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Paintings Similar

At The Fortress Walls

Paintings Similar to other artist's art work

-Battle Paintings

-oil on canvas

-Style: Realism

-Tusketan series

Gustave Dore

"Crustaders surrounded by Saladin's Army"

Before The Attack At Plevna

Mortally Wounded

"Death of Almoadam"

Purpose of The Apotheosis of War

  • Vasily decided to entitle the painting “The Apotheosis of War” with the quote as a dedication
  • “to all the great conquerors, past, present and future”
  • in dedication to the fallen soldiers who pasted away in fighting for their country, for they were merely just Russians in uniform with a rifle

Influence on The Apotheosis War

  • Influenced by Russia’s military operations in Turkestan (striking to witnesses for their brutality)
  • initially called The Triumph of Tamerlane

the ruler, Timur's troops left behind pyramids of sculls

The cruel commander ordered every soldier in his 200,000-strong army to bring him the severed head of one of the lecherous husbands. Once the order was carried out, seven pyramids were made from the heads.

  • crows symbolizing death
  • irony to the commander's comments on bring back the heads of the soldiers
  • far background lies area to what was thought to be where war also took place
  • heavy in depth colors and shading to show the impact the skulls endured

Who is Vasily Vereshchagin?

Born October 26, 1842-April 12, 1904​

Popular and famous military painter ​

Russian Realist Military Painter​

Painted crucial but honest truthful scenes telling the honest but unfortunately tragic outcome of wars

The Apotheosis Of War

By: Vasily Vereshchagin

Medium: Oil on canvas

Date: 1871

Size: 127 x 197

The Apotheosis Of War

Painted by Vasily Vereschagin

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