Sculpture; Pottery; Vessels; Containers; Vases; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Storytelling; Military mobilizations; Military life; Farewells; Gestures; Men; Women; Warriors; Soldiers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities;...
Sculpture; Pottery; Vessels; Containers; Vases; Friezes (Ornamental bands); Storytelling; Military mobilizations; Military life; Farewells; Gestures; Men; Women; Warriors; Soldiers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities;...
Sculpture; Coins; Money; Medals; Jewelry; Necklaces; Goldwork; Metalwork; Effigies; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with...
"In this medallion, a gold coin is set within the center of a gold disc. A ring for hanging it projects from the top. The coin is a double solidus with an imperial effigy on the front [...]. In bust view, the emperor is seen in left profile,...
Architecture; Buildings; Religious facilities; Mosaics; Mosaic pavements; Floors; Fantasy; Leisure; Recreation; Hunting; Fishing; Landscapes (Representations); Islands; Plants; Trees; Shrubs; Bodies of water; Rivers; Bays (Bodies of water); Men;...
Now heavily restored; "This is the so-called Nile Mosaic, which dates from around 100 BC and shows a Hellenistic adaptation of an old Egyptian motif. It was probably copied in Praeneste from a prototype created in Alexandria." (Excerpt,...
Sculpture; Metalwork; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Military officers; Generals; Military personnel; Clothing & dress; Military uniforms;...
Coins; Money; Metalwork; Silverwork; Portraits; Heads (Anatomy); Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Clothing &...
Nummus (left), A.D. 307. Billon, diameter approx. 1". American Numismatic Society, New York; medallion (right), ca. A.D. 315. Silver. Staatliche Munzsammlung, Munich.
Military nursing--History; World War, 1914-1918--Women; World War, 1914-1918--Medical care; Women and war--History--20th century
World War I resulted in the deaths of over 8,500,000
military personnel and in addition, millions of civilians.
There were not enough doctors to provide the necessary
medical care for the masses of seriously sick and wounded,
and other than in...
Sculpture; Ceremonial objects; Boxes; Containers; Storytelling; War; Warfare; Campaigns & battles; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Military life; Homicides; Men; Soldiers; Military personnel; People associated with military...
From Tomb 779, Royal Cemetery, Ur (modern Tell Muqayyar), Iraq.
Sculpture; Men; Warriors; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Clothing & dress; Capes (Clothing); Trousers; Footwear; Headgear; Beards; Daggers & swords; Arms & armament; Lifting & carrying
"Images of barbarians, an essential element of triumphal ceremony in imperial Rome, were most often represented in a military context. […] [S]uch representations are omnipresent in Trajan's Forum, on the façade of the Ulpia Basilica, and...
Paintings; Allusions; Anti-Americanism; Politics & government; Political issues; Capitalism; Imperialism; Wealth; Corruption; Poverty; Emigration & immigration; Social classes; Economic & social conditions; Domestic life; Child labor;...
"This enormous, collage-like painting is crammed with anti-American allusions. An electric chair sits on the plinth at the top center (the Rosenbergs were electrocuted as Russian spies in 1953). A GI nonchalantly reads a pornographic magazine....
"This mosaic decorated the bottom of a shallow pool […]. The hole at its center belonged to a water jet. […] Its border consists of a band of twisted ribbon between plain bands. The emblema shows one of the popular episodes related to the...
Sculpture; Portraits; Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Gestures; Clothing & dress; Hairstyles; Military uniforms;...
"This armored statue was discovered in the ancient city of Gabii. […] The portrait of Trajan, set on a modern neck, did not belong to the statue; it was furnished in 1793 by Vincenzo Pacetti, who produced this reconstituted piece for the...
Sculpture; Portraits; Heads (Anatomy); Men; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; Upper class; Military officers; Military personnel; People associated with military activities; Hairstyles; Hands; Fingers; Pointing...
Fragments of a colossal seated statue of Constantine. (caption, p.294) Includes "an eight-and-one-half-foot tall head." (p.293)
