charles Robert of Anjou fleeing from the Battle of Posada (November 9-12, 1330). Romantic painting Charles’ army wear hussar clothes of the 17th century. The Basarab I of Wallachia’s army ambushed Charles Robert of Anjou, king of Hungary and his 30,000-strong invading army. The Vlach (Romanian) warriors rolled down rocks over the cliff edges…
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1 Work , John Lewis Brown’s Battle of Reichshoffen, with footnotes
The Battle of Reichshoffen (also known as the Battle of Wörth) took place near the village of Wœrth in Alsace, on the Sauer River at the beginning of the Franco-Prussian War. It is referred to as the second battle of Wörth (the first occurred during the French Revolutionary wars in 1793). In the second battle depicted…
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Studio of Peter Paul Rubens, The Battle of the Amazons 01 Painting, Olympian deities, by the Old Masters, with footnotes #41
In Greek mythology, the Amazons were a race of woman warriors. The legendary Amazons were thought to have lived in Pontus, which is part of modern-day Turkey near the southern shore of the Black Sea. There they formed an independent kingdom under the government of a queen named Hippolyta or Hippolyte. This area is known…
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