Arms and armor of a muslim bowyer!

CharlesS · 18th January 2007, 04:01 PM

Lovely pieces all around, but be wary of copying too much form the lovely portrait of the Guard by Deutsch. While it's a magnifcent piece, especially for us weapon lovers, it is admittedly 'fantasicized', with Deutsch overloading the subject with far more pieces than normal. He does this in several of his works as does Gerome. They both had magnificent weapons collections after travelling thru the Middle East and N. Africa, and this overload was a way of showing off the pieces they loved in their art. The poor guy would have done well to stand up, much less move with the load he is carrying!!

18th January 2007, 04:01 PM	#22
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Lovely pieces all around, but be wary of copying too much form the lovely portrait of the Guard by Deutsch. While it's a magnifcent piece, especially for us weapon lovers, it is admittedly 'fantasicized', with Deutsch overloading the subject with far more pieces than normal. He does this in several of his works as does Gerome. They both had magnificent weapons collections after travelling thru the Middle East and N. Africa, and this overload was a way of showing off the pieces they loved in their art. The poor guy would have done well to stand up, much less move with the load he is carrying!!