War belongs to men, but women in war are usually a bright color. In war, people see another side of women's gentleness and loveliness—they may be cold and cruel.
In the last issue, we talked about the women who appeared in the Trojan War, and today we continue to tell stories about men.
Gavin Hamilton, Achilles Mourns the Death of Putlockru
Wounded Achilles is also a work that is keen to be expressed by artists. Achilles was the driving figure of the Iliad, and as a symbol of male anger and vulnerability, he sometimes stabbed a spear into the neck of the Amazon queen, sometimes sullen in a tent alone. His close friend Putroclus was killed by the Trojan hero Hector, which eventually provoked his anger. This scene was captured by the Scottish neoclassical painter Gavin Hamilton.
Hector
The Englishman Riviere's dead Hector's work was found at the Manchester Art Gallery, showing the naked T of the Trojan prince, who threw his body to a dog shortly after Achilles killed him.
In the Epic of Homer, it is written:
"But Hector, the son of Priamus, is not against the fire, but at the dog I gave... But he was not harassed by dogs, day and night for Venus ... The biting dog was subdued. ”
Riviere,"Dead Hector"
Rivière's work is characterized by the embedding of dogs and other animals into his scenes. The painting was created in 1892 but was presented to Manchester in 1917 under the name of James Gresham, a collector and patron who recently died. Created during World War I, the painting is about a young man who died in the war, which resonates strongly with the times of the time.
Norman Wilkinson, "Army Lands at C Beach in Suvara Bay"
Another work echoes this history.
Army Landing at C Beach at Suvara Bay was created by Norman Wilkinson. The artist drew sketches from Gallipoli, and the Turkish and Allied officers were well aware that Troy, a controversial historical site between East and West, straddles the Dardanelles.
Rupert Brooke, who died on a French hospital ship in the Aegean Sea, wrote en route: "Priamus and his 50 sons, all stunned when they woke up, heard gunshots, and trembled again for Troy. ”
Angelica Kaufmann, "Hector Leaves Andromach"
The painters Angelica Kaufmann and William Turner both explored the personalities of Homer and Virgil extensively, but Turner continued to paint landscapes best.
Turner, "Ulysses Mocks Polyphimus"
In Turner's Mocking of Polypheus from the National Gallery, Ulysses stands on his ship and shows contempt for the blind Cyclops.
Claude Loren, "Aeneas Arrives at Palantim"
Claude Loren's Aeneas Arrives at Palantim, which depicts Aeneas fleeing from Troy to the Tiber, on his way to establish Rome. Turner used the themes of Virgil's Aeneas in more than a dozen paintings, when the ruling classes in England and other countries liked to claim to be descendants of Aeneas.
George Romney, Mrs. Hamilton
From George Romney's portrayal of several Greek heroines based on Mrs. Hamilton, to the former Raphael's portrait of William Waterhouse with the Witch of Cersei as a seductress, to Elizabeth Flinck, it can be said that the British art collection is full of figures from the Trojan War.
Cersei Witch
Having said so many characters in Trojan mythology, we can also turn our attention to those who study this war.
McLaren collaborated primarily with academic research in Edinburgh and came to the conclusion that the mythical city of Troy was buried under the Romans and later at the site of Hisarik in Turkey, rather than other sites. He wrote about his discovery at the age of 40 and then more explicitly in 1863, but it remained ignored — until Heinrich Schliemann discovered the theory and had the money to dig it.
Statue of Charles McLaren
The National Museum of Scotland has a rather inconspicuous statue of Charles McLaren, the National Gallery of Scotland has a bust, and a bust of Edward Burton, whose whereabouts were uncertain at the time of the advent of an oil painting.
Scholars will continue to debate the extent to which the Trojan War was wiped out, collating a broader historical and archaeological evidence in this controversy of one or more conflicts between Western Mycenaean powers and Eastern Hittite civilizations.
The power of the female characters in the Odyssey has led to speculation that the mysterious author may not be the gray-haired, bearded bard in the Pembroke House statue, but a woman.
Of course, in the face of mythological stories, "deduction" is still the most popular way to hear. Therefore, the artistic expression of the Trojan War will also emerge endlessly.