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Old 4th June 2010, 11:20 PM   #1
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I found this painting of a young Greek (19th century) which shows clearly how and with what he was armed, it's amazing
it's hard to believe the amount of weapons of all sorts on him,
but it clearly recognizes that we collect those daggers, not less than two in addition to a pair of pistols



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Old 4th June 2010, 11:27 PM   #2
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That young man was brought up well!
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Old 5th June 2010, 12:42 AM   #3
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Don't get too carried away with some of the Orientalist art of the 19th century. Many of the artists, most notably Gerome and Deutsch, often overly embellished the "weapons load" on their subjects. Both illustrated by memory, and were also keen to show of examples off their own collections by fancifully displaying them on the subjects in their art.

Still, they look awesome and are hard to resist, especially for us!!

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Old 5th June 2010, 05:32 AM   #4
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Historically precisely the Russian artist Vereschagin drew inhabitants of India, Afghanistan and Central Asia. If it is interesting, I can lay out photos of works


1) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0%D0%B7%29.jpg

2) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0%B5%D1%86.jpg

3) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...1%80%D0%B5.jpg

4) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...D%D0%B0%29.jpg

If references it is bad, I can put after a photo
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Old 5th June 2010, 02:09 PM   #5
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Here is a link you may find interesting.

http://www.orientalist-art.org.uk/gerome.html
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Old 5th June 2010, 04:13 PM   #6
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What a great site Lew. Thanks for sharing that.

You might also enjoy a look at Ludwig Deutsch's work on that site. He loved almost fantasy images of imposing, intimidating palace guards, and they are always loaded with weapons...overloaded even...but great pieces(weapons) and each piece is very recognizable as to what it is and its origin.
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Old 5th June 2010, 06:22 PM   #7
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+ some (of relatively known) photos (old Damascus and Bisharin)
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Old 6th June 2010, 01:18 AM   #9
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I love this thread !

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Here are some photos that you can see how many arms they were wearing in Greece
The weight whoever it reached the 10 with 15 kilos!
Ηeavily but very beautifully
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Old 6th June 2010, 08:47 PM   #12
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Cool thread! Thanks Dom! What beautiful portraits.

Here are some more from SEA






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Old 6th June 2010, 09:04 PM   #13
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Quote:
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Historically precisely the Russian artist Vereschagin drew inhabitants of India, Afghanistan and Central Asia. If it is interesting, I can lay out photos of works


1) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0%D0%B7%29.jpg

2) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...0%B5%D1%86.jpg

3) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...1%80%D0%B5.jpg

4) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...D%D0%B0%29.jpg

If references it is bad, I can put after a photo


Beautiful depictions of an age gone past....
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Old 6th June 2010, 10:02 PM   #14
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Old 7th June 2010, 04:39 AM   #15
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Amazing paintings...

I like the these couple done by Ludwig Deutsch



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Old 7th June 2010, 11:16 AM   #16
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Funny, a hi-res version of the last Palace Guard portrait (Deustch's) is actually my computer's Desktop Wallpaper...
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Old 7th June 2010, 12:00 PM   #17
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Atjeh warrior, a well known picture.
Not as overloaded as the Deutsch paintings.
But look at the size of the blunderbuss.
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