EditorialLeonidas, Felice Giani, Italian, 17581823, Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash over traces of graphite on cream laid paper, Leonidas shown standing over fallen warrior and defending himself against several attackers. Part of monument shown at right...
EditorialReliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describe the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites. Ramses II claimed a decisive victory, as did the Hittites. During a siege, the defenders of a fortified place throw stones at t...
EditorialCrow with Claws, Raven claw called device with which attackers can be impaled and lifted, signed: A. de Putter fecit, Pl. XXI, Tom., I, Pag., 75, after p. 74, Putter, A. de (fec.);, 1774, Polybius; Vincent Thuillier; Jean Charles de Folard: Histoire de...
EditorialTrojans throwing rocks from the walls of Troy on the Greek attackers. Frieze on the tomb of a Lycian prince. Limestone relief from the west side of the Heroon of Goelbasi-Trysa in Lycia, Turkey (380 BCE). Detail Overall dimension 110 x 750 cm.
EditorialThe Battle of the Giants. The gods assemble in the Olympus to drive back the attackers. Detail from the Hall of the Giants, Palazzo del Te, built 1525-1535 after designs by Giulio Romano as a summer residence for Duke Federico II Gonzaga.
EditorialThe Battle of the Giants. The gods assemble in the Olympus to drive back the attackers. Detail from the Hall of the Giants, Palazzo del Te, built 1525-1535 after designs by Giulio Romano as a summer residence for Duke Federico II Gonzaga.
EditorialTrojans throwing rocks from the walls of Troy on the Greek attackers. Frieze on the tomb of a Lycian prince. Limestone relief from the west side of the Heroon of Goelbasi-Trysa in Lycia, Turkey (380 BCE). Detail Overall dimension 110 x 750 cm.
EditorialReliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describe the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites. Ramses II claimed a decisive victory, as did the Hittites. During a siege, the defenders of a fortified place throw stones at t...
EditorialThe Battle of the Giants. The gods assemble in the Olympus to drive back the attackers. Detail from the Hall of the Giants, Palazzo del Te, built 1525-1535 after designs by Giulio Romano as a summer residence for Duke Federico II Gonzaga.
EditorialTrojans throwing rocks from the walls of Troy on the Greek attackers. Frieze on the tomb of a Lycian prince. Limestone relief from the west side of the Heroon of Goelbasi-Trysa in Lycia, Turkey (380 BCE). Detail Overall dimension 110 x 750 cm.
EditorialReliefs on the inner wall of the collapsed second pylon of the Ramesseum describe the battle of Kadesh against the Hittites. Ramses II claimed a decisive victory, as did the Hittites. During a siege, the defenders of a fortified place throw stones at t...