Anyone up for an art thread?
>>26003
Sure
>>26276
The story behind this picture is great.
>>26370
Care to tell?
>>26424
Mehmet IV send a letter to the Cossacks to tell them to stop attacking his troops.
The Cossacks replied like this:
Zaporozhian Cossacks to the Turkish Sultan!
O sultan, Turkish devil and damned devil's kith and kin, secretary to Lucifer himself. What the devil kind of knight are you, that can't slay a hedgehog with your naked arse? The devil excretes, and your army eats. You will not, you son of a bitch, make subjects of Christian sons; we've no fear of your army, by land and by sea we will battle with thee, fuck your mother.
You Babylonian scullion, Macedonian wheelwright, brewer of Jerusalem, goat-fucker of Alexandria, swineherd of Greater and Lesser Egypt, pig of Armenia, Podolian thief, catamite of Tartary, hangman of Kamyanets, and fool of all the world and underworld, an idiot before God, grandson of the Serpent, and the crick in our dick. Pig's snout, mare's arse, slaughterhouse cur, unchristened brow, screw your own mother!
So the Zaporozhians declare, you lowlife. You won't even be herding pigs for the Christians. Now we'll conclude, for we don't know the date and don't own a calendar; the moon's in the sky, the year with the Lord, the day's the same over here as it is over there; for this kiss our arse!
>>26424
They're writing a banter for mehmet
>>26455
The even funnier thing is, all of those insults were answers to the Sultan's epithets.
>>26491
Yeah, should have posted his letter too.
Sultan Mehmed IV to the Zaporozhian Cossacks:
As the Sultan; son of Muhammad; brother of the sun and moon; grandson and viceroy of God; ruler of the kingdoms of Macedonia, Babylon, Jerusalem, Upper and Lower Egypt; emperor of emperors; sovereign of sovereigns; extraordinary knight, never defeated; steadfast guardian of the tomb of Jesus Christ; trustee chosen by God Himself; the hope and comfort of Muslims; confounder and great defender of Christians - I command you, the Zaporogian Cossacks, to submit to me voluntarily and without any resistance, and to desist from troubling me with your attacks.
--Turkish Sultan Mehmed IV
Who /symbolism/ here?
I love this painting for making musketeer-era soldiers actually look threatening.
"I hate krauts who disagree with me but I hate other countries even more.
t. Otto von Bismarck"
>>26628
>"He browses a Japanese cartoon porn board"
>>26628
I don't believe that's how you use napkins, young lady.
>>26650
Not a /pol/fag but Bismarck is a fucking badass.
>>26586
>Spanish Tercio
>Surrounded by French Pike and Shot in the distance
Spain got raped in that battle senpai. Tercios were out of date.
And I'm pretty sure a wall of muskets and pikes always looks threatening.
>>26650
That's a very cool picture.
>>26661
I like how "photographic" that painting looks.
>>26670
B-but that's how you use them.
>>26789
The Belle Epoque was sure an interesting era.
Post tenebrism
>>26558
me
>>26817
Exciting times.
>>26935
Ended badly.
>>26990
This isn't historical. Real life Nebuchadnezzar had a funky beard and a cool hat.
>>27069
That's what he wants you to think.
>>26410
My favorite, absolutely amazing. Richelieu was such a badass motherfucker.
>>27114
Agreed. Cool armor too.
A classic
>>27164
Caspar David Friedrich - my man!
>>27263
Ok.
>>27209
Is the chicken supposed to be lunch?
>>27263
Propaganda can't be art?
>>27209
Dutch Golden Age art is fucking GOAT man.
Turk removed.
>>27297
I know this painting...Isn't that a satire about the counter-reformation?
>>26424
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reply_of_the_Zaporozhian_Cossacks
>>27297
>>27320
I thin it's anti religion in general, I think it depicts Catholics one side and Protestants on the other.
can someone post paintings about the black death
>>27354
>tfw you will never be a wealthy Protestant Dutch Burgher at the height of the Golden Age making a fortune off selling tulips
why live
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>>27446
>the fat guy on the right
>>27164
Is there a word for art with tons of little dudes fighting?
>>27297
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>>27354
How the hell could it be interpreted as anti-religion?
>At the left are the Protestant north Netherlanders, and at the right the Catholic southerners. Both parties fish for souls in the wide river dividing them. The Protestants’ catch is greater than that of the Catholics.
>Moreover, at the left the sun is shining and the trees are in leaf. This is a reference to a psalm: the righteous will flourish like a tree bearing fruit, whose leaves never wither.
World landscape art is so breathtaking.
>>27789
history porn
>>28070
Hello reddit.
>>27640
Damn I always thought native bitches were nasty but those girls look fine.
>>26683
The Spanish tercios actually held at Rocroi despite several attacks and being under constant cannon fire while the Germans fled the field.
The Spanish were allowed to march from the battle with full honours.
>>28511
It's weird though, give me a pencil and my closest to humanlike is a bloody stick figure, give someone chisel and marble and this is the result. Sure ain't fair world.
>>28556
It looks like her left hand is sticking out of a portal.
>>28606
Shit it does.
>>28539
You just shit out your stick figures in hours or days, but to make a sculpture like that takes months if not years of pure dedicated work.
>>27254
what are peoples views on the practice of feeding christians to the lions? did the romans have the right idea?
>>28402
They were ALLOWED to leave the field under terms of surrender. It's impressive but doesn't prove that the Tercio was a good formation at this point, it was much too inflexible.
The battle is considered a great example of the limitations of the Tercio, whilst the Spanish held, there was no hope of them winning the battle, and their casualties were much greater.
>>26935
>tfw you'll never personally degrade dreyfus the traitor
>>28114
Does anyone have anything else like this? I love how atmospheric it is.
post pretty girls
>>29827
yes lad
>>29854
requesting good art of the execution of Robespierre, there's some newspaper sketches of it, but it seems fairly under done in actual traditional painted style.
>>29926
I'm 99% sure stuff like that was literally made as smut for rich people back in the day.
>>29949
>smut for rich people back in the day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orientalism
>pretty much only romanticism and some baroque
So /his/ is the plebeian board
Do you mean art depicting historical events, or art that is not contemporary?
Either way, it frustrates me how much art changed when we reach pure abstraction, and then went on to pop art. Fucking cambell soup
>>32667
Guess we have to make period specific threads
The Byzantine emperor bows before the Bulgarian tzar Simeon I while asking for peace.
>>26455
It should be noted that this letter's existence is contested and likely was never written. Even though it would be amazing if it was true, we must care not to spread false information on this board.
>>26628
reminds of that picture of that guy who took a picture of Chloe
>>26628
>he lurks a Jamaican glass blowing forum
Spain being disgustingly murderous as always.
>>32667
What were you looking for?
>>27698
My personal favourite. Such a majestic painting.
>>28114
how it feels to smoke 5 opium
>>33349
>M'oujousama
>>33349
>Nips in charge of art
Archangel Michael stomping Satan. Wonderful imagery. Not necessarily /his/ and more religion but.
>>27540
>>26628
>"look who came out of their cave!"
>>33349
dat bulge
pretty boring thread I've seen these same images posted on every 4chins art thread so far.
>>26455
>/v/ writes a letter to gabe
>>26410
/effay/
>>27463
Fuckinn Gaben, shilling for centuries
>>28168
Honestly before I saw your reply I was thinking the same thing.
>>26672
Senpai.. kek desu
>liking bismarck
>pol tier
Ok family
>>29909
This is still one of my favorite stories and I don't even know why
>>34235
Triggered
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>>33333
Checked my boy
>>26789
1900?
So that'd be Tsar Nicholas II, Franz Joseph... who else is in here? Who are the two mustachioed dudes in the back, and who's playing the drums up there?
Good thread. Now I feel on the mood for sharing some nice russian orientalism (maybe mixed with some other stuff).
>>27396
At least I have my anonymous imageboard.
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>>36964
They're probably just allegories of (from left to right) germany, somebody I don't know, Austria, the USA, Russia and the UK. While Germany or Russia seem to be represented with their monarch, the USA and the UK are apparently represented by John Bull and Uncle Sam.
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>>26003
I feel like I shouldn't be aroused by classic paintings but here I am.
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>>37199
Big art butts are the center of my sexuality desu
>>37260
Central Asia is underrated desu
>>37289
I though that filter was just a halloween thing, what the fuck Hiro?
>>26003
>You will never be a great Gothic warrior claiming a harem of petite and fertile Roman women to rape whenever you want as a reward for your great conquests.
Feels bad, man
>>37310
Kalmyk = european mongol, btw. They still exist.
>>37326
The man of the painting is supposed to be Brennus, a celtic chief who according to the legend sacked Rome before Rome was relevant. He said the "vae victis" sentence, if that rings a bell.
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>>37465
One of my favourites of all time
>>26558
>>37495
I don't know what's going on this one.
>>37517
>>34146
Holy fuck I love this picture, but why are there Swedish/Norwegian flags?
>>37539
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>>37590
![BismarckundNapoleonIII[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/mkqaQ0n.jpg "BismarckundNapoleonIII[1].jpg")
I wonder what they were talking about
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>>37620
"Goddammit Otto, how was all this shit necessary to make your Willie boy emperor?"
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>>37719
This one is one of my favourites
>>37750
I don't what it is about it but this is my favorite historical painting for pure artistic reasons (not content wise).
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>>37820
I often wonder how it feels to get high on opium
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>>37517
That's Sun Ra's new album
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>>37869
Kek'd a little
>>37925
I'm almost done, about 10 pictures more (mostly portraits)
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>>26672
Nothing wrong with 19th century Germany. Even admiring Hitler isn't too edgy unless it's "xDDD gas the kikes amirite?"
>>37972
>you will never die in Central Asia removing kebab in the XIX century in the name of based tzar
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>>37998
Admiring Hitler is definitely edgy, being interested on him or appreciating the good or important things he did is another thing. I agree that there's nothing /pol/fag on liking 19th century Germany.
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>>38236
And I think I'm done. I hope someone enjoyed it all. Have a not related painting as bonus.
>>38228
2spooky
>>38282
Based thread, based anon
>>26003
"Oh my gods, ladies,the barbarians are at the gate! Quickly, strip naked, that will save us!"
>>38282
Thanks anon, those were great.
>>26628
Good cat, though
>>38567
Thanks, nice one by the way. Post more like this one if you have them please.
>>28556
How that painting never became a piece of "evidence" in the Ancient Alium
shit I do not know.
Nice thread! I see /his/ is gonna be yet another time sink for me. I'll post some stuff from my collection.
>>38761
Sure, I'll see what I can find.
Remington is pretty great.
This guy has a lot of paintings in this vein. Love all the detail in the costumes.
>>38797
Name/story?
Looks like something about Poland.
>>38914
It's by a 19th century Czexh painter called Václav Brožík. I think it depicts this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottokar_II_of_Bohemia
>>37381
A good double-circumvallation can ruin your whole day.
>>37381
I like to think that is Antonius "photobombing" in the back.
>>39062
I'm sorry for czechs but hearing Ottokar will always remember me of Tintin
>>26003
I won't deny, this painting is in my spank bank.
>>38282
I sure as hell have, thanks anon.
Limit reached new thread where?
>>37542
Because a few hundred people (most from sweden) helped Denmark in the war.
>>26650
Based bismarck.
>told there would be a world war ten years after his death
>was only a couple years off
>warned germany from fighting a two front war
>the retards start fighting a two front war
He truly was the last decent german leader.
Last but not least
>they say the only time he laughed was when his opposing party got completaly BTFO in an election
Otto was a top lad.
