The Romantic painter Lessing shows an old disillusioned warrior coming home. Sure that he left a lot of his ideals back there in the war. May be that some crusaders returned like this, but painting must be seen in the context of the conservative restoration in Europe that ended the liberal and national dreams.
Restoration
The Return of the Crusader (1835) by the German painter Carl Friedrich Lessing (1808-1880).
The Romantic painter Lessing shows an old disillusioned warrior coming home. Sure that he left a lot of his ideals back there in the war. May be that some crusaders returned like this, but painting must be seen in the context of the conservative restoration in Europe that ended the liberal and national dreams.
The Romantic painter Lessing shows an old disillusioned warrior coming home. Sure that he left a lot of his ideals back there in the war. May be that some crusaders returned like this, but painting must be seen in the context of the conservative restoration in Europe that ended the liberal and national dreams.
Late Academic Painting
The Excommunication of Robert the Pious (1875) by the French painter Jean-Paul Laurens (1838-1921).
Laurens was the last of the great French history painters. Excellent skilled by his academic studies he preferred anticlerical subjects.
Laurens was the last of the great French history painters. Excellent skilled by his academic studies he preferred anticlerical subjects.
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