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Hellebores (Lenten Roses) under a UV light.

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Some connections feel ancient, as if two souls signed a pact long before they ever met.

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« Si l’art de la guerre n’était que l’art d’éviter les risques, la gloire deviendrait la proie des esprits médiocres […] J’ai fait tous les calculs ; le destin fera le reste. »

— Napoléon Bonaparte, déclaration au début de la campagne de 1813.

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Art of War (18)

The Third of May, 1808 (1814) - Francisco de Goya (1746-1812) [Spain]

Oil on canvas [268cm x 347cm]

From Francisco Goya's Escenas de la Guerra de la Independecia (Scenes of the War of Independence) series

[Image Description. A dim oil painting captures a chaotic and suspenseful scene. There is spotlight on a group of people exhibiting various reactions of fear in their final moments. One stands out with his brighter clothing and arms in the air, he faces down his eventual execution.

Besides them is a pile of bloodied bodies. Behind them is a long line that goes out of view of the next to be victims. They are distraught, faces buried in their hands. In the darkness of the painting there is a bunch of uniformed soldiers wearing dull 17th century French uniforms. They have muskets pointed at their targets. In the background is the ever looming churches of the Royal Palace. End ID.]

Goya was actually commissioned for this piece, as well as another that goes with it to be hung up in the Royal Palace. The men being executed here are Spanish rebels. There are many religious details hidden throughout this painting, from the monk about to die among the rebel in prayer, to the highlighted man's outstretched pose. Goya is simultaneously criticizing political murders, and making an antiwar statement, while fulfilling political requests.

You can now see this painting in the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.