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It looks like another typically 'romanticised' view of Ancient Romans.
I don't know the name of the painting or artist, but its style looks quite old.
Interesting nonetheless.
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That is just to make look good the cover book...
kings & artist from later times didn't know how ancient people may look like, so they portrayed the story scene in the costumes of their own period...
Same happened in Spain, the monarchs descendant of the Visigoths requested statues, painting portraits & scenes of their ancestors to decorated their castles , but they dont knew how they look like, so they are portrayed by their imagination in the same costumes of the period or the little original evidence they had, so this is a fantacy painting.
look made by a German/Swiss or French artist. possible Renaissance
Remarks by Philip on the Athenian Leaders:
Philip said that the Athenians were like the bust of Hermes: all mouth and dick.
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Can't see the link. Can somebody post it as jpg please?
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Yes, those are renaissance helmets and armor, which as mentioned, was how they did all those paintings. This is just one example of many you'll find in museums all over for paintings from the period.
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Salvete,
This painting is by Hans Burgkmair(1473-1537).
A German painter from Augsburg.Northern Renaissance.
Yes,highly romanticized. Nice painting,though.
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I wonder how many famous pictures I've seen that aren't historically accurate. I'll have to pay more attention.
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Thanx Steve!
Laudes to you.
Ivan Perelló
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I don't know about authenticity of arms and armour....but I have seen some paintings from the Medieval and Rennaisance of Alexander that look uncannily like his portrait in that mosaic at Pompeii....
This is a favourite of mine....Alexander and Porus [url:3v9l1j6x]http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/le-brun/porus.jpg[/url] painted by Charles LeBrun (1673)
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The enemy is less likely to get wind of an advance of cavalry, if the orders for march were passed from mouth to mouth rather than announced by voice of herald, or public notice. Xenophon
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never trust period art during the middle ages. always use a grain of salt. hehehe. be it i do 15thc, there are tons of 15thc artwork depeicting previous wars and such... only prob is is that they are all wearing 15thc armour and clothing.. well that and what they tought of "romanisk"
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