
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Defending Civilization
The Romans cause a wall to be built (1857) by the Scottish painter William Bell Scott (1811-1890) .
Scott depicts here the construction of the Hadrian's Wall in Northern England. While the work is going on it is already attacked by the barbarian Scots. So it permits the people to live in peace.

Monday, December 20, 2010
Napoleon-Cult
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Bitter Grief

Above all in it's simplicity and it's nearly abstract, two dimensional execution it's a really modern painting. It doesn't pretend to be realistic, it's a powerful impression of a tragedy.
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