Saturday, July 19, 2014

Patriotic Victory

Andreas Hofer after his victory of Bergisel (1900) by the Austrian artist Franz von Defregger (1835-1921). Defregger depicts here members the Tirolean militias in their uprising against the Napoleonic oppression. It's the people in arms, very popular at the eve of World War I.

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  1. HelsJuly 22, 2014 at 8:31 AM

    Did Defregger refer to members the Tirolean militias in their uprising against the long-ago Napoleonic oppression because it was safer? Why did he not simply call the painting "the people in arms today"?

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