The Apotheosis of War is an 1871 oil painting by the Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin, part of his Turkestan Series. It depicts a pile of skulls outside the walls of a city in Central Asia, and Vereshchagin dedicated the completed work to all great conquerors, past, present and to come.
Facts
Year Created LocationTretyakov Gallery, Moscow 1 Medium
Medium (category) Connections
Created By
Source The Apotheosis of War (Wikipedia)
In Form
Source The Apotheosis of War (Wikipedia)
In Genre
In the Other Atlases
Located In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.
Source The Apotheosis of War (Wikipedia)tier 2
Sources
1. The Apotheosis of War (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationLead section
The Apotheosis of War (Russian: Апофеоз войны) is an 1871 painting by Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin.
lead section, third sentence
Done in oil on canvas, the painting depicts a pile of skulls outside the walls of a city in Central Asia.
lead section, second paragraph
The painting is now displayed in the Tretyakov Gallery, in Moscow.
In Form: Painting, lead paragraph
The Apotheosis of War (Russian: Апофеоз войны) is an 1871 painting by Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin. Following his completion of the painting, Vereshchagin dedicated his work "to all great conquerors, past, present and to
Created By: Vasily Vereshchagin, Wikipedia intro
The Apotheosis of War (Russian: Апофеоз войны) is an 1871 painting by Russian war artist Vasily Vereshchagin.
View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.
Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.