History Painting: ‘September’ by Gerhard Richter, 2005.
Sometimes it is premature to name a significant event as a turning point in history. 9/11 and its aftermath, theContinue Reading
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History Painting: ‘Thaïs of Athens with Torch’ by Joshua Reynolds, 1781.
The notorious events surrounding the burning of the great ancient Persian capital of Persepolis in 330 BCE by Alexander TheContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Hadrian Visiting A Romano British Pottery’ (1884) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema.
Relatively early in the complex state that was the Roman Empire, a man named Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), became theContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Death of Cleopatra’ by Jean-André Rixens, 1874.
Cleopatra is often portrayed as a beautiful Egyptian women who used her own political shrewdness and sexual allure to secureContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Last Day of Pompeii’ by Karl Bryullov, 1833.
Pompeii and Herculaneum are Roman cities from late antiquity that don’t need any introduction. There has been so much saidContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Distribution of the Standards’ by Jacques-Louis David, 1810.
The French painter, Jacques-Louis David, was arguably the most famous neoclassical painter in France during the late 18th century andContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Fire of Rome’ by Hubert Robert, 1771.
During the night of July 18, 64 AD, the great fire of Rome broke out in the merchant area ofContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘Capture of Joan of Arc’ by Adolf-Alexander Dillens, circa 1850.
You’ve all heard of the story of France’s national heroine, nicknamed ‘The maid of Orleans’ and how she rode atContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Battle of Austerlitz’ by Francois Gerard, 1810.
In the winter of 1805, Napoleon’s Grand Armée marched halfway across Europe to confront their enemy, the allied armies ofContinue Reading
History Painting: ‘The Crusader army attacks Constantinople’ by Jacopo Palma il Giovane, circa 1587.
If you are a curious visitor to Italy, and make your way to Venice, in the Great Hall of theContinue Reading
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