The artist and the warrior military history through the eyes of the masters

How have artists across the millennia responded to warfare? In this uniquely wide-ranging book, Theodore Rabb blends military history and the history of art to search for the answers. He draws our attention to masterpieces from the ancient world to the twentieth century--paintings, sculpture, cerami...

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Main Author: Rabb, Theodore K. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven Yale University Press [2011]
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