Before someone argues against the decline of history painting he should perharps consider that many aknowledged 19th century painters did more or less the same.
Tuesday, July 2, 2013
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Before someone argues against the decline of history painting he should perharps consider that many aknowledged 19th century painters did more or less the same.
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Could that sword be any more between her legs?
ReplyDeleteHi, Manara is more known for his scantily clad ladies than as a painter of History.
ReplyDeleteWhen it comes to dear Jeanne (I am French) I would suggest you have a look at the infamous poster done by Hitler's PR boys in 1944.
It is highly interesting because it plays a twist on the story.
Rouen 1431 ... we all know who burnt the Saint and Burgudians were not innocent.
Rouen 1944 ... in the months prior to D-Day Britain and America had not a lot of options. Carpet-bombing was necessary. It was a tragedy, but the resukt was mt country freedom.
Still Hitler did his best to alter Jeanne story. Let's never forget that Jeanne is a proto-freedom fighter. Certainly not approving of Nazi occupation.
Yet on the infamous poster you can see Joan on her pyre, at her feet a burning city (Rouen cathedral is a well known French site), the caption is an horrible but real poster so bear with me: Murderers/Assassins always return on the location of their crime... Pure Axis propaganda. Painting History is also about personal agendas in the painting and the alteration of truth.
@saintixe56
ReplyDeletesure there are lots of Jeannes and history painting is mostly about ideology and sometimes about pin-ups.
But thanks, I will have a look into these Nazi posters. I have already a little collection, but I never came upon Jeanne d'Arc. Sounds interesting.