Steel weapon Iconography in the Italian painting 1350-1600

[Gianluca Zanini]

For those who migh be interest I post a selection of italian painting
where you can find a lot images of blade weapons
http://www.forumartimarziali.com/forum/ ... ic=22538.0

Enjoy

Gian

[Jaron Bernstein]

For those who migh be interest I post a selection of italian painting
where you can find a lot images of blade weapons
http://www.forumartimarziali.com/forum/ ... ic=22538.0

Enjoy

Gian

These paintings are beautiful!

[Risto Rautiainen]

That posta di donna is a good find!

[Gianluca Zanini]

That posta di donna is a good find!

Exaclty what I thought when I found it!
Note the left foot rising to gain power for the downward fendente.
Note even the similarity with posta di donna of Getty's plate.
I would like to know where is his left hand




ANGELICO, Fra
Beheading of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian
1438-40
Tempera on wood, 36 x 46 cm
Musée du Louvre, Paris
http://www.wga.hu/index1.html

Gianluca

[Keith Culbertson]

I have definitely seen a few of these before, especially fond of the large battle scene with the sword vs warhammer knights. Great overall mix of media too--thank you for the collection

best wishes

[Jeffrey Hull]

Excellent gallery!

Yes, the warhammer versus sword encounter ahorse was something discussed in a post somewhere in the past.

BTW: Now, as then, I still maintain that the man with the sword is displacing the strike of the man with the hammer, and not the other way around.

Thanks

[Mike Cartier]

wow what a great collection, good work and thanks.

what is with those images of Infanticide? thats kinda creepy, whats the story behind it?

[Gianluca Zanini]

what is with those images of Infanticide? thats kinda creepy, whats the story behind it?

First I have to say that I am not an expert of historical painting, and I post it in order to show some finds about weaponry and such.
When you do not have academic titles , you have to be careful in those period...

It is a massacre of the innocents
http://www.copia-di-arte.com/a/beato-an ... innoc.html

[John_Clements]

Actually...as I was showing Jake Norwood & others at our recent Gathering, I've made a collection of about 100 images from the period of this very stance. I'll be using them in an article examining perspective & depth in historical combat art soon.

JC

[Craig Shukas]

wow what a great collection, good work and thanks.

what is with those images of Infanticide? thats kinda creepy, whats the story behind it?

The infanticide is a Biblical reference to the slaughter of the innocents. You know before JC (no, not John Clements) was born King Herod had all the kids killed to stop a new king of the Jews. Biblical armor is, thankfully for us, never historically accurate. It’s as though a bible published today would show all the solders dressed in camo with M16’s.

Craig

[Chris Moritz]

Caravaggio (1571-1610)

The Betrayal of Christ. 1602-1603


Portrait of Alof de Wignacourt. c.1607-1608


Portrait of a Knight of Malta. c.1608


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