A Portuguese king sought to glorify his military exploits through the art of tapestry
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Exhausting Possibilities: Jean-Antoine Watteau
A painter launches his career with novel portrayals of Louis XIV’s war-weary soldiers. Jean-Antoine […]
A Rock and a Hard Place
Painting the Battle of Gibraltar, John Singleton Copley was caught between his own desires […]
The Best of Princes, the Best of Armies
A survivor of Rome’s glory days, Trajan’s Column celebrates an emperor’s ego and his […]
Martyrs for God and Spain
An Indian attack on a mission in New Spain thwarts colonial aspirations and inspires […]
Culture: Eyewitness to Glory
A merchant captain turned marine painter, Nicholas Pocock captured the ferocity of the British-French […]
Artists: How I Fought Kublai Khan
Painted scrolls glorify a samurai’s efforts in fending off a Mongol invasion in the 13th century.
Who is Manikarnika? The Real Story of the Legendary Hindu Queen Lakshmi Bai
Lakshmi Bai, also known as Manikarnika, the rani of Jhansi, was known to her enemies as both India’s “Jezebel” and its “Joan of Arc.”
First Italo-Abyssinian War: Battle of Adwa
On March 1, 1896, Italian General Oreste Baratieri knew he was outnumbered. But he seriously underestimated his Ethiopian opponents—and overestimated the merits of his own battle plan.