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Who are the two men in the right foreground of Napoléon on the Battlefield of Eylau, and what is the interaction between them? I assume one is a French soldier and the other is a Cossack, but I don't know.

The French soldier appears to be attempting to hand the man a white rag of some kind, while the Russian soldier looks terrified by it. The Russian also appears to be wounded on his left flank; is the French soldier attempting to comfort the man as he's dying?

Any ideas?

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hi i recently got interested in art history / art studies and i really want to learn more about it! can some of you recommend books/articles that can be a good place to start? it would really be a big help. thank you! :)

hi! goya fan here :D

a few years back when i was making a presentation about goya i think i had a source about how all of the black paintings by goya have a central theme of a gaping void and the center...

i can't seem to find the source. would anyone happen to know where this could be from?

thank you so much!

I'm currently researching C. Ronald Bechtle, an abstract artist from Philadelphia, and I was wondering if anyone had heard of him! It seems he was instrumental to the post-war contemporary abstract art scene in Philly and is many museums but is otherwise not well known...

I’m particularly curious about the "stone" on the stick 🤨

When I was in school I learned of an artist (maybe a photographer) that was famous when they were young, but died older on the street (maybe in Mexico). Just trying to find their name

Help!!! I'm trying to recall artists with a similar style to Adrian Chesterman from the 1980s/90s to try and hunt down art prints I can recall from my childhood. Any suggestions are welcome. I vividly remember a lot of tiger paintings and space themes, wizards, you know typical stuff you'd come across in a home during that time, use of vivid color and shading and dramatic scenes.

Hi all

I have read a lot of books about different art movements and time periods and it’s been helpful in studying art

However, are there some good books that give advice on looking at art from an artist perspective and appreciating it ?

Like I heard Color and Light by James Gurney is a good book for painters to understand color theory and how to make paintings more real looking

Will something like this help me look at art differently ?

Any other books ?

Hey there! Traveling to Rome for 8 days next May. I really love reading and studying the art and architectural history beforehand on trips like this. Walking through a city with historical and cultural context is my favorite.

My family did this for a trip to Florence and it really brought the ancient city to life. Helping connect a lot of the sites we visited to each other leaving us with a greater understanding of the city.

So where would you start with Rome? What should I read about? How far back into history should I go? How far into the present? I know we will try to see a lot of the Caravaggio’s so maybe a book just on him. On top of understanding the art history I’d love to have a good sense of the culture during significant periods that make Rome such a remarkable city.

Thanks everyone for your suggestions!

TLDR: what one book you would read before going to Rome?

Im looking to compare hairstyle of both of these groups and im having a hard time find pictures where these two social groups are next to each other.