Traditional Art

Ghosts of Vimy Ridge, Will Longstaff - Oil on Canvas, 1931

Sir Walter Allward's inspiration for the Vimy Memorial came to him in a dream, in which, he said, dead soldiers "rose in masses, filed silently by and entered the fight to aid the living. So vivid was this impression, that when I awoke it stayed with me for months. Without the dead we were helpless. So I have tried to show this...

Raja Rani Vase- unknown Jaipurite artisans, Jaipur blue pottery (19th century) ( lemmy.world )

The use of blue glaze on pottery is an imported technique, first developed by Mongol artisans who combined Chinese glazing technology with Persian decorative arts. This technique traveled east to India with early Turkic conquests in the 14th century. During its infancy, it was used to make tiles to decorate mosques, tombs and...

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