Day 9 - The glorification of conquest

Jan 10, 2025 - I must say this type of art has never been my favorite, and now thinking about it, I see that it's not just the style of the work, but the subject of the work. Today's artwork is by Andrea del Verrocchio (1435-1488), a master painter and sculptor, in whose workshop Leonardo de Vinci,  Botticelli, and Filippino Lippi were apprentices.

This piece is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

I didn't know much about either Verrocchio or Alexander the great - but it seems to me, that the story of Alexander the great is the story of the conquest.

Glorification
The worship of battles
this man is not great

 

Workshop of Andrea del Verrocchio, Alexander the Great, c. 1483/1485
https://www.nga.gov/collection/art-object-page.43513.html