"For their palace walls the Assyrian kings commissioned extensive series of narrative reliefs exalting royal power and piety. The sculptures record not only battlefield victories but also the slaying of wild animals. […] The degree of...
Paintings; Oil paintings; Storytelling; Campaigns & battles; War; Warfare; Military life; Military maneuvers; Military mobilizations; Fighting; Victories; Battlefields; Details; Men; People associated with military activities; Military...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of the paddle-wheel steamboat, the zeppelin, the teapot or genie bottle, the three-dimensional rectangle, the flower with 9 spokes, the eagle perched on shield, the...
Woman holding bouquet of roses shakes hands with a man in military attire, draped in the American flag. He carries a sword. Behind them are two scenes: above, a naval battle, and below, a farm scene with cattle and horses. Below the farm scene is...
Photographs; Digital images; Digital photographs; Tableaux; Transparencies; Allegorical photographs; Allegories; War; Warfare; Politics & government; Political issues; Religion & politics; Religion; Military maneuvers; Military...
"This large, back-lit photographic transparency apparently shows soldiers killed in mid-action. The scene was actually mocked up by digitally manipulating images. In a tableau worthy of a ghoulish horror film, a young Moslem (center left)...
Architecture; Monuments; Monuments & memorials; Arches; Memorial arches; Emperors; Rulers; People associated with politics & government; People associated with military activities; Upper class; Military officers; Military personnel;...
An adaptation of a Greek wallpainting of c. 310 BCE by Philoxenos of Eretria. The culminating moment in the Battle of Issos between Greeks and Persians, the confrontation between Alexander and Darius.
